The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-20
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self. puehemln caught the folded
top. jumped. and began TO Chamber
In.
The man on the box was Juggling
frotfuiiv at something wcdred IN
the hip.pocket OF his hrecehcs: proof
enough that he was not the original
tenant Of the uniform. since II fitted
too snukly 10 permit ready extrac.
ton Of pistol In emergency.
Hut he got no chance whatever
10 use the weapon, for the moment
puchcmln found hts own feet In tho
swaying vehicle no lcaped ON tho
shoulders Of the other and dragged
him backwards from tho box.
What followed was not very clear
20 him. melanxc OF impressions.
The mock American fought like
devil unclaimed. curslng Duehemin
fiucntiy In the purest and fouicst
argot Of Believsllc- which IL not In
the French vocabulary OF the dough.
boy. The animals at tho polo caught
fire of this madness and ran away
In good earnest. that wretchcd
harcuche rolled and pitched like a
rudderiess shell In a crazy sea. Tho
two men floundered 10 It's well like
fish In pail.
They fought by no rules, with no
science. but bit and kicked and
gouged and wrcnched and struck
rs occasion offered and each 20 the
best OF his ability. Dachemln
caught gllsnpses OF face like a
Chinese f.vllIrs.sb lt4......f. a..
torted with working features and
disfigured with smears OF SCOT thru
which insane eyebaiis relied and
glarcd In tho moonlight. Then a
hand like vice grlpped bis wind.
pipe. he was on his back. his head
overhanging tho edge OF tho floor.
q thumb was feeling for ono of
his eyes. Yet II could not have been
much later when no and his oppon,
cnt were standing and swaylng a.
cns. locked In an embrace OF
wrcstierS.
stiil. puchemin knew a. many
tricks Of Ito. hand fighting M
the other. perhaps few more.
And then he was. no doubt. In far
better condition. Al all events tho
fellow was presently At his mercy.
In = hold that gave one tho privi.
lego OF breaking his back mt will A
man OF mistaken scruplcs. puehe
min failed to do 20. but held tho
other helpless only long enough TO
ind hts hip pocket and rip out tho
pisfol--a deadly Luxcr. Then a
thrust and . kick. which he en-
ioycd Infinitely. sent ths brute
spinning out 70 land on his head
The fall should have broken his
neck. AT tho worst II should have
stunned him. Evidently n didn't
when Duchcmin had scrambled up
to the boz. captured the reins and
brought the naxs TO . s,op--no
great feat that. they were quite
sated with the voiuptuousncss OF
running away and we'll content to
heed the hand and voice Of author
ity--and when. finally. he swung
them round and drove back toward
the ciraus. no saw no sign Of his
Apache by the roadside.
80 he congratulated himself on
the forsthought which had possessed
him Of the pistol. Otherwise the
ASSASSIN. since he had retained sur
ficisnt with and strength to crawl
Into hiding. could and assurediy
would have pottsd Monsieur Duche-
min with neither difficulty nor
ccmpuncuon.
Not five figures but four only
were waiting besids the cirque
when. wheeling the barouehs as
near the group as tho lay Of the
ground permitted. he climbed down.
A man lay st length In the coarse
Erasn. his head p.!sswed In tho lap
Of one woman. Another woman
stood aside. trembling and wringinx
aged hands. The third kneit beside
the supsns man. hut rose quickly as
Duchemin drew near. and came TO
meet him.
In this one he recognised her to
whose salvation chance had first
lsd him. and now found time to
appreciate q face OF pailid lowell
ness. intelligent and composed.
while she addressed him quietly and
directly 70 the point In q voic.
whose timbre was. he fancied. out
OF character with the excellent &C.
cent Of len French. An exquisite
voice. nevertheless. English. he
guessed. or possibly American. but
much at homo In France
Monsieur d-Aubrao has been
wounded. a knife thrust. IL win be
necessary to get him to a surgeon