The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-26

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 pieces as would cover it."
 CT have an idea,," said D,Artagnan.
 "What is itY said the musketeers.
 'sro armsr' cried Grimaud.
 The young men sprang up and seisat their muskets.
 This time . small troop advanced consisting of from twenty to five ant twenty men But they were no longel pioneers they were soldiers of thu garrison.
 .'ShaII VI return to the campY' sait PorthoA ..I don't think the sides ar. equal."
 sTmpossible for three reasons,~ re piled Athcs. s.rha first Is we have no' finished breakfast. the second, VI have stiIl some very important thing to talk about. and the third. 1t vel wants ten minutes before the hom will be elapsed AS soon e the enc my are within nusket shot we must Gre upon them. If they continue tt advance we~aust Are again. We 6rl n long as we have loaded gum. Il such as then remAin Of the troop per slst In coming to the> assault we viii allow tho beeiegeEs4 e % into. thu ditch. and then we win push down upon thelr heads that strip Of wall which seems only. @ ksep ltts pespen' diculan by | mieAeIe.s sg z. s'8' .Bravoy' cried PoFtAoe.s
 ssGentJemen. ' said At&os. n1jk k
 The four nansketS male one report, hut four men tell.
 Then the sh0ts were repeated win out regularity bat always aimed Witl the same cofrectness Nevertheless, the Rochellais continued to adyance although upon every three shets a leaat two snen. fsll.
 When arrived at the foot of the bas ton there was still mere than doker of the enemy. A last discharge wei comed them, but did not stop them They jumped into the ditch and pre- pared to scale the breach.
 Now, my friends" said Athos.t 'sfln hh them 1t blow. To the wallt IL the walll"
 And the four friends, seconded bJ Grimaud, pushed with the barrels ol their muskets an enormous sheet Ol the wall, which bent over as If acted upon by the wind, and, becoming de tached from its base, fell with . hor rible crash into the ditch. Then 2 fearful cry was heard, cloud of dnat mounted toward heaven and all wal over.
 'Can we have destroyed them anY eaid Athos. sss sr
 s4No." cried Porthos: ..there @ three or four.p
 In fact, three q four of these nnfor. tunate men, covered with dirt and blood, were nying along the hollow way and 1t length regained the city. These were all that were left Of the little troop.
 Athes looked at his watch.
 esGentlemen. said he. i've have been hsre m hour, and our wager is won. Now for my idea. This nilady this woman-this creature this demon, has a brother-in-law, Lord de Winter. in London Well. that's jpst the man we want. We will have him informed that his sister.iu-iaw is on the point of having some one assassinated, and we beg of him not to lo6e sight Of her. He must place his sister in an institution, and we shall be in. peace,
 eBut think it would be still better, 7 said Aramis, '.to inform tho queen and M. de Winter at the same time"
 'sYes, but who Is to carry the letter to Tours and who to London? We can not leave the camp without being sus- pected." <.
 q answer for Basin, !" said Aramis.
 ~And I for Planchet," said D'Arta- snan.
 s@This very day we will write the let terz," said Aran1is; "give them meney and set them forward''
 "We will give them moneyf' replied Athos. s'Have you any money, then r
 'I will send the diamond which tho queen gave me. Quick, quickr' cried D'Artagnan. s'I see black points and red points moving wonder! It is an army!"
 Hes," said Atho6, 'thena they are. Think of the sueaks coming without beat of drum or sound of trumpet! Let us decamp."
 Grimaud went on before with the basket, and the four friends followed at about ten paces behind him.
 Athos marched majestically and his companions regulated their pace by his.s
 At the end of an instant a furious firing was heard. The Rochellais had at last taken possession of the bastion.
 As the friends approached the whole camp was in motion. More than 2,0O0 persons had assisted, as at . spectacle. at this fortunate but wild undertaking of the four friends. ap undertaking of which they were far from suspecting the real motive. A
 That same evening the cardinal spoke to M. de Treville of the exploit of the morning. which was the talk of the whole camp. M. de Treville. who