South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-27

would like to tell her. as ais TO the
highnesses"
And. her majesty permitting. and
the boys pleased and interested, the
old cavalryman brought the sTord
and drew il from its sheath and gave
1t TO each of them To handle, and call
cd on them to remark how it was as
keen and bright as it had ever been at
Tim or Austerlitz. He cleared his
throat. strongly. for the tale
"Miladi-her majesty-permitting, -
he began, lit was on a day two days
after the great battle OF Austerlitz.
The country. as her majesty and the
highnesses will remember. was in a
most dangerous condition. Desper-
ate bands" Why was it the land
lord stopped?
The party, caught BY the fervor of
his manner stared at him, annoyed
as the tale OF the emperor, promising
SO well, halted at is beginning. The
man stood as if drawn TO his tiptoes.
every muscle tense. his head turned
toward the doorway. listening.
And suddentlysthey were aware Of
stir, growing noise; there were
galloping horses: there was jingle
of harness. and voices coming nearer.
With "A step backward the landlord
flashed a glance from under bushy
brows down the corridor, through
the open door at the end, which gave
on the court of the inn.
Mon Dieu," He faced the three,
standing startled He spoke fast and
low. MADAME. il is squad of Aus
trian soldiers; they are upon us. What
can We dO?" He hesitated only d
second. "Bleu-bleu-my horse-sad-
died under the tree yoEder-if one of
the princes - if the prince" He
glanced uncertainty from one lad to
the other.
But the game was out of his hands.
Quicker hands than his had caught
the play. Francois Beaupre. the saber
OF the old cavalryman cleaning in his
grasp. sprang TO the doorway. He
swung about, his great eyes radiating
earnestness.
1T is monsieur there who is the
prince" he explained rapidly to the
landlord. Hide him. take care OF
him-I will draw them away. When
they are gone, see that the prince
and the queen escape. That is for
you; you are responsible
There was the rush of flying fig
ure down the hallway, and out Fran
co.'s flashed across a broken line of
dozen dismounted riders, straight to-
ward the landlords horse held by
groom under the trees. There was
shock of startled silence as the i'm
petuous apparitiOn, saber cleaning at
wrist, shot across the court. Then
there was a hubbub of voices, and
mass of uniformed figures fell toward
him as he threw himself on the horse.
A soldier caught at the bride. The
naked sword twinlled and the man
was under Bleu-bleus feet. For
second there was a vortex of men and
a frantic horse, and riding the storm
a bouyant figure of fury, flashing a
blade, with infinite swiftness, this way
and that. Then horse and lad shot
out from the living canvas, streaked
the background OF trees a second and
were gone and the Austrian troopers
scrambled into their saddles to fol-
low.
Through sun-spotted, breeze-toss-
ed woods tore the chase; across a road
and over a low fence, and still Fran
co.'s led, but the heavy horses gained.
1t was a hopeless hunt, for the land
lords mount was no match for the
big cavalry horses, yet the riders
light weight and clever horsemanship
counted. and 1t was fully four miles