The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1893-06-24

ieugo- hopper only added sarcastic-
ally:
..You haven't much the air o. itr
Stung by the sheer. the officer van
ishcd through an inner door. TO re-
appear n moment later In full uni
form Taking his scat at the desk he
began:
.'Your surnamcs and Christian
namesr
We gave these. and a great many
more items as he asked them. and
gravcly wrote them down. Suddenly
he turned upon us with "a NOV Two
got you air and asked:
''Yoar resources. u you plcaso7"
A, this vcritable ',srand and deiy-
err" Bopper. with some pride. pro.
daccd his purse. containing some zoo
francs.
You didn't look ike you know"
nurmured the ihunders;ruck briga-
dior.
When nourishea over 1000 francs
before him, he could only add:
Nor you. either
Pleased al the favorable Impression
our resources had made upon the poor
brigadier. who had probably never
seen so much money at ono time in
his life before. B9pper deigned to
produce our railway return tickets
from Paris 70 London Dupont ad.
faiitad this - evidence Blu, his
next question startled Us.
Can you speak SPANISH"
THIS finished our examination. lie
would give 10 explanation. On the
sounding OF liitic boil gonlarme
entered aad snlu:sd. He was not
our keeper. whom We saw. grimiy
keeping guard al the door The
briEa3ic- handed his big report -
tho man. who withdrew
hopper returnel 20 the charge that
tho police had no right TO stop US on
the hiehNaY. The b-icziior admit
ted that papers we're no longer necos-
sary. bat
i an instructed to arrest you on
sPeciaea charge
''whA; charge NC demanded TO
se.Ecr
He only smiled slyiy. sad told us
that an old hsal like him was not so
casily caught as all that The only
hint be would rive US was that It
would be twe1iy years Al tho hulks
Il proved aEains; Us We felt secret
~ pleased a. the Obvious cnosmity Of
our oGcasc
.Ensilsh spies. o. eourse." sneerei
Bopper
English plcxpockcts morn prob
ahly." rcsortcd the brigEdier. who
certainly scored there, "blt 40. gen
,ier1ea. u Is neither | may bs able
10 tell you Whca Sc; a reply TO my
telegram.
.Da you mean 70 say you telc-
cranha1 al that sheet about us?"
asked Boppc-. With q priie he could
hardly concczl
.Bat yes. perfectly. its the rule.
"Wharc did you telegraph tor
.Aht ccut,crlsl make questions
Pardon me
Oar eoneeli in our own Importance
uas seriously damaged by the interim
reply.
@Coamaadant at breakfast; Keep
prisoners tilI further nos.ee
Dupoai was annoyed Bop2or was
furious | am philosoPhar, The
bell rang ayEin- We were conducted
TO sort OF cell. who're ne had form
20 at on We were locked In We
both felt secretly asgrisvcd at no;
being pat into irons Even the cell
usAs . fraud. The window was very
high up. 1t Is true; but there was
only one iron bar across TIA YER
teal one. We had no pallet OF straw.
or auy OF the regulation cell iurni-
tare. Instead. there IVES quite Il
collection Of riding boot, and spurs
and belts hanging round the walls
On a shelf there were several brown
paper bundles Standing upon our
bench We could reach the shelf; but
ssii-rcsPect forbade.
Two hours afterwards Dupont camo
himself TO take Us out Our exam
ina,ion seemed perfectly satisfactory
Besides, the police AT Glen had
elu. Only we wore 10 be kept till
& o'clock in case of accidents II no
word to the contrary came before
then. we were 70 DO set free Mean
while. We were kept in very mild
state OF bondage. In fact. our cell
was the kitchen. Mime. Dupont
wanted TO converse with the terrible
Englishmen-
Dupont had again put on his apron.
and was busy daniling little girl OF
4. Madame was preparing the beans
for dinner. Bopper soon made his
way into the parental hearts by I'M