Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-09-04
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AS the fint-whcel rcvoived and pro.
duced light shower OF sparks. my
horse reared and danced away about
hall o. dozen yards. ana there [ stayed
waiting until Maxine 2 1T II Eight. Aj
he did So tho white cloud which no.
companies shell appeared ovcr our
heads. shouted to him: "Shell.'
ohd ducked Immediately behind my
horne. but lo did not. The report
came, and rs nay horse turned sharp
and fed | saw poor Maxine struck
fully In tho eheit by II fragment Of the
shell. lis horse fe ut tho same time,
and poor lite Duraad was dead.
thought Immediately ofcur eonyer.a-
ton OF the previous night, went back
TO the spot, and took from tho poor
manglea body the chain, tho locket
and the imggs for Marie The ghastly
no ror al tho task taAias description,
but To- safely I pit the cha II r5uad
my own neos end wore ibthofo daring
the rest OF the war
Tho Servo-Bulgar'an camnaiEn OF
80 and 'ej terminated, as yea know.
rather suddenly in the spr:ag Of the
latter year, AM rs my mother. The only
pcrsoa Interested il my movements,
had received continual news OF M
through the editor Of our paper ard !
had no sweetheart longing for q s. ght
of me, before returning to America !
went to Paris and from there took tho
train to DJuai TO perform the minis
sion Of poor little Maxine Darand. |
arrived there on IN exquisite spring
morning and on my way passed tho
sign of "Lar"ezs Rastaurateur." Here,
thought |, il where Maxine d,nod the
night he came to SOY goodbye. went
In and whi.e breakfasting engaged the
old Breton In conversation. Could he
direct ne TO the house Of Nicholas
Sterelle, asked. Certa ny, but NieLo.
las was dead; his daughter, howey +,
Nine. Dufoure, lived next door to
where Nicholaj Stere le had died, and
no doubt ] shou d like TO see her.
asked who she was. 1t seemed that
she had been engaged to u young
Parisian journalist, O. war correspond
ont, who had deserted her brutal Y.
Ho had run away and has not returned.
They did not know what pape' he
served or they would have inquired
about him at its Office. Meanwhile,
Marie Sterele hud married his rival
Irose ard sought Marie and found.
Us MaAime had told me, a little
narrow street. towards tho top Of
which the name OF "Slegelle' was in
scribed over shop whose shutters
were closed. Next door to it mil
liners store inscribed 'Dufoure' was
brilliant with Paris novelties of two
seasons ago. ! went in to buy sono
cra0Gtes, aud, whii5tI was being served
by a brisk AID certainly most attract
i've iittlo Frenchwomar, SAID:
"Have | the pleasure OF addressing
Mime. DufOure, aes Stereli9o" sac
answered in the affirmative. "Your
name, Madame said |. mas been
mentioned 70 mo by NJ sieu Durand,
VIII I'm | met recont'y in the East rs
Sls grew very white anl 81 hard
f7aG settled over her features as size
answered
"Ah, you knew Maxine Dupnnd,
who went out 80 the war. He has
stayed there, / understand.
Yes l replied, Tho has stayed
there,
l found some difficulty in inducing
her 70 permit me- to tax about Max
inc at ali, When said thut ne had
once spoke 10 ma Of D , it seemed only
to arg hea the more Finally [
said, with American b,pntnos5; you
did not retarn NaIine'9 regard, his
Affection ".a
do not Know aha interrupted
"whether he Is a friend of yours, hut
fer four gcars, M'sieu, | was devoted
to that man; he was 10 have married.
me when his position on his paper,
OF which % not know even Tia name
(for be never told me ab ,ub himselfj.
would Justify him in doing so. but
When his position became q good ona
and would have enabled him to marry
nae, lie flung me lde like al old
glove
And though The litto woman's hos.
ora heaved with rage, tho tromor Of
her lip to d mo that she was not go
callous about it as she would have me
believe. / asked hcrlf | might be So
ipdisereet II to ask her tho history OF
IBIS event as had met Msiou Du-
rand anl lid M VIII Lnr., l..