The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

glances II prepared to leave of
whereat a%pologized and Legged Their
not to let me disturb them. Claude de
clared he had only waited for me, an
being tired he would shut the house
He went on up to bed and his frien
took n seat beside me by the fire.
He was q simple looking young fel
low, dressed after the fashion of
peasant farmer, With mild blue eyes
and struggling yellow w%hiskers on hi
chin. l thought to question about tn
city.
well. friend. how goes the world 1,
Paris 2"
Much the same as ever. yet you
Paris Is new to me-"
"Indecd7 You are not of the city; O
what place. then?"
O ~Languedoc. in the south, wher,
the skies are bluer and the wind doe.
not cut you through as 1T does ii
this damp Paris Of yours"
Yes, thought you of Languedoc
with us in our parts beyond the seas
Beneath our southern sun ice is {
thing almost unknown. and the snow
never comes
and where do you live. my lord?'
his eyes wide open and shallow.
[ felt somewhat battered at his
artless recognition of the difference in
our stations.
In Biloxi; the southern provinces
Bienville is governor" "ie'e0'
Afterward l thought I could renem
Der a knowing twinkle In the fellows
eye. which passed unnottced at the mo-
ment.
"Ah, 1 hear much Of the colonies. i,
must be a soodiy lind to dwell in. out
the savages ard the cann,bals."
/ laFehed ~.tright.
Verify. f.le.sd, We have no canni-
E3.o worse than the barbarous Span
iatds who wait but the chance TO
slaughter u garrison" and before !
was a had told him OF my voy-
age from Biloxi, and of going to Yer
sailles. stopping short only of giving
the purpose of my visit to Paris.
was sore ashamed of the ndIscretion.
When 1 looked / found him laughing
Silently to himself. laughing at me.
n you are Captain de Mouret 2"
he asked with purest Partisan intona-
uon, n the courtesy of a gentleman.
How did you know" attempted
70 be stern, but somehow my effort fell
nat. "How do you know?"
We'll, I've been expecting YOU and
he brushed his hand across his chin,
w1ping the yellow whiskers away be-
fore my astonished eyes.
Il am jerome de Greville. Claude
told me of your coming, but 1 wished to
make sure. We have examined your
baggage" he went on frankly. I'M
mindful of my M-concealed disap-
OF Identification. You see," he apollo
glzed. these things are necessary here
In affairs Of this nature, If q fellow
would preserve h proper connection
between his head and his body,
He rolled up his whiskers. laid
aside a yellow wig. and 1 could see
he was as Serigny had described. He
was not as tail as 1, but strongly built
and some two good years my senior
captain, IL o will allow me 1 will
a these traps of yours to our apart
ments. You lodge with me-"
l was nettled that 1 should have
Spoken so freely to a stranger, INC felt
ll-disposea to be pleasant, but he soor
drove away any lingering animosity.
When we had settled in our rooms
which ad1oined, de Greville thew him
self across his couch and said:
Look here, de Mouret. we have g
hard task before US, and you may as
we'll know it. NJ. de Serigny tells me
he has instructed you himself, but de-
tails he would leave to me. What's
your name?"
"Placide." I replied as simply as a LAD
of ten.
We'll, I'm jerome. We are to stand
together now, and men engaged in
business like ours have no time for ex-
ira manners"
Ills bon camaraderie was contagious
and I gladly caught 1t. agreed, Jer-
ONE; so be 1t. Go n
First we must locate our friend
Carne Ward, the very fiend of a fellow,
who stops at nothing. Then to catch
him with the papers,, take them. cost
h 1t will. Fol that work we have
strong lads enough and true. Above
all we must make no mistake when we
strike. for IL he scents our suspicious
of him he'll whisk them off to Spain
before you could. bat your eye"
l listened to him intently. yet en-
1oytng to the utmost my prospective
triumph. He went on:
h there is that other fellow; we
don't know who he Is, the one that
came over with O He will probably
exchange dispatches with Ward, then
off to the colonies again. There is not
be captured aboard ship. It is Ward
we want, and his dispatches
l said very quietly, still looking .nto
the fire:
That much is already DONE"
jerome raised up on his elbow and
stared at me as lie he thought me mad.
II have taken those dispatches from
SSNA ~ 1iClC llley dlG. -
The devil you have" he cried out.
reaching the middle of the floor at a
single bound. How and when?"
He would not leave off until 1 had
related the whole of my adventure be-
ginning with meeting the girl. and end
Ing when 1 found him. at the inn. He
was as happy as a school boy, and
laughed heartily at my being so read
lily made victim of by the girl Florine,
Such tender doves to pluck she does
no often find, and I warrant you she
let's not many go so easily"
l thought 1t unnecessary to tell him
OF my encounter with Ward, only
that I had found the packet where he
dropped 1T.
You lucky dog: it's we'll he did not
see you. or you might not now be
talking to me with a whole skin"
1t was better though to let him know
OF Wards wound, for that would per-
haps assist us in a measure to deter
mine upon our future course. So tina
part of the affair I detailed In full.
Verify, lad. you savage accom-.
pishment stood you in good stead"
He recognized the description gave
OF the fellow with Ward, but said he
was a bully. hired merely to fight, an6
perhaps knew nothing Of consequence
Then we examined very closely the
envelope containing the papers. d
mad, from all appearance. come ovel
from the colonies, and bore traces Of
having long been carried about 9
mans person. This settled one mat.
ter. The go-betweens had met, anc
the traitor on lie Dauphin was mos
likely In possession of the instructions
from Spain. This made his capture