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

and as ! cot barx 20 the cor respond
ent's tent saw a dark form standing
as is entrance and the pale ssce Of
MAXINE Dur1nd turned up 70 the moon
light
"Chcer mp" said humping him
on the shoulder. you're losing your
beauty sleep and then what will all
those damscls II Dorai say when you
get back"
Instead az turning round and chan-
ing me in cxecrable Breton slang -
usual. Maxine took me by the hand
and said;
..Oh. Ned" Il had taught him 70
use the contraction Of my namel. Il
| feel that l sh=i. never SEQ Douai
again"
/ In vain I cxpostnl1tcl with him.
walking up and down in the snow. in
vain pointed out 10 him The fact that \
l throughout the campaign no c0rrc-
-ponLent had been 20 much a touched;
for answer he took me 70 the top VI a |
mound and showed me the lights Of
TirnOva in the distance and said:
There j. ball waiting for me be-
hind those walls il will come to find
me tomorrow
In vain reasoned. IN vain IchaHed.
and al ia-; thought il best 70 humor
him and then he said 10 me:
Ned you are rny most intimate
friend among the boys hc-e- ] want
you 10 do something for me when
have fallen in the Snow l wear
around ny neck gold chain with a
portrait suspended to L. and little
golden image Of la Madonna The
, portrait j. that 81 the daughter OF old
Nicholas S,erelse. OF Dorai II had
moi been here should have been mar
RED 10 her By now When | am dead
!. want y0u 20 take this chain. this
locxer. this image 10 her. and say that
: Maxine died thinking only Of her.
prayinr with his last breath for her
in the hope OF seeing her hereafter.
: Listen = moment; we parted terribly
The war. a you know broke out sud
denly. and I was ordered BY telegraph
/. 10 the front without having m0men
in which 10 write TO Marie II hap
pcned thus: was AZ Arjenton wheE
received the telegram and 1 ru~he'
the same evening to Dcuai 20 sny good
I. bve 20 her. ! arrived tired and i'll
= and before taking myself TO SEE her
entered the restaurant Of Pierre Lar
e. re-. rorake q bite 10 eat There ! me
- Pierre Dufoure. who has for wear
~ been endeav0rin- 10 supp.ant me Il
Tie esteem Of Marie He asked m
hox il was that was there and 10.
him that ! had been ordered 70 N
war and THAI had come 10 say good
bre-' ID Marie He would not t-siiey
- j; and took out OF my pocket the tel
crram | had received from Paris I
show him At the same time ! acc
dentalIy took out her last letter 70 ms
as he sax Il LOOK Of jealousy cam
lover h.- face hu; he said nothing. an
presently rose and went out Ny me;
ii al end. started for the home I
nv sweetheart bit Just a. turned q
"a narrow street which | always US
as short cut in going 70 her. felt
= violent blow upon the head and r
~ mernbered no more
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