El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-17
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION
Subterranean ManeuUers
A short story.

most wonderful hunting resperva-
~ ton in the country. 1t was full
of game of all kinds. The mares jumped
up everywhere; the pheasants were nU-
merous and the partridges were equal
" plentiful.
Very little was ever shot when count
de Lassuze went hunting with his
friends, however. The hunters. for
some reason or other, seemed 10 suffer
from defective eyesight, and the few
whose eyes were normal were any
thing but skilled with their guns.
Baron de Garpette, mis- neignbOr, who
owns only a small hunting ground Of
SEQ acres, killed two or three hundred
pieces OF game in one day, but that was
because the three best guns of the dis
tr1ct, NJ. le Balajac, NJ. CarquOridec and
Col HOmbre hunted with the baron, and
not with NJ de Lassuze-
The bad luck OF NJ. de Lassuze's
friends was prOverbial, and a source of
great amusement to the neighbOrhOod.
one day the marchiOness de Sallgne
said to countess de LaSSuze;
i had dinner with the Garpettes yes
terday and il really made me quite in
dignant to listen to the way they make
1un OF your friends. The baron, whom
consider an old fool, was the worst
of them With a laugh he told me
that over here you loaded your guns
with chocolate bullets
how exceedingly WHY, Sald the
countess, with an assumed air OF absO-
lutte indifference.
Just what L thought myself" said
the marchiOness. And the baroness re-
marked that the hares which were
killed here were quite unfit to be eaten,
as they really died Of old age.
oh, let those people talk as much
as they care to; They enjoy their in
nOcent chatter"
True enough, but that does not pre-
vent them from making you the laugh
ing stock of the whole district And
\ fri DC n
am going to revenge them for you
have quite made up my mind to do
How sweet of you, dear! But what
do you intend to dO?"
You will see. Ny husband and I are
going to spend a week with the de Car
pettes- It is no pleasure to me, as
sure you, but it viii give me my chance
for revenge
The first hunt which de Garpette
gave in honor of marquis de Saligne
was q very brilliant affair. The guns
broke all their previous records and the
bag of the day was 386 pieces of game
The second day was nearly as sue
ceSSful, but a dispute arose between M
de BalaIac and NJ de CarquOr1dec con-
corning a snipe they had both shot at
I am sure 1 brought IL down. said
de Balajac.
And 1 am positive I did" said de
CarquOridec, but il is not worth the
waste of words
In the evening politics were dis
cuSsed- The marchiOnesS de Saligne
expressed herself very strongly in IA
yor of the ROyalistic cause. Baron
Garpette thought it wise to endorse her
views and did so without hesitation, for
the marchiOness set the style among the
aristOcracy Of the whole district and il
was not very wise to differ with her
And I am a Bona partist," exclaimed
old Col HOmbre. Napoleon was a man.
the like of whom France has never
rod p i'm N0N
of white ivered towards.
This caused a certain GOODNESS of the
atmosphere. NJ de Garpette criticized
the Republicans very sharply
I didn't understand that you would
invite co.2mOn Republicans to be your
guests" said NJ. de CarqUOridec, who
was district attorney under the re-
public
These visitors were in no mood for
bridge after che argument, and they
retired rather early
As soon as baron de Garpette was
alone with his wife he said to her
Il wish you would not take such long
walks in the park with NJ de Balajac,
dear. 1 don't permit the shadow Of
suspicion to sully your reputation: You
know how people talk and, besides, L
am told that NJ de Balajac is Dragging
about being favorite with you"
You don't say! That upstart! cried
the baroness
The next day the colonel and the
host had another quarrel about politics.
MarchiOness de Sahgne interfered, as
the colonel was blue in the face with
anger and was about to threaten the
baron In the afternoon a telegram
called him away on military duty.
Before lunch NJ de Balajac came to
pay his compliments to baroness de
Garpette, who turned from him and
shrugged her shoulders.
I despise chatter-Obxes." she said.
Quite pale, M. de Balajac asked for
an explanation. She refused The next
morning important family matters
called him away.
NJ. de CarQuOridec also departed. He
was candidate for the chamber and
dared not run any risks by associatnS
with ROyalists, as an article had ap-
peared in the local paper the night be-
fore asserting that it was not quite
proper for him to be the guest Of
baron de Garpette. whose ROyalistic
tendencies had become known
Two weeks later the marchioness de
Saligne came to visit countess de Las
sue.
Well" she said triumphantly, they
won't shoot much game over there
again. Col. HOmbre will not darken
their threshold any more than Will NJ.
de Balajac or NJ de CarquOridec."
What has happened then. dear2'
What a woman s tongue wants. God
wants" said the marchioness with a
smile.