The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-08-22

he is friend OF mine.
AS he spoke. the soldiers seized him
by The arm and hustled him down the
street toward the Chateau st. Louis,
the residence of the governor, where
de Ramesay sat in hurried consulta-
ton with the officers over the defense
of the stricken town The crowd,
after a few curious glances, followed
the soldiers and left the PROSTATE En-
glishman alone on the doorstep.
The young woman turned again to
the man on the step. He was wounded,
perhaps dying, The bullet when
struck him in the back had passed
completely through his shoulder, and
his shirt was stained with blood
There was deep cut through the
sleeve of his coat also, and his arm
Law in little pool of the same deadly
auid. His face was covered with blood
from a slight wound on his forehead
| and earth-stained as well from the
muddy unpayed street where he had
fallen. He was a hideous spectacle.
Yet though foeman, he was wounded
and helpless.
She knelt beside him, and seeing
| at a glance that the wound In his race
was superficial. with not unskilltnl
fingers she rapidly opened his waist
coat and tore open his shirt LES,
there was the dangerous wound. bloed
was still oozing from it. She had az
sisted the good sisters In nursing the
| ctn
sick and wounded during the SIEGE
| and the gruesome sight was nor unla-
miliar to her. The wound must be at
tended to at once Raising her voice.
she called through the little halfway
".Josette, Jean Renaud, hither!
Immediately a buxom young woman
made her appearance at the door IN
obedience to her mistress call.
Water. quick, Josette, and get jean
Renaud. Here is a gentleman Wouno-
ed. a friend of Monsieur de Vltre
Jean Rensud is not in the mouse
mademoisele. He went TO the Sl
Louis Gate tG' 49,
II am here" exclaimed deep, rough
voice. as a burly old man wearing the
livery of the de Rohans came around
fthe corner. we have lost the battle'
Monsieur de Montcalm is mortaily
wounded. as is Monsieur de Senezer-
CUES. and Monsieur de st. ours IS
killed"
'peace. Jean Remand | will hear
your news in moment. Meanwhiie
carry this gentleman to my chamber
Jean Remand stopped down ana
lifted up the slight form of the strah-
ger who lay in his arms as If he had
been a boy. He carried him upstairs
and deposited him upon great peu
in a low-ceiled chamber lighted by a
dormer window. While his mistress,
with the assistance of Josette. ousied
herself below in preparing such nome
~ medicaments as their experience
could devise. -Renaud removed
the clothes from Grafton and put MN
regularly in bed Then he examined
his wounds with the skill OF an Ole
campaigner,
Presently mademoiselle, followed bS
the maid. entered the room. With hel
own hands she assisted in washing
the wounds and putting on some tenn
norary bandages. As she did so sh'
did not fail TO note around the neck
of the young Engishman little chair
of gold from which was suspended
leather case, evidently containing
locket.
"Shall I take this off also?" askee
Jean Remand. lifting the chain, as the!
passed the bandages.
mo leave il there. 'Tis probabl!
the picture of one he loves VIII NJ
live, think you. Jean-Renaud?
81 know not. mademoiselle. III
a rough wound, and he has lost muel
blood"
"A pity. But let us hope" muir
INJURED the girl thoughtfully
The place where the bed stood wa
far from the window and in SUD
dued light. so she had not yet had
fair view of the face of the wounde
man. Indeed, they had been SO bus
| ihet they did not have time TO was
his face. hence she had not recognize
him.
| .lt were best to go for the SUI
J econ. mademoiselle." remarked Jt
settle. gazing at the Enslishman vii
sympathetic interest. as Jean-Renau
=, tied the last bandage about the CT
q in his arm
. "A good suggestion. Go YOU. Jear
:. Remand: and Josette. lock the stree
n door and see that things are locke
!. after downstairs sis like to be da
OF trouble The soldiers are filling u
- street. and we had a sample OF the
"A temper but a moment since. Beg ID
!. Arnoux to come quickly. Jean Renau
If and hasten yourself, for when you r
u turn you must accompany me TO Il
AZ governor in behalf OF Monsieur
10 Wire. Hand me that basin. josef
.. and the cloth. ! will wash this blo'
20 and earth from the face of the po'
man"