The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-07

" chi'a Sohics VI dH oiO SpalllSI
family which emigrated 80 year.
ago, but which retained It's estates
and property in Europe. | knew
Don Luis father in America; anG
he used to speak of his only sol
with the greatest affection. t was
our legation that informed the son
three years ago ol .> }ather s
death. | produce q @opy of the
letter sent to Morocco.
And | have the original letter
here, among the documents for
warded by Don Luis Perenna to
the project of police. Do you,
major, recognize Private Perenna,
who fought under your orders in
the Foreign Legion2
Il recognize him." said Comte
d 'Astrignac.
Beyond the possibility Of a
mistaken"
Beyond the possibility of a
mistake and without the least
feeling Of hesitation.
The project Of police, with a
laugh, limited:
You recognize Private Peren-
na, whom the men, carried away
by sort Of astounded admira-
ton of his exploits, used to call
Arsene Lupin9''
Yes, Monsieur le Prefet, y re-
piled the major sharply, the one
whom the men called Arsene Luz
pin, but whom the officers calld
simply the Hero, the one who we
used to say was as brave as d'Ar-
tagnan, as strong as Porthos " ="
And as mysterious as Monte
Cristo, y said the project of police
laughing. II have all this In the
report which | received from the
Fourth regiment of the Foreign
Legion. 1t is not necessary to read
the whole Of it; but it contains the
unprecedented fact that Private
Perenna, III the space Of two years
time. received the military medal,
received the Legion of Honor for
exceptional services, and was men
toned Ia times in dispatches. L
will pick out a detail here and
there
Monsieur lie Prefet, beg of
you. protested Don Luis. 'sThese
are trivial matters, of no interest
to anybody; and / do not see the
There is every reason, on the
contrary, declared M. Des-
nations. s You gentlemen are here
not only to hear a will read, but
also to authorize It's execution as
regards the only one Of its clauses
that is to be carried out at once,
the payment of q legacy of 1,OOO.-
200 francs. 1t is necessary, there.
fore, that all Of you should know
what there is to know of the per-
sonality of the legatee. Conse-
q!uently propose to continue
y I.
In that case, Monsieur lie Pre-
fet, said Perenna, rising and
making for the door, you will al
low me -
{ Right about turn! Halt! +ss
Eyes 'front.' commanded Major
d 'AstII gnac in testing tone.
He dragged Don Luis back to
the middle of the room and forced
him into q chair.
:" Monsieur lie Prefet, !, he said,
81 plead for mercy for my old
comrade in arms, whose modesty
would really be put to too severe q
test if the story Of his proves
were read out in front Of him. Be
sides, the report is here; and we
can all Of us consult it for our
selves. Without having seen it, I
second every word Of praise that
it contains; and I declare that, in
the course Of my whole military
career, L have never met q soldier
who could compare with Private
Perenna. And vet / saw plenty Of
fine fellows over there, the sort Of
demons whom you only find in the
Legion, and who will get Them
selves cut to bits for the sheer
pleasure Of the thing, for the lark
of il, as they say, inst TO astonish
one another.
But not one Of them came any
where near Perenna The chap
whom we nicknamed d Artag-
yan Porthos, and de- Busy de-
served to be classed with the most
amazing heroes Of legend and his
tory I have seen him perform
tests which I should not care to
relate fur fear az being treated
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