The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-08
cat the last minute
CAT the last minute"
Don Luis laughed and said

and not give way until the crucial
moment. You must have had q
bad time Of it, my poor Mazeroux,
for of course you agreed with me
from the start"
He kept on eating while he
talked and each mouthful seemed
to bring back a little of his usual
animation.
Funny thing, hunger!" he
said. "Makes you feel so light
headed. / must practise getting
used to it, however"
cat any rate, chief, n one
would believe that you have been
fasting for nearly 48 hodrs."
"Ah. that comes Of having q
sound constitution, with some
thing to fall back upon! l shall
be a different man in half an
hour. just give me time to shave
and have a bath"
When he had finished dressing,
he sat down to the breakfast of
eggs and cold meat which Maze
roux had prepared for him; and
then, getting up, said:
Now, let's be off,"
"But there's no hurry, chief.
Why don't you lie down for a few
hours7 The project can wait"
you're mad! What about
Marie Fauvi1le3"
marie Fauville7"
"Why, Of course Do you think
I'm going to leave her in prisol
or Sauverand, either? There not
a second to lose, old chap"
Mazeroux Thoughts to himself
that the chief had not quite re.
covered his wits yet. Whate Re
lease Marie Fauville and Sauve-
rand, one, two three, just like
that! No, no, it was going a bit
too far.
However, he took desTn to the
projects car a new Pcrenna,
merry, brisk, and as fresh as
though he had just got ont Of
bed.
every f~lattering to my PRIDE"
said Don Luis to Mazeroux, most
hattering, that hesitation Of the
projects, after | had warned him
over the telephone, followed BY
his submission at the decisive mo-
Rent. What a hold I must hav,
on all these jokers, to make them
sit up at a sign from little me!
Beware, gentlemen / telephone
to them from the bottomless pit.
Beware! At 8 o'clock, a bsmb!'
'Nonsense!' say they. Net bit
LOT It'll say I. sHow do you
[knowf' Because [ do But what
proof have your What proof?
That [ say so.'sOh, well Of course.
BIT you say SO! And at five minutes
to 81 out they. marsh. All, If I
wasn't built up Of modesty-"
Trey came to the Boulevard
Suchet, where the crowd was SO
dense that they had to alight from
the car. Mazeroux passed through
the Gordon Of police protecting
the approaches to the house and
took Don Luis to the slope across
the road.
Wait for me here, chief. III
tell the project of police
One the other side Of the boule-
ward, under the pale morning sky
in which a few black clouds still
fingered, Don Luis saw the havoc
wrought by the explosion. It was
apparently not so great as he had
expected. Some of the ceilings
bad fallen in and their rubbish
showed through the yawnmg cav
tiles Of the windows /; but the house
remained standing. Even Eau.
svlle's built out annex had not suf-
tered overmuch, and, strange to
Say, the electric light, which the
project bad left burning on his de-
parture, had not gone out. The
garden and the road were Gov
cred withstacks Of furniture, over
which q number Of soldiers and
police kept watch.
Come with me, chief said
Mazeroux, as he fetched Don Luis
and LED him toward the engineers
workroom.
a part of the floor was demol.
outer walls on the left.
near the passage, were cracked:
end two Workmen were fixing tn
beams, brought from the nearest
timber yard, to support the cell
ing But, on the whole, the explo-
sion had not had the results which
tbs msn who repaired it must
hAye anticipated.
IN. Destinations was there, to.
pether with alISfha mon vrhn had