Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-08
XII.

Immediately ! Come to You!"
"A ND so the time passed until the
IA morning upon which the same
"A railroad train which had
brought young Robert Car
ruthers down into the valley home of
his forefathers, arrived with yet an
other son Of France and his secretaries
and servants. All were in attendance
at the station of arrival, from the sec
rotary of state. the General Carruth-
! ers, who in his large car vas to take
the Count de Bourbon to the gouver-
neur's mansion for immediate introduce
ton, down to good Cato in a very new
gray coat and a quite shiny black hat.
l heard the great railway train ap-
preaching, which was perhaps to bring
me my dishonor. and / drew those
tears back into my heart and stepped
forward to the steps of the car, from
which | could see a very slight and
short but very distinguished looking
Frenchman about to descend.
II thank the good God 1 have never
before encountered him.. I said in
my heart as l stood i'll front of him.
Lieutenant the Count lie Bourbon,
1 make you welcome to the state of
IIarpeth. in the name of my uncle.
the secretary of that state" | said to
him in the language Of his own couI-
try as | clapped together my heels
and gave to him the bow from the
waist of a French gentleman who is
not Il soldier. will you permit that
lead you to that uncle?"
Many thanks. monsieur. is it Car
ruthcrs l name you after your dis
tinguished relative?' he made answer
to me rs he returned my bow with
first one of it's kind and then a mill
tary salute.
"Robert Carruthers. sir. and at your
service" I made answer to him with
a great formality. And lis spoke l
saw that he gave me a glance Of great
curiosity and would have asked a
question. but at that my
uncle. the General Robert. stood be-
side us.
II present to you the General Car
r%utlers, secretary of the state of lIar-
lNLH. .HciISiSH1 iliS lLiNttltIlilil AttiII
de Bourbon OF the Forty-fourth c!las-
seurs Of the republic OF France" l
said with again a great ceremony and
q very deep bow.
Pm mighty glad to welcome you to
old Harpeth, count. How did you
make the trip DOWN. said my uncle,
the General Robert. as he held out his
large and beautiful old hand and gave
to the Count Edouard de Bourbon such
a clasp that must have becn to him
most painful.
II thank you, monsieur the secretary
of Harpeth; my journey was of great
pleasure and comfort were the words
which he returned in very nice Eng
fish.
"Then We'll go right up ana see Gov
ernor Faulkner at the capitol before
lunch, count, if that suits YOU" my
uncle, the General Robert, said with a
very evident relief at those words of
English coming from that French
mouth. "Here's my car oyer this way
and this is Mr.. Clendenning, who'll
look after the rest Of the gentlemen in
your party and bring them on up to
the capitol"
Monsieur" said the Lieutenant
Count de Bourbon, with another bow
and then a quick recovery as he saw
that he must take the hand Of Buzz,
held out to him in great cordially.
These handshakes of America are very
confusing to those Of Europe.
1 saw a great laughter almost to ex-
plosion in the eyes Of my Buzz at the
very little man who had such n great
manner, and I made a hurrying of him
and my uncle, the General Robert. to
the large car standing beside the sta.