Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-28

but he has gone said the domestic
trembling on the door sill.
Fresh EXPLANATIONS!
Their" SAID ], Il WILL"
II forbid you to touch it, OK
claimed Dutailly, emphatically. "Yol
have not strength enough TO carry
TO the Passage de rOpera. You woul'
drop IL on the way, on the staircase o.
In the hall, perhaps. That Is a task 10
a soldier. a robust soldier. Fortunatel!
the captain is here"
II . 2" stammered the cap
tain.
Yes; you are as strong as a Turk
and used to these things. You pa.
with shells as a schoolboy does witt
bats and balls"
Pardon me" objected the captain
growing a shade whittier, but a she'll
Why couldn't you wait until morning
TO have ii taken away?"
TIL morning exclaimed Nine. Du
tally. II should not clcge an eye tn,
whole night! | should certainly go TO
hotel to sleep"
stay here, madame" said Anatole
quietly. Il will take the shell away"
Dutailly stepped him.
You must be crazy, my dear boy
Convalescent, and with your lame arm
Do you want TO blow the house up
lAlo - III JUL A't q IA =
handle" / added.
~ have no confidence in any one OK
Cepting the captain" resumed Dutailly
Come, captain, carry the monster
away, n rescue us from this night
mare!"
1t vas a trying moment for the cap
tain, but he YVES not a man TO be dis
concerted so easily.
ITO be sure" h. said, "the task does
rtnEtfvTIvr -. -. ~ DE- an NC e
going to say a m,men ago, when you
interrupted me, It would he too dan
gerous for orc 10 carry such an object
on loot. The haewaiks are slippery, 2
false step and II might Kill ten persons
or the street. The only safe way &c
take II is In a wagon"
"A wagon" said Dutailly. They are
all In use as ambulances."
II know" replied the captain. "But
General SchmItZ, who brought me here,
Is dining at Brehant's, and bis car
rlage Is waiting for him at the door Of
the restaurant. | will ask him to lend
1t TO me He is a friend Of mine, and
viii not refuse me. ] vii so at once,
/ shall be back In ten minutes, fifteen
at the most"
Hurry" replied Nine. Dutailly. 81
shall not dare breathe While you arc
away"
1 Sndn ne DICK SOOlt Sdlu the cup
tain, taking his KEPT and cape. He left
the room, and from the way he went
down the stairs, 1t was evident he YVES
In n hurry. rc-cnteTed the salon, In
which CONSERVATION rcigned. Without
appearing 10 10 so, | looked out on the
moonlit street.
1T would have been much easier 70,
me to carry IT, said Anatole.
"Hush!" replied Dutailly, somewhat
surprised at the boys quiet courage
1T was much better to have the cap
tain do it,"
Provided he does not make rs walt
too long" groaned Nine. DutailIy.
"hs for making you wait, madame,
7 said, gayly, you may be SURE that he
Will, for he viii never return"
What do you mean?"
II mean this; he should have crossed
the street TO the right to go to Bre.
mant's, and he went to the left and at
n lively pace, too, which shows, FRIEND
Dutailly, that your captain Is m i'm
poster, and that | am most happy al
having been able to Gemolish the brag.
Eart'a batteries by means OF this en-.
Elne."
Then, taking up a book, / gave tho
she! q Violent blow. It burst into q
thousand picCes-of chocolate-and
sent a volley Of sweetmeats, sugar al
iqcnds and pistachios over the carpet,
Shouts Of laughter greeted this expo
sion and, | may add. this denouemcnt.
For three months later Anatole mar
ried Gertrude.
The captain was never heard of
again.