The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-07-14

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An 1WKWARD, RRRnICAdENTssa i
was dining one, evening with my
ffriend Pascal. and. as we sat over our
vwine, he mentioned that he, had just re-
turned from Strasbourg, where his atten-
ton had been directed to the extensive
fortifications the Germans hadY erected
since the city had come into their hands.
From this subject the conversation dis
verged TO the Franco-Prussian war, and
Pasca. said.~ a cfkTrH sac4 III,
"3y-the-bye, / was in Paris during the
Commune, and on'one occasion met with
rather curious adventure.nf tosfis flt'
What was it2' inquired. ttse s.
81 will tell you, he replied "You
are aware that the firm of which / am a
member has extensive dealing with vari-
Gus French commercial houses. Shortly
after the siege of Paris was over, / went
there, and had not been in the city more
than n week or ten DAYS before the in
surrection which. resulted ia the -estab-
hshment of the Commune broke out.
After the Versailles troops had made
themselves masters of Pmis, hundreds of
unfortunate wretches were rtIthlessly
shot, but little trouble being taken to
discriminate between the guilty and the
innocent For several days it was not
safe to venture into the streets; but at
last | made my way to the local prefsct-
ure and obtained n pass to, o,leaEe the city.
On the following evening, at the railway
station, / found that each passenger 5
passport was subjected to arigid scrutiny.
Mine, however, being perfectly en- Yegle,
L was allowed, after only brief interro-
CATION, to pass on to the platform.
took a seat in q coupe. the only other oc-
cupant of which was a lady dressed in
deep mourning She was tall and
rather good-looking woman. / bowed
slightly on entering the ,elrriage, as Is
the custom in France, but no word was
spoken by either of us for some little
time. Presently my travelling dnpanioai
took QUIZ heriwateh. AsligaH extIama-
ton of vexation escaped her, and, turn
ing to me, she said; .;
Pardon, Monsieur-can you inform
watch has stopped. y
just twenty minutes, past nine,
~ ~
after a liiSef r,sthlse. lsifne. said:
s.Monsienr is English; is it not SOP
Nov | rather pique myself upon the
correctness of my accent, so / was
slightly annoyed,at the speaker ssready
conclusion that "a was a forei gner. 81
therefore simply bowed. With n French
woman 5 Intuitiye taetsHy companion.
perceiving that my idI's0asr profre ws8s
hurt. hastened oladdiEa 1a1uIEad
Monsieur speaks our language adj
mirably, and his accent is, if / may be
permitted tosay so. o.thoroughly Partisan.
But there is slight intonation which
led mo to believe that HE was a for
eigner.n ioast hitaas s3is.-oe - ai4a
l could not resist the compliment, and
replied, smiling
Madame hatters me ~
There was silence Between US for
few moments; and then my companion
said, rather abruptly, SIS thought:
Monsieur, may | venn1rHto solicit
favor atyour handsgs fWV !
If madame will Indicate the nature
of the service she requires of meS'-I re.
piled, guardedly, III liwiH inform her
whether or not it hbei inn my power to
render it.'' ~
1T is simply, Monsieur, that, if when
the train stops at any station, I'VE are ir-
terrogated, you win have The goodness to
declare that am lady well known to
you and travelling under your escort =;
.'But, madames'' began with sur
prise, when she interrupted me by say
ing: - sez ID s41f sseaus='fs -.
''Monsieur, you need berunder no APP
prehensions that YOU will COMPROMISE
yoursefby acceding to my request. 1t
must appear to you am extraordinary
one, | admit, but reasons 1 am not at
liberty to explain render it desirable for
me not to be supposed to bestrayeling
alone ,04lf1rAE& ~ THO
''But you would have travelled so had
L not by pure chance entered this COM
partment, / said.
That is true; and it is a most fortu-
nate accident which has given me mon
sieur for fellow traveller. 9 was the quick
response.
Irehected a moment before 1 again
spoke, and / made shrewd guess at the
motives which had fctdated my fafr
companion in making the proposition
she had Just addressed TO me. She APP
pcared resolute, de etermlned woman ,
and it was, L thought, more than pos
sible that she had played a part during
the Commune which rendered it abso-
lutely essential to- her safety that she
should escape from France. Chance
having thrown us together, the idea had
evidently struck her that, by represent-
ing herself as a lady Under the escort of
an Englishman, suspicion would be less
likely to attach to her than if she were
found travelling alone In any case |
could not see that 1 ran any very serious
risk by acceding to her request. SO
replied: :, z zsxaN -e~,
Il viii do what you require of me-
madame, relying upon your promise that
no i'll consequences will arise from my
compliance - iTeia 70 etsid fsr ~
:. I thank you most sincerely for your
very great Kindness Monster. was the
response; and then no more was said
until we reached the station s.fe
When the train stopped perceived
several men in the uniform of the French
police upon the platform, and observed
that they went up TO one carrirge after
another and interrpgateds the occupants,
As they. were hpProaclings thef one y
which We wefes my fairfeoInpapion sud
denly changed her seat for the one fiexl
to mine, threw her arm round my neck,
and rested sheri head lovingly uponi my
shoulder. Il was dumb with astonish.
ment and modification at this. as con-
sidered it m0stputyageous proceeding,
and wss endeavorihg to free myself from
the uhwe1come embrace, when one o1
the officials came up.to the door Of the
comparttnent And, 1perceivlna.E - hR
supposed, the affectionate relations ex-
isting between the lady and myself. said
politely, but with an ironical smile:
. Pardon. Monsieur! Do not disturb
yoursaif.n Then. turning = his copa-