The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-07-13
SeIe cted Story.
WAS SHE A WOMAN.
The Strange Being That q Gay
Dragon Met at Midnight
i'm the Fog
ARGONAUT.

# nv memory IL good it was in TIL
wear 1880 that the incredible fact which
am going to relate took place in the goot
city of Compicgne. The Old inhabitant
still remember the excitement which tn;
incident caused, and people speak Of it IN
.,r their breath.
tnOW then that that evening | was com
nletcly filled with melancholy. | had jus
5;lDen coffee, and it was execrable. In or
der to forget that annoyance, had sought
amends in the pleasant smoke Of a cigar
and that smoke was acrid. The cold was
biting, cnnui was entering the house BY
every pore and every door, and was ever
penetrating through the windows, when g
violent ring Of the bell resounded in my
ear | went TO open the door in very
bad humOr.
''Ah I find you in"' exclaimed my
friend Dcschamps, springing inte the room
with a viyacity which seemed to me very
singular, as he was a person Of quiet man
nors, rather serious than lively.
@sWhat is the matter?'' asked, shutting
5he door.
"Nothing," he replied, "only I was
afraid You might have gone out, and l am
clad to meet you again.
S.Come in, them" [ replied, land wei
come. must admit that you have drop
ped in providentially, for really believe
that was becoming ennnied, and if you
will grant me the pleasure of your compa-
ny for little while you will save ME from
that catastrophe"
Gabriel Deschamps, Captain Of ORA
goons, was Of d Slight romantic nature.
He easily persuaded himself that all the
women adOred him, and when he had i'm
bibed little too much absinthe, which
happened quite often, that is TO say every
day, no one was more tender. A perfect
couquerer! Physically5he would be called
handsome man, having high color, thick
mustAch red lips, welI-shaped nose, and q
bright eve. AS he entered there was no
visible change i'll his appearance, the mus
cles of his face did not indicate any dis
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''WelI, my friend, have come, just as
you see, from Compeigne," he replied.
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