Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-24
~ AEMRY NENB0LE

1neSS OF the reply, ana took MIN into
high favor. He afterward gave him a
high command in the Irish brigade. and
heaped him with rewards. He remem-
bered me, too, and after my fathers
death he married me to NJ. de Montaut,
q gentleman Of an ancient and wealthy
house, and entirely devoted to the en-
peror, in whose service he met an honor
able death in 1914. was but Is then.
and have been an exile ever since.
for neither my brother-in-law nor have
stopped to make our peace with the
Bourbons.
Il have never cared to revisit Ireland;
for am In habit and feeling French
woman: but there were many Of my
countrymen in Paris, and picked up
from them the trick Of the tongue
which astonished you so much yester-
day."
mo. no." said Dick, chats not at all
what it was; it was your wit and pres
ence of mind"
"That took you by surprise. you
mean?" she said, quickly. And then.
after laughing at his confusion. But
now it's your turn to give me some
thing to wonder at"
''Oh!' he said. there's nothing IN my
life to make story Of. Why. went 10
sea when was L."
but that's a romance in itself" she
said.
Dick blushed. perhaps from embar-
rassment, perhaps also from pleasure
for he was anxious to be less OF
stranger to her. and was fiattered az
her appearance of interest. So. OF
course. he became foolish and procras-
tinated,
I'm sure there's nothing you'd care
to hear" he said. hoping for the en-
couragement Of contradiction.
why, that's how began" she re-
piled. IF you steal my forms of speech
shall take yours and answer. as you
did just now, that 1t is not matter OF
personal interest at all, but mere story
Of adventure, that's In question"
I'm certain did not say that" he
answered. 81 mean, beg your pardon.
but I couldn't have said anything SO
rude"
$50 rude as what I have Just said to
you?" she asked. with mischevious
pretense Of innocence.
"Oh" he groaned, I'm no good with
words. I can't handle them" And he
made a sudden gesture as If to grasp .
more downright kind Of weapon.
The action and the flush which &C.
companied it became him quite we'll.
and she glanced up at him with secret
approval. He had, in fact. gained. not
lost, ground; but in his confusion he
did not suspect the fact. and was more
troubled than ever when the door
opened at this moment and the colonel
came in.
H. "a Sx~ "A
not interrupt"
slant; and Dick saw, with quick graft.
tude, that however much she might
have been playing with him before, she
had no intention of putting him tc
shame before third person.
capt. Estcourt has been telling me
something Of his life at sea-" she re.
piled to her brother-in-law's inquiry
land was about to give me his opinion
Of the relative merits Of the English
French and Spanish sailors. You see
there is nothing that you may no,
hear"
I'm that case" answered the colonel
II shall have the pleasure of joining il
the conversation. Dinner is ready. and
we Will, If. you please, Capt. Estcourt
Madame de Montaut took Dicks arm
and they passed into the dining-rpom
THAT was kindly DONE" he murmuret
as they went.
Follow 1t up. then" she answered
And they took their seats.
'.And what, In effect, is your opinion
asked the colonel, upon this question:
He had seen, but not heard, their bi
Of byplay. and was in hopes Of catching
his guest tripping.
But Dick was now inspired to do hi,
best, and showed presence Of mint
against merely male antagonist.
"Well, to tell the truth" he replied
coolly, ION second thoughts I'm not en-
titled to criticise the French or Span
iards. TOR have never met either Of
them In general engagement"
You have had the misfortune, then,
to miss the greater number OF such
events?" said the colonel
II was at Copenhagen and Algiers. /"
said Dick; "but that's ALL"
ooh" exclaimed Camilla, anxious to
defeat her brother-in-law's inquisitive-
ness, tell us about Copenhagen; that
is much better than hearing Of our
own misfortunes."
ITSELF" he replied. "At any rate that
day produced upon me more vivid Inn
preston than any that ever spent-at
sea-" he added, rather disjointedly.
Camilla enjoyed an inward smile
"Please go on she begged.
II was boy Of Is then" he said: "a
MILDLY on the 74-gun ship Edgar. I lay
awake a good time the night before,
thinking about home and that kind Of
thing. When we turned out at day.
break fell to shivering, though 1t was
not particularly cold. We all laughed
and toked more than usual. we middies.
but remember that our teeth were
chattering most Of the time. Some of
the men seemed to take 1t all quite ma
turally. but some were bit solemn,
and some rather excited, like US. The
senior officers were very cool, and
spoke cheerfully; one OF the lieutenants,
named Bradnock, had been at the Nile
and the captain said something about
1t as he came UP on deck. and asked
him about taking the. soundings. He