The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-27
THE THREE GUARDSMEN
Dv ALEXANDRA ' DUMAS

)y ALEXANDRA DUM1 +..I have note.r said he 10 Athos and his frIends
 ssT6atas well.' said Kthos. Let us so home and read it.
 Tn the tent of DArtasnan they lit a lamp. and while Planchets stood at ths s entrapce, that the four friends might not be sllrrrised, DsArtegnan with y t&emblins hand broke the seal and aopened the letter. : .;.ae:. < IL contained half line In . hand psrfectly British and of q condolences ]. n perfectly Spartan:
 Thank you: be Aasy.
 Athos took the letter from the hands of p' 'Artaenan. drew near to the lamp, ' set drstoy the paper and did not leave { hold q t till t was reducAd to asheA
 CHAPTER { xx,syl.. < . ' EataIity.s 5:
 N the meantime milAdy, drunk with passiof had been tempted to
 throw hesself into the sea that she
 might reraln the coast for abe e6nld not Est I'd of the ddea that she had been iniulted hy D' A44kz and 3hrG&tehsd Dy ss < sl | lift Exztci hayfng sI61 y66Se Ni9s: ! s s,s g .,S ssE s lsss!a .. ssl3s. s| CIV 6SJ} &he4 s65iqe coast 6f Ei1t6tefre ebpS 5n e vefys day tket H6 chet embe1 E Heortt kial. fhe & Fl lsls n lli ' sii sd M seIs. { f S. I 1llt hssfn' lss3 s,ss'!es FIX < z s,if,sa.' z. ins,Y ks Fl - 5iEI l v nm With |dia6noisS S a,1 preeioj55s 1foues { 1is kat, otnaI1elt 1ths&a white wl1lch' dro6p6d upon his shoulder, Ruck1hg ham wa 5sssi ! t S1rround ded by AaS star a!ms 2 illa1zAtt se ha4n &
 Afila leted tFe road but n they 6lN near In order ta cast an Ichor . 1itt1e enter formidably armed, n appeArAnces coast guard, approach ed the merchant vessel and dropping It's boat into the sea the latter directed fts course fo the ladder. This boat contained n otEicer, a mate and eight roW1gs The officer alone got on board, where he Was receiyad with all the defereuce tnspired by the uniform.
 He then went up t6 the captain, aeain said a law words to him, and, as-if from that moment the vessel was. under his command, he ordered a ma ne6yer, which the crew executed i'm nediAtaly. Then the vessel resumed Its course, stfll escorted by the little cut tor, which sailed side by side with ii, menacfns 1t with the mouths of it's ak cannon The boat followed in the wake Of tie ship, speck near the enornAous mass. The oficer who. had it0pp6d before milady might have been abobt fwenty-f dye or twenty six years Of ase. x ,,
 When theyS entered the port it was. aIreedy night. The ofIlcer desired to. have miladysG packages pointed out to 1iHA and ordered them to be placed in the boat when this operation was completed he invited her to descend by QKef3ng her his hand.
 19ilady looked at this man and hesi-. tate6.
 Who are you, air.I asked she, 'who have the kindness to occupy yourself 60 particularly on my account P
 sXou may perceive, madame. by my uniform, nat I am an officer In the, Enfiei1 navy" replied the young man. sBi1t is 1t the custom for the officers in the English navy to place them selves at the service of their female combafftuts, when they land In a port Of Great Britain, and carry their gal lantry so far as to conduct them ashoreT
 Yes, milady, 1t is the custom, not from galiantry, but prudence, that in time of war travellers are conducted to particular hotels In order that they may remain under the surveillance of the government until perfect informa- tfonf be obtained relative to them 7 7 At the expiration of five minutes they gained the land.
 Auc OAACcI sprung Out SOA tu0 UOdt and offered his hand to milady. A carriage was In waiting. ss
 AIs this carriage for us?' asked mi- lady.
 eYes. madame. :, replied the ofhcer-
 svery we'll" said milady. And she, got resolutely into the carriage The oh1cer saw that the baggage was. fas- tened carefully behind the carriage, and, this operation being performed, he took his place beside milady,. and the carriage moved. ss At the end of arquarter of an hour, surprised at the length of the journey, she leaned forward to- ward the window. to see whither she was being conducted. Houses were no longer to be seen. Trees appeared in the darkness like great black phan-; toms running after one another.
 .'I beg you to understand, sir, will