Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-14

stoiidly, and l see something more
what them"
81 see the archbishop tying them up
together.
HE could not be at the palace"
"On the contrary, he reached tie pal
ace about half an hour ago"
De Catinat sprang to his feet. At the
palacer" he screamed. Then who gave
him the messenger"
81 did" said Amos Green.
If the American had expected TO sur
prise or delight his companion by this
curt announcement he was woefully
disappointed, for De Catinat approach.
ed him with a face which was full of
sympathy and trouble.
my dear friend" said he. Il have
been selfish and ~thoughtless. That fall
from your horse has shaken you more
than you think. Lie down upon this
straw and see If a little sleep may
not
81 tell you that the bishop is there"
cried Amos Green.
"He Is, he is" said De Catinat sooth-
ingly. HE is most certainly there. l
trust that you have no pain?"
The American raved In the air with
his knotted fists. You think that I'm
crazed," he cried, "and, by the eternal.
you are enough to make me so! When
I say that I sent the bishop 1 mean
that saw to the Job. You remember
when stepped back to your friend the
majorT"
1t was the soldiers turn to grow ex-
cited now. "Well?" he cried, gripping
die others arm.
We'll, when WI send a scout into the
woods, II the matter Is worth II, we
send a second one at another hour, and
90 one or other comes back with his
hair on. That's the Iroquois fashion.
and a good fashion too"
MY God, l believe that you have
saved me!'
II went back to the major then, and
I asked him when he was In Paris to
pass by the archbishop's door. l show
ed him this lump Of chalk. If we've
been there said I, you'll see a great
cross on the left side Of the doorpost.
II there's no cross. then pull the latch
and ask the bishop II he'll come up to
b palace as quick as his horses can
bring him. The major started an hour
after us. He would be In Paris by half
past 10; the bishop would be In his car
riage by IL, and he would reach Yer
sailles half an hour ago-that is to say.
about half past II. BY the Lord. I
think I've driven him off his heady"
M Cofinor ~, ,o,,,I Ar III -
waving his arms and his legs, with his
shadow capering up the wall behind
him, all distorted In the moonlight.
"Oh, II l could but do something for
your he exclaimed.
"You can, then. Lie down on that
straw and go to sleep"
BY p~ersuasions and a little pushing
he got his delighted companion ON to
his couch again and heaped the straw
over him to serve as a blanket.
30 weary was the young guardsman
that II was long past noon and the
u was shining put Of a cloudless blue
sky before he awoke. For a moment,
enveloped as he was In straw, and
with the pude arch Of the dungeon
meeting In four rough hewn groinings
above his head, he stared about him
In bewflderment. Then in an instant
the doings Of the day before. his mis-
sion, the ambuscade, his Imprisonment.
all flashed back to him, and he sprang
to his feet. His comrade, who had
been doing in the corner, jumped up
also at the first movement, with his
hand on his knife and a sinister
glance directed toward the door.
"Oh, it's you, is it," said he. Il
thought 1t was the man. They brought
those two loaves and a jug Of water
just about dawn, when l was settling
down for a rest"
"And did he say anything?"
mo; 1t was the little black one"
"Simon, they called him."
'The same. He laid the things down
and was gone. l thought that maybe
II he came again we might get him to
stop. Maybe II we got these stirrup
feathers round his ankles he would
tell us where we are and what Is to
be done with u.s."
"Pshaw! What does 1t matter since
our MISSION Is uOneE
at may not matter to you-thcre's
no accounting for tastes-but 1t mat
tiers a good deal to me. I'm not used
to sitting In a hole, like a bear in a
trap, waiting for what other folks
choose to do with me-"
There's no help but patience, my
friend"
Il don't know that. I'd get more
help out of a bar and a few pegs"
He opened his coat and took out a
short piece of rusted iron and three
small, thick pieces Of wood, sharpened
at one end.
"Where did you get those, thenT'
"These are my nights work. The
bar is the top one Of the CRATE. l had
q job to loosen It, but there It Is. The
pegs I whitfield out Of that log. You
see. peg number one goes In here,
where l have picked a hole between
the stones. Then I've made this other
log into a mallet, and with two cracks
there It is firm fixed so that you can
put your weight on 1t. Now these two
60 in the same way into the holes
above here. So! Now. you see. you can
stand up there and look out Of that
window without asking too much Of
your toe joint. Try It."
De Catinat sprang up and looked
eagerly out between the bars.
II do not know the place." said he,