The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-13
YOU CANNOT DO THAT" SAID TIE EN-.
rEHoR; you wgnr 4 LIEU.
TENANT THEN"

ALNHNi IhEN.
taineblcau, and it would DO in Paris on
the fourth. Now. ii l tell you enough
10 appease your curiosity, tllcrc is some
reasonable hope that you may DO ablo
10 keep the matter to yourself"
lie did not understand me, this ON
peror, ana yet l could only bow and be
silent.
~ few words will make it clear to
vou." said he, speaking very swiftly and
pacing M and down the room. '.Thov
were Corsicans. these two mon. l had
known them in my youth. We had be.
longed to tho same NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
.Aiaccio, as We called ourselves. 1t was
founded in the old Paoli days, you
understand, and We had some strict
rules OF our W which were not in.
iringed with %impuni,y." 4 very grim
look came over his face IS no spoke, and
it seemed 10 me that all that was
French had gone out OF him, and that
it was the pure Cotsican. tho mar OF
strong passions and Of strange reveuccs,
who stood before mo. His memory had
gone back to those early days OF his,
and for five minutes, wrapped in
thought, he paced up and down the
room with his quick little tiger steps.
Then with an impatient wave OF his
hands he came back to his palace and
to inc.
''Thc rules oil such a society" he cor.
.inuod. ''are all very well for a private
citizen. In the old dag. there was no
more loya! brother than l. But cir.
cumstances change, and i, would be
neither ior my welfare nor Tor that OF
Franc. ;hatI should now submit. my.
self to them. They wanted to hold me
TO it, and 30 brought their fate upon
their " heads.
"rhesc werc the two chiefs OF tho or.
der, and they had como from Corsica to
summon me to meet them ut tho spot
which they named. knew what such
asummons meant. No man had over
returned from obeyinc one. On tho
other hand, if did not 90. | was sure
that disaster would follow. l am Il
brother myself. you remember, and |
know their ways" Again thcro came
that hardening OF his mouth and cold
glitter OF his eyes.
lyon perceive my dilemma, Monsieur
Gerard" said he. GLOW would you
have acted yourself under ouch circum-
stances"
"Given the word to tho Tenth Illus.
sars. sire" | criod. Patrols could
nnvo swept the woods from ond to end
and brought these two rascal. to your
feet"
lilo smiled, but he shook his head.
81 had worry excellent reasons why |
did not wish iho;n taken alive" said
no. You can understand that IN assas.
sins tongue might DO as dangerous n
weapon rs an assassin's dagger. will
not disguise from you that | wished to
avoid scandal a. all cost. That was why
| ordered you TO take no pistols with
YOU. That also is why my Mnmolukes
will remove all traccs OF tho affair and
nothing moro will DO hoard about It."
II thought OF all possible plans, and l
nm convinced that / selected tho best
ono. Had | sent moro than ono guard
with Dc Gondiu into the woods, ,non
the brothers would not have appeared.
They would not change their plans or
miss their chance for the sake OF n single
man. 1t was Col. Lasalle'a accidental
presence ut tho moment when | received
the summons which led to my choosing
ono OF his hussars for tho mis-
sion. l selected you, Monsieur
Gerard, because l wanted n man
who could handle n sword, and who
would not pry moro deeply into tho AZ
fair than | desired. ! trust that in this
respect you will crafty my choice rs
we'll as you have done in your bravery
and skill"
sire" | answered, "you may rely
upon it."
"As long as I livc," said no, ''you
will mover open your lips upon this aub-
ject.
II dismisH it entirely from my mind,
sire. ! will clncc it from my recollection
rs il 1t had never been. will promise
you to 20 out Of your cabinet mt this
moment exactly M | was when | enter.
cd it at 4 o'clock"
"You cannot do that" said tho om.
pcror, smiling. "You wero n licutonant
at ,hnt time. You will permit me.
captain, to wish you Il very good night"
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