The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-03
The Lie Tony Told

the war. and when he wa, bronyh
into my littlc field hospital ami,
the luxurrra. vineyards III Marty
sur seine. only iew miles from thr
Z edge of the great forest. he rccoen.z
ed me a, once. II was early morn
ine Indeed the dawn had scare,
come. and the river below d, Ma,
pear.y gray 10 the growing light. d.
rivers are before sunrise.
"L'Ang.ais," he cried joyously,
for De kerouaile, was merry soul.
lie raised his blood stained hand in
a gay salute. make no doubt liz
had fought bra,el, and ID manner
woahy IF the oid blood in hi, VEINS.
lie wa, wet through and covered
with dirt. The battle had taken
place pa the previous afternoon. and
the wounded were consequently al
lowed % le out on the field, tne
whole night lie petit leune
homme ne added. 1--WE meet
again
Then he tainted. with 4 smile on
his lips Il j. only ID books that
men die different from what they
have lived II did not take me long
70 look al this gay youths wound.
cutting away his English made Inn
en-. shcng the cloth III h.. rough
uniform ~ private soldier % the
Army Of tile Seine me-e band on
volunteers despite their grand nam
I knew -eminari,te in It-not vet
ordained a pr.e-t-who fought
prave.y through IL. although heI
lacked the strength TO hold h.- rifle
straight without a support
! saw al once that the career of
Jacques de kcrouailes was nearly
over.
suddenly il all came back 10 me
FontaIneblaau and the happy. care
less, reckless life IL The ia town
where the very paving stones are
saturated with history and worn byl
the tread of those that made il.
Jacque, de keroualie,. Tonv.l
Nicomte BE Muy: Raoul De HOLES. I
and half a dozen others-harum I
scarum fellow, who made life one
long laugh
How often had We shouted the
one line chorus in the Rue De
France a. the slow morning crept
up the ,St behind the palace
! rose from the wounded mans
side and went out 70 the veranda Of
the villa. converted into a temporary
field hospital \ cavalry officer 10
the -lv blue uniform ot his i'm
mortal regiment, with a short, fur
trimmed cape .arown carelessly
back from the shoulder. stood mood
.ly looking down over the vineyards.
He turned az the sound Of nv foot
steps arl shook hands gravely. |
looked hard Id him. II was Tony
le Muv-a grizzlci. hard faced sol
der.
Well hc asked He looked into
my face sharply and made gri-
mace.
~You recl say nothing. ! see
from l0ar face
Hetlrev away half burned ciga-
-e.ie 4nl re- lined his attitude of
gloomy effectiveness. / hal known
lir ror- man a few years ear
Ier and. rrn1 at him. wondered
whether iooNed az middle aged a.
hat
Tile devil take Ill women" he
exclaimed with his absurd
French wgacity and stamped his
-purFed heel on the te-sellated pave
nent. The devil take an women,
non ami
~Ele Will have as many a. he can
manage. ! suggested. for was
Dung in those Liy-. and the little
wound ! still carry lad a smart in
1 yet
, on remember my sister. To-
BIZ said CURLY. and / nodded. We
lad all heen It'd love with Mile. de
Auy. and she had managed in some
way 10 keep us al 10 hand at once.
She was fresh from convent,
where. il seems, these little arts
must " acquired. The ~botte7 that
rave me my own hurt was. BIZ the
way, learned there. 50 far as Jacques
ie kerouailes had been concerned.
however, we had always known that
Z was a serious matter.
Before the war;" Tony de Muy {
vent on, "they were engaged. Then Q
Jacques joined the army. What else /
.ould he do: As for me, | had al a
Ways been in il, a. you know. It is 7
or our country, and Jacques was
Imong the first. Ii is for our poor
france that some Of u fight for {
hese Napoleons.'
lie turned and looked into the +