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

the fright Of 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 NY
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 coll
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 :he state Of things, when,
enc day, CHANGED to find the pass ley
of 'le pere. who spent half his time iii
the wiEeshop across the way and the
other half aossiping at his door with bis
equally idle noighbors
Determined to profit by this piece Of
lack, / managed to speak a word to Vic
toire, my little sweetheart. ard to pro-
pose to her q visit to the theater that
evening, il she could elude the yiSi
lance of her neither and Join ,ne unseen.
She could easily re-eIter ty nleans Of
the pass key.
"Nictoire WAS charmed with my in
spiraticn, and six hCDrs after I'D con
ceived the project VIC had carried it into
| execution. Although it was tie middle
of the winter the night WIS superb, .
late rising Moon, bRt thousands 81 bril-
of the beavers. EictoiEe trenlbled like
a leaf in tic uind. but vyas fiiisd with
such burning sgiCr that IL ,ncuuted to
my head like q drink of 7giIIe.- ...:.
We we've yang, ycu EGG; the thea
ter for us sceIe of erCk-ntnent, in
love with each other ard more tEan
happy. GTsas hG1.rts. like tho .stTiags Cf
SOHO delitateiy tuned .iilsGrunent, vi
| hrated TO the slighfeSt tuEoh:~ Ia fact,
we forget everything bit each ether and
never thOEGL5 If moving u hCn at last
tie final curtain fell urtis tic lampist
appeared to turn CIT tl..e lights.
"EuzTyiuS 1llcn to tho Gt1eeS, VIC
found that the Eisht had changed. Tie
stars welc ssonG, the IOoJi hilaaN Kinder
3 canopy Il ciG1?cie, C. I'D, IerttIating
Gaiu be2iuaiGg 10 fall I'D Eli tie ALt;.n
eE:ai-S s;0L3 with the SAFE.
NO. / .1i,s r:Eunt,; Cno vas left
standing Iy lie iCaGsitle a little Way
feicW as. - sight 81 it Il istal idea
To- I'D into Y-:y Ll,ai.,. Il WIS Let yet
Wy l:.tte. and / bad Atili 50 many beau
IL. !! siis.E q 81 GATtS iltoi1e. Why Lot
g i:.to tit c1;:iI. {; Ictuge from the
4-4-i:tty ,Zi:.s, III IL Asr, thing ali oyer
as.aIc:::
So COX 1t TIC curner VIZ just
stirling j. i.s y.e slipped into Cur lnor-
| s1ic = u TL-ualf, ri&S---Cr LI2inpcd, to We
s2Ee, lit LiEl o. Us were light ard
Thin; LID, sl..HIng ciG:s and sing like
tstt's VI nest, Ne awaited the passing
Ct tile Enthusiastically awaited it,
ano--TEs!m stti IS CLEO something very
Ctcss::S5,c occurred.
'.Ihe Ccor Of TIC houxe near which
ai;e clair Yas standing CEeLed noise
..s:ssy, as If hung CT velvet, AID two
A4tn lciGed cut, evidently desiring
| E,siehec 30 bo st eli nGI heard.
Assured OF solitude and q clear
coast, THIS t:CsccLded to the street, bear
EnS ia their arn-s heavy burden. Just
sas that instant the moln slid from Cn-
s.Gr the clouds, and VIC distinctly saw
t7s,t .. ]
| Wrappca i'll 4 long ciCak closely E,uffttCd
about the face and shoulders.
"Iki; YES a1tlil:g enough, but fancy
Cf!r horror wien the bearers of this
strange lead r:oved strai sht to the chair
,sbero we crC--cEeG :. t:--.cc~ c"I CO CT
| the. &licl.ay h. Lis Id q. tlo Lou:
| Wr--- .-.--c Uttered stifcd shrek,
[ :usUered ~ q frigLtful oath, and quick
IS Lash tic men were gone as they
Lao cone, and tie deer recIosed as soft
ly :s it had opened. ....
~ he whole thing had Iassed SO quick.
" that We .nigit Lave believed it some
fearful vision, only doubt was Lot DOS
slEle--we had seen it--both of us had
| distinctly seen the s;.l.le thing, and
I "i,LCrt SPOKEN syllable were filled
with the same blood freezing thought
inEIGer-a murder Doubtless committed
i'll this very house. from which the MUIR
6trers were low seeking to carry away
and &c conceal all traces of the crime
with the victims body. .8' :t.s
oh, let US CO. let us go!' moaned
Victoire treni blingly. Let us 60 at
once. jacques am so frightenedr
500? Yes, was willing enough, but
low: For as Victoire spoke, two men
emerged from the darkness around us
we could barely distinguish them, as
the neon had gene behind cloud again
caught up the chair and were bearing
Us away into tie dismal night.
"This was predicament. We were
stupetied,, What must we do? Cry out,
and make dreadful scandal? Betray
Victoire, and expose myself to the risk
OF discovery? Never! 1t was not to be
thonght OIL 1t was not to be thought
of! 1t was one of those times when trust
in chance was the only resource, hoping
by blind confidence to propitiate her
favor.
Perhaps this was our case; perhaps.