The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-24
SMUGGLED LACES.

'fSHpnb position IN the service OF the
lepuhlie. He was stationed in a
mai hut among the mountains that
''4n part of the boundary line be-
Nfen France and Switzerland, and
y vas his duty to look out tor SNUG
s'eE, who We're prac!icing all sorts of
1ncks 10 get their goods across the
Iroptier. For some time a great deal
p11ne French lace had been entering
5wlizerland without duty, and the
IffQaiier guards, one and all. had re-
;eiged strict orders to watch for the
as smuggiers.
#tgeant Hatell and his boy occu-
pi1 what had come to be called "the
on account of the large
nnnt of the conlraband article
Shsh had succeeded in crossing the
Ntier at that point.
was lonely enough place in
"hh to live, aud the HatelI5 were
III Instant danger, for the smugglers
'hreened them with mysterious
leItei But this did not dampen the
oIu Seeant's ardor, nor keep Her
man Oh wit less on the alert,
At oointervals little old French
man, Neran of NapOiean's wars,
anu as shwd as Frenchman can
oe' "ouIdrop in upon the Hatells,
ana pass seeral hours in their com.
pahy' Neay every time he was
accom- pahleoby large yellow dog
OF the mastf species. The animal
had thick Cat Of hair, and when
ne STOOD on is hind feet he was a
mead taller tha his master.
whenever thse two friends called
at the mountaa hut. the how Her.
man was sure of some excellent
stories about tie retreat from Mos
COW or the battl,of Waterl %. Dur,
ing the recital, Bruno, the dog
would lie quietlyat his masters feet
watching him with shrewd eye
and ready to spring up and vanish a.
the lifting Of finger.
Monsieur Moscow" as Herman
mad nicknamed their visitor, pro
|esfed TO be the French agent for
PwIss Watch factory. For once, a
east, he told the truth but the Off
'Iall thought that he was also en-
.ageNd in smuggling articles across
\e bloundary.
MEN orders: "Watch Monsieu
Nv and his deg" had been an
Meipatcd ny The s@rueant. but, be "a
Nhrewd as he could, he utterly failet
I 10 detect anything wrong with either
"ldOn't see why we are to watch tn
dog" said Herman to his father, on
day when they had been talking
aDnt the pair. "BrunO is friendi.
enIgh with me. and | have fondlpt
hin so often that | don't think h
c0ld carry any diamonds among hi
hair"
"We are to look out for the iaces
ny boy" was the reply.
"HOw could a dog carry such OYe
the frontier ?"
Sergeant HateII smiled and an
swered that somehow or other tn
laces continued to cross, and he init
mated that unless he discovered tn
smugglers soon, he would lose hi
place.
1t happened that one night the oil
guardsman was called away, an
Herman was left on duty. 1t ha
been the first time, and when dark
ness closed in around the rough land
scape, he took his gun and Wer
down into the pass. Hardly had h
reached his favored sentry station er
the wind arose, and for the next ha
hour'the boy guard listened to tn
roaring of a terrible mountain storm
He got the best shelter he could fin(
and while he held his post, he though
more than once of "Monsieur Mo
COW" and his campaigns.
"If Bruno were here, we coul
have a good time" said Herman
himself. II would like to know vii
the custom-house people wants US
watch the mig yellow dog. His ma
ter may be a hard old nut to crac
but Bruno is so jolly that l can
think of him being smug2Ier."
Then Herman thought of the 81
gular reports he had heard about Il
dog during the past two weeks. Son
Of the mountain guards said tn
they had caught glimpse of a lar
dog crossing the frontier alone, al
they all agreed that it looked III
Bruno, "Monsieur MOscow's" cor
panion. No one had been a mi
with the animal on any Of these ocC
sions, and few had seen him lo
enough to say that he was real
Bruno.
All al once Herman HateIl "