New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-18

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At that moment it appeared IN the
arms Of two porters, who were carrying
It with the greatest care Confound
them, how slow they werel What fool
ever accused the railway companies of
handling baggage roughly? I fastened
toward the men, EXPLAINING:
Be quick now Z
had hardl uttered the words when
) heavy hand was laid on my shoulder,
and turning round to see the cause of
such familiarity / found myself face to
face with gendarme.
What is the matter with your I
asked in amazement.
Matter enough, = replied the man in
ajeering tone, tightening his hold You
will see!'
Behind the gendATme came two rail.
way officials. They stopped over my
trunk solemnly, turned their heads as if
listening, then stood up and exchanged
q glance, which plainly said, .sThere is
no doubt Of it. =
They are crazy, = I thought, but then
ahorrible convic tion flashed through my
brain ss :s :
Whether the men were sane or not,
one thing was sure, it was 40 minutes
past II ;..s..-.s
At al hazards must make my escape
shook myself free IT the gendarme'
grasp, and knocking over two OF three
people III my fight dashed madly away,
but was stopped BY Two eustem house
officers, who seized ms BY the collar. I
/ was dragged, protesting and gssticulat.
ing, back to where my trnnk stood,
There was evidently mistake some
where. -.5. Il
'.Let me 60, . cried, ...let me go!
And I swear I will come back in an
hOur'' $500: ss5.t -, Is.
The gendarme's lips described smile
behind his thick mnstache: as he took
possession Of me again, this time with
both hands. ..:.s 500.
''Come, now, don't try that, said
one Of the railway officials. on may
as well confess. You arrived from New
York in great haste and under .snspi-
cious circumstances. Who are you?
What have you in this trunk?''
CLOTHES, nothing but my clothes, - /
answered, speaking. worse French than
usual in my agitation.
mo explosives?' insisted the official.
Explosives! What for? I am not a
pyrotechnist nor chemist. y
Then what is the meaning Of this
strange noise? Inside your trunk there
is sound Of machinery-in short, an
internal machine. Yesterday the London
police arrested four American anarchists
who had similar articles in their possess.
sion. You are knowntto be one of the
gang /"
I listened in speeches. wonder to his
words. looked at my trunk, and my
wonder increased to stupefaction as I
heard a metallic ticktack inside Sud
denly there was loud report, like sig
nal for an explosion.
'sBeware the bombr' shrieked some
one. Officers and porters scattered in all
directions, and even the gendarme moved
away. I alone remained, like hero I
tore open the trunk and pulled out the
clothes in feverish haste All at once I
felt something hard inside a nightshirt,
and the next moment drew out and ex-
posed to view little clock!
I had unknowingly packed up the ho-
tel keepers property, and it was strik-
ing the alarm six hours behind time.
"Confound the old turmp!'' I cried,
throwing it down furiously. I was
answered by a loud peal of laughter from
the spectators.
Then, putting my head down, like a
wild boar that scents the hounds, I
dashed toward the cab again and sprang
in, shouting to the driver:
I'll give you louis if you get me
to Place de la Bourse before noon.
Seven minutes and a half later the cab
was tearing up to the Stock Exchange.
I jumped out, flew up stairs to The
Semaphore office, burst into the room
like a hurricane and remarked in a stem
torian tone:
Here am, gentlemenr'
The next instant the first stroke of
noon sounded from the exchange clock
Translated From the French For Ro-
nance.
Dyspepsia.
There are so many forms of dyspepsia
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