Putnam patriot., 1908-11-06

AZA stared muteiy as Ar
 1ZN mitage paused with his back te the Claiborne gate Chauvenei was dressed with ais usual cane and wore the latest earnatiaa In the lapel of his top coat. He struck the ground with his stick. his look of as;onishmeai passed. and he smiled pleasantly as be returned ArmitaSe's salutation
 My dear Armitage,- be murmured
 .l didn't so to Mexico after all my good Chauvenet The place Is full Q fevers. l couldn't take the risk"
 He is indeed q wise man who safe guaris his health" replied the other.
 "You are quite right And when one has had many narrow escapes one may be excused for exercising rather particular care Do yeu not lad Il sof'' mocked Armitage.
 My dear fellow. my life is one long fight against ennni Danger. excite ment. the hazard of my precious life such pleasures Of late have been de nied me"
 But you are young and of intrepid spirit. monsieur IL would be quite surprising If some periious adventure did not overtake you before the silver gets in your hair"
 "Ah! assure you the speculation interests me. but must trouble you Co let Tie pass" continued Chauyenet in the same tone. "l shall quite forget that set out to make call if finger longer in your charming society"
 But l must ask you to delay your call for the present l shall greatly value your company down the road little way. It is a trifing favor. and you are man of delightful courtesy"
 Chauvenet twisted his mnstaehe re-
 fectiyely. His mind had been busy seeking means of turning the meetius
 to his own advantage, He had mel
 Armitage at quite the least imaginable spot in the world fer an encounter be
 tween them, and he was net a man
 who enjoyed surprises. He had taken care that the exposure of Armitage at
 Washington should he teiegranhed to every part of the country and put upon
 the cables. He bad expected Armi
 tage to leave Washington. but he had DO idea that he would tunn np at u fashionable resort greatly affected by Washingtonians and only eompara lively short distance from the capital He was at great disadvantage In not knowing Arriitage's plans aud strnte- gy. His ow n mind was curiousiy cun-
 ming. and his reasoning powers travers. cd oblique lines. He was thus prone IL. ,.f other people. Simplicity and directness he did not understand at all. He had underrated Armitage's courage and daring: he wished 10 make no further mistakes. and he walked back toward the hotel with apparent good grace. Armitage spoke now In very different key. and the change dispieased Chan. raillery. and his compnnlon's sterner tones disconcerted him.
 'I take this opportunity to give you a-soienn warming NJ Jules Chauvenet alias Ramhaud and thereby rendei you a greater service than you know You have undertaken deep and dan gerous game It is spectacular. fl Is picturesque. 1t is immense. It Is SC l stupendeus that the taking of few l lives seems trifiing In comparison with | the end to be obtained. Now look about I you for moment. M. Jules Ghauvenet l In this mountain air a man may grow very sane and see matters very clearly London. Paris Berlin. Vienna they are a long way off. and the things the, stand for lose their splendor when a man sits among these American noun tains and reflects upon the pettlness and sorlidness of mans common ambi l fions~
 ~is this exordium or peroration. my der fc'sowT