The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-14
CHAPTER II.

IRON Tue IuEtnupuHu' PEuh LUZ
lows nlght,rtdera. You Frenehmen
are living on powder magazine, and
the match has been struck which Will
SBSt this is oil strange to me-" l
said, sim numbllng at the feathers OF
my horse, What Is this Tugend-
bundg"
lit Is the secret society which has
planned the great rising which Is to
drive you out OF Germany, Just Us you
have been driven out OF Russia"
"And these Us stand for ~"
'aThey are the signal. l should have
told you all this In the village, but l
dared mot be seen speaking to you.
galloped through the woods 10 cut you
of, and concealed both my horse and
myself"
II am very much indebted 10 you"
said !, land the more 30 us you are the
only German that | have met to-day
from whom l have had common civil
IAN that possess / have gained
through contracting for the French
armles,h said he. Your emperor has
been good friend TO me, But l heS
that you win ride on now, for we have
talked long enough. Beware only OF
LutEow's night-rldersp
"BandIttl?' asked.
"AlI that Is best in Germany" said
he. "But for Gods sake ride forward.
for have risked my life and exposed
my good name In order to carry You
this warning"
Well, II / had been heavy with
thought before, you can think how l
felt after my strange talk with the
man among the faggots, What came
home TO me even more than his words
was his shiveTing broken voice, his
twitchlng face and his eyes glancing
swiftly TO the right and left and OPEN
ing in horror whenever branch creak-
ed upon tree. 1t was clear that he was
in the last extremity OF terror, and It
IL possible that he had cause, for not
long after l had left him l heard n
distant gunshot and shouting from
somewhere behind me. II may have
been some sportsman hallooing TO his
dogs. but ] never again either heard
or saw the man who had given me my
warning,
/ kept good lookout after this. rid
ing swiftly where the country was open
and slowly where there might be an
ambuScAde. II was serious for me,
since 800 good miles OF German soil lay
In front OF me. but somehow did not
take II very much TO heart, for the Ger.
mans had always seemed TO me to be
a kindly, gentle people. whose hand
closed more readily, around pipestem
than awordhilt-not out OF want OF
ynlor, you understand, but because
they are genial. open souls, who would
rather be on good terms with all men.
/ did not know then that beneath that
hOmely surface there turks deviltry
as fierce and far more persistent than
that OF the Castlllan or the Italian
And II was not long before had II
shown 10 me that there was something
more serious abroad than rough words
and hard looks. / had come to spot
whore the road runs upward through
a Wild tract OF heatherlRnd and van
ished IN an lakewood. may have
been half why IN the hill, when look
ing forward / saw something CLEAN
under the shadow OF the tree trunks.
and n man came out with u coat that
was 30 slashed and spangled with gold
that he blaZed like n fire In the sun
light. He appeared to be very drunk,
for he reeled and staggered as he came
towards me- one OF his hands was held
up to his ear and clutched a great red
handkerchief, which was fixed 70 his
neck
Iluu Ttlutu up Hlg lllhtN AhN Nae
looking at him with some disgust, for
II seemed strange to mo that one who
wore so gorgeous a uniform should
show himself IN such state In broad
daylight For his part he looked hard
In my direction and came slowly on
ward, stopping from time to time and
swaying about as he Enzed at me. Sud-
denly, as again advanced, he scream
ed out his thanks to Christ, and lurch-
Ing forward, he fell with crash upon
the dusty road. His hands flew up
ward with the fall, and saw that what
had taken for red cloth was n mon
strous wound, which had left a great
gap in his neck. from which n dark
bIOodcot hung, like an epaulettc, upon
his shoulder.
my Cod" I cried, as sprang to his
aid, land thought you were drunk"
"Not drunk, but dying" said he."But
oh! thank heaven that I have seen a
French officer while had still strength
to speak"
I laid him among the heather and
poured some brandy down his throat
All around US was the vast country
aide, green md peaceful, with nothing