Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-03-03


| at table with their cards and ale. I
] overlooked the game They exchanged
/ glances and prepared to leave Off.
whereat 1 apologizea and begged them
not to let me disturb them. Claude de-
| clared he had only waited for me. and
| being tired he would shut the house.
He went on up to bed and his friend
| took a seat beside me by the fire.
He was a simple looking young fell
| low. dressed after the fashion of a
peasant farmer, with mild blue eyes,
and Struggling yellow whiskers on his
chin. I thought to question about the
| city.
aMell. friend. how goes the world in
Paris ?"
"Much the same as ever vet your
Paris is new to me-"
Indeed? You are not of the city: of
what place theno"
"Of Languedoc, in the south. where
the skies are bluer and the wind does
not cut YOU through as it does in
this damp Paris of yours"
Eyes, 1 thought you of Lamguedoc,
| from Your speech So the climate is
with us in our parts beyond the seas.
Beneath our southern sun ice is q
| thing almost unknown, and the snow
never comes.
| And where do you live, my lord 2"
his eyes wide open and shallow.
\ 1 felt somewhat nattered at his
artless recognition of the difference in
our stations
I'm Biloxi; the southern provinces,
Louisiana" explained, whereof
Bienville is governor
| Afterward / thought could remem-
Der a knowing twinkle In the fellows
eye, which passed unnoticed at the mo-
ment.
"Ah, 1 near much of the colonies; 1T
must be a goodly land to dwell in, but
the savages and the cannibals."
I laughed outright.
balls worse than the barbarous Span
ierds who wait but the chance to
| slaughter our garrison" and before
|, was aware, had told him of my vow
age from Biloxi, and of going to Yer
sailles, stopping short only of giving
the purpose of my visit to Paris. l
1 Mus soIe tsli',tigu OF tiie ihdlscte.lo1i.
w ae4i aop 49, luu!lu hllil laughlhs
'iiersis 70 l,i,lseii, lausaihg a. me. o.,
~, ahen sou aie 1apealh ee Moures.
~ ashsa M WI. puaest larisian mona
'to.,, anu .iis eouitesy Ui selilAeilliii;
oM uiu sou hlioM a.leilip ee,i
w Ne srgll pul somehow ~, my EFFORT lei!
NC, uH, IN, l1o ~. u9 YOU Know
wen, we neen expecting you ana
ne ne pius al' ms h1nd across nus cdia'
wlplhg the yellow whiskers away be-
am Jerome de GreVllle. Claude
told me OF your coming, but wished to
MANI sure. we nave examined your
pasgase' ne Went on 1ranKly, I'M
nnnnn1 . Sl my 1li-eoncealea dlsap-
p ~ ,5 nut Iouha holhlng IN me way
OF Identification. You See" he apollo
glzed. these things are necessary mere,
,o,,la ". ehis iaeuis, q aeiloM
would preserve the proper connection
between his head and his body
he rolled UP his whiskers, laid
aside a yellow wig, and could see
! ne was as Ser1gny had described. He
was not as tall as /, but strongly built,
and some two good years my senior.
captain, If you will allow me will
take these traps of yours to our apart
ments. You lodge with me-.
was nettled that should have
spoken SO freely tq strapga ,,t g h EEL.
drove away any l;pe.a,.;ns, .,,;,,.esi+,
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