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broken ground, and l thought, nj
though / could sec nothing, that u gen
cral engagement had broken out. Tho
Bart laughed Mt my idea, however, ind
explained thnt tho sound cnmo from
the English camp, where every man
cmptied his piece each morning so US
to make sure of having a dry printing.
"ln another mile we shall he up with
the outpost,,' said he.
glanced around at this md per-
cc1vcd that wc had trottcd along at so
good u pace during Ghc tilno that wo
were keeping mp our pleasant chat thnt
the dragoon with the lame horse was
altogether out Of sight. | looked on
every side. but in the whole OF TINT
vast rocky valley there wa, no one snvo
only the Bart and both of MS armed,
you understand, und both Of MS we'll
mounted l began to ask myself
whether utter all it was quite ncccs-
sary that | should ride that mile which
would bring mo to the British out
posts
Now wish TO be very clear with You
on this point, my friends, for would
not have you think that was acting
di#honornbly or ,nGrntaiully to tho
man who had helped IN" away from tho
brignnds You must remember that of
all duties the strongest. is that whicl, IL
commanding officer owes to his men.
You must also bear in mind that war is
game which is played under fixed
rules, and when these rules are broken
one must at once claim the forfeit II,
for example, I had given II parole, then
should have been an infnitlous wretch
had | dreamed of escaping. But no
parole had been asked of me. Ont of
ovcrconiiti"n"c aud the chance of the
lame horse dropping behind, the Bart
had permitted me to get upon equal
terms with him. Had it been / who
had ta't"n him should llrvr used him
us conT!cously as he ind mo, but at the
same time ! should have respected his
cntcrpris" SO far ~ To have deprived
him of his sword, ;',:d seen that had
at least one guard besides myself. l
refined up my horse and explained this
to him, asking him ut the Same whether
he saw any brcacl Of honor in nay lcav-
ing him.
He thought about it, and several
time: repeated that which The English
say whrn they mean ''Mon Dien." "You
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reason shy thnt you arc mine. We arc
alone here, and though have no doubt
that you arc an excellent swordsmnn,
you would hardly hope to hold your
own against the best blade In the six
light cavalry brigndes."
His answer was u cut ut my head.
parricd and shore Off half of his white
plume. He thrust at my breast.
turned his point and cut away tho other
half of his coclade.
Curse your monkey tricks" he cried,
us wheeled my horse away from him.
"Why should you strike at me-" said
I. you SEQ that l will not strike
back"
That's nll very WELL" said hc "But
you've got to come along with me to tho
camp
II shall never see the camp" said !.
'1'll lny you nino to four you do" ho
cried as he made ut me, sword In hand.
But those words Of his put something
new into my head. Could we not de-
oide the matter in some better way than
by fighting? The Bart was placing mo
in such Il position that should have to
hurt him, or he would certainly hurt
mo- I avoided his rush, though his
sword point was within an inch Of my
neck.
II have proposal" l cried. "Wo
shall throw dice rs to which is the pris-
oner of tho other"
He smiled at this. 1t appealed to his
love of sport.
Where AFRO your dice?" he cried.
81 have mono"
"Nor l, but have cards"
Cards let it be-" said L.
"And the gnmc?"
~ leave it to YOU"
"Ernrte, thcn-thc best of three"
could not help smiling us I agreed.
for d, not suppose that there wero
three men in Franco who wcro my mas
tcr's Mt tho game. told the Bart as
much us we disinountcd. EIo smiled
also as ho listened.
~ WAS counted the best player Mt
Wntiers," sud he. with even lncl.
you deserve to get Off If you beat mo-"
So we tethercd our two horses and
sat down, ono on either side of tho
great fat rock. The Bart took IL pack
of cards ont of his tunic and hnd only
to see him shuttle tllom to convince mo
TINT l had no novice To deal with. Wo
cut and tho deal fell to him.
My fnith, 1t was II stake worth playing
for. He wished to add II hundred gold
pieces game, but what was money
when the into Of Col. Etiennc Gerurd
hung upon the cards? felt rs though
nll those who hnd reason Go be inter-
chtcd in the game, my mother. my
hussars, tho Sixth corps d'nrmcc, Ncy,
Mcssen;l, even tho emperor himself,
were forming II ring around us in TINT
dcaolate valley. Ucnvens, what n blow
to one and all of them should tho cards
go against me- But | was confident,
for my ecnrtc play WIS Ms famous ns
my ewordsmnnship, and, save old
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would mourn for me, and Of my dear
old mother, and Of the dcplorablc loss
that should be both to my regiment
and to the emperor, and l am not
ashamed to confess to you that shed
tears Us thought of the general con-
sternation which my premature end
would give rise to.
But all the time l was taking the
very keenest notice of everything
which might possibly help me- am
not man who would lie like a sic!;
horse waiting for the farriar sergeant
and the poleax. First would give
little tug at my ankle cords, and then
another at those that were around my
wrists, and all the time WINS trying to
loosen them l was peerng round to
sec if could find something which was
in my favor. Theirs was one thing
which was very evident. A hussar is
but half formed without a horse, and
there was my other half quietly graz
ing within thirty yards Of me, Then
observed yet another thing. The path
by which we had como over the noun
toins was 80 steep that horse could
only be led ocross it slowly and with
difficulty, but in the other direction
the ground appeared to be more open,
and to lead straight down into gently
slop;ng valley. Had but my feet in
yonder stirrups and my sabcr in my
hand, single bold dash might take
me out of the power of these vernlin Of
the rocks.
was still thinking it over and strain
ing with my wrists and my ankles
when their chief came out from his
grotto and after some talk with his
lieutenant, who lay grooming near the
frc,.thcy both nodded their heads and
looked across at me. He then said
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other. He undid his snsh and 1 put
AWAY my sword belt. lie wns cool,
this Englshmnn, and l tried to be also,
but the perspiration would tricklc into
my eyes. The deal lay with him and
mny confess to You, my friends, that my
hand shook 80 that could hardly pick
my cards FROM tho rock. But when I
raised them what was the first thing
that my eyes rcstod upon? 1t was tho
king, the king tho glorious king Of
trumps. My mouth was open to de-
clare IT when the words were frozen to
my lips by the appearance OF my com.
rade.
He held his cards In his hand, but
his jaw had fallen and his eyes
were staring over my shoulder with
the most dreadful expression Of con-
sternntion and surprise. l whislsed
round, and | myself was amazed at
what saw.
Three men were standing quite close
to ,,S-ilftccn meters Mt the farthest.
The middle ono was Of Il good height,
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curse died on his lips, before tho whole
horde were upon ns, but with :, dozen
bounds and as lnnny' slnslcs we were all
safely out Of the glade and gnlloping
down the winding track which led to
valley.
1t was not until VIC had left the rn-
vine far behind rs and were right out
in the open fields t,at we vcnt;1rcd to
halt and to see what injuries we had
sustained For ms, weary and wound
cd n7 | was, my heart was bcnting
proudly and my chest was nearly burst
ing my tunic 10 think that /, tticnnc
Gerard, had left this gang Of mur,'crcrs
SO much by which TO remember mo.
My faith, they would thinl; twice be-
fore they vcnturcd again to lay hands
upon one of The Third h,,ssars. So car
ried away WIS that ! made n small
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tree up on one side of the glade, and
tied rope around tho top of the trunk.
He then fastened another rope In the
same fashion to similar tree on the
other side. The two loose ends were
now dangling down, and l waited with
some curiosity and just little trepida-
ton to see what they would do next.
The whole band pulled upon one Of tho
ropes until they had bent the strong
and they then fastened it to stump,
so as to hold it so. When they had
bent the other tree down in similar
fashion, the two SUBMITS were within
n few feet of each other, though, as
you understand, they would each
spring back to their original position
the instant that they were released. I
already saw the diabolical plan which
those miscrcants had formed.
"Ipresume that you ure II strong man,
colonel" said tho chief, coming toward
me with his hateful smile.
''If you will have the kindness to
loosen these cords" answered, 81 will
show you how strong am
er you were as strong as these two
young saplings," said he. at is our IN
tention, you see, to tie one end of each
rope round your ankles and then to let
the trees go. If you are stronger than
the trees, then, of course, no harm would
be done. If u the other hand the trees
are stronger han you-why, in that
case, colonel we may have a souvenir
Of you upon each side Of our little
glade" He laughed as he spoke, and at
the sight Of it the whole forty Of them
laughed also. Even now il am in my
darker humor, or if I have Il touch Of
my old Lithuanian aguc, SEQ in my
sleep that ring of dark savage faces
with their cruel eyes and the freight
flashing upon their strong white teeth.
CHAPTER Nv,
It is acknowledgement have heard
many make the same rcnnrk-how
acute ones senses become ut such u
crisis as this. l am convinced that ut
no moment is one living so wildly, so
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and yet not too tull-ahu,lt the, sumo
height in fact TINT I am myself. ITe
WAS clad in dark uniform With q
small cooked hat mud some sort of white
plume upon the side. But / hal little
Thought for his drcsa. 1t WIS his face,
his Gnuut checks, his bcnl. of n nose,
his mustcrfu blue eyes, his thin firm
slit of - mouth which nude ore feol
thnt this was Il wonderful man, II man
of n million. His brows were tied into
knot, ind h" Gust such glance ut my
poor Bart from under them thnt one by
one the cnrls came ilnttcring down
from His nrrvclcss fingers Of the two
other men, one, who hud q face as brown
and MS hard us though it had been
cared out Of old onl., wore II bright
red coat, while the other, II fine portly
man with hnshy aide whssers was in
blue jnck"t with gold fucings. Some
littln distance behind three ordcrlies
were holding IA many horses, while an
escort Of lullccrh wero waiting in tho
rear.
"ll"h, Crawford, what tho devils
thi5r' asked the thin nun.
"D' You hear, sir, cried the man with
the red cont 'Lord Wellington wants
to know what this means
Ny poor Bart broke into an account
of ell TINT hnh occurred but TINT roclt-
f;lrn never softcncd for an instant.
"rrc'ty fine, 'pon my word, Gen.
Crawford" he broke in. '"rhe dis
ciplinc of this force must be main
tnined, sir! Report yourself at head
quarters as II prisoner"
IT. wa, dreadful to nc to sec the Bart
mount his horse and ride off with hung
ilR head. could not endure it. I
threw myself before this English gen.
rral. pleaded with him for my
friend. told HIM how /, Col. Gerard,
would witness what IL dashing young
officer no WIS. All, my eloqucnce
might have melted the hardest heart;
brought tears to my own eyes. but
mono to his. My voice broke and 1
could say no more.
what weight do you put on your
mules, sir, in the French scrvice?" he
usl;ed. Yes that was all this phlegmutic
Englishman had to answer to these
burning words of mine. That was his
reply to what would have made
Frenchman weep upon my shoulder.
"What weight on u nlule?' asked the
man with the red coat
Two hundred and ten pounds"
snid t.
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some few words to tho band, who
clnpped their hands and laughed up.
ronriously. Things looked ominous. and
was delighted to feel that my hands
were so fur free that could easily slip
them through the cords If 1 wished.
But with my ankles feared that l
could do nothing, for when strained
1t brought such pain into my lance
wound that l had to gnnw my mustache
to keep from crying out could only
lie still, half free and half bound, and
see what turn things were likely to
take.
For little could not see what they
were after. One of the rascals climbed
up to the top of well-grown fir
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A Mornc- Grr",ry story.

A story is told Of Horace Greeley that
an acquaintance who got offended at enc
of his articles in the Tribune, went to
the office and stopped his subscription.
Later in the day he met Mr.. Greeley and
said, 1--WE stopped your paper" "rhcrc
must be some mistake replied Horace.
"for | Just came from the office, and
when left the presses we're running as
the compOsitCrs we're hard at work and
the business was going on the same as
yesterday and tho day before"
"Oh!" said the subsc.iE cr, II didn't
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first high and then low when Miss Will
son plays it?" He-"Wcll, you see she
is learning to ride wheel, and uses
both pedals from force Of habit"
"IIave you noticed how Stubbins re-
neats himself?"
yes; it is an atrocious habit-yester-
day he tried to collect bill off me
which he had collected twice before"
Wife-Dear, the doctor says it is nee
cssary for me to take a trip across the
water What do you think had better
do?
Husband-Get another doctor.
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mean that | had stepped the paper. I
only stopped my copy of the paper, be-
cause didn't like enc Of your editor
ials." "Pshaw." rctortcd Greeley, If
You expect to control the utterances OF
a day. or If you think to find any news
paper worth reading which will never
express convictions at right angles with
your own, you are doomed to disappcint-
ment."
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before them, as horrible an object as
ono could sec in nightmare. "Godam!"
cried the officer, and "Godum!" cried
each Of the four troopers, which is tho
same rs with us when we cry mon
Dieu!" Out raspcd the five swords and
the four men closed mp. One who woro
scrgeant's chevron laughed and
clapped me on the shoulder. "Fight
for your skin, froggy," said he.
All! it was SO fine to have horse be-
tween my thighs and u weapon in'my
grip. waved it above my head and
shouted in my cXnltation. The chief
had come forward, with that odious
smiling face Of his.
"Iour cScellency will observe that
this French:nan is our prisoner" he
said.
"You are r;lscally robbcr," said tho
Englishman, shaking his sword Mt him.
''It is a disgrace to us to have such
allies. BY the Lord, if the general wero
OF my mind we would swing you up to
the nearest tree"
But my prisoner" said the brigand,
in his suavc voice.
Gle shall como with us to Lord Well
lington's camp"
"Just n word in your car before you
take him."
He approached the young officer, and
then. turning as quick as u flash, ho
fired his pistol in my face. Tho bullet
scored it's way through my hair and
burst a hole on each side of my busby.
Seeing that he had missed me- he raised
the pistol and was a bout to huvl it at
me, when the English sergeant, with q
single baclShnndcd cut, nearly severed
his head from his body. His blood Ind
not reached the ground, nor the last
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Finally he began to speak of what
the English call sport, and ho told
such stories Of the money which he had
lost over which OF two cocks could kill
the other, or which of two mon could
strike the other the most In fight for
prize that was filed with ustonish-
ment. He was ready to bet upon uny-
thing in the most wonderful manner,
and when Glanced to see II shooting
star he was anxious to bet TINT ho
would see more than me, twenty-five
francs star, and 1t was only when 1
explained that my purse was in the
hands OF the brigands that he would
give over the idea.
Well, wo chnttcd away In this very
aminble fashion until the duy began to
break, when suddenly we heard great
vollcy Of muslsetry from somewhere in
the front OF us. 1t was very rocky and
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Grafton to these brave Englishmen and
told them who it was that they had
hclped to rescue. would have spoken
of glory also and Of the sy,npathies Of
brave men, but the officer cut me short.
"Thut's all right" said he, "any in
jurics, sergeant?"
trooper Jones' horse hit with
pistol bullet on the fetlocls."
Trooper Jones to go with us. Ser
geant Halliday with troopers Harvey
and Smith to keep to the right until
they touch tho videttes of tho German
hussars."
So these three jingled away together.
while the officer and l, followed at
some distance by tho trooper whose
charger had been wounded, rode
straight down In the direction Of tho
English camp. Very soon we had
opened our hearts, for we each liked
the look Of tho other from the begin
ming. He was Of the nobility, this bravo
lad. and he had been sent out scouting
by Lord Wellington to sec If there were
any signs of our advancing through the
mountains. 1t is one advantage of
wandering life like mine, that you learn
to pick up those bits of knowledge
which distinguish the man of the world.
have, for example, hardly ever met
Frcnchlnnn who could repeat un Eng
lish tito correctly. II had not trav-
eled should not be able to say with
confidence that this young mans rcul
namo was Nlilor Hon. Sir Russell
Bart, this last being m honorable dis
tinction, so that 1t was as the Bart that
usually addressed him, just MS in
Spanish one might shy "thc Dom"
AS wo rode beneath tho moonlight in
the lovely Spanish night we spoke our
minds to each other, us if we wcre
brothers. We were both ofan age you
see, both Of the light cavalry also (tho
Sixteenth light Dragons was his
regiment) and both with the Same
hopes and ambitions. Never havo 1
learned to know u man SO quickly rs I
did the Bart. He gave me the name Of
a girl whom he had loved at Il garden
called Vauxhnll and for my part I
spoke to him Of littlo Caralic Of tho
opera. He took look OF hair from his
bosom, and u garter. Then we near
ly quarreled over hussar and dragoon,
for he was absurdly proud OF his
regiment, and you should have seen him
curl his lip and clap his hand to his
hilt when said thut hoped it might
never be its misfortune to come In tho
way of the Third.
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would give me the slip, would your"
said he.
"If you can give no reason againstit."
''The only reason that I can think
Of" said the Bart, is that should in.
stantly cut your head of if you should
attempt It."
1.-TWO can play ut that game, my dear
Bart" said L.
Then We'll SEQ who can play It
best" he cried, pulling out his sword.
had drawn mine also, but I was
quite determined not to hurt this ad-
mirable young man who had been my
benefactor.
Consider" said I. "You say that
ain your prisoner. might with equal
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ont a penny" you don't say So" re-
piled the impctuOus lover; Gin that case
| love her too well. sir. to take her un
der such conditions" And the stern
parent embraced the impotuous lover.
and folded him TO his breast and said
unto him-"You are the man have
been looking for. You ar. an easy go
ing liar, and You have tact
'No madam, we can't take back that
waist; you have worn It," What if
have? You advertised it as changeable
silk"
She-"Why does that piano sound
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The first game won right off, though
] must confess that the cards wcro
with me, and that my adversary could
have done no more In tho second l
never played better and saved y trick
by Il fncssc, but the Bart volcd no
once, marked the king, and ran out in
the second hand. Ny faith, VIC wcro
SO excited that he laid his helmet
down beside him, and my l,uaby.
"i'll lay my roam mare against your
blnck horse" said he.
'Donc," said !.
Saddle. bride and stirrups!" no
cried.
"Dnnc"' shouted.
had &nnMiit this spirit Of sport from
him. ! would have laid my hussnrs
against his dragons, had they been
ours To pledge.
And then began the gam" Of games.
Oh, he played, this Englishinan; ho
played in way that was worthy OF
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81 suppose" said the stern parent,
you know that the man who takes my
daughter takes her as she stands, with
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MlNNEAPpLIS. Sept. 2.-Receiits are mol
crate and find ready sale prices quoted
Higher prices asked choice, and in some
instances !aid. hu; the ;;encral run of prices ar.
as per quotations below:
Choice Iowa upland. Observation-Disclosures. E;'.5o@G.5)
choice Minnesota upland new. 5..0uG.J
Medium. rev ............ ................ 600
Mixed, new. according the
amount Of timothy. Observation-Disclosures. I.Gon5.5,
Timothy. rev 7.aCGD, 60
Rye straw. choice. 3.jUn 90
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Do not miss the Carnival and Mime
sofa State Fair, Sept. to II. Half rate
on the M. & St. L. Railroad.
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Bouvct, Of tho huss'irs, who won sew
enty-sy ont of one hundred and fifty
games oil me, ! have always had tho
best of q series
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QuOtutlUhS are:
stric,ly fresh i.d, INCLUDED. loss or. 70
Strictly fresh laid, cases returned. loss off II
CHEESE-ln sympathy with the firm feeling
In butter and EGGS cheese seems to lie bracin;;
up somewhat and all lines show an improve
nlent with regard the tone OF sentiment
Tho cold weather, which may follow
should tend still further increase the demand.
The call for Iull creams, twins and flats Of
fancy quality is constantly broadening. Medium
and low grades are in good request Brick and
Swiss are in moderate call quotations. Linn
burger is steady at the advance with the move
ment rather light The call Tor Primust and
fair.
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The following quotations are revised and cor
rected up noon Sept. 2.
BUTTER--Butter is lower and the feeling Is
general that the decline today will be followed
by further declines. The sentiment Is mixed,
and follows that which foretold in THE
TRIBUNE several days ago.
The tare single head sugar barrels is 50
lbs when used packing stock. Apple and
flour barrels are tared at ~ lbs.
Today's quotations are:
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many make the same rcmark-how
acute ones senses become ut such u
crisis as this. am convinced that ut
no moment is one living so wildly, so
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SnOlce sag
POULTRY-The market is little slow be-
cause OF heavy receipts. Prices. however, arc
held firm.
Chickens--Alarket steady at prices quoted
Offerings are not large. Sellers are holding for
full quotations, with not much demand
Turkeys-Tiere very few coming ill., De-
mand good at quotations.
Duclss-Not many coming. In fair demand at
quotations,
Geese--Vcry few coming and scarcely any in
Quiry Quotations nominal.
Note-A conps sent out to shippers billed
at market prices.
Quotations