The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-03-22

MS modest chamber on the fifth foor
me revolution was muttering in the
heart OF Paris.
ne walked on at his usual pace.
eo"pieteiy absorbed by the fixed idea (
ma. he might perhaps snatch the /
ehoice morsels away from his rival.
10 rouse him required the passing
oi regiment OF the line. marching
huffiedly to take position on the
is-and OF the city. This time he in
s'antiy forgot the lobster and the
guardsman.
Ny. it's my old One Hundred and
second" he cried Where the deuce
can It be going at that rate?" And
! approaching young lieutenant he
asked what the regiment was doing
ont at that hour.
a few brawlers 10 correct, mon
siour.' replied the officer haughtily
IL seems that handful Of ounces
nave amused themselves by building
line Of barricades which obstructs
passing along the left bank of the
river"
On. this had very little to do with
Col. Noirot's affairs. Barbados, TIL
passing INSTRUCTED, Well, and his
lobster, But the old officer began TO
move briskly by the side Of the little
soldiers with anxious brows and trou-
bled faces. shouting: Left, right.
Left, right" as in the former times.
pleased TO hear once more the curt
military intonations. They stopped at
the Pont du Chatelet, which was en-
tirely closed by barricade
Leveling their bayonets, two COM
panies rushed forward to the attack,
and Noirot unconsciously fell into the
charge with them. He was Is years
younger. Like the old war horse, he
: had rushed into the melee. inspired by
: the memory Of 80 years fighting or
: all the fields of Europe What delight
to feel once more, even for an hour
the old battle spirit.
He sprang like a mailman into tht
!, midst OF the defenders of the barri
cade. and. weeping for Joy, fell int
! the arms OF Commander Reinber,
Oh. how they embraced each othe
under the silken folds of the tri-col
! ored flag, which Noirot also coyere
Y with kisses.
a We'll, We have them at last" erie
"A Reinbert "All Paris is rising in tn
4 name OF liberty. In two hours tn
\ national colors will float over Notr
| Dame"
!, And l." groaned Noirot. "tripl
ass, old blockhead. was marchin
against you, with the One Hundre
and Second. A little more, and
should have charged with the ba
onet."
N And. tearing the flag from Rel
bert's hands. he again leaped on Il
barricade, yelling in the voice tn
had been heard at Austerlitz- Mo
of the officers of the One Hundred al
Second had served in the Grand Arm
They recognized Noirot and greet
him with loud cheers. Shouts OF VI
tory ran from front to rear of the c.
| ! nmQ. llSlEE W llC N4A0O"S,
handkerchiefs were waving, rolhl
like vengeful echo through rebel
ous PAWS. And the soldiers in I
ranks their faces no longer trouble
waved their shakos on the tops
elf. their muskets. as their fathers b
ut done at Lutzen and Dresden in t
my pathway of the conqueror. Napoleon
the At the square near the Odeon the
was another tarricade. but hghi
lid, was over. People were allowed
md mass and an old grenadier. in
I'M uniform of 1915. was calamity ASST
ing two pretty grisettes TO climb o'
red the heaps of paving stones VINE
here and there. slender streams
low blood we're trucking. The girls
les NOT seem at all frightened. III
and we're rosy and smiling Yet seve
cornses in blue coats, still lay In
ers street.
on There has been fighting herr
ON. Noirot asked the old soldier
mel ..verv hard fighting. sir The Ro
ally Guard did not come of easily
the tell you.
for The Royal Guard. The words
und minded the colonel OF what ne
sing heen thinking when he met the
,unt Hundred and secohu-n,s
the a,xistv about the Wednesday loos
1.-The confounded guardsman. Vi '
was ,hs scouudrel had encountered *
,sre Obstacles on his way than he
i,ud u,rs- have finished his meal long
r in Yet after all. perhaps the popular
wen citement might have prevented
coming that morning VINO &
sup tell?
the With his nesi' iui' %
One ,-axs officer went on toward
mt 80 when he stumbled over one
, . ,hs bodies lying at the foot OF the
nav. r,oods An unheard of. une1pec
The marvellous. providential sight IND
!, III. II was the poor guardsman.
~ ~ mite of his fierce resentm
iuel. Col. Noirot oareo h,s x,u,a,,
ouly. $50 all was enueo' ~. ti5.h,
bill the aifronts, the i"Ne =. !.
mt suddenly the shadow OF s
.,a - sitred over his face. his
c o aus anaas EXPRESSED keen uncertainty
,a;n. ~ tone of the sharpest uneasin
seri- he exclaimed; ~ h.v. f,