Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-02
CHAPTER N.-CoNTINrEp.

I Was meier a braw.eT or bidsterer,
AID least OF all did l w:sa TO Worry
these poor people, but the timss
were such that mans safety
lay chiefly in himself. for the writ
OF the king ran weak in the out
lying districts. The whole business,
too. was 81 strange, that | was de-
termined 20 fathom il, and unbuckling
m, swonl, placed il on "a table SO as to
be ready on the instant, and then, seat
ing myself on a stool beside il, said
somewhat sharply:
Enough, my girl; get me some wine,
and take out some To my servant. This
viii pay for Il" and rang fat crown
piece on the table. Hurry your father
10 you can. and I will be gone the mo-
ment my horse ia shod.-
My tone was one not 10 be denied.
end taking up the money. she turned To
n cupboard. and with shaking fingers
drew bottle thercfrom aud placed j;
before me. Filling cup asked her 10
bear Il back 10 jacques, and then lean
ing back against the wall. took pull
at my goblet, and judge of nv surprise
when ] found was tasting nothing
short OF d'Arbois of the 90 vintage:
II WIS getting dark now within the
room, over which the flames of the fire
occasionally blazed up and cas-; fitful
and uncertain light, Outside, however,
there was a moon, and in a few min
utes at the most my horse would be
shod, and I would have 10 continue my
Journey. without having discovered what
this little mystery meant. could not
help being a little amused at the man
Oer in which my bashful friend, whose
face was so well covered up, kept him.
self a prisoner in his corner. but at this
moment the girls cooking was finished,
and the savory odor of il was nppar
emily more than lie could endure, for he
suddenly sprang to his feet, exclaiming:
Nom du diable! am sick of this,
and hungry us a wolf. Give me my sup
>er. MaJie-and IL he wants to take me
let him do so II he can-he will have
To 6snt an old soldier first"
As he spoke distinctly saw his hand
Lhdicate me, and with an alarmed cry
the girl sprang between US. II flashed
upon me that my gentleman was. after
NIL, only some one who was wanted, and
that he regarded me with as much APP
prehcnsion rs ! regarded him with
cQ.r.on.
"Tush,-l said, you good people make
. great fuss over nothing. certainly
do not want to take you. my man. and
Neither yom nor your little sweetheart
here need be the least alarmed"
had hardly finished speaking when
he rushed forward. 1T is the chevalier
lit is NJ. d'Auriac - idiot, turkey.
pig that I am to have kept my eyes shut,
aid not recognize you. Monsieur, do
you not know me-Nicholas. your SER
geant, whom You saved from the rope?"
"Wbere you appear likely TO go again.
Nicholas; but what are you skulking
about here for?" The wood in the fire.
place blazed up as spoke. and saw
Nicholas shift uneasily and look at the
girl, who had moved to his side, and
stood with her hands holding on to his
cloak.
This place was my home once. mon
eieur," she said. bitterly, land ! have
come back to IT,"
Il see you have. sergeant-but why in
This way?"
Monsieur, I was driven to straits and
did a thing. Then they hunted me
from Dreux to Rouvres, from Rouvres
10 Anet-"
and from Anet came you here?"
at is but Q stone-throw. Nicholas
answered, aud ! had & business in
hand. After which We were going
away"
While he was speskirr Marie Iii Ian
thorn, and ] saw ut Try ex-ser-
geant was evidently in the los. :, water.
He had been n smart soldier. bat WAS
now unkempt and dirty, and his e. haS.
the shifty look Of hunted animal. He
wore rusty corselet and rustier chain
rap on his head. drawn over bandage
that covered his ears. As my eve fell
on the handage ] called TO mind the
meditation that had been inflicted on
h;m. q brand that had cast him out OF
the ?a.s Of al honest men. Nicholas