Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-12
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pallor that now overspread the face
of his opponent.
Il think you begin to realize. mon
sieur, what Philippe de Vilmurin
must have felt that day at Gavri.lac.
desire that you should first do SO.
Since that is accomplished, why
here's to make an end"
He went in with lightning rapidity.
Fol a moment his point seemed to
La Tour d'Azyr to be everywhere at
once, and then from a low engage
ment in sixte, Andre Louis stretched
forward with swift and vigorous
ease to lunge in fierce. He dro"e
his point to tranSfiX his opponent
whom a series of calculated disen-
cages uncovered in that line. But
to his amazement and chagrin La
Tour dAzyr parted the stroke: ~
fnitely more to his chagrin La Tour
parted it just too late. Had he com
pletely parted it, all would yet have
been well. But striking the blade in
the last fraction of a second. the
Marquis DETECTED the point from the
line of his body, yet not so Gem
pletelv but that a couple of feet of
that hard-driven steel tore through
the muscles of his sword-arm.
To the seconds none of these de-
tails had been visible. All that they
had seen had been a swift whirI of
flashing blades, and then Andre
Louis stretched almost to the
ground in an upward lunge that had
pierced the Marquis right arm just
below the shoulder.
The sword fell from the suddenly
relaxed grip of La Tour d'Azyr's fin
gers, which had been rendered pow
erless, and he stood now disarmed.
HIS lips in his teeth. his face white,
his chest heaving, before his pppo-
nent. who had at once recovered.
With the blood tinged tip of mis-
sword resting on the ground, Andre
Louis surveyed him grimly, as we
survey the prey that through our
w Clumsiness has escaped us at
the last moment.
In the Assembly and in the news
papers this might be hailed as an
other victory for the Paladin of the
Third Estate; only himself could
know the extent and the bitterness
of the failure.
Andre Louis at last reused him
self, sighed, and turned away to re-
sumo his garments and left the
ground at once.
10, WILL LIE Via DtlItI, lie WAS
walking slowly and in silent dejec-
ton toward the entrance of the
Bots. where they had left their car
riage, they were passed by the
Caleche conveying La Tour d'Azyr
and his second.
And thus it was that he was the
first to return, and seeing him thus
returning, apparently safe and
sound, the W ladies. intent upon
preventing the encounter, should
have assumed that their worst fears
were realized.
Nine. de Plougastel attempted to
call out, but her voice refused its
office. She attempted to throw open
the door of her own carriage, but her
fingers fumbled clumsily and ineffec-
lively with the handle.
She found her voice at last, and at
the same moment signaled to the
driver of the caleche to stop.
"Mademoiselle de Kercddiou j:
with me. The poor child has tainted
Moved by a deep solicitude FOL
Mademoiselle de Kercadiou, de L.
Tour d'Azyr sprang up despite hi!
wound.
And thus it happened that wher
a few moments later that approach
ing cabriolet overlook and passed
the halted vehicles. Andre Louis be-
held a very touching scene. Standing
up to obtain a better view, he saw
Aline in a half Swooning condition
she was beginning to revive by now
seated in the doorway of the car
riage. supported by Nine. de Plou-
gastel. In an attitude of deepesn
concern, NJ. de La Tour r'AZyr, hi!
| wound moi wit OF q dine NO hnt, = f,,r
over the girl, whilst behind hin
stood NJ. d'Ormesson and the ma.
danes footman.
My God" he cried aloud. "Wha'
must she have suffered, then, if
had killed him as | intended!'
If only h had used candor will
him, she could SO easily have won
his consent to the thing she asked
If only she had told him what nov
he saw, that she loved NJ. de La TuuI
d'Azyr.
CHAPTER X
NJ. de La Tour d'Azyr was seel
no more in the Manege-or indee,
in Paris at all.
The rumor a that he had emi
grated. But that was only half III
truth. The whole of it was that n,
had joined that group of mob!
travellers who came and went be
tween the Tuileries and the head
quarters of the emigreS at Coblen2
AS for Andre Louis his godfather
house saw him no more, as a resul
of his conviction that NJ. de Kerca
diou would not relent from his re
solve never to receive him again.
He threw himself into his dutie
at the Assembly with such zeal ant
effect that when the Constituen
was dissolved in September of III.
following year, membership OF tn
Legislative, whose election FOLLOWED
Immediately. was thrust upon him.
OF the counter revolutionary t"cu
bles. none were mor acute thai
those of Brittany, and, in view o
the influence it was hoped he WoulC
WELD in his native province, it wa
proposed TO Andre Louis by III.
Commission of Twelve, in the earl,
days of the Girnondin ministry, tina
he should go thither t 0 combat tn
unrest.
He accepted the task, and he wa
one of the five plenipotentiaries dis
patched on the same errand in tina
spring Of 1892. 1t kept him absea
from Paris for four months an
might have kept him longer but tina
at the beginning of August he wa
recalled.
Mile. de Kercadiou, too. was il
Paris in those days of early August