Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

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"If ,jo1t do betrdv me, man 7iot die as
am dying and NTH no one to lore you're
These two men had belonged to the
same regiment, and had stood shoulder
to shoulder on more than one battlefield.
Dupont. after his term of service was
over, had knocked about the world for
several years; he had been an acrobat in
London, gambler in Ceylon, a miner
in Australia and sheep farmer in New
Zealand. and now, with Il few thousand
dollars in his pocket, he was on his way
to Central America, with no very clear
ideas as to what he would do when he
got there. But he was not the man to
get the worst Of any situation in which
he might find himself. Nothing fright
ened. nothing depressed him. Withal
he was most entertaining companion,
having resources of anecdote, humor
and dare deviltry that never knew ex-
haustiou. No wonder, then, that Mau-
rice, who for more than two months past
had scarcely exchanged two score SEN
fences with human being, was highly
doll yhtod TO see thus unexpectedly his
old comrade.
But after the first greetings had been
excbanoed-and very hearty they were
ON bo+h sides-Maurice beran TO reflect
that pcrhens the encounter WAS not St,
Fortunate after ALL For Dunont besides
being communicative. was inoulsltiyc
and he had not been on board half an
h1ur before he had asked Maurice all
manner Of uuanswerahle questions about
himself his destination. bis Objects in
travelling ana a dozen things besides.
How to Ineettlis hrsal.ide Of intcrroga-
tiyes Maurice knew not. for his character
was srrqiyhtforwarl and administrative.
He told lie. awllwar,ilv-aul ON the 9TH
err hand. if he kent silence the result
co,,ll only he to st;,nulat, I'M, friends in
olIi.itiveness sill further. Finally he
attomptel A colnnromi4o hv informing
Dupont that for certain GOOD and sufli-
c;4nt reasons he 7,~rfa,.roj not IN snocifv
, his evact intention, inst then bnt that
after thev had arrived in New York he
would willingly fell hin All he cared IA
hear
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