The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20

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Hide, standing with here mall hands
tightly clasped. Shall 1 bring water?'
Yes. and call Bourke."
A moment later Bourke entered, car
rying pitcher of water. Hide anC
Yolette followed with some cloth fol
. bandages. a bowl, and another lamp.
The Mouse was sitting sIp, supported
by Hardwood, his ragged back resting
against the shop counter, his leg:
, thrust out on the floor. He swallowed
all the cognac Bourke gave him with
out comment, winked solemnly witt
his sound eye, gasped, and looked up
He recognized Hide and Yolette a
, once, and flicker of amused malict
came into his face, which changed
however, so suddenly that HARDWOOD
thought he was going to faint again
1.-The lion." gasped the Mouse. =
don't want to see it.
1t was difficult to quiet him. The
horror of his previous Introduction tC
Scheherazade had left an impression
never to be obliterated. However. he
was in no condition for further fright
and at last Hides pity and Hare
woods amusement treasured him.
They punched me full of holes" he
explained THE soldiers of Vinoy enC
the Garde Mobile for what? Goo
knows" he added piously. Have
been shot, monsieur"
vi oZCQs II 10 itolIlllS. IGpllSb AASi =
wood. He looked anxiously at Hide
she understood, and drew Yolette to-
ward the door.
Are you hungry" she asked, shak,
ing her head gravely at the Mouse.
"Mademoiselle," replied the Mouse
with an approach to enthusiasm. 90
am always hungry"
Bourke and Hardwood washed the
battered ruffian's wounds; they were
slight, perhaps painful; but in the
lower organisms sensibility to pain is
at minimum. 1t is exhaustion that
tells most heavily upon creatures OF
the Mouse's species; the finer tortures
mental and physical, need nerves fol
appreciation, and the Mouse had none
Bourke brought him a chair; Hardwood
set the two lamps on the counter; the
Mouse was supplied with a cigar.
Now" said Hardwood, ''go on"
The Mouse leaned bSck luxuriousiy;
a placid sense of we'll being and secur-
ity filed his body and soothed him tc
the ends of his toes.
'Messieurs," he said, lit was Majo,
F'lourens. l was at the urGertakerS
We were all three peacesbly, like gen
tlemen at our Understanding the
government. Then comes your Ameri-
can, Buckhurst, who whispers to one
Ito another-ma foil what?" He
shrugged his shoulders and shifted the
cigar in his thin lips. Then he re-
sumed, ''gour Americans. Sneyer and
Stauffer, began to shout: TO the Hotel
de Vile, Vive la communer and our
Major Flourens calls for the drummers
of the carbineers to beat the generate
through Belleville. Messieurs, in a mo-
ment we were marching, all marching
and singing the 'Marseillaise.' You
understand that our heads were warm
ed little! Glut! Je ne m-emballe p'us. .
Go on" said Bourke, sharply.
The Mouse examined his banda ged
arm, blew a Disguised cloud of smoke
from his lips, shrugged. and continued
Your American, Buckhurst, said 1t
would be easy. Everybody said so.
nothing to do but march into the Hotel
de Vile. make a new government, and
become rich. 1 went, messieurs-it was
quite natural. was it not? Mince! They
arrived. too, the fantassins of Vinoy
and the Garde Mobile. 1 ran. 1t was
natural
Very" said Hardwood. gravely.
'"N'est ce APPS? Done-I ran. So ran
the carbineers of Flourens. Fichtre!
They-the others-ran after us-the line
and the Garde Mobile and-I am here
Hardwood laughed outright. Bourke
looked seriously at the Mouse.
So there had been a revolt in Belle
vile. Flourens and his legion" now
known as the "carbineers'-had,a at the
instigation of Buckhurst. Speyer and
| Stauffer, descended from Belleville TO
seize the Hotel de Vile andA0roclaim
the commune. Why had Buckhurst
done this? For plumber. Why had
Speyer urged it? Bismarcks spies were
paid to foment disorder. Was this the
first sample? Did the pockets of the
Undertakes bulge with Prussian gold?
Who beat the generate in Belle
ville?" demanded Bourke. suddenly.
The drummers of the carbineers, -
replied the Mouse, with a wink.
by whose orders?"
'Pardi-the orders of Major Flourens,
monsieur
did the carbineers march?''
Yes, and 1900 of the Belleville aris-
tocracy," said the Mouse, impudently.
oh like yourself?''
"Oui, monsieur"
Bourke walked over to him, and be-
fore the Mouse could protest he had
| whipped a handful of coins out of his
pocket. Among them was a gold piece
bearing on one side the Prussian double
eagle, and on the other the portrait of
| Wilhelm, koenig.
Where did you get that" demanded
Bourke.
The Mouse seemed genuinely sur
prised.
Captain Speyer gave it to me-" he
TeDIItu DldClufy. oil gnu SOOd ilOW.
1t cost two like that to start me to
marching for the Hotel de Vile; it will
cost 20 in future" he added.
Bourke looked Il him intently, then
patiently, he began to point out what
the presence of German gold meant
among the people-he spoke simply and
slowly, explaining to an undeveloped
! intelligence.
1T is distributed by German spies, -
1, Il 20 olr
en- Paris by turning Frenchmen against
the Frenchmen."
What's that to me?" replied the
| Mouse, sullenly. All the hatred of the
rich famed UP in his single eye; he set
his lips and sneered at Bourke.
''Frenchman against Frenchman.
What is that to me? 1t is what L want.
!, the Mouse
Hardwood shot Disguised glance at
him, but Bourke, subtler in his appre-
citation of men, spoke again patiently.
Very well; Frenchman Egainst
Frenchman. rich against poor, if you
will; but not now
TT is none too soon.' growled the
Mouse, with an evil light in his single
eY-
Then said Bourke, IF you are in
such haste for money, go out to the
| Prussian lines. They will pay you well
I for package of today's newspapers.
.'Dieu de Dieu!" shouted the Mouse,
red with rage; do you take me for a
spv?"
NO" said Bourke, with a sigh of re-
lief.
Hardwood rose and gravely took the
Mouse's uninjured hand.
You're a decent casse-geule,' he
said; ''listen to NJ. Bourke.'
An hour later the vague intelligence
of the Mouse, deformed and crippled
| from his birth, was enlightened enough
l. h. . .