Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-09

from Aimee. I kissed 1t aud put 1t next my
heart. Then with renewed courage |
struck out for the station. Two hours later
l was on the midnight express for Paris.
At the first opportunity | took out
Aimee's note. 1t was n tender little epistle,
full of love and protestations OF Loyalty.
She gave me the address OF au intimate
girl friend In Paris through whom | could
send letters, an opportunity of which |
took daily advantage during the next ten
days.
Reaching Paris early in the morning I
made my way TO my old rooms, took a
bath (the first in many days. aud donned
familiar and well-htting clothes. The de-
light OF being back In my old haunts,
away from strife and danger. was ineNpress-
ible, though | longed to have Aimee with
me. From the newspapers ! found that an
armistice had been declared close on the
heels of the great land and sea battles.
President Roosevelt and King Edward
were making strenuous efforts toward
peace, and prospects were favorable. The
/ Germans had withdrawn into Lorraine.
Thu Kaiser was In Berlin.
That night | returned to the club, and
was cordially welcomed by my old asso-
ciates. Brangers was at work on his
famous statue-the dying Geueralissimo,
though no Generalissimo had been close
enough to the fighting line to get even
eminent ten million francs lat a fair inter
est: Mongeryal professed to be In hourly
expectation of n summons TO membership
in the Peace Commission. All tongues
! WERE CitlltIiiiE II int klb pbN Eh''Noo
Of the French arms, though for the life OF
me | could not see that either side had
gained the least advantage. told the
story of nv reconnaissance, OF the death
of Martini and Rechere, OF my capture by
the Germans, and my compulsory service
In the Hussars, emitting reference to my
participation in the actual nghting, We
talked FOR hours, ate, slept. and talked
/ had been IN Paris a week when Latour
appeared, fresh from London. where the
- -,.r emo 81 H. aHa-
terms. He regarded me coldly at first, but
warmed uD When / told him how j had
pleaded for his life, and how my sweet.
hearts carriage had been the means of
Latour also brought news Of the arrival
In Paris of a batch of German prisoners,
captured mt Montepelier. With a sudden
hope In my heart ! left the party as soon
as possible and hunted up the barracks
where the prisoners were quartered. As
I had vaguely expected Fleischmann was
we'll. He was overjoyed to see me, think
ing me dead. / found little difficulty In
securing his release through my friend,
Captain Maubourg, and took him to my
rooms, where l summoned a tailor and
made Flelschmann into IA Frenchman as
Lowenberg had long before turned me in
him a plan In which he Joined heartily.
1t was nothing less than an expedition 10
Bethel. and actually stealing Aimee from
her uncle's house.
Late the next uIEul w l1iL 1 80 ehu ~
the morning were at Bethel. | had pur-
posely grown a beard. and felt certain that
] would not be recognized as the German
spy"
Before leaving Paris | had sent a letter
10 Aimee telling her Of my plan, We
secured a team-two half starved horses
stable aforded-and at midnight. leaving
the carriage IN a nearby grove, went TO the
back gate OF the chateau. The prearranged
signal. the boot OF an owl thrice repeated,
was answered by the appearance Of a dim
light In Aimee's room, and presently my
J sweetheart appeared at the gate, followed