Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
Mademoise1le Lucille
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| wearing soldiers uniforms. They paid no at
tentiOn whatever TO me, but even as | looked
surged To the left with hoarse shouts Again
that Clamor of whistles, and, answering 1t like
unleaShcd hounds. the men ran IN the direction
| of the sound. Suddenly | saw rustic of brush
| far over. and then discovered man bent low
| and madlv running. He was bareheaded and
| in shirt sleeves and now and then unfriendly
| bush tore at him though to retard his prog
| ress. 1t was EllalOn'
In watching his terrific struggle forgot
| nv perilous position. He bounded this way
and that, as does the cornered hare when
hounds are close. In sympathy could feel
| his straining lungs and rushing blood. How
hopeless his effort! | could see them deliber
| ately closing in on him from many directions.
He running into the arms of another party
| that had emerged from the dense forest into a
small glade | tried to shout him warning,
| forgetting that such call could not be heard
| at that distance with the noise of pursuit all
round him. 1t was over in a moment. They
sprang to meet him. He struck furiously right
and left, there was an Undesirable swirl of
human figures twisting and whirling, and when
the group disintegrate |, figure lay suplne
the ground in its midst.
Then directly below me l heard fierce,
| snarling shouts. Into the open space below
| my aery figure appeared to bound with tren-
| zied leaps and strides. 1t too was bareheaded
and as it ran stripped itself to the waist. 1t
| Lepard who had descended when he discovered
the plight of Villalon and was running to his
rescued
SHALL never know how l, Tuning with rage
and desperate made my way back down
the face of that precipice. ! was not conscious
| of bleeding hands and toes of torn clothing, of
short slides, perilous falls, and agonized scratch
| tore off after Leopard, stumbling, falling, and
| adding to my bruises. | swore that If they
had killed Villalon l should die taking toll
| for his life | sobbing with grief, anger,
and physical stress when ! burst from the
brush.
"Villalon was sitting, weakly, while
was binding handkerchief round wound in
his head. Leopard being led by two burly
men who strained to and fro as he struggled.
man in officer uniform, showing that he was
a Major in the United States army, was eau
tioning them not to hurt him.
IL saw that we were defeated and further eff
| fort futile. Stop l commanded, advancing
toward them. Louis, we're beaten. There's
| no to fight
Leopard looked at me with bloodshot eyes.
Some of them paid for striking Jean, he COM
mented, and | discovered that several men
were nursing bruises. To my establishment.
anger or animosity. Their attitude that
of admiration rather than enmity. The officer
came toward me.
You are Captain Dunois of the French
army1 he asked, and then without waiting for
a reply, l am Major Richardson
Il couldn't help but like him. He was fine
officer. l accepted the hand and admitted my
identity.
You have made brave endeavor, the
Major said smiling, and ! am sorry that we
had to use such force to subdue-' He mo-
toned his hand toward Villalon, who was now
being lifted to his feet
captain Villalon' / said.
"'Then this, take it, is Captain Lepard?' he
said advancing toward Louis and again ex-
tending his hand. You are something of a
fighter, Captain, he said with utmost good
humor. You strike very hard and fast I'm
glad to know you
"They recovered Villalon's coat; but Lep-
ards had been left high up on the mountain
ledge. Then, escorted by at least hundred
and fifty men, were led down past the lake
which we had worked hard to gain, out
through the canonlke opening. past great
buildings whose smokestacks were belching for
the days work, across field where huge shells
were piled, and down winding road to a small
building surrounded by veranda.
THE superintendent Offices the Major ex-
planned; but we. defeated and Inundated
by failure, made no reply
"A man waved his hand. The workmen scat
tered to their posts, leaving us with four soldiers
and the officer. Viaon had recovered enough
of his strength so that he walked unsupported
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