The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
Capture at the Boule NOire.

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o'clock in the evening, q cab stopped IN
front Of the entrance Of the bali OF the
BouIe Noire. A man stepped out Of the
vehicle; he was about thirty-five years
old, tall, thin, with an intelligent and
bold face, slightly blonde mustache curl"
ed up and carefully tended, jacket OF
black velvet, a soft felt hat a little on
one side of his head, and Swedish
gloves. Another man had been walking
up and down on the footpath for tG0
last quarter of an hour. He had oG a
frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin, o
dirty dollar, ragged black necktie, laf2e
hat, heavy mustache, and whiskers cu5
squarely on his cheeks. He carried a
heavy cane. The two men accosted
each other, and in a rapid tone ex-
changed these words:
"This way, Dubrisart, this way"
'Marcou! Is ityou who sent for me?'
Eyes; but there is too much light and
too many people on the footpath. Let
US cross the boulevard"
They crossed the street, and when
they we're on the other side, leaning
against the wall Of a whitesmith's shop
that turns the corner Of the Rue des
Martyrs, Marcou, the man with the
frock-coat, took Dubrisart's two hands
in his and pressed them with eflusion.
"Dubrisart, l am glad to see you again.
You eve come into our quarters now;
you work in high politics; you GO on for
eign missions. / have been told of that.
And when I think you began as a little
auxiliary of no account in my brigade! l
was your superior"
"And you are still my friend, my dear
Maroon. ! have had luck and protec-
ton"
And then you have education and
distinguished manners. There is not q |
man at the prefecture who knows how
to dress as you do, not ever the project
himself, You belong to an honorable |
family. You speak English, so YOU
were sent 10 England under the empire
70 see what was going on at Tl-Toni-
Tlken, where the Orleans princes
were"
'~Twickenham."
Yes, that's it. /, my dear fellow.
have gone On negotiating in paltry SER
vice. But to-night | have a rather i'm
portant affair On hand. In the course of
the day a certain Agle Ripon came to
the prefecture. All! You don't know
her? She's a celebrity at the balls and
teyerns about here. We were then
four or five of ~us-chatting around the
stove. The woman came into the Office
furious, saying that she knew one of the
chiefs of h commune-a man who had
pillaged, shot, committed arson and
done the whole thing in fact. Naturally.
we asked Mademoiselie Ripon to take a
chair. She came to offer to give up to
Us, this evening, at the Boule Noire,
Syainer. who had been an officer under
the commune"
.Stafnerf The man who stabbed me
IN 9 little cafe at Belleville in 1902
Eyes; and it is because / know the
story Of that stabbing that / asked Won
TO come. | don't know Stafner. and I
thought that you would not mind help
ing"
"Gladly; and / shall recognize him, do
not fear. He is to be at the ball to-
lnight?'
+At ten O'clock
And Aglae Ripon?o'
1Ihree Of my men-Cervoisier, Pollat,
and ChAulet-are going to bring her.
They ought to be here already. When !
she had made her declaration she want
ed Co 20 away, but / did not lose the
young lady. / know what woman's n
ger is--it goes up and down in five min &
ntes, She had only to find her lover to
feel a moments remorse, to warn him, ]
and our little plan would have been Z
spoiled She had q rendezvous with J
Stafner at ten o'clock this evening, and (
that was all / wanted. / told her that !
the government would pay for her dim ]
ner and q cab to 60 to the ball; Int that {
she would not be allowed to go home
until she had served us up Stafner. ALL !
probably there they are. The cab is |
stopping OF this side Of the boulevard"
The door OF q cab opened a few steps J
frcp Dubrisart and Marcou. Out [
of II came, accompanied by three POI ]
iicemen IN plain clothes, a tall girl In a.
wo0len dress, a cape of gray cloth, and a 3
black hat with big bunch Of red roses
HANGING from the left side. One of the
men came up to Marcou, while the two
others kept q watch on the woman, who
locked around her with an air of alarm.
Monsieur" said the man, 'syou ought n
10 speak to the girl. She alarms me.
She would not eat any dinner. She has
been crying in the cab. For certain,
she regrets what she has done, and is
afraid OF what remains for her to do.n
"pli talk to her, said Maroon; and he
went up to the woman.
Listen he said to her, mo nom
sense, you know. You have your rec
ord at the Prefecture. / have been
glancing over it to-day. There are
some bad things in it, and il we wanted
to send you to Saint Lazare for five or
six months, we should not want pre-
texts. You know the house."
stYou are wrong said Dubrisart to
Marcou; you must never be brusaque |
with q woman. Let me talk to herr