South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-10

under any deiu.nn as 20 the man @
deliberate purpose. nor were those
who stood near him. who made a
beiated and Intellectual attempt %
close about him. He was grievously
disappointed. II was not Chabril-
lane ne had been expecting.
But II Chabrillane was the man
appointed 20 deal with him. he
would make The best % St
II think you are pushing against
me. MONSIEUR" he said. very clvilly.
ard with elbow and shoulder he
thrust " de ChabriIlane back into
the rain
Now. for all his slendernses. his
assiduous daily sword-practice had
given Andre-LoGis an arm OF iron.
Also ne threw his weight into the
thrust. HIS assallant ree-ed back
ward few steps. and then his heel
struck a bauTk OF timber left on the
ground by some workmen that
morning. and be sat down suddenly
in the mud.
A roar OF laughter rose from all
who witnessed the fine gentleman's
downfall He rose. raud -besmat-
tered. IN a fury and n that fury
sprang az Andre-Louls.
You shall meet me for this" he
spluttered. Il shall kill you for IT,"
Whenever you please. monsieur
l. Is for you 20 say when Il will SUIT
your convenience to kill me think
that was the intention you an
Eounced. was IL not?" Andre-Louis
wac suavity Itself
Tomorrow morning IN the Bots
Perhaps you Will bring a friend"
Certainly. monsieur Tomorrow
morning. then. I hope we shall have
fair weather. detest rain"
Chabrillane looked at him almos-
with amazement. Andre-Louis
smiled pleasantly.
Don't let me detaln you now
monsieur. We quite understand
each other. shall % in the Bots
at nine o'clock tomorrow morning o.
In the morning, when the Assem-
bly, met, his place was vacant and
so was VI, de Chabrillanes Gloom
and resentment sat upon the mem
bers Of the Third, and brought a
more than usually acr!d note into
their debates. They disapproved OF
the rashness OF the new recruit q
their body. Some openly condemn.
ed his lack OF clrcumspection. Very
few-and those only the little grouI
in lie Chapelier's couhdence-evel
expected 10 see him again.
IL was. therefore. as much n
amazon as in relief that at 8
few minutes after ten they saw hin
enter. calm. composed, and bland
and thread his way 10 his seat. Tn,
speaker occupying the rostrum a
that moment - member Of tn,
PrNileged-s,opped short TO star,
IN incredulOus dismay Here wa
something that he could not under
stand at all Then from somewher,
a voice explained the phenomenon
centemptuously.
'-They haven't met. He Ia,
shirked Il at the last moment"
70 mus be so. thought all; the
n1ystff1cation ceased. and men were
settling back into their seats. But
now. having reached his place. hav-
ing heard the voice that explained
the matter 90 the universal satisfac
ton. Andre-LOuls paused before
taking his seat. He felt it incum
bent upon him 10 reveal the tru,
fact
ME le President. my excuses 10,
my late arrival" There was n,
necessity FOR this. II was a mer,
piece Of theatrlcality. such as (
was not IN Scaramouche's nature q
forego. IT have been detained .,
an engagement Of pressing nature
I bring you also the excuses OF VI
de Chabrillane. He. unfortunately
will be permanently absent from
this Assembly IN future"
The silence was complete. Andre
Louis sat down.
CHAPTER VII.
Nobody laughed now az Andre
Louis hippancy He did not inten,
that anybody should. He intendet
70 be terrible; and he knew that tn
more flippant and casual his tone
the more terrible would be its effect
He produced exactly the effect h
desired
When the session rose. Their
were a dozen spadass.ns awaitin
him in the vestlbule.
He paused. seeking the man h
expected. the man he was mos
anxious TO obIlge. But NJ de L
Tour d'Azyr was absent from thes
eager ranks This seemed 10 b
odd. Ia Tour d'Azyr was cha
brillane's cousin and closest frienc
Surely he should have been anon
the first today.
To Andre-Louis. since La Tou
was not one OF that waiting pack
Il mattered little on that Tuesda
morning who should be the mex
The next as It happened. was m
young Vicomte de Ia Motte-Royal
one OF the de7dIiest blades in tn
group.
on the wednesday morning. com
ing gain an hour or so late 20 IN
Assembly. Andre-Louis announced
IN much the same terms as he ha
announced the death OF Chabrillau
that NJ de Ia Note Royau woul
probably not disturb the harmon
q the Assembly for some weeks {
come. assuming that nc were s
fortunate as 20 recover ultimatel
from the effects OF an unpleasar
accident which he had quite uner
peCtedly had the misfortune {
meet that morning
on Thursday he made an ident
cal announcement with regard {
the Nidame de Blayon. on Frida
he told them that ne had been d,
layed by M de Troiscantins. an
then turning 10 the members OF IN
Cote Droit. and lengthening h
face q sympathetic gravity:
Il am glad 10 inform YOU. me.
sieurs. that " des Troiscantlns