The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-01-03

/ TRIED TO READ THE GERMAN VERSES
on THE TOMBSTONE.
not understanding such rough injunction,
| she looked about to see whether help was
possibly to he found among the rest of US.
The Lieutenant looked at her indifferently,
unenthusiastically, as one whose mind and
| thoughts were elsewhere. He was no ally.
| Behind him WAS the Second Lieutenant
| he was smoking with his usual impassive-
ness. Neither did his large, round eyes give
promise of help ~,
/ was in the background-and / admit
that / was looking at her with all my eyes.
/ don't know whether, she noticed this, but
she raised her voice.
"What, You won't let me pass? Do yOu
| know that you are extremely impertinent,
| sir? Are you going to be as rude as the
/ Communist commanding La Porte d'Italie
"a person whom ! would not let into my
stable for fear of soiling it, and who forced
| me to parley with him for half an hour. i
] was obliged to be polite and make the gen.
| tleman's conquest, 6nd / finally tanned him
| so thoroughly that he insisted on treating
| me to glass of horrid currant brandy"
How disgusting!"
"Comei 1 am sure you are going to let
me off cheaper!"
And she gave him glance which would
have softened tiger.
The Captain never fiinched, but replied
Madam, when the orders are that no one is
to pass, no one passes. If Madam Thiers
herself was to appear, / should turn her
back"
am convinced that he was thinking OF
the advertising woOd-cut, in the shops. oi
La Rcdingote Grise, which represents con-
script stopping Napoleon, and telling him
he couldn't pass if he were the Little Cor
| poral himself.
She looked at me again. This time |
made heroic resolve, and burned my
bridges behind me. Time was precious and
| had TO force the situation. / came forward
and pretended to suddenly recognize her.
"What is that you? You here?n and
| climbing into the truck fell into her arms
aud kissed her vigorously. How willingly
| / acted my comedy, and how natural l must
have been in the part! She screamed, but
| / whispered: "Silence, and you'll get
through"
You may imagine that brave little wo-
man who was not afraid of bursting shells
| was not going to faint because an officer
| of dragons, whom she had never laid eyes
| on before, kissed her without warning. So
| she threw herself bravely into the part, and
j felt two soft arms about my neck while
her lips touched my forehead.
/ turned to the Captain, slightly upset.
a have known this lady for years, and
can answer for her as for myself. | trust
Captain, that you will now allow her to pass
and will even give her an escort of 10 dra-
| goons. This will allow her to reach Long
| Juneau without further trouble, and will
afford you, in addition, means of verifying
her identity"
The Captain, after much persuasion,
agreed, and feared for moment that, for
greater security, he intended to accompany
the 10 dragons himself Luckily, / re-
minded him in time that his trousers had
been with the Army of the Loire. The
| Lieutenant would have been unwilling to
compromise himself by appearing in COM
pany with such good-looking person; the
| Second Lieutenant w0nld have been obliged
to stop smoking, WHICH would have vexed
him greatly; in short, the command of the
| escort was left I'd ME.
/ placed five dragoons in front of the
truck and five behind, and set forth in tri-
umph with my prisoner.
She is snatching away my pen, and de-
claring that the arest lof the story does not
concern the public. ,sAnd after all, she il
perhaps right, for it. is already ancient his
| tory.-Sh0rt Stories! TRf