Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-02
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THAT very evening l was sitting
among lot of other men who were
swotting for exam. l had a sheet of
foolscap and was busy making a
sketch of the action in Indian ink.
"'Hallo, young man. said the in
structor, who had been looking over
my shoulder, unbeltnown to me, what
have you got there?'
"'You ought to know as well, IL not
better than l, seargent-instructor.'
"I do know. But where did you get
it" -.
"'That's my business
"'Well, you must give it up
"'Oh, no, l shan't.'
But you must
ATS mine,, and you can't take It
from me-
"'We'll see what Lieut.. Brown says
about that
"If Lieut.. Brown says / must give
it up. will. But not unless
"'Come along, then, to his quarters
"'This is Sergt. Harding, duke of
Cornwall's light infantry, sir said the
sergeant-instructor. when we reached
Lieut.. Browns room. He has sketch
of the Maxim secret action and refuses
to give it up
"'How's this, Sergt. Harding? asked
Lieut.. Brown.
1.-The sketch is my own, sir. re-
fused to give it up to the sergeant-in-
structor, but said would give it up at
once, if you ordered me. But l have
made one sketch, and if you take that
away from me, have the action in
my mind, and can always make another
SKETCH
"'That's quite true. Yet such things
had better not be knocking about. You
will destroy the sketch, Sergt. Hard
ing?'
yes thought I. when have shown
it and won my bet
"'And how did you get hold of it?'
"'Must tell you, sir?'
ayes.
az took it down in my notebook
while the sergeant-instructor held the
block behind his back
"The sergeant-instructo looked fool
ish, and Lieut.. Brown drawled:
II think, sergeant-instructor, you
had better have settled this little mat
ter without appealing to me. Good
night. both
The sergeant-instructo was too up
set to want to see the sketch destroyed.
l lost very little time in strolling down
to that quiet spot where l might light
on mam'selle. Not that, in view of
what is to come, wish in any way, to
say or to hint. or to imply that she was
French. Far from it. l used the name
'Mam'selle as meaning young foreign
person, as sailor uses 'Dutchman' to
mean a foreign sailor, usually a Nor
wegian or a Swede. She was there.
"'Good evening, nam 'selle,' said I.
Had you any idea of going on the pier
this evening, or do you prefer to stop
quietly here?'
"'To stop here, I think; that is,' she
said urriedly-I-wonder why-'if
you're going to behave yourself prop
erly.'
"'Well, said I, 'as I've won my bet,
think may as well collect the stakes
"'You've won: You know all about
that her words tumbled one over the
other.
81 have told you so.'
eyes; you are quite sure?'
"'Quite. have an Indian ink sketch
of it on me-
"'Let me see it-let me see it, she
repeated, and her eyes cleaned.
"'Quite so,' said 1. 'Seeing's believ-
ing; butt should like to collect my
stakes
mo longer coy, she flung her arms
around my neck and kissed me till 1
had no breath with which to repay her
kisses. But she herself had breath
enough to gasp:
"'Give me the paper
81 put my hand in the breast pocket
of my serge, which l always used to
wear under my greatcoat. / began to
pull out the drawing. Just then I
heard the drawing voice of Lieut..
Brown come from the darkness-for
we were in very quiet and cosy cor
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81 thought as much, Sergt. Hard
ing. You are under arrest. Follow me
to quarters
81 turned toward the voice, and then
toward mamselle-or toward where
she had been, for she was gone.
''I rose and saluted.
"'May I ask you, sir
"'You're lucky man that 1 had
suspicion of the facts. You're fool
enough to do lot of harm, but too big
a fool to know you're doing it. You
Cornish chough, do you believe one of
the prettiest women in Folkestone and
one of the cleverest women in the world
is in love with you? You were just on
the point of giving a drawing of the
secret action to the smartest unofficial
military attache-and that is spy
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