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Mccartney and the Comtesse.

leaguered tower. ne landscape lpSV h
rugged hills. Cleans of reflected light
were 10 be noticed radiating from the snow
capped submits Of mountains situated on
the far horizon. rivuet brawied down
the valley and plunged with the reck-
lessness possible to running water, into a
rocky crevasse. A magnificent scene,
but the Marquis regarded i with only nall
an eye, II indeed he regarded It at all, h =
invariably preferred men 10 scenery, and,
for all his age, women to either There
is an exclamation mark at this point IN
the text. but we have omitted Il, feeling
that we are not called upon to regard the
ultimate preference Of the Marquis az
surprising
Just now. in the iamentable absence Of
any female TO employ the honored language
Of j. f Cooper, the Marquis permitted
himself to observe the laborious approach
OF man The man was "clambering UP
p rocky eminence. He was no channels,
and the pain Of his la3ors was doubtless
apparent He bore white flag, and had
obviously come to parey with the Marquis.
The Marquis received him coldly--with
hsuteur There was a most noticeable
difference between the Marquis and the
man This pleases rs for we may ask
ourselves, if there bad been no difference,
what would have been the advantage Of
being a Marquis? The man was burly.
rough looking, with no signs Of breeding.
He displayed assurance, nd yet uneasiness.
A common sailor he wus, to relate the
overwhelming fact concerning him in
word His clothes did not A.. He was as
inelegantly large as the Marquis was small.
At this moment, or very soon afterward,
his Britannia Majesty's ship Agamemnon,
Capt Horatio Nelson commanding, began
to discharge cannonhalls az the heleaguer-
ing Republican forces. The large and
vulgar Garron the man who had been at
the pains to come with tho white flag had
thought to POSSESSES himself Of the Marquis's
granddaughter, but now be found himself
with good reasons to despair OF the success
Of that outrageous enterprise. Lieut..
Robert Mccartney OF the Agamemnon
came ashore presently A beauteous crea-
ture. the granddaughter in question. I'M
barred to him the door of the tower Your
name. mademoiselle?' said he Said she
lend Of the eventful fifth chapter: y am
the Comtesse de Vaudemont'
Mccartney forgot all his other sweet
hearts the moment he set eyes on her We
deserve no praise for our discernment
when We say that we knew at this point
that the Comtesse and Mccartney we're TO
make match of it Nap oleon Is in the
story as we'll as Nelson. but our opinion Is
that neither OF them comes up to Ma cartney.
At Toulon there were dreadful times. OF
course. Mccartney, who was out in boat,
said to midshpnan page 96). Isn't this
awful?' The two conversed for time.
Presently the midshipman said page 90:
Isn't II awful?p The boat landed and
Mccartney leaped ashore, a pistol in his
left hand, his naked sword in his right
The Marquis and the Comtesse were wait
ing round the corner, We cannot say that
they expected Mccartney; II is only to be
said that il they were like US they expected
him.
They we're in the same desperate fix
that the Laird Of Try was in at Aberdeen.
The mob was about them. foul of mouth
and evil eyed. AZ an extremely terrifying
moment Mccartney broke in, followed
by the ooxswain Of his boat. We surely
cannot do better than to read little at this
point. The story says
THAT slow surge toward the wall which
would soon develop into a rapid rush had
already begun when Mccartney and the
coxswain burst upon the scene. These are
my peoplel Into them, COX M cried Macart-
ney, firing his pistol point blank into the
mob and then hurting it at the nearest
man. The coxswain was as quick as he
with his pistol. Tho crowd yelled with
terror and gave way in mad confusion as
the two men fell upon them. They were
both big and powerful men, coming forward
on the run ships cutlass at close quar-
t. n tarrihla 1hpZa had bean
ground to a razor edge. The co1swain lit
orally cut in two the nearest man. Macart-
ney chose to thrust His sword guard
crashed against breast bone, so fierce and
powerful was his lunge. To disengage and
thrust again was the work Of a moment.
There was another slash from the coxswain.
The lust OF battle was on the sailor and he
was yelling like mailman. Macartney's
play was more silent, but none the less
deadly. It's Capt. Mccartney
suddenly cried the Comtesse. recognizing
him in the freight. 1 can at
least die with you answered Mccartney.
. After furious lunge Mccartney
clipped on the bloody stones OF the street.
pistol cracked behind him.
Louise had fred saving his life
Louise was tina Confess, de Vaudemont
Napoleon came along. Tho little officer
looked very small on his huge white horse.
The mob cheered. He said; You know
me then, my braves? No one serves the
Republic better than /. Leave me these
aristoorats. They got aboard ship and
Mccartney sailed out OF the harbor. A
nice job this. The capstan was pawled
twice The downhauls we're let go and
hoisted away The spanker sheets were
hauled out When Mccartney cried out
In stentorian voice: Loose the to'gal-
lan's's and Iyals!' it wss done before
you could say Jack Robinson The bow
lines were cleared away. The Traces we're
hauled taut and braced up and braced
abox. The ship performed bold circular
novement-which does not surprise US.
Man the cspstan!' cried Mccartney The
MARQUIS, himself an Admiral was unable
10 conceal his delight. Very Handsomely
done. sir, he said to Mccartney.
A bullet grazed Macartrey's forehead.
you are wounded cried the Comtesse.
It's a trife said the happy Mccartney.
She insisted on dressing the wound. At
this point the author enters upon unusual
detail We read:
"She washed the wound. wiped it with