The sun., 1893-08-13

looking ior you: you nave notiling 70 ,rnI' @ ,,
Again sS that Inc ws1 tSat Re
was near her. And she stgmmered out other
reasons, tov. She appeared, SO singular TO him.
| further away. besides. he had faith in the re-
| turn OF the French. Troops had been seen in
"Ohl lot them mako haste: let theh come
as quickly ms posslblc!' she murmurcd fer
AZ this, moment II o'clock struck IN tho
she hal loft the mil tw" hours qro,
listen" she said rmndly; ~ we need you
T G S Rs T4n% %9" shake my hand
And sbo left on tho run. whilc. Dominique,
very anXlo1is i i, stretched himself tut on to
was reGntcring Roscreusc, FranSoise met an
old begGar. Father BontempS, WHO knew ,ne
TINT he had Just seen tho miller in the midst
OF tho irusSinns; then crossing himself and
The two hours have cnr sod" said tho on-
Ger when Fran Disc apreenred. A.
bench BY t', Tie well. " He was was Stills still Smoking
again the y9npG "a Girl nTnycgb b wen Snns sna snSis
the the r"n had In nHrT al whs
she lamcnted she thought she could hear In
the, di.,anrS the measured trend q e an army.
Listen. sir: ono hour. one hour longer You
but the 6IIiccr was inncxible. He even gave
the order to two men TO lay hands on her mid
iy to The execution Of the old man, Then u
frghttul Struggle t,9k place IN tn thG =, sEm. sou, Of
be assassnatoI thus. 40 no. she would soon
er perish with Dominique. and she was tlyin.
to her chamber, when Dominique himselfcams
The officer and the soldier, aised a shout Of
triumph. lipt lie came quietly toward Fran.
coise. as II she had been the only one present
why did You not bring me hack? II must needs
1t was 3 o'clock. Great dark clouds had
some ncIghhor!nE storm. That ycllnwish sky:
those copper. .colorcd banks OF cloud, changed
into int Su eat.throat gorge. fail Of threatsnin;
shadows. .Ihc, Prussian officer bal contented
Ts hs e m Sr @
Since noon .Frangolse had ng2nlzeh - nEoi',,-
@ sha w:u ii F save % the yar sh %.
looking for the French: But the hours were
Pnsssrs ss Mey n9 tS nSn mGre ha ali c
gained seemed unlikely to alter in any manner
Toward ; O'clock however,. the rrussians
made preparations to depart. For brief in
stant the oillccr was shut into the room alone
fore. Francoise understood that the young
mans life, was under consideration. ,Sto
iier, iIoS BY her her side sidc: maintained the mute AMI
rigid attitude Of the old peasant. who makes
ttEqsfs ms against oa '6H 6s %y saSSe
FRANCHISE they are going to take his life
This miller drew her 70 his sdo and took her
At this moment the ofIicer came out and two
men, came behind him Leading dominique. -,
am ready to die!"
Think Of i welln senti9ued rnn the onrsr
fuse. [ offer your life. / am generous. You
only to lead us h5oush 3 woods
Dominique made no reply
:, Then you persist ?"
TX Kill me and n, i make 4 an end" he snswoTel
ing him, with ,, hands a. easped. ,, She nal fer.
her hands. that tho Prussinns might not see
her adesHerate w9pan's 2 "a ,sgsta.nG gssturr ,,
bettee ne to % dfe fesH'' ne mu'''fe' II would 10
: The company OF executioners was there
lie f,tsf stii thought he Should 1. able to per-
suade him. There was silence In the dis
and
5.FSs fsssfS Is s. S2spsh%, s", .. . -
from sauyal, on the edge of the woods, the
s Of red to be e is Tme
iIrsos iro; With cultural Sl exclamntlons Not a sho.
The EPsnGa The French" cried FRANCHISE.
Il was %sf as A II she had gone mad. She had
sscaped from her father,s restraining grasp
~ md dd was auehine I aloud and waving her
and they were coming in, time. since DomIn:
ouve was stu there alive!
assIts yoS SaT whGh m 5ust Ike
Fi5st ,,s ef al the officer had muttered let
had given the, order to fre., When FranSo;ss
ooksd around Dominique lay on the ground
Her eyes We're fed and she went and at
She looked at it: at some moments her hands
BI nade vague and infantile gesture, Tho
MEnsssns Msriar n had taken possession OF Father
There ., was 2, an exciting combat. The onlcer
Whoat psSs eTashs
Ie might as well sell his life dearly Now it
HaS a the prussians who were defending the
Fol, half an hour there was no respite, THcnl
main branch q the ancient elm. The French
sreet 81 saa aF Frd hd 5
Az bsIf SSna mot be
Eve n g Talls Il, had I'D faen But It vas espeeialIyo
most mourniuL The ivy torn from the shaken
vail vail hung In tatters: the river was carrying
p snd hahSp%gh wtS
sa wh0fS whte bns frt"ns % were
ompant blades We're 'car earriea s1Rasm SWas ns
ne current and tho frame fell apart The spirit
" the cheerful mill had passed away
Thon the French made AN assault. There
gas a, a ~ inri9us hand. hand combat. Undor
10 ", valley was filing with the bodies Of tho
heir great isolated trees and their screens OF
,oplsrs which darkened them with shadows
IN the right hand and on the left the forests
TODD like walls OF an amphitheatre, conilning
ne compatants, while the springs and brooks
9ab6inE In the an panic Of tho countryside
sdtooRing down In the shed over Dominique's
s5t nag sst been SSnI instantly slain random
!iped out and the mill was burning. the
Eensn nra captain came into the yard. This was
mpaign. Putred up with pride making the
! tmost n c 9i MS great height he was smiling in
ne gracious mapner Of a handsome cavalier.
selng e the witless FRANCHISE between the
. oorpses ot her lover aud her father. in the
ited g her gallantly with his sword.
victory victoryl" he cried
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