The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-07
The Garden Of Lies.
BY Justus Miles Forman
cop,rsn. lsss ), Fred.riek 4. stoke. Company.

long deep breath and pulled himself to-
gether with jerk. He was the soldier
again,
And so, good night Mademoiselle.''
said he. smiling. The princess shall be
with you in an hour, or at the most two.
and III shall see you again. tomorrow.
Good night" And he turned quickly and
left her as II he dared stay no longer.
Whereupon Miss Mannering, being one Of
those strange creatures. women. Of whom
Won Altdorf confessed to knowing little,
fell to weeping again and then to smiling,
and held her two hands to her cheek as
II they ere suddenly grown dear to her,
and again wept.
But Colonel Won Altdorf went down
through the garden and climbing in by the
little window presented himself once more
in Tie studio with carriage so jaunty
and {; face SO illumined that old MacKen-
zic chuckled again. But Denis caught his
breath sharply and went over to the OPP
pusite side of the room where he stood
some time with his back to u.s. making a
choice CT the swords that hung there.
think it was not till this moment, not
till he saw Won Altdorf's transformed
face that he realized what the nights
work meant to himself, that rescung the
princess but brought her back to another
man, that she was lost to him utterly and
forever, that once she was safe again, he
might not have even the satisfaction OF
working and fighting for her. | think
that the past week OF desperate planning
| and working had quite driven his own
| plight from his mind, had directed his
whole energy to the one fierce struggle to
rescue the woman he loved, and that it
| was not till now the thought came to him,
| what Of Tomorrow r, r..
| Still If the thought came to hin, in that
moment with crushing force, he threw it
from him with a force as great. The
| work was yet to be done. He turned
| about once more quickly. '~= -. ~
Make ready, gentlemenssA 3sA M
| have your pistols, but remember, they're
for look only no firing. It's steel
tonight We must have no more noise
than is necessary. Take a sword each
| OF you, 4 light one. Here's my toy!"
| ~ He held up thin, glittering blade,
a wonderful masterpiece from Spain. One
| might bend it till point touched hilt;
| slender as a foil and no heavier, weighted
indeed like foil at the hilt properly to
balance its length. egt...:. ~
1--WE can carry the things under our
| coats" said he THANK heaven it's a
rainy night! If were you | should take
sharpenede foils, rather than anything
! heavier. They'll meet us with sabres, l
think, for they'd q lot Of sabres about the
room to-day. They won't dare shoot. You
| see the beauty Of the foils is that a man
with foil has a tremendous ADVANTAGE
over sabre. He's infinitely quicker.
Yes, take foilsa by all means. Have you
the dark lantern, Won Altdorf? Ready,
Ted? Into your rain coats and come along
| them .-r-. - - : -. ~
But three Of US were to go, Won Alt
dorf, Denis and I. The Prince. though
he at first insisted and afterward begged
piteously, we would not take, for his life
must not be risked. Sir Gavin was nc
swordsman and was moreover beyond the
age for fighting. ,-...,..+ :.
In any event we considered that we
three should be match. in a surprise
for the four we were to at tack. And the
quarters, it must be remembered, were
cramped.> .,n.
T We 5wrung the PRINCES and old Mac
Kensies hands. A sudden. gravity CAM
! upon us all at the last, for we know tina
. we might not meet again. Then the thre
Of us went quickly out into the wet night
We turned, presently. from the Boule
: | ward Raspail into the Boulevard Edga
Quinet, and walked down its length unde
I the dripping trees, down past the hig
) wall Of the cemetery and so under tn
railway bridge to the Avenue du Maine
4 and halted before the mouth of the i'm
. passe. It lay black and wet and who'll
: deserted. Indeed there was no Twin
, | the street and down a little way at tn
foot Of the avenue stood cab rank. Th
d lamps threw row of dispiriting yello1
,. CLEANS across the shining pavement.
:, II suppose" said Denis, WED hes
t bring a carriage to the head Of the i'm
Z passe here and have it wait. It Woudn
= do to take 1t clear in" = (, a, =. ..~=E +
IT say take it right away to the door,
q said I. 1T Will sound as If we were OF
j. binary dodgers coming home for the nigh
l. Have the thing turn about ready to max
q dash the moment we're out with til
3, Princess. If we're pursued we stand
}, better chance Of getting we'll away"
n Sel,t t7SnE5
If at times a surprising head! Come alon
d then, we'll all get into the carriage an
" ride up to the door," -si - So Il
So we went down the street to the mis-
It cradle looking line Of vehicles and rouse
y cocher who was sleeping peacefully ir
Al side his galerie. = r. *.-5s 3i-7><-F. ..
st "A 1innpasse du Maine!" we cried ITO,
X All fond, and wait there till we CON
= out!' - r*zf f. e .s., - 500, .
!" 1 don't mind confessing now when it
|! all over and long past, that my hea
jumped bit and my breathing quickene
is as We went rafting noisily into that lor
narrow echoing cul de sac, pistols in o,
l pockets, swords hidden under our lor
r rain coats. and dark lantern bulgir
Re from the vicinity of Colonel Won Altdorf
ld manly bosom It seemed, there in tt
vi chill dripping rain, such an absurd thil
e. to be doing in peaceful Paris at this er
trI of the nineteenth century! I could not r
!. myself Of the notion that it was all
= huge joke, q masquerade over which y
. would have a great laugh presently. I'll
{ planning of a desperate coup, seated
le ease amongst lights and warmth ar
~ comfort, with friends about one, kee
Y. minds to offer suggestions. cool heads
- weigh risks, Is such a different thing
o. carrying out that coup, silently, grinl
:, in the dead Of a cherries night, wit
l. death grinning at ones face through IL
q rain 3. te-- y.