The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-11-24

q Nsnsa being wAns ailva Arspps1
l~neeesantly from ~ cugnefs q ~
nouth down the CHA. Ths en-. q
unusuai sire originally. he'd beeo
clipped . that only the lower two
thirds remained. A scar. starting ~
tween the Eyes at the root Of the nose.
ran upward until Il was lost IN the
tangled masses Of his reddish-brow
hair. His eyes. which were the most
remarkable feature Of al. IN addition
70 their stare were Of that rare and
curious shade Of gray which changed
In expression according TO the mood
Of the owner; then they seemed 10
CLEAN alternately with the mad free
Of the hopeless maniac. and again With
the ail-but-quenchcd rays Of reason OF
an idiot. All Of these physical pecu-
iiarities were accumulated by the crea>
turc. ns he stood with arms akimbo.
feet we'll apart, eyes almost starting
from their sockets. tongue protr0ding.
and ears slowly moving up and Gown.
while a most diabolicai grin over Jprcad
the rreatcr portion OF his face.
"Mordiouxi" cried Tonti. "what have
We herei Some garspyie straycd from
his post on the stone Of Notre
Dame: or 10 II q new court Jester; or
one OF the 0adarcne swine that be-
came possessed Of devils the good
Able Rcnaudot told me Off lia. hal
or best Of all. n Of the progeny Of
that heii-bound Msxaisn or my Lord
Coibcrt--holai none Of that or out Of
the window you shall ~ Is you came.
only head FIRST"
This last exclamation wss induced
by q sudden movement Of the fantastic
creature before him. DurinK the nrst
part OF Tonti's speech the little man
had stood playing the idiot. but ~
soon as Colbert's name was mentioned.
he suddenly changed his expression.
The gray eyes lost their look Of mad
ness and cleaned with = HIGHT Of in-
tense hatred. Suddenly drawing .
small dagger hom his person. he
threw II In the face OF 1onti. who
stood about three PAGES on. The SOL
der had often seen that look In an
advcrrary's eye In duel and latte.
md he knew well II portendcd soy,e
sudden action. instinctiveiy hc raised
his hand TO ward on the Impeding
danger. as hc saw the movement Of
the mans arm. The weapon glanced
through the air. and struck IN. up
lifted palm Of his left hand. Insusad
OF piercing II. rs one would have ex-
pectcd from the force with which II
was thrown. II stopped with q mctallIc
eiink and fell with blunted point 10
the floor. Quick NJ thought. the young
soldier sprang to his sword. seized II.
and came ut his trcacherous visitor.
who stood awaiting his approach with
out making the slightest movement
Tonti presented the point against his
breast. cxclaImIng:
Nov then. my fine fellow. n you
have any mor such compliments to
give me. kindly do II nov. and ! shall
show you In return hoe We spit .
chicken for roasting In my native
town"
The man elarcd ut him q moment.
then with a sudden effort recognized
his features completely. This was ~
much OF q surprise 10 Tonti rs the
attack had been. for In sn instant the
%protruding tongue and fangs disap-
pcarcd. the eyes became less promi-
I, nont and lost their wildncss. and the
whole man was changed, even tho
scars seemed TO lose their whitenoss
and become more like the surround
Ing skin. A supplicatlng look camc
into his face. and as Tonti's sword
point was dropped In his amazement.
the man fell on his knees, murmur.
lng: Pardon. Pardon!"
ITO he c,ntinued1