The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-11
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Mo0sieur has promised me not to Open hlo mouth about the woman and not to say . word of the wound"
 That's . thing agreed upon You have my word"
 .s0h, he would kill me. I am sure hs wouldr'
 Don't be afraid. He is not so bad n he appears to be-"
 Saying these words, D'Artagnan went upgtairs. At the top of the stairS upon the nost conspicuous door of the corridor WAS traced in black ink | gigantic No. l." DArtagnan knock cd anaa, upon being aesired to come in, entered the chamber.
 Porthos was in bed and was playing . game ,at lansQuenet with MousQue- ton to keep his hand in, while spit loaded with partridges was turning be- fore the llrok and 1t each side of a large chimney piece, over two chAfng dishes, were boiling two stewpans, from which exhaled m odor very grateful to tAe olfactory nerves In addit1on to this he perceived that the top q . wardrobe and the marble of q commede were covered with empty bottles:
 At the aleht of his friend Porthos ut tered . loud cry of joy. and Mousque- ton. f1sfng rsspeetfully. yielded his placs to him and wont to give an eye to tho two stswpana, of which he ap- nnnred tO have tho porf1cular inspec- Gen
 .Ah. b that your' said Porthos to D'Aftagnan. "You are right welcome, my. dear fellow! hope you will ex- euss my not coming to meet you. But," adds4 he, looking at D'Artaenan with certain; degree of uneasiness, you know what happened to mer'
 sNot OxActly." ,
 -sWhy, on making | thrust aft my ad- versary, whom I had already hit three times anA with whom I meant to fin. ish by a fourth, I put my foot on . stone, slipped and strained my knee. I shall be about again in a few days"
 'Why did you not have. yourself con veyed to Paris? Living here must be cruolly wear1some." rs'
 That MS my intention, but, my deGf fr1end, have one thing to con fsss to you. An had the 75 pistolee fin ny poclket which you had distribut cd to me, in order to amuse myself invited geatlsman who was travel inG this way to walk up and proposed . caDt Of dlce to him. He accepted my challenge. and my 76 pistoles quickly passed from my pocket to his without reckoning my horse, which he wor into the bargain"
 Have you not your duchess, who cannot fail to come to your assist anceT
 "Weu, you see, my dear DArta. gnan." replied Porths, "with the most careless air in tho world I wrote te her to. aend me fifty louis or so, o1 account of my accident. She must be at her country seat, for she has not answered me"
 'Tndesdr
 ''No: so yesterday addressed anoth CT letter to her still more pressing thar the first, but you are come, my deal fellow, let us speak of you. I confess began to be very uneasy on your ac count"
 ''But your host behaves very well to ward you, as 1t appears, friend Por thos," said D'Artagnan, directing tho sick mans attention to the full stew pans and the empty bottles. .Not at an." said Porthos. 'Thls nnis erable strain confines me to my bed but Mousqueton forages and brings ir provisions" 'f 5-'
 D'Artasnan then related how Ara mis, being wounded. was obliged te stop at Crevecoeur, how he had Jeff Athos fighting at Amians with foul men who accused him of being a coin CT, and how he, DArtagnhn, had been forced to run. the Count de Wardea through the body in order to reach England.
 But there the confidence of D'Arta. Vnsk stopped; he only added that on his return from Great Britain he had brouglt back four magnificent horses Sne for himself and one for each of his companions. Then he info.s saed Pofthos that the one which was in. tended for him was already installed n fho stable of the hotel.
 At tl1s mdEhent Planchet entered to Inform his master that the horses were s,rfacisnfIy fefreshed and that it would be p6sGtb5e to sleep at Clermont.
 Peetho6 sid that, according to all probaE(lify, his sprain would not per. nit him to dcrUrt yet awhile Besides It w1s noeesBary he should stay, al Ckantilly. to,wait for the answer from his duchoDs.
 DArtaenan wisted that that answer might = .psumpt and favorable, and, aftef having aoqin recommended Por. thes t0I the care tk Nousqueton and paid hi1 szpoepos et fhe hetsl. he re, .-@a1 -h1s mllfe Utfh RlanGhok nhn