Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-31

stood business.
One day | was invited 10 the Ameri- |
can quarter for "a MONDAY breakfast. |
1T may be late in the afternoon be- |
fore | return, said | TO Sally; ''and |
now, above all things, be very careful |
whom you let into the flat when you |
are uloue with the child"
You know you can depend on me, T" |
she answered, with an expression like |
Joan of Are at tile stake. 1t was easy
TO see she did not like TO be left alone. /
but was nerying herself for the worst.
As usual, | waited IN vain for an
omnibus that afternoon, and came
home in one Of those little victorias
that cost thirty five cents trip in
Paris When block away from the
house | observed that there was an
unusual excitement in our street.
looked up 10 see If | could catch
/ glimpse OF the child. High up, hang
ing out Of my bedroom window, was
a crazy Frenchman. yelling at the top
Of his lungs. 1t seemed TO me was
years paying the cabby and climbing
/ the stairs.
When / arrived at our landing the
trial was just beginning, and | had
only 10 join the crowd. One gendarme,
whose sword clanked against the oaken
balustrade, had my fainting Sally BY
the arm. The concierge, his wife and
all the ncighbors chartered in concert.
There were the butler from the minis
try Of war, the two rendarmes who
were arrestlng Sally, the man and his
wife who kept creamery hard by, a
footman from the Spanish ambassa-
dors, two plou pious, or common sol
diers, an aged maiden lady Of rank
who was having Mysteries in the arms
OF her maid, and several little errand
boys in blouses.
A perspiring, disheyeIed French.
man mopped his brow and pointed al
Sally. This woman, said he, lis a
murdercss. She locked me in a room,
and, had not summoned assistance
would undoubtedly have assassinated
me"
, You are our prisoner" said the
two gendarmes to Sally, who wa.
luckily none the wiser for what they
: said. but went ahead with her expla
nation.
! The numbering villain come in an
! Pretended To be gas man come to tax,
the meter, whin sure Id n right /,
: know him for thafe wbin the raj,
gas man had just left from takin' tn,
: meter and putin that same IN tn
book. Claws, seq he 10 me in Frinch
'ie can't come in. saws l. An whil
he paid no attintion to what said. bu
!. walked by me into your room, knew
: him for a murderer an turned til
kay on him like cat. 'Ahar says
yell find the gas book nm the jewel
+ in the desk; but it isn't far ven e
= with en- An thin, the child beii
uslape, | laid her in my room an
!, locked her in, bless her hearti an thi
\ called out the parlor windy fer tn
= police"
Z The gendarmes, consulting cac
:, other they always travel in pairs i
= France adjusted their swords an
capcs. prepuringto move on with Sally
y Who are youi' | asked the allege
10 murderer.
y Madame, | am an official of Oh
municipality. | represent the Mutua
n Partisan Company OF Heating am
p Illuminating by Gas, and | deman
$ Justice"
s. But gas man had just been her
% and made an entry in our book.
70 Madame, it is my place TO follo'
u him. and see that no classification take
y place
pr Slowly and unobtrusivcly ! slippe
"a four dollar gold piece into each p,
le lieeman's hand, slowly and uuobtrl
c. siyely they relaxed their hold on Sail,
20 This poor girl, said |, "ignoraI
5, of your language, has made dreas
e. full mistake But she il an American
II. she loves France, and promise yo
Il it shall not happen again"
" lie looks the eutthroat he is sal
10 Sally; Just lit one to live in th
y hathen country. Small loss viii
= they cut his head Off with the Frinc
ie machine. - Harper's Weekly.