The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-02-03

the fright of a lifetime"
"a sedan chair?''
eyes. Listen, if you would know all
about it. And he told US the following
story:
"a love tale," sale, he, "of the city
of Lille, of my twentieth year, and my
pastry cooks daughter, mere child,
but SO pretty, so sweet, so adorably CO.
quettish; moreover, so admirably skill
ed in all pertaining to her fathers bust
ness. Nowhere else could 1 buy such
cake, such buns, such sugared almonds.
And the stacks and stacks of rich COLI
fections that l devoured each day to
prove my devotionl
1.-The fire of NY love-which she re-
turned between the smiles bestowed
upon her fathers customers - alone
saved me from gastritis by consuming
The hcaviness Of my stomach.
~"This was the state Of things, when,
enc day, CHANGED to find the pass ley
Of lie pere. who spent half his time i'll
the wireshop across the way and tho
other half gossiping at his door with his
equally idle neighbors-
Determined to profit by this piece Of
luck, / managed to speak a word to Vic
toire, my little sweetheart. ard to pro-
pose to her a visit to the theater that
evening, il she could elude the yigi-
lance of her mother and join ,ne unseen.
She could easily re-eEter by means Of
the pass key.
"Victoire WAS charmed with my in
Gpiraticn, and six hCDrs after lad con-
ceived the project VIC had carried it into
execution. Although it was the middle
of the winter the night WIS superb, q
late rising Moon. bRt thousands Of bril-
liant stals shining from, every quarter
of the heavens. Victoire trenlbled like
q leaf in the wind. butI.Uas iIisd with
such burning ETf.Cr tL1b IL mounted to
my head like q flTinl of Tsi1le.,
% We were y0Aug, ycu Geas the thea
ter forSMs a scene of eECtS::ntnent. in
love with each other ard more than
happy, t9Er hezrfs., like tho. strings Ct
sonla y.1elieatefy tuned islsGrunent, vi
hrated. TO the slishtest tuEob:: Ia fact
we forget everything bit each other and
never tboEgtt If moving when at last
tie final curtain fell Urtn tic lampiEt
appeared to turn CIT ti.e lights.
"EurryiuS GlICn to tho Street., We
found that the night had changed. Tie
stars weIc SUnG, the MooIl hidden UuL9r
= canopy Il clos.ce, G ccId, Ienctrating
rain be9i0aing 10 fall md Gll tie sLGan
ck:aizs f;oEo with the Stare.
"No. was r:Eun5; ono was left
standing ly tie lCaGside a little Way
below rs. - EigLt sI it Il 11tal idea
goIEld into r.:y LIai1!. Il W2s Let yet
ss~y l.tte, and / had stili SO many Eeau-
az. ! gLis>Es % EEyt2 iItCiIe. Why ECt
* Ito tit cLi.iz. {; refuge from, tho
t1itc:y .Zi11s, Iii Tx A>trS thing ali oyeT
sGaI=: 49, -.
''---c COX 1t tlo cUrner WIS just
hErlE1EG Il i.s Sve slipped into Cur lnor-
sEic GIoTGr-ualf, EG&2Cr CIamped, to he
S2Ee, Elf LiEl o. Us were light and
ftan; aS', sl..HIng close and sIng like
taEtss III nest, We awaited the passing
Ct the Enthusiastically awaited it,
ano-UEs4a all IS oUcc something very
strange c; CARED. 49, -.
'Ihe deer Of THO house near which
4fse chair WIS standing opeIed noise
..sss,y, as if hung CT velvet, and two
MIN lCtEGd Cut, evidently desiring
Eeieher 10 bo seen nGr heard.
Assured Of solitude and q clear
coast, tEsy desccLded to the street, bear
Eng in their arms heavy burden. Just
as THAT instant the moon slid from en-
s,er the clouds, aud We distinctly saw
that this burden was human being
wrapped III long cloak closely nuftcd
about The face and shoulders.
Ills I?i.s startling enough, but fancy
Crr horror wien the bearers of this
strange lead E-oved straight to the chair
wberow we crcc~cEeG - tt c"l cn.c Of
the: slicssdy h. LIS Id O. tio CT:
VIZ ...~--o Uttered q stifed shrek,
answered - q frigLtful oath, and quick
as Cash the nen were gone as they
LAD cone, and tie door reclosed as soft.
ly as it had opened - :, 80.
at he whole, thing had Iassed so quick.
" that we might Lave believed it some
fearful vision, only doubt was not DOS
siEle-we had seen it-both of us had
distinctly seen the scrle thing, and
Ti,EcIt a SPOKEN syllable were filed
with the same blood freezing thought
inEIGer--a murder DOUBTLESS committed
in this very house, from which the MUIR
dtrers were low seeking to carry away
and to conceal all traces of the crime
With the victims body -
"'Cb, let rs go, let us GOT moaned
Victoire treinblingly. Let 'us go at
once. jacques. | am SO frightened!
$50? Yes, was willing enough, but
how: For as Victoire spoke, two men
emerged from the darkness around us
we could barely distinguish them, as
the neon had gene behind clord again
caught up the chair and were bearing
LIS away into the dismal night.
nThis was a predicament. We were
stupefed. What must we do? Cry out,
and make dreadful scandal? Betray
Victoire, and expose myself to the risk,
OF discovery? Ncyerl 1t was MOTTO be
thon9ht. OIL 1t was not to be thought
OIL TWAS one of those times when trust
in chance was the only resource, hoping
ny blind confidence to propitiate her
favor.
Perhaps this was our case; perhaps.