Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-09-13

could not stand for minute. '
WIN 5000 bucks like IN ne. all the in
yaders would be swop. ava :" ctc.,
etc. Nh Dutailly Listened rmpiacently
to the enormi.iss, an Dltailly himself
was almost ready to believe them. As
ior the poor little corporal of volun-
teers' he seemed to be crushed By the
presence of this big fellow.
excused myself and left the house
Immediately after dinner to escape the
bluster Of this Glscon, to whom, as /
supposed, / bade ou eternal adieu; but
IN this was greatly mistaken. On the
10 lowing Sunday l found him in the
same place, then on Thursday, and
tinally plate was sci for him at all our
meals. Tho heads of the household
were fascinated. R)billard had cap
tnre1 Mrs. Dutailly by his jovial humor
and Mr. Dutailly by the interest which
he seemed to display in the military
operations as conducted b. the Times
Anaiole lost ground visibly at each
me al in proportion as the captain grew
in favor.
Anatole's disoredit was especially
marked after the Bourget engagement
where the poor lad had fought bravely,
aud whence he had returned to us
wounded in the arm. lie described the
attack, the retreat and all tho principal
details of this heroic combat with so
much Encouragement that the captain
was ready to treat h m as deserter and
coward. With what noble indignation
did Robllard prove that if the Lost
Children had been there the result
would have been very different. There
upon, becoming excited, he sketched
for our edifcation a plan of advance
passage through Disc, march through
Rouen and triumphal arrival at Havre-
which filed Dutailly with enthusiasm.
Meanwhile the despisel Anatole suffered
greatly from the still bleeding wound.
Next day Anatole had the fever and
was confined to his bed, and was absen
from our daily repasts for several weeks
Oa the evening of his return to the
house, convalcscent and leaner than
ever, Miss Gertrude had red eyes, and
it was evident to me that there had been
during the day some skirmish between
her a6a- her mother, who was moro in
fatuated than ever with Robilarct. ]
bclsNed that it was time to intervene in
the interest of the,e poor children. 1t
happened that this day was the last
Sunday Of the year, and naturally we
talked Of the New Year, which VIC in
tended to celebrate as joyously as posi-
bic. suddenly the captain said:
"By Jovc! dear Mr.. Dutailly, l must
give you surprise for present"
This gave me the idea of preparing
my own little surprise.
On New Years Day DutaiIly was ra
diant and received us wish open arms
The s'rategist of the Times had just an
Initiated the army of Prince Charles on
the outskirts of Evrcux, and Dutailly
offered this pleasing intelligence for our
present. Anatole brought a hare,
trapped in the devastated island oi
Stint Denis. As for the captain, he
presented to Mrs. Dltailly large bag
of sugarel chestnuts in o German hem
let
Dear madam" said he, with a
smile, 81 could easily have given you
this hemlet with the owners head
therein"
'trnatl" cried Mrs. Dutailly, FIJI ed
with admiration, "did you kill him"
Certainly l did. bcauteous lady, thai
| might offer you this bonbonnierc, and
venture to say that everybody could
not have accomplished the decd"
spare you the recital of the advcn-
ture, not a detail of which was omitted
by the romancer you MAJ be sure. Care
fully concealed, he had tracked, sur
riscl and thrown the owner of the hel
met, an adv,ncel sentinel, whom hc
had strangled so as not to attract til,
atten on Of the enemy by firing his re
volyerl On how small di the hare,
strangied also, look be ide this glorious
trophy.
AS for me, said l, Il would no
yeHure'to emulate tiig yafor Of the cap
tain but also have my little surprise
1t has not yet arrived, and we might a:
well go to dinner without waiting fol
1t
We sat down TO table, and the mea
was very gay. We were taking ou
coffle when a servant told us that a gun
ner had just placed my present in tn
parlor We went there and found up
on the table an object wrapped in glaze'
paper and tied with blue ribbon.
"What can that be2" said Mrs
Dutailly.
You would never guess. dea
madam but it is bomb"
"A bomb"
"Dutailly has often told me that h
would like to have a bomb, and reu
one 'one which has seen service'-an,
M friend Loland. who commands
battery, has sent me this, which come
from the plains of Avron, where it faile'
to explode in striking
As ! spoke ! united the ribbon, tor
off the paper, and the bomb was dic
closed-black, sinister and threatening
by Jover said DutaiIly. ''you dc
light me. / will hang it UP in m