The Washington times., 1910-01-01
CHAPTER NIN-

TIE soldier ErTEted. but made no
further Comment In q trice the
wound was more enertUaIy 1a1daCed
theu she had expected The amateur
surgeon shook Cardiac roughly by
Eraspiu- His light shoulder. ard his
prediction tina. the man was merely
-~'1eD proved correct CarEuLaC h-InErd
eyes, then. with an effort. rose
Eiv % a sitting r.sture. mu-rerfuz a
Iedictiou as the uouuded arm gave
a twiuge. The soldier was EueeI-
on his left side. with his left arm
nportiag the young mans head The
81 kneit quickly close TO the right
.N ny what a. soft fool I am said
t-1ilia~, drawing his right hand across
brow the same action he had taken
- before De fel.- ANY SCEOulEirL
i-ht show more stamina
ron. Victor. Victor exclaimed Ma
e. do not talk till you have more
trelE-l. 7 beSeech your
king won't art him said the
ieurz-
Il told YOU snapped the girl that
Us name is EiCL0r DuCHauus Do YOU
till doubt nv word. soIdI--2"
'l wisu sou would not interrupt, ma
anne have already heard your story.
no ! want % hear his What is your
Victor DueHzu5pS.- replied Cardfuac.
iaze1- but OGelEeut 10 her glance BE
7Sed his eyes YEARLY and leaned back
Do lFi.E nn the soldiers arm
thank YOU Sir. continued Car
1l tT- You have baudaEeG that wound
as veil as the doctor I'M
IT. % Eirl he=itaced TO longer. but flung
het ems round his neck.
"pE. victor Victor she cried Il
was afraid had killed v0u---
Ny lear. you had nothing
Sle -ooTed his lips with kiss
ny don't you To- the man speak,
cried the Indignant and now thoroughly
iiStrIStfuI soldier
She turned ON him with al the vfr-i-
'fEce or the vtraEo she pretended 20 be
How dare YOU interrupt the afTec-
ton OF a wife who has recovered her
1uS band from the grave
Affection. protested the bewiIder-
ed soldier You talk Of affection.
who sent your dagger through your
husbands arm and stormed TIL the
poor man tainted through loss Of
blood Affection saw Eou- God pro-
leCj me from Surn affection
"Wh ny cried CardiIIac. s'-ou beast.
she never"
But he wss 5iionCed b. me embrace
or the girl, who drew mis- head to
her shoulder, and rapidly whispered
in his ear
Gather your WITS together. and
listen We are married You are
Victor Buchamps- We came from
Tours through oiS. and are going
10 BeauEenCy- thence 10 Paris You
are KING man You tried TO beat .
ne and L struck you with my dagger. .
10 you uuuerStaud2 Either keep B
IuIet or follow what 7 have said
IliS was spoken so rapidly that .
wen II the solder had heard 4 he
QUO. .2lI-.l, not have understood but no F..
seunu came TO him. Apparently she /
vas foDdliuE her husband I'm an
ecstasy of JOY at his recovery
Nov. madame" said the soldier .
tside- oE-shaI I be forced TO arrest f
-ou both7'
The girl rose, walked to the patient
loTSe and patted its neck.
Monsieur. where are you from2'
FROM Tours
Whittier are YOU bOund7~
IonlSht- 20 Be5uEeuCy. After that
E .,S,-,I a permit, to Paris, there 10 take
Is this woman your wife,
What is her uamee~
Marie DUchamps-"
How came YOU by your vro-5ud7'r
Il refuse to answer
Then in that case, YOU must both I
eturn with me to BIois-~
Oh victor" cried the girl. don't
ry 10 shielc mel I have told him
~ about it
Madame. keep quiet. I have heard
DouSh Of your Clack tonight
And T. said CardiIIac. staggering
o his feet have heard enough ~
ours Curse You. sir. how dare Won
ddTeSS my wife in such a manner = .
a-$ -iSAu ana DEeus ana YOU the EE-.rrr I
Z the eaTth2 You think because I am I
7eaN I can be hTOWbeaten by such as
ou- By St Martin Of Tours TN mn {
on through like a spitted chicken n
on dare address this lady but in
words Of the deepest resDe-fy--
Deepest respect uurmureT the
older eudeavOrinG to edge toward
is muSketOon- which leaned against
tree Deepest respect. when she
1TUst dagger through yours
out upon that: IT'S none Of vo11r
fair, you carriOn Of the crow-fei7s ,,
Cardillac, now all on the alert /
topped between the soldier and bfs
hief weapon, bis own sword cleaning
4 the moonlight
oh Victor. Victor warned fbe
lrl. but Victor understood better
han she the type Of man with whom
q had TO deal TIE very fact that he !
ad now eUCounf red such Ianruaga
Onviuced him more effectuaUv than ,
ny cajOling would have done that
lese people had the right to travel on
his road
/ mean no harm. monsieur I merely
SNed. a s IS ny duty. CeTtas-.. questions
mich You have answered r-site to nv
abstraction And now. monsieur. n s
OF viii obIige me with the word for d
re night implore madame not to t