The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-08

light q cigarette III the nnorhth-s o"s
il i 20 windy cant do IL ! have
wasted all my matches"
I gave him a cigar and n had
spring-aint- wheel and steel and used
a scrap of finder. called him over 70
me and handed him the apparatus
A. the flint-wheel rcvolved and pro-
dured light shower Of sparks. my
horse reared and danced away about
hall dozen yards. and there | stayed
waiting until Maxine got light A.
ne did so. the white cloud which ac-
companies u shell appeared over our
hears. l shouted 10 him: "Shell.'
and ducked Immediately behind my
horse. but be did not. The report
came. and as my morse turned sharp
and fled ! saw poor Maxine struck
fully in the chest by fragment 81 the
she'll. His horse fell at the same time,
and poor little Durand was dead
thought Immediately " our convcrsa-
ton Of the previous night went back
to the spot. and took from the poor
mangled body the chain. the loclset
and the image for Marie The ghastly
horror Of the task battles description.
but for safety ! put the chain round
my own neck and wore itthcrc during
the rest Of the war
I The servo Bulgarian campaign OF
IS and SO terminated, as You know,
rather suddenly in the spring Of the
latter year. and a. my mother. the only
person Interested in my movements.
had received continual news Of me
through the editor Of our paper and ]
had no sweetheart longing for sight
OF me. before returning to America !
went 20 Paris and from there took the
train TO Douai TO perform the commits
lion Of poor little Maxine Durand. !
. arrived there on an exquisite spring
morning and on my way passed the
sign OF ..Larreze Re-taurateur. Here.
thought /. Is where Maxine diued the
night he came TO say goodbye went
in and while breakfasting engaged the
: old Preton in conversation Gould he
\ direct me TO the house OF Nicholas
(, Sterelle. 7 asked Certainly. but Nicho
: las was dead: his daughter, however
\ Mime. Dufoure. lived next door Z
4 where Nicholas Stereilc had died. ans
i no doubt | should like 10 see her.
|. asked who she was II seemed tina
/ -he had been engaged to a younl
= Partisan journalist. war correspond
!. ent. who had deserted her brutally
He had run away and had not returned
They did not know what paper b
: served or they would have inquire
d about him AZ it, Office Meanwhile
y Marie Sterelle had married hi- rival
i rose and sought Marie and foun'
= a. Maxine had told me. a lit
\ narrow street. towards the top I
y which the name 81 .'Sterelle was il
i scribed over a shop whose shutter
X. were closed. Next door TO il mi
" liners store inscribed ..Dufoure' ";
u brilliant with Paris novelties y Nv
Al seasons ago. went in 70 buy SON
Of crarriss. and. whilst was being serve
ID 81 4 brisk and certainly most attrac
VI i've little Frenchwoman- ! said:
.Ifave l the pleasure OF addressiI
- Nine. Dufoure. nee Sterclle2' u
answered in the Affirmative "Io'
II name. Madame" said !. has be-
II mentioned TO me BY Msicu Duran
II whom met recently in the East"
NJ She grew very white and ha
~ look settled over her features a. >
be answered:
I'll ..Ah. you know Maxine Duran
N who went ont 70 the war; lie b
ar stayed shcre. understand I
I'll Yes replied. ''he has stay
Or there"
=. / found some difficulty in inducil
il her 20 permit me 70 talk about Ma
o. ime nj all. When said that he b.
liz once spoke 10 me of her il seemed on
10 u anger her the more. Finally
~ said. with American buntness: ~
a. did not return Maximes regard.
ne affection"
a. II do not KNOW" she interrupts
in ..whether he j. friend 81 yours. !
1rt for four years. M'sicu. was devot
loo TO that man: he was to have marri
-cd ms when his position on his pap
ne OF which do not know even the MAJ
re- (for he never told me about himsel
ice would justify him in doing 50,
-ay when his position became good 9
lou and would have enabled him 70 mat
me. he flung me aside like an
= glove"
not And though the little woman's b
got ON heayed with rage. the tremor
uld her lip told me that she was not
nts czIlouS about il a. she would have
lit believe. asked her II ! might be
hat indiscrcet a. 10 ask her the history
nj. this event. as had met Nj sicu
~ rand and did not wish 70 have y
IN orinion OF him. She told me !
re when Maxine had been ordered 70
,cr. front he had come over from Arj
he ton. where he was then staying. a
ccs- instead Or coming 70 see her. had
the gagged himself in drunken brawl
for the cabaret OF Pcrc Larrcze. 7
bic. Pierre Dufourc had been present
cca had seen him exhibit and read al
49, ~. ln-s lnvr-lsttrrs TO him. Ih