The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
XIII.
BouRKE DOES WHAT he CAN.

BoURKE DOES WHAT HE CAN.
It vas pitch dark when Bourke reached the
across the fronts, Of the shadowy houses oppo-
s sure; A Sedi rs h9us ieerf as hsss ssDSf on on p p9sho
Ing. Struggling: forcing a path through the
iiaiDnEt or 81 a'f fei HT red e on Scores rse 81 r so@6 Sr P }sees.
He saw Yolette near the doorstep. surrounded
BY Sz half q as dozen 1siE %Rfbn; SONG WIEN Ss WHOM E11ett he TSs sSGd
Bourke,s voice she took one uncertain step for:
yard. The next moment her white. frightened
,'sss W Wa h Is L Is eq he ms s sG2a.a !speat to me. yo-
lette.. Don't ,tremble 80. Bee. you are safe.
N4sf omsbS sd9 4 b. fRs yG crowd va s saId: It's her sis
n.Hilde?" gasped Bourke. 49,
neers sacked the house. There was nobody
there except Mile. Hide and the little servant"
Yolette trembled violently and raised her
had gone to the bHtsShe.!r,{sy t to have our "a
~they-they had done this. I cannot find Hide"
ton h sf the pasS 9Psi &C. 5ey v fhet a thST thn E2 Se q w FsT9l1 TO
have the commune. Many Of us started, for
the plqcerIwe numbered perhaps atty-when,
the s~treets-two companies. Monsieur. with
drums and bugles sounding. and their Captain.
s sRaSsT: SnS%! yoGRde eG US Sh % we're SeT p exer;cis inSR VIII in
the Prophet, came over the street to see what
the csarbinee55s were doing, but Capt Speyer
Monsieur. there was nothing to do"
The man spoke cautiously. SsPpeeling to the
around Yolette. who seemed too dazed to under
stand, listened with a sick fear At his heart;
eager, sysmpathetic faces on every side.
The spokesman OF the group wiped his face
or. his sleeve. shrugged. and continued:
order Of arrest for yoT, and also for NJ. Hare
was proclaimed and that your house was to be
reserved reS for the ear6 ~ e. headqnarteFrs; He
asd sas 1asa you OF af tSe N; maTsMSoS AND G'f That nh t&e2
would catch you sooner or later. Then, monsieur.
they began to bring out your papers and port
along with books andclothlng and some cans OF
preserved meat, II, was then for the first time
bayonets, saw Mile Hide in tho hallway among
all those bandits, What happened after that I
S %ha Srie sfy. 1Er saerf 'S Ne are r SG betray eddi at the
Hotel de Villel-and the carbineers ran out OF
TN, uS,tl h tSeis d IiGs Tatf speyer, T sSSSu snf td th them Mn y
paused, then added t IA Z Il That. mon monsieur we
the door. Peck9ned to the spokesman; whose
had supplied the street with 'breadEtthen he, led
Yolette Into the house. motioning Meillard to
iHl|lST Vet y xo sonp ssRRe On the The cs stSistt stSnne4Mi SR-
torch ip tfe other The thick stencil Of the FL
tte.EIeeaa 'R With aiS taBIs iine eGDip fitch hnS a HSGl U.s. and
heaps OF c~urtains, bedclothes. and toyels, tied
up for removal when the Carbineers had been
iqterTupted In their work by the news from the
SYslette." said B9Sarks gently. E rIESher9l is
'Yoiette's pailld lips motioned Yes"
With an effort Bourke spoke again. ,
"WLll you stay here quietly with N. Mailard
dear. We will find her very soon. shall go 70
the Governor OF Paris at once. and he Will get
To 'Maiilard he said: Get your wife to come
God knows whether there is. authority enough
in Paris tonight to punish this outrage but II
linRer. not daring TO look at Yolette: he saw
waited around Tie door
sister viii. be safe and that she will soon have
To the people. who looked at him with visit
full f fhtRIaI \ , fSiss; he Sif sa Is your pelrbbor. 1leavs
before he turned into the city he crossed the
street TO the bomb proofs, where the officer Of
the gun squad met him with IN anxious snake
".'Not a word, not q word. NJ. Bourke. Lam
overwhelmed with this terrible thing, They
f9SooSSisSS 6 me 2 t0 tISSrG S& S ST%s d lTSR let GER tRos TTR 6fis.
the Government still exists. that the Compu1t
8 routed. that the revolution Is en + e trna G GSbI
they carried Oh Mile. Hide chaiais{
Captain. Speyer, who did that. Monsieur. vii
you ySs R R Sd 4 ssRtry 81 f fa Hs a0or' am going u
II will do 80 at once. monsieur" SAID the guI