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Translated from the French by S. H.
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Translated from the French by S. H.
TT all happened when / was a jolly
young student, living with my
three comrades in the Latin Quar-
L ter in Paris. AS you may. sus-
pect our purses were on the order
of the lean cattle and rather than
expose our poverty in a cafe, we would
buy loaf and eat it in the privacy of
our attic. One night was late in re-
turning and upon my entrance my two
you are too late. Paul, we have al
ready finished =,
''No matter 7 answered loftily.5 1
have my dinner here. ';s and ~ proudly;
produced six sous worth of fried pota-
toes. TWAS a feast and = had .paWned
one or two trif1ing objects to procure
them and brought them back hot: and
deliciously smelling under my arm.
HIN they smell pretty good" said
Victor. shifting hungrily in spite: of his
recent dinner.
You better believe they are good l
Of osp Water w5 6efoFe g Sesin want drink
There isn't any more in the pitcher"
down to the pump
I laid my precious fried potatoes on
the corner of the table and taking the
pitcher began my long journey down
l.,
with the thought of the dainty morseis
that lay awaiting my return. You can
imagine my disnay when. as enter
ed the room I saw my dinner hastily
disappearing into the mouths Of my
traitorOus comrades.
They were no longer struggling ar
lists, they were tigers, and the trans
formation was due to my fried po-
tatoes. !
rushed at them wildly and snatch
ing the nowSrq thaf hold INV din
ner, turned and fled down the long
stairs and out into the street. I got
sight of a little COURTYARD and plunged
into it hoping to elude my .pursuers.
to be caught: I fastened up the first
flight of stairs that presented itself
Up, up. up 7 went and still they fol-
lowed. Soon I reached the top Of the
house and there tried to eat some of
my hardly-won pototoes. but I was
moment later I heard. them on the
landing just below.
Ny head swan. Near me wassa door
with a key in it. Without considering
key out and locked the, door ON the in
side. Drawing a long breath of re-
lief T turned and--saw a young girl
sitting by the window.
fact was almost breat hless.: painting
and dishevelled. She tried to question
me but all she could stammer out was:
Why, why sir. what-what do, you
want? I do not know YOU
I only replied by Whispering,. Ssh,
Shit theoretically, for I heard my: en-
enies just outside the door. wondering
where in the dickens T had disappeared.
"But i am: sure he came into the
courtyard said, Victor.
And / know he ran UP stairs. for
heard him. replied Ernest -
And they began Unlocking at the
three doors at the head Of the landing.
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|sutation for rare bo1dness and courage.
Cheerful and affable during the long
marehes. he was *a perfect lion int Time i
Of danger: He seemed invulnerable
hnd W9uld a,, expose himself with rash
ana sound from the hottest fight. We
dubbed him the Mascot and he de-
served the name - . s%5 z1 : :: q = ~
S One evening we were assailed byeein-
visible enemies. who shot at us without
our being able to. reply. All we could
behn tfs R sp OF sm fS2e S1%ap
YARDS away. fortunately the aim was
Ton the better part ofSvalor, withdrew
At day, break the Colonel called vol /
unteers to go and discover what 20
sition was held by the enemy who had
exec fTeir us the evening before and
was one of the first to. answer the call
and Fastening to the Colonels tent he
"sir. I beg the honor of going alone
on this expedition. One man can hide
himself more easily than three or four
and where one may suffice. it seems
useless to expose more"
But ten men could defend them
the Colonel. ITO grant your request
you'd ), be sending you to certain
The danger does not brighten me-
! b beg E! that you will listen to what I
The Colonel hesitates: but the Mas
ally the chief consents.
BEFORE leaving camp the Mascot
wrote a few lines which he gave to
If am killed." he said. will you
please give this to my father. STRIP
II will indeed" The Colonel held out
his hand: Good luck be with you.'
AMI Th sr masc Wnen Ss mot ear %
| ground. taking refuge behind the
bushes and irregularities Of the ground:
Stopped. We foiioWed q his "a aliEhte nf
movements ready to burst forth at his
Suddenly we saw him stand erect.
| ForWard!" he cried. turning toward
| At the same moment the crack. Of
several guns was heard and the Mas
| cot fell upon his knees. He was woun-
forward! they are only sabout three
in the Dlain!"
we sta o the At S w sssD b
fallen the Colonel gave the signal to
fire: The effect was terrible. our enc
t6ew sur surprised by 94r attack: before
fled in haste. leaving behind a great
number Of dead and wounded.
+ AS soon as he had given the neces-
sary. orders. the Colonel hastened to-
ward our wounded comrade. Georges
| was strong enough to raise himself to
d sitting position and give his salute
| as the Colonel approached.
Are you mush hurt 2" cried the lat
ter.
Fatally. sir. The ball went through
me 1t is only lust. I have|Ha past to
redeem: My designations compromised
my fathers fortune and nearly killed
! my mother. Now they will know that
! did my best to redeem myself and
that fell doing my duty and defend
ing my country. 1t IS all that I ask"
His voice grew weaker and he was
forced to. stop. After a minute. he
added: IF could live longer I might
have made them proud Of me, but
noW'-A fit of coughing Interrupted
him and his cheeks, crew deathlv bale.
Quietly without a. word. the Colonel
unfastened the Legion of Honor from
his own tunic and oiaced it upon the
! dying mans breast: The Mascot
eyes cleaned with the light Of supreme
| Joy.
Then he died
We buried him on the hill where he
had fallen and the Colonel sent the
| Of red ribbon w.
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Translated from French BY s: H.5Taber:

post. It Its ntinual fatigue, daily
guerilla warfare and i death ALWAYS ct
hand. This Is ~ hat you 5haves,to ex-s
pect:z There still time for you ito
withdraw. II. s$ 81:
: s2:s: Sir, 5I am determined Ito remain be-
meath your orders ;;ssI myself requested
the honor5of being one of your regt-
mens: \, I, !. y
voice showed that. HIS resolve Washun-
Ealterable, hour ter he was en-
our pursuit, he took his place inzlthe
ranks aslcheerfullyss he hadYsslept
the mont conf ortable bed. RAE =sssz;
S.:. Ne.SW,ere absolu tely.s ignorantSofx# the
reasons that. had led him change
from hts5 egimeIl s.ours,.
leave the rank sSof ollie erAto ecomGsa
.simpl prfYate It'll uRh Georges
s1talked illing On sub Iects5o fsgea.
Seral s#lntefest.slfis pa1t & and his reas0ns
zz1or prssencs mis- were sealed
~ ,l4II I.l g,
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- yOu IcIIleIlDef, Sdlu oLepn-
? ss5 fS: o: :s*5 5;$sa * t$s
streets of the St. Martin?S
..,+ Yes. indeed" I replied.
1t was near st. Martins square,"
H., You used to go there with us once
IN while, but I went very often. 1t
was WI, when l considered myself a poet.
a different matter. He grew angry
eyer II and gave me only a meagre
srtist a whNsa Ny cPmrade was
ABOUT as much as my poetry. only his
case was worse than mine for he had
no 1ather to be angry and consequently
no allowance
AS for the DRUGGISTS assistant, al
!housn still student he was in real
ltN at the head Of the pharmacy. The
l da whose name Was painted over the
1 ferra was as an an elderly scholar who pre-
N an apartment directly over the shop.
never. by chance. did he set foot down
Stars. Every week. Ernest brought
th 1' o me 81 s;Ganty receipts and that was
me only time he ever saw him.
Cnarles. the artist. and I were liv-
ing together then. sharing our rooms
a az h our u1na purse In common. We grew
cheap restaurants. and we found one in
little court Off the rue St. Honoro
Where Tor seventeen sous we could
procure plate of soup small bottle
VI I'll, VINE ana some. strange dessert
ways Was--for stewed beans and
bread AT discretion And what dis
e.Tpetlon! We changed the title to
66r red and indigestion.''
Oiten. Tor change. we went and de-
ilanued our dinner from our friend the
drueslst; and with his purse to swell
3 913r funds we would order iavishiy.
1 Dnner over. if there was any money
leIt: we would go and play for orr
co1tee at game of billiards, in an
estapEshment situated :. Just opposite
Ipe drugglsts shop On the other side
OF OF the narrow, street. l doubt if the
street even exists today. If Won were
as agile as we were. you could cross
the street in two leaps
Wnen there was no extra money.
we stayed In the back of the shop and
played dominos and at such times our
a glass of "Garus Elixir" or Of p! "ii1ico %
lico?" '''|'' "o"''eiiu' IL
II should say that did! I had =
Elass ofIered me once when / was
tnere. You began with a foundation OF
SPLITS Mn1an OF Twin, wine added a little distilled
sugar (sirop saccho) and then a dash
OF rose-water or orange, flower water
whichever you preferred"
THAT is the stuff. Charles used at
Ilmes TO take too much Of it and often
ne ne woulG let us go over alone to the
lnVented new combinations Of "illico.'
scare. -'ie
:. 1--WE came back from the cafe and
found our artist friend in the midst o1
" a'terrlole mess OF bottles and boxes that
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Corner, table evi IDENTITY bic.
Ths eioek sffSe Is a and PUCK began
t to he uneasy g. Re cIspt me
was past 10 before 8 raboW came.
into the room. 1sss .
He did not.see. me, but was stroking
had new ex 81 a. first
tf {hsfGh asX G2eksd RSSa eei6Rss
: End put my hand on his shoulder.
Suddenly he threw himself On the
Mother he groaned. =s: 7 ~ r.. Il, i.
masters shoui der and d. Was Whimper;9
ing: After while; + said. .G;;ra al2y be
any relef: *.z r ::.s
Rlance-but God help me! love her!
: In the; silence which followed.:i heard
the rustlings of a WOman's dress out
death. :. quickly ?extineuished the
i" Ernest. YOU are there. heardyou
coming n fr rem the garden ,,,,,.nar. .1
moiefs eSsrf A h 70 1o
for YOUR own sake!' ~ =
"'You do not love me?' .
"I love YOU: more than my own
:Ernest!' came the voice. in a great
'Go! he repeated IN hosrse whis-
per. :.
again there was a rustline of a
woman's dress 80
when I had lighted the lamp, Ora
bow was, leaning, AGAINST the wall. more
dead than alive ! persuaded him to
go to bed. and he obeved. mechanically.
without saving q word. -"
1.-THE next morning it was clear. that
he had contracted fever or violent
attack. of pneumonia: At nine o'clock
ienee. but Grab6w knew nothing about
it: he was delirious with fever. :.
"His mother came in response to my
telegram. We two and Puck sat for
two weeks at the boys bedside. What
the mother did not. learn from her
sons fever fancies. I supplied and we
became friends in the stiffness ct the
gent letter from her daughter called
her home. GrahoW, was out of danger.
and the daughter needed her. I, prom
Used to watch over. the bow. and she
went. after a heart-rending farewell:
"The Young man improved slowly.
and the dav when .he,Swent out for the
father. who was not well. When. at
the end of two weeks.:I came back l
found on my writing table an envelope
| with black borders::::: I: tore it open. =.
The funeral. of Lieutenant Won
GraboW will take place tomorrow. Jam
uarv 18th. from the reRimental hos
INV God. Myller-is Lieutenant Ora
eft Won please i SIR Muller. replied.
the lieutenant fell in a duel.'~
"Bv his will he left Puck to me-
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announced by letter. 8 + ::
ar TGward sXsalns ss gsfzt
snee II best
suit. his eyes beamed with happiness-
presumably in prospect Of the rich; re-
he was a good looking fellow and made
himself as agreeable as could be de-
sired. His courteous and obliging
manner won the hart Of the elderly
ing found OCCASION TO- whisper to, her
of a husband for YOU" IS; e
Turning to the sbarrister she asked ::
The old lady made: an entry in "a lit
Gottiieb Purzel." Pardon me, I am
so forgetful. And your profession?"
the Royal Courts Of Justice" Purzel
replied with great dignity.
Really? A member Of the bar of
the Royal Courts Of Justice" the aunt
repeated with eyebrows respectfully
raised for she had never before heard
rister. -:
When, however, the visitor had de-
parted, the poor fellow sank back
again n i 5; tq9sgnificance The ne. only
daily meeting with Mizzi. The latter
always smiled confusedly and pleased
him better and better, until one fine
day he screwed up his courage to ask
is?''
20, Mr. Purzel, she wrote yesterday
that she was not feeling very WELL"
Mizzi replied, with troubled face.
her for short while, speaking of his
cold room and his warm heart and Of
love in general. The young people
were just about ready to part with a
er glance, when Mrs. Sohinderl came
around the corner.
'Mizzi, what can you be thinking Of
to be seen :s with this--this member of
"R R%''V come home with me at
once!"
And away swept the lady with her
reluctant daughter.
A few days later the young man was
when the letter carrier knocked at the
door, and handed him a communication
from q Emo: notary in p the home of
gentleman announced the amazing
news that the old lady had made Mr.
Shaking his head. the barrister, was
the tenth time. when there was a
knock on the door. At his Come in"
Mrs. schinderl wearing a very hum
BILE expression, entered the room.
Have you already heard. dear Mr..
Purcell" she auted, in her sweetest
voice.
The ba1.rister started; then a smile
spread oveu. his face, and he answered;
"Alas, yesH'
why alas You surely love my
daughter, Mr.. Purcell"
Yes, but Il loved her just as much
few days ago, and then she was too
good for me-"
my dear Mr. Purzel! Oh, forgive
my ess-I-"
IT forgive you, but only on one con-
dition and that is that you. Mrs. Schin-
derl, never enter my house.
Never"
well, at least only for a few days
at a time,' by way Of a loan, so to
speak,"
Mrs schiyderl was obliged to give
in; and when the happy heir had
brought his Mzzi home, he often
laughed over the borrowed fiance and
the mother-in-law by way of a loan.
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engaging way and sSWesSWent into his

engaging way and we went Ills
& g! al aren't
as the door or was va ID shut Ut behind U.s. 60
:"* stammered IL az few III disconnected
words. to which he did not listen. He
had gone to. the monkey'es cage and
1T IS ali right now; Puck ys e:
His voice. was gentle and kind, He
sat down. in comfortable chair. and
held dl. out his hand to the monkey:
r.. sit down, my boy" he then said.
II owe you Puclk's history. as an ex-
PLANTATION, Of his behavior e.. \.
1--WE had been garrisoned: at NJ: for
three years: Among my officers was
a fine Young fellow. handsome as a pic
tureIan only son. for whom the mother
ing bad: hes:5was as clearl-minded and
unspoiied $as-well, as you, my: boy.
His. only fault was that he had a: Won
derful pair OF eyes, dreamy, mischievous
innocent. and sparkling blue. Puck
inseparable. The captain Of the com
had good. looks. His wife. on the other
hand had both youth and good looks
the bargain. She was not happy in her
marriage. Dressing may fill out, sew
eral hours of a Woman's time, but not
the whole day. What was there for her
Nothing but horseback riding. Sosshe
rode-lke an Amazon. =.
AT, thata time GrabOw, my young
friend. came into the regiment. At a
ball given by the colonel he danced the
Quadrllle with the captains wife. That
was the beginning Of it. He rose as
s s5e9t0 Of is fhe' and the thing came
1T was a day in November We
had been riding for several hours. the
captain. Grabow, myself and five or six
others. She was the only woman in
f fhf party T. Twght came early and
self had fallen behind the others dur
ing conversation about hunt which
we were planning. Suddenly, we no.
ticed that the rest Of the party had
disappeared. The .captain spurred his
corner We CAME upon two horses WHICH
We're walking close by each other. In
spite of the dusk, I could see that the
captain turned white to his lips It
was Grabow and his wife who were
riding In front Of us
and gallon across the fields like mad
man. In a moment the captain was at
his Wife's side. What does this mean,
Edith he asked abruptly.
She gave a nervous laugh. Moth
ing ana err Won s wo
that would have company now, de-
cided to ride back to Wilnhausen. to
look for my watch, which I must have
Grabow. He had not yet come home.
Puck was sitting on the sofa. looking
room, with a few hideous pictures on
the walls. The photograph of a beau.
tiful old lady was standing on a. small
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he had been using in his Bacchic-
chemical operations. Ernest didn't
say word but strobe to the back of
the shop, peered among the bottles
and cried anxiously;'
"Merciful Heavens! Charles. you
haven't made any of the "illico" have
Who? L? Never!" said Charles.
It's all right then. But you gave
me a, te1rible scare.'
ooh! nothing. so long as you haven't
MADE it? What if I did,"
Nothing. Only. you might have
made a terrible mistake. BY some I'M
known change the bottle Of aqua COM
| saw. just now: the bottle of distilled
cherry-laurel water"
We'll, what of it?''
oh! It looks just like the aqua COM
NUNS: it is perfectly clear and limpid
might easily have mistaken it,
mistaken"
Heavens preserve you! the cherry
laurel "a water contains a great quantity
ened you-but what is the matter?-
T? Not at all. W by should be pale ?''
SAID Charles angrily.,
.EflsNeSf
he is pale?''
I understood the answer quickly:
Not pale, he is simply deathly."
He is green! Charles you friehten
me-tell US the truth: have you made
S0& We IT. '5 yes ,alliG stammerea Charles
really growing white.
-, All! merciful saints! Paul, light the
fire and boil some water; puick.''
DO you feel any pain. Charles?"
| .1es-a strange sensation"
Possibly
| paul, is the water boiling vet? Fur
ry up. man.. Nothing but tea taken in
great quantities. can save him now
| But how could the bottles have become
| mixed Here is the, distilled water, in
the the place where the cherry-laurel be-
Charles sank into a. chair. The
poured. cup after cup Of it down, his
| throat. In the meantime the dinner
fore him. " ~ w
Il think feel hungry" said Charles
SUDDENLY while we were eating heartilv
- All a mistake" said: Ernest, 8 that
some IS ne more efeef fea & the poison Drink
ra sBgt &. have taken..yah can hold
vo,3 Never -, mind. keep on: II you value
II really think he must have ,e5 drunk
bucket full. And it was not until an
| nour later. when he was becoming ab-
fessed that he had changed thes nj.
! ties and that Charles was not poisoned
But oX that time the dinner. was ali
| gone. - - >N|,%s' g: r $1ss5s..TE.
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WOW! UP flew the: cover and out; of
the box came the worst looking ogre
that ever disgraced a fairy tale. 4 =. ;:
!; What der mean, you rascal 2"
shrieked the figure = !. 49,: :: 4: I
.. %%**."oh!"z grunted puss, as he shrrank
back; trembling this is so sudden!'"'
self; and tomorrow is Christmas !. =.
7. What shall 7 do?'' asked Thomas:
s., Put me back, Of course, YOU stupid
&; Butt can't get You back :s,s.. 81: 4
s: 3. That's just the moral Of the whole
affair." snapped the ogre: one never
can dos over. What =.they have :undone,,
which is to say, they. can never undo
what they. have did, which is to say
that ~ But Thomas was so terrified
that he did not, wait to hear !. ali the
moral. S. : III, z =.ss.
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From the German of Hans Norma:

- osTOFTICE Clerk .schinderls'
family were the fortunate pos
- SCISSORS Of a real live aunt, who,
carefully calculated, was worth
l. at least five hundred thousand
crowns. Needless to say. this
worthy elderly lady was spoiled and
ing her yearly visits to the Schinderl
Mizzi, the only daughter of the
Schinderls, was therefore considered
fortune; and as this became known,
various aspirants to- her hand present
cd themselves. But, strange to say,
Of all her suitors, none took the final
step.
Thus several years passed. Mizzl
grew older, but remained free. she
would gladly have named even a petty
official, which, however, her mother
"such a per,son is not good enough
for you, my child" she would say. IF
your aunt ever dies you will dispose
Of a5xsrf 3so9 ent tn socerg
At last an assessor. over his ears IN
debt, appeared on the scene The young
man was in great hurry to declare
heress. Mizzi dutifully referred him
to her mother, and Mrs. Schinderl gave
her blissful consent. That very day
the following telegram went to the
"Mizzi engaged to be married Let
ter folIows.'
The letter, however, did not follow
Immediately That evening" h e. w w,;,M o the
Gle at the Schinderls and smoking one
of papa schinderIs cigars, he asked
e car; ,,n by y: the way how old is
Aunt Nina? Oh, only forty-six
years." the prospective mother-in-law
replied innocently.
c1oir in CT <
thought she was a very old lady"
Thereupon he became more and more
monosyllabic, and at last bid the fam
lily rather distant goodnight. he
he broke the engag cement in the driest
conventional terms. Almost, at the
same moment q telegram arrived from
Warm congratulations. Am coming
today.
The excitement at the schinderls'
was beyond description. "Auntie is
coming to celebrate the engagement
be fearfully angry" the disappointed
mother-n-law exclaimed again and
again "Husband, can you see no way
"1?" Mr.. schnderl oueried, ironi-
cally. Il don't don't see anything for
You to do but to borrow a fiance for
the few days Aunt Nina will spend
Mrs. Schinderl stared vacantly at her
husband. Are you in earnest, Alfrad?"
But where?' NIizzi sobbed from her
corner. lis it possible to borrow one
of those-wretches?
Are you crazy?" Papa Schinderl
shouted. Il was only jesting."
We'll l don't know, Mrs. Schinderl
said. reflectively. "A borrowed flancc
would be better than none. Aunt Mi
ma will be furious If she finds that she
has undertaken the long journey in
vain. and will be quite capable of dis
inheriting our Mizzi. You know how
irresponsible she is
When Mr.. Schnderl heard of disin-
heriting he too began to consider the
matter seriously and the upshot of it
all was that an ever-hungry young
barrister who lived in the top story
Of the house. was taken into their
confidence and prevailed upon to act
some free dinners and suppers. Later,
when the aunt should have gone. the
breaking Of the engagement should be
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couple OF smart blows with #the horse
WHIP made the slender little bod. BODY culver
T then the Major put. Puck into his cage
and a, Mlnlled carried it#out 81 Tie room.
nr;e fo g the tirst time the cul.
Whimper which resembied tia pt 81 = +
pa rdons the disturb dear M
Eellca said the latter. assure ssvn,,y
that never occur aRainA,s i
an lbs ,peside.myself
1s iii
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s: s IL: ST:
- ! Halldorf's hair in a burst of
s Ss:1,:: fury. i was standing by.5help-ss
*lessly, with my napkin in one hand and
/ a. dessert fork in the other, Utterly
paralized with fright. :: ~ S <=sSs5z.S
7. AT last Herr Won III alldorf *succeededs
N disengagingS the ii title beast from tile
II gold waves 1Sof his sisters ;hair. As
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: 7 WASH January, s 8 ]. Our regi-*
~ ment ;part.of the sexpedi tion:
p sent out. to Tunis to oVercomest the
last rebelliOus %tri hes. was a

~ sent OUT TO Iun1S TO overcome the
i last rebellious tribes ItS was a
!, s. lhlar hard campaign, fighting all day
j - u i IN a country we knew very little
about and constantly i: attacked and:
surrounded by the enemy. 8 s$.z$ ~
One morning, as we were about to
break camp. a young. man, dressed IN
UNIFORM: came sup to the line .Of *senti--s
n q. ~ and requested to speak to the.
Golonel .zSsE He carried. s. he said letter
vision which he wished 81 to deliVer=
without delay.
...!T he .# Colone received The
:youn man gave his message and the
=ll s Ind Visited &, cap Sirs HAND:
. ..5 You are Georges de III Valfere? q, 4
asked Is sec Colonel when he had u I'm.
:ished reading the letter
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