Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-03

Well. can't you read snapped
/ Nikolai. as the soldier still barred the
way
No eXcellency. replied the mar
/ humbly
Fool, DO YOU know your empor
I or's SIGNATURE
NO, cNcellency. the soldier an
swered humbly. No one but Genera
| Fabcr passes through this door Those
are his orders
As Nikolai still mace toward The
door there came "A chatter of steel, anc
simultaneously the two guards mad
snatched mp their rifles and fitted bay
oucts to them. laid my hand on my
/ revolver; then ] saw That NiE".a' was
still eNposiulat.nE with Oh" u'n
What are your exact orders. doltS'
/ b" asked. And th'n the m"n replied Do
/ chorus.
n is forbidden that anyou" except
/ his 'N"''!'ncy, General Fa5or. rass'.
/ thro"-u 'as door
We'll SAID. cried Nihoial heartily.
/ cIarrH- ihg nearest man upon tho
back Was but TO- ting You. st7'.
report Noar good conduct 10 our e".
. r''or himself. Tt" "''dl'rs present.
. gd hstur.t5 at 't' name. And nov.
mF men. b." continued. handing the
k"t TO one Of the guard dc you talk"
/ this and turn the lock until you see
/ tho number :,' appear -7D", ] will
sho" YOU Nov '1rH 10 aud enter.
Th" soldier took thC nus and opened
th" door obod'"ntly. As 10 s"uH- back
% hia|. %. electric Hight Hooded the
chamber And ! staggered back J"
establishments saw establishment
upo" >t"olals face. asionishmen'
upon the stoIid countenauc"s az 'h"
guards. For the vault beyond was
h'auca with SHINING CONS
There they lay. Just as they had
been hung IN 1871 But the sacks
which mad contained them had moul-
dered under the touch OF time, ana the
Moor was heaped ceiling nigh with
gold pieces. Ihey lay Tx" hak's or
golden grain, shining and scIntiIIaung
lH 'h' electric glow.
Enter, men. ana gather 2O"'
/ pieces. 5aId NIkoIaL And the men
'"'E'd MN ana staggered toward
"..H, carry IhE IN" COINS ia pieces OF
ro'iIrH SacEcloth.
Hos" the door and remain on
guard. SAID NihoiaL WITH our pock-
"i5 uH'd ana also bearing precious
cargo in our arms. we staggered OUT
AT the second door, however. Nlkc.
/ matted.
An officer may not carry t..
de b" said Summers, must
transfer mas freight TO you. Can you
carry it.
IT was the heaviest burden
had carried IN my life. ] staggered
| through the passage. NlkoIh beside
me AZ the outer"t-t door ne WINS
prrec his final Instructions.
Dump them OIL 'ae freight cars. b"
whispered. "in 'He first car are tools.
OnScreW the shells. pour our inc
shrdpneL and fill them. You under.
stand shall be with YOU
We passed out OF the courtyard
The soldiers stood IN columns OF Tour
bat ~ word from Nikolai, they with
drew aud formed hollow square 40
-ome distance from the cars. The
night was moonless; our operations
were hardly visible.
When had deposited my burden IN
! the car, Nikoiai and J went back for
more Twenty times we made that
| journey, and every time the soldiers
brought out the coins to us. And. al
| the twenty-first we had made scarcely
an impression upon the shining hoard
Reluctantly Nikolal gave the maj or
| der to close the door
Then all through the night tolled,
filling the shells. ] lifted them into
the cars one by one unscre"ed the
proJectlies, filled them with CONS, and
poured out the shrapnel, until. III
place OF the golden Hood that .apped
my feet there was stream OF leadeh
bullets. 1t was dawn before my TASK
was done
II was uohe "' i"o'' nv
screwed iast' IN tne breaking ISnt
NlhOlal anu l iooheu li'o e"cn o'Hei
hassaru idceS, anu we 'e"u III 80
oiner eyes 'h"' We ""u ii'iSe' ANY
ialIeu.
roI hei'her Vi "S h"u eS.li'"'eu Ia
any uesIee me ma i''uue Vi oui '','N
we "au ho' Aiio~h no" sei' i"
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