New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

asleep. When | woke agln "A flood III moonlight
,,I.vc.i ON the floor. and i'm the center ht- golden
i-,,-r .ri~l- pllpwcf the coat | nti taken Oft,
L.. Aurel,,u, the white rays weaving halo round
WIN AZ. oath / r.,. and picked up the boy. He
va. 50 dead asleep he never felt the movement
R.rn, too drunk with drp"-'ucs~ E~rh t' undrr.s
l,-s. laid him ou the bed. an! throwing myself
l-.ttc him went sound asleep "s'i'.
Ny second awakening was not 50 innoo"o,T,s; ,,,;
M for The point of a baEonet stirred me- Ny
pazc rested ou a ring of French ~'IilcE7 "hl'@ my
arniablr friend of the exchange, n'" ''ItF'I ..-
1-.--,.clr as a Lieutenant o' the Ninth 'htsNc'T7.
pointed at me with dcnnunglu2 huGcr
"Thc~, is the German dog. he stli, VINO mas
5,-,.f +n -I..n herr. in TIM, uniform. stolen from
some murdered Frenchman, evidently OF p'''r"
pct Red seventh,
Au~,Iitr suddenly opened his eyes and sat up gasp
Ing He. stared at the soldiers, at the accusing
lights flashing on him. glanced dow" at the cover
let which had drawn over both Of H-. turned a
viii l.,l. .t me and sank back half tautug. Oh.
my God. my Golr' | heard him muttcr. .'td ne
gan to h afraid tina, Anrrl'an, even Tor - Young 1t
fellow, was rrcpo,'crpuslv white hr-cl
Il ,,nl. no uniform. | sand comp'ertlF- mat
man, clothes were forced without my kn'"I-
.,ig. He best knows how he got mime
The peasant who keeps this place viii swear
that h.. j.. ., German" ..vcrrcd Nalvoi-u boldly
IL He couticd our host and told HIM ne was earn
ing important information across the frontier to the
That is a licl" | said sharply
What did you mean by saving I-l'1ttn'nt MAJ I'I
voisu had on your clothcst demanded the ie,deI
q short keen eyed Captain, with "a smooth h'id
face 3" He, is in his uniform.
For the first time III twcnty-tour hours then
H.. has heretofore been wearing my sut pl ChctN'
and me knows it. ~ to hls uniform. ne seems L"
belong to two different regiments. But, Captain.
intcrrogatc my page here. He viii suhst'ntr'te my
AIr.Ii,n gave the desired coutirm1tion but in
such an incohcrcut distracted manner that his
testimony proved of no great value
Il am iD American" | declared. Iohn Nor
lev l have personal interest IN tins row between
your two countries | simply travelling on
business. and like fool undertook TO cross this
Province having been informed that neither army
Scarch himl' ordered the Captain briefly
IROSE at the word, and submitted to a thorough
i examination. which resulted in producing four
Documents anyone of which would have been
Saw the whole thing at a flash The true traitor
stood there As my accuscr. The unexpected arrival
been in danger back there at the PEASANTS hut:
hence the exchange of clothes. No doubt he had
loaded me with these papers as | slept.
The Captains face grew grim. Search the
But Aurclian the action smackinG of a guilty
conscience fled across the room; only to De seized
by Malvoisin- Myself under guard by tw" soldiers,
| saw him thrust his hands swiftly into the pockets
of the lads Jacket whence he drew a paper, which
he tossed elultantly to the Captain As the latter
took the letter Malvosin went further: for sud-
den lcering look had flashed into his evil face
With one swift wrench he tore wide the sheltering
Jacket and vest from the lads throat and the white
bosom which his brutal hand unveiled betrayed
poor Aurelan's amazing secret more potcntIy than
words.
Scarcely was the dastardly act done than fire
seemed to flash through every Vein in my body. |
the best wrestler at the gym at home, and with
a fierce burst of force tore away from one guard
and pitched the other over my hip In the next
second | had Malvosin on the floor and was Chok-
ing him speechess OF course | was torn off,
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