Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-04-13
THE CRIPPLE.

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Paris. He was in the ministry of public
I works. but although in II splendid position
he was most unaffected man, without a
trace of pride in his composition. He was
thoroughly good hearted, jolly fellow.
! was therefore, as you will imagine, in
tensely sorry to see him fall hopelcssly in
love with n beautiful young girl, who was
mixed up with one Of the quecrcst sets
about town. Her brother had long since
marked out as quiet but dangerous an
archist, and the girl herself was being
oourtcd by man whom knew to be ring
leader Of these dcspcradocs. You see,
had been giving special attention to that
sort of gentry and was only waiting my
opportunity to pounce upon this particu
lar one.
so ! said again it was with more than
regret that l saw Emile About succumb to
the destinations of Marie Durand. AT
that time did not know her. l knew
that she was the image of her brother in
fcaturc--s0 much SO that to this day be-
licvc they were Withstand | suppose that
led to the inference that she rcscmblcd him
in creed and was only less dangerous be
cause Il woman.
| warned Emile of his folly, but of
f arse | knew beforehand that it would
Dee useless. dill it, as one often will do
such things, in order that I might feel l
had done my duty by him. He seemed to
rcvcl in the delight of rousing his rivals
jealousy to the point Of madness.
The girl positively hated Dumbovotsk,
her dark proved admircr, in spite of his
handsome figure, splendid bearing and I'M
doubted authority over his fellows. 1t
WAS Il now thing for Dumbovotsk to meet
with open dislike, and he set himself with
all the bulldog discrimination of his tact
tun nature to compel Maric's affection.
When, however, he saw that Emile had
not only entered upon Il similar campaign,
but had actually carried at the first storm
ing the citadel that had so strongly held
out against him, he was beside himself
with rage and modification
1t was with the mcrricst Jokes and laugh
ter that Emile told me of the progress of
his own lovcmaking and the accompany
ing growth of his rivals fierce hatred. He
was such fearless careless fellow that
he openly enjoyed tormcnting and dcfying
Dumboyotsk, whom others were afraid to
annoy-cVcn secretly.
| thought that. harm would certainly
come of it, and times out of number
warned him of the risk he was running
but he always put me off with laugh.
For most of the subsequent details of
the story l was indebted to himself and
my own subsequent Investigations us
must confess that on this occasion the an
archistS had completely outwittcd me
Marie Lad for some little while past been
very much distressed by her brother 5
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IN ms 'ea thau afternoon Ernest uncon-
sCiouel! s"uiioWcu sleepihS uralt, Whlch
MS sls'er calculated would amply make
up tle arrears OF rest that he had been re-
Gently accuinulatlhg
I1cr pan had heeh suggested TO her one
evening when she was tending him as he
lay III dcllrlolS sleep. In his mutterlngs
she heard MN say lie mort est roi, and
from MS repet'loh OF TINS phrase she
/ swiftly cohcluueu 'hat IL must be the pass
WORD OF the gang Ihen occurred to her
! the daring project OF personating her
/ brother Having assured herself that her
Drothcr was now thoroughly asleep from
/ the ehects OF the strong potion, she
| quickly assumed his clothes and then
made her way TO the conspirators rendez-
NouS' heachlhg hcr destination, she found
that she was the first to arrive. With II
trembling lip she whispered lie mort est
roi to the old man who opened the door,
and Immediately she was led to the coun-
Gil room. She thought the old man eyed
her pitifully as he conducted her to the
dark and wretched looking chamber in
which she was to play her daring part
Presently the Others began to arrive one
| by one in quick succession until about 20