Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-01-19
AT THE POINT OF A PISTOL.

e., her marvelousy nice PR por- + 7,
lions pc ople would have called ner d Il
dwarf ANYHOW, small though she was ,, b
there never beat drawer heart that sne -
one beneath the plain bodice OF Jeanne g
Dupree. ,od r
This fact her husband discovered
one day, to his everlasting shame, III :
O mani,er altogether startling and un- .
expected. h..rr
Philip Dupree had been heavy
draooon. and maybe il was his great
stature or his bombast for he could
bragg or his bright blue eyes, or pos
sibly these taken altogether, had en-
deared him TO Jeanne in she days gone
twas an amusing yet withal pa
thetic, sight in the early days OF tneir
married life to see how much the my
woman made Of the great, bragglng'
Iindolept soldier-great in everything
except soul; yet with all his faults enc
loved him even now.
Notwithstanding her diminutlve
size. the "petite Jeanne" managed her
homo to perfection; her brain had not
stopped growing with her body: :.
With their two children they lived 10
q house such as one often secs in the
towns and cities of Normandy high
and narrow, with fantastic gables ana
q deep stone parapeI running along the
roof;in fact the house was old-fashlonea
but picturesque, but it proved god
send to Jeanne. 1t was left her by TN
old cunt with whom she lived as q
child.
The e1-cavalryman was considered
fortunate to have secured two sucn
tasty "dots" at one venture, but he
only looked on it as happy provision
of Providence to save him from WORK
which he athorred.
Great numbers Of English toirists
had a. last discovered Normandy VIII
;ts peaceful homesteads, its fruits ane
flowers and old-world inhabitants 81
that Jeanne found an easy way to max
living by letting the lower and oe''e
ID part of her house. Liz
e's This neces,itated them being satls
n a fad with the top floor for themselves
ing an ar,an cement which WAS the sub]ec
Ios of endless complaint from her LORD %
lie, master. 49,, III:
iif Sb. argued that as he did nothln
s in to swell the exchequer he had no ref
son to complain, "and," she continue
,ers lcomplacen,ly, che ought to think OF I'll
ard children they must be clothed Oh
nth educated" but he never did; even
ne's babies they were always nuisance an
OWN in tho way. ao
rom Still this selfish dragon was de'
d to to her. He was the father OF the DO
- land handsome Gilbert, eight years o
ner. tomorrow, and the little fairy houli
+ its the apple OF her eye. she plesSeu '
otto good Virgin she had still much 10
here thankful for. -. ,
ne en Rut there eamo dSy when his d
more content became open mutiny. 81
the couldn't stand it any longer Ce
, mt is found the dodgers, what right had u
],UT TO live in garrett when they COZ
re is have the best room in 'the houses!
It's Of Some such arrangement would III
emily - the old bold warrior, there
could have posed in all the glory
n an immaculate white wascoat . esnn
hopdiwork), gorgeous necktie
elegant stockings. He was never sa
III fed, men who dislike honest W
never are. .,
Il
ouqhly Disguised With her lot III
licUlar. and the world generally.
Tn the middle of the night she aw
with tickling sensation in her thr
M she smelt the smoke, and Rho"
~ house must be on fire.
Rousing Philippe, she rushed
On the landing. thinking only OF
children. To her horror, she could
omen the door to their room; it was
Shoes locked, but the house was very
and in some mysterious manner
mastered wall had given out
ppers' strained and jammed the door.
She exerted all her puny strsng
burst it open, but without avail )
r, and colled their names, but with the
) strict Of healthy and hsppy childhood
lcrlhce slept on regardless Of danger;
rs the Shrieling in frenzy. philippe
Gods sake como quickly she II
lar back to her room just in time t
once the brageart dragon basey ass'
tn is at her at this moment Of her need.
He had already mounted
and with shaking hands WAS un'a
~ ing the easement SO as to mah'
- cape on to the roof. -,
N. Almost speeches. with his c
LO9 ind ference, the poor little v
=, - paused for an instant-then
Cloth over and pull ed the chair from
him. 4,
TX. The coll ,pso was instanta
Down he fell with a crash o.
CARING in q paro1ysm OF fear
fragile creature who had 80 enc :
s,onred his cowardly fight
in his eyes the madness OF a
= iear, and would fain have Jet b
" hut in the room beyond lay b
nrecious dar,inss. He must say
his great strength could shat
door to splinters
Z O,;oL 40 tlou oht Jeanne