The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
The Lie Tony Told

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ta N.- t.'rl -hl
into m, li,rle hc.d hospital amid
n. lUS-r.1as y.ns aIds y. Ieill
suI-SS.L. Is - i.~ lai--s J.. ~ N.
edge ~ IL, gl,aI l0T-s- H. Isscsnil-
cd ne az once. II va early morn
Ing. lnd,~l to ..~u had scarce
come. ana n, -.,t- o.lw "a Wa.
pearl, gre, IN the growing light, a.
rivers are before sunrise.
"L'Anglsi." hs cried joyously,
for De kerouallc, was a merry soul.
He raised his blood stained hand in
a CAV salute. snake ro doubt he
had fought br&,elN and in a manner
worthy of tie Oh blood n BIZ VEINS.
He Was vet through and covered
With dir. The battle mad taken
place on the previous afternoon, ana
the wounded We're consequently al
lowed 10 liz out on the felds the
whole night. "I.c petit Jeune
hommc. ne added, I'VE meet
again.
Then he tainted. with a smile on
his lips. Ii l. only in books that
men lie different from what they
nave lived. Ii did not take me long
20 look al this gay Youths wound.
cutting away hls English made lin
en-. sicing Tie cloth OF his rough
uniform of a private soldier OF the
Army OF the Seine mere hand OF
volunteers despite their grand name.
| knew Seninaristc M lt-not vet
ordained prie>t-who fought
orayely through il. although ne
lacked the strength 20 hold his rifle
straight without a support.
saw at once that the career OF
Jacques de kerOualles was nearly
over.
suddenly il all came hack TO me
FonIainebloaU anu the happy. care
less. reckless lie in the old town
where the very paving stones are
.aturated with history and worn by
he tread 81 those that made u
Jacques de keroualies: Tony,
Nicomte de Nuy. Raoul lie HOLES.
and half dozen ofher--harum
scarum fellows who made lie one
long laugh
How often had We shouted tho
one lire ohoru, in the Rue DC
Franco as the slow morning crep,
lp the sky behind the palace
/ rose from The wounded man e
tide and went out to the yeranda OF
he villa. converted into temporary
.ield hospital \ cavalry officer IA
he CAV blue uniform Of MS i'm
mortal regiment. with a short. fur
trimmed cape thrown careles-ly
back from the shoulder, stood mood
ily looking down over the vineyards
he turned 2, the sound 81 nv foot
steps ard shook hands graVely. |
looked hard AZ him. Ii was Tony
lie Muy-s grizzlei. hard faced sol
der.
We'll :" he asked. He looked into
my face sharply and made gri-
mace.
"You need say nothing. / see
from your face.
Tic threw asas half burned ciga-
rette and resumed las attitude OF
gloomy effectiveness. | had known
him a young man few years ear
lier and, CHANGING at him, wondered
whether ! looked as middle aged as
that.
The devil take all women" he
suddenly exclaimed with his absurd
French vivacity and stamped his
,purred heel on the tessellated pave
ment. 1.-The devil take all women,
mon ami
"He Will have rs many as he can
manage" | suggested, for was
Young in those days, and the little
wound ] still carry had a smart in
il vet.
"You remember my sister," To-
ny said CURLY, and / nodded. We
had all been in love with Nile. de
Muy, and she had managed in some
way TO keep US all in hand at once
She was fresh from convent
where, il seems. these little art,
must be acquired. The '.botte' that
gave me my own hurt was, by the
way, learned there. So far as Jacques
de Kerouallcs had been concerned
however, we had always known that
il was a serious matter.
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