Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

Irct If your prisoners rs for YOU"
and he turned on me with the sharp
command, FOLLOW me. lou-anaNcs.
!rtch me nav horse hc is trthcrrd f.
the clliIp { clm' Ia the riSnt there"
Two men vanished from the door Ia
dn his bidding. aud | took the oppOr-
tuniiV Ia sCurctc the knot of ribbon.
In = minute or so W. heard the sound
Of horses huofS, and as we went out,
SAW thcrs ,..clc two beasts At tie door,
and. from ue nhinny Of wclcorus that
came Ia me, that one was m'n~, and
Nicholas was at his head.
A. | sprauE int" the saddle the good
fellow leaned forward and whispered:
Make a dash for il, cheNalier, and
change the ilac."
shook nay head and followed de
Rome, who had already muNed a few
PAGES EDWARDS. And Vet, as rode on.
Nicholas words came back To me with
an irsi>tcnt force.
"Gallop."
De Hone's sharp command broke the
thread of my thoughts, and ended all
chance of escape. We set spurs tn our
horses aud splashcd through the ford
of the Oi>e. a half mile from the out.
post. on the other bank picket chal
lcncrd, and. giving them the word, we
rode i'm the direction of camp. y few
strides more and we rcincd in at thS
door of the generals tent. The guarc
pres, utrd arms and received bricI
order To dismount and follow die Rome
entered the tent, and stood patient
ly whilst hc walked backwards and for
wards for a little time. suddenly he
stopped and. facing me, said:
well. VI. d'Auriac?''
"lt could not br helped, your excel
lency." stammcred.
"lou said that of DE Gonnor, and
promised il should never occur again
"Rut there were circumstance
"rshaw," he exclaimed, Il guess
them all wine dice women. One of
! the prisoners Was a woman. | saw You
pick up that knot of ribbon. There is
no excuse. None"
/ 81 had the honor 10 he the first man
behind YOUR cNceilcncy at the storm Of
Laon,' | said, with happy recollec-
tion.
And saved my life, YOU were going
tn say" he cut in. bowed. and de
Rome began again 10 pace up and down,
Juggling AT his short-pointed beard.
''Scc here, l will pay my debt; but
! first ask if ! have your parole not to
attempt escape. You do not give it"
and he laid his hand on a call-bell, with
an iuquiring look towards me.
81 will not attempt escape"
"Thcn you will not have To complain
! of the Justice of de Rome Tomorrow
some things will happen. and amongst
| them will he the lamented death of the
Sieur d'Auriac. This much | will tell
YOU. Tomorrow the king and ! meet
once more and You must die on the
field. Win or lose. if | catch you alive
at the close of the day. will hang you
as high as Hannah; and now GO"
Ny first thought on leaving de Rome
wcs to make my way direct to the quar-
tiers of the staff. where | felt sure OF
| welcome and accommodation for the
rest of the night. As ! came near to
| them I saw light streaming from the
partly open door Of the largest tent.
and from within burst a chorus Of
voices singing an old chanson of
| Guiennc.
The last line was repeated amidst
peals of laughter, followed by the
crashing of glass. Ii was enough for
me. was in no mood for any further
folly, or any more dArhnis, anu re-
solved To make the best of il i'm the open,
as at This hour it was worse than use
less 10 attempt TO find my lackcy
Jacques. whom had left behind in the
camp with my belongings " hen | went
on to the outposts. Teihering my horse
Ia stump. removed the saddle, which
l made shift TO use a. Il cushion. AMI,
leaning my back against it, was soon
as comfortable as circumstances would
permit. My sleep could not have last ell
much m )re than an hour; but so pro-
found was il that ages seemed to have
passed when ] awoke with a start, and
| the Consciousness of movement around
me. The moon was on the wane; but
saw that the camp was astir, and that
the men were being mustered rs silent
~ as possible.
$50 things are about TO happen"
said TO myself. recalling de Rone's
words, and. hastily saddling my horse,
sprang on his back. and moved towards
the generals tent. All around me was
:he mufllod tramp of feet. the jingle OF
| ahai nd la rfiS hp
plunging of impatient horses. ard n
subdued hum of voices, above which
rose now and again a hoarse word OF
command, as regiment after regiment
wheeled into position on the level
stretch before us.
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