Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-31

hours over again.
MY darling julie if l fall under
the ak Of the executioner, if /, like
Sidney, am to die for liberty, death
ITSELF shall not be able to keep me
from you. My spirit will return to
your presence. Often. when you are
meditating IN solitude, light breath
| will fan your check: know then that
it is l and let your heart be filled
with tender JOY"
She read and unused. The night
waned. A pale light shone through
the curtains; it was dawn. The serv-
ants had begun their daily tasks. She
| must finish hers. She fancied she
heard voices; then all was silent. The
! snow had deadened the sound of foot
| steps. but some one had come and was
outside knocking.
There was no time now to conceal
! the letters and close the desk. All
that she could do, she did; she took
| the letters up in a heap and tossed
| them under the cover of the couch
which was dragging on the floor. Then
! she took up book and threw herself
| into an easy chair.
The president of the district en-
| tered, followed by dozen soldiers.
He motioned to his men to guard the
door, then said to Julie:
''Citoyenne, we have just learned
| that you are in correspondence with
| the agents of Pitt, with emigrants and
| tho of ho ,r;c tn
the name Of the law, l hava come to
seize your papers. For a long time
you have been known as an aristo-
crat Of the most dangerous kind.
Moderate officers have spared you too
! long. l am master here now and you
shall not escape the guillotine. Hand
over your papers, cheyenne"
Take them yourself replied
Julie; my secretary is OPEN"
! 1t contained bills of different kinds.
all of which the officer set about ex.
amining deliberately.
| Julie saw that the visit was to be
long one. She could not help cast.
ing furtive glance at the couch. and
she saw a corner of letter protrud-
! ing from under the cover like the
white ear of cat At the sight her
| anxiety suddenly ceased. The Ger.
tainty of her loss filled her mind wit
tranquil assurance and gave to h!
! face calm expression resembling tina,
of security. They would surely SEQ
| the paper, SO white on the red car.
| pet
Rrichaut, who had finished his ex,
animation of the papers in the desk.
impatiently declared that he would
find what he was seeking. He upset
furniture, turned pictures around and
Stuck the woodwork with the hilt
! OF mis- sword to see if it was hollow.
He even took the mirror out Of its
frame to see if anything was behind
it. He found nothing.
They took Julie into the other apart
ments and demanded all her keys.
They broke glasses and tore open up.
holstery, but they found nothing.
/ Brichaut did not despair yet. He
returned to the chamber and ex.
claimed: by heaven! the papers arc
here; am sure of it,"
He ripped open the couch, plunging
his saber into it several times. Find.
ing nothing, with a fearful oath, he
ordered his men to depart. On reach
ing the door after them, he turned,
shook his fist at Julie, and said:
'Tremble; while awaiting my re.
turn. I am the sovereign people!"
At last they were gone. Julie heard
the sound of their steps as they de-
scended the stairs. She was saved!
She had not betrayed him! She ran
out to embrace her sleeping child who
had not been awakened by the dis
turbance around his cradle.
La Tulipc was silent.
Friend" said I. II must be just
For garde-francaise, you tell a story
very well. But it seems to me have
heard that tale somewhere"
1T may be that Julie herself told
it. She was a person of great wit"
What became of herr"
"She led happy life under the
Consulate. But in the silence of even
ing, she whispered sad secrets to the
trees of her park. You see, she was
more courageous in presence of death
than in that of love-"
"And the writer of the letters?"
HE became a baron and project un,
der the Empire"
And little Emile?"
HE was a colonel OF the gendarm.
erie and died at Versailles in 1853"
Indeed"