t
this thrust. I was gritting my teeth.! ’ The
— orderly
1
‘ rushed to the door shout-
hardly able to keep myself within Ing for heip
*- ‘.r. Weary ind trembling
ounds. Yet 1 would hear him to the “
'
*
though I was, I knelt by Orleanian
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end.
side, and, thrusting my hand into the
“1 will tell you briefly, that you may mner pocket of his coat, drew out a
report the facts to His Majesty. As Hat pocketbook and a bundle of letters.
you know, Latour was to be shot at As 1 rose to my feet the six troopers
A MAJOR DRESS FOR THE
sunrise yesterday morning. We decided burst into the room with drawn sabres.
BOY OR GIRL.
to wait a day, hoping to extract from I was not ready for a fight at such odds,
him valuable information. Mademoiselle but 1 appeared to be in for it. At the
Me ther u always glad of newfl ideas in frocks for
and her party, in three carriages, left back of the room a narrow, enclosed
r young offspring and the one sketched here is ex-
yesterday morning before dawn. La stairway led to the upper story. A heavy
ell nt in style and practicability. The frock is in
tour, who was confined in one of the door barred the entrance, the lower step
tnc p ece and thus easily put off and on. It has the
cellars, must have bribed one of the jutting into the room. It was the only
:r advantage of closing on the shoulders, being
servants, and somehow slipped past the place for a stand, and I made for it on
. ped on over the head and buttoned along shoul-
guard and entered the forward carriage, the run, the troopers after me.
pieces
which resemble epaulets and give a broad
r
where he hid beneath a bundle of rugs.
Bracing my back against the door I
om N otes am obser ^ i - kw The guard discovered at breakfast time awaited their rush. The first 1 split
ing effect. A pretty stitched cuff completes the
that Latour was gone, but, in fear of down through the skull, and his brains
>Ieeve and reinforces a place which is subject I q
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punishment, omitted to report until splattered over the men behind, where
nuch wear. The frock is belted in long waisteef
this morning, giving the spy twenty- at they retreated, staring sullenly at
manner and leather is the best material for the belt.
PŒÛtuING CHAPTERS.
wore the uniform of a Prussian private four hours in which to get away. Un their dead comrade. They were heavily
A crash or serge would serve as a resister of wear
°* cavalry—dark blue with red facings, fortunately for your friends, mademoi built, and powerful, with smooth-
.ind sell, and with a belt and shoulder buttons of red,
American business and a small, close-fitting shako with selle decided to stop en route for a visit shaven, determined faces. 1 knew that
he frock would be quite fetching. For the medium
of West Point, is in red pompon. But what struck me was with an acquaintance, and we had no I could not hold out against them. But
difficulty
in
overtaking
them.
Of
course,
xe a yards of 36-inch material axe needed.
that they might not even suspect my
ning of the great war his attitude of terrified surprise, the
the
spy
is
gone;
but
we
drew
a
con
fear
I
shouted
at
them
in
derision:
4770—sixes, 3 to 6 years.
■n and Germany. He en- whiteness of his face, the stare of his fession from the servants, and had the
“Come on, come on, cowards.”
small eyes. He thrust into his inner
^K(/ h > uh reconnaissance
extreme
pleasure
of
shooting
them
in
Another made at me, sparring cau
a packet of papers that were in
irrowly escapes capture pocket
his hand; his features relaxed in a stead of Latour. Those are the facts, tiously. I caught the point of his sabre
>ps; and is wrecked in faint, sickly smile, and he saluted.
and you will pardon my suggestion that with my own and sent it whirling over
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cate
them
to
the
Emperor.
”
sabre
turned
in
my
grip
and
I
could
but
S He is nursed by Aimee, bourgeois French. “I am arranging
For 10 cents enclosed please send pattern
“I return at my own pleasure,” I smash him In the face with the fiat of
M daughter, with whom he these papers which have been left be replied.
No. 4770 to the following address.
“My orders do not come from my blade. He fell back upon the others
He The Germans advance hind.”
Disguised as he was, and with that you. I request you to show me to with a shriek of pain.
■ ( hate au for headquarters. guilty
I was weak from my tremendous ex
look, I still knew that some Mademoiselle Lagunay.”
K German Colonel, (ft er where, and
I really believe that Griesman under ertions. A great weariness came over
recently, I had seen him in
Krye of the Chateau, insults utterly different surroundings. But rated me as a fighter. How should he me, and for a moment my head swam.
NAM E
How could I hope to continue the un
■ i.s attacked by Adams, the there was no time for thought. ‘Where have known my training?
So, without fear, and, as a cat dal even struggle! The troopers whispered
^stopped by the Kaiser, with is your Colonel—Griesman?” I asked. lies
ADDRESS
with a mouse, thinking to give me among themselves and then advanced
■t.s is personally acquainted* “He is not here. He has gone—north, another
playful bite, he ascended to the slowly, spreading out to disconcert me.
the German Hussars, unJ since daylight, after the spy.”
CITY and STATE
last
degree
of
insult.
I gripped my sword and set my teeth
I turned back and met Fleischmann.
fuenberg, an old friend, andl "Mademoiselle
♦ “I have told you that mademoiselle is for a final effort. Aimee’s name was on
is
not
here,
”
he
said,
fquainted with Fleischmann, "nor is Griesman. We must follow my prisoner. As such she may not see my lips. I felt that it was the end.
you. She is also my companion, and as At that instant the front door was
mergeant, who later proves to them.”
N umber
i in need. The army moves At the outer door I spoke to a guard such she does not wish to see you. smashed in, and, God be thanked!
Why, monsieur, it was but an hour ago Fleischmann’s great bulk loomed up
fleet the French. Adams, who sat on a stone bench sunning him that
m J JUL1.
she sat upon my lap, all smiles before us. I shouted to him and he
I and Fleischmann lead an self: “Who is the man within?”
I AH WP ■■ r* IB ' ' ■ f 0
and blushes and----- ”
rushed forward, bellowing like an angry
Itfeating a French column. “He is Colonel Griesman’s interpre- I sprang at him with an oath. My bull.
” he replied.
Wo camp, Adams is informed ter,
That he was unarmed made no dif
sword came from its scabbard with an
His name?”
e has assisted in the escape “ “Jacques
angry hiss. Had I followed my first ference to this stout-hearted giant.
Grevoir.”
impulse his craven skull had been split That I was in peril was the main
ch spy, Latour, taking him “Ah, a Frenchman?”
that instant. But I merely smacked thought. The troopers turned with up
er carriage. Griesman and “No, a Belgian.”
his
face with the flat of the blade. “Say lifted sabres toward this unexpected
e in pursuit. With Fleisch- I hurried down the steps. Flelsch- It again,
menace. I groaned at thought of what
if you dare. You lie, dog.”
was already in the car. “To the
___
ms impresses a German war mann
1
ZQ HA»
Both men jumped to their feet. The might be, and gathered myself to help
” he said, as I took my seat.
and rushes to Aimee’s aid. north,
1
in
the attack. But Fleischmann seized
Colonel
had
his
sabre
in
the
air
when
And to the north we went on the wing.
his orderly rushed between us. “Re one of the heavy oaken chairs, whirled
Grevoir—Jacques GTevoir. The name, member
the Emperor’s orders,” he it above his head, and, with a great
the face, haunted me. Then I remem cried.
will lose your commission. oath, let it fly into their midst. There
bered. Jacques, the servile garçon, at Let him “You
CHAPTER V.
was a confused mixture of legs and
go. He is helpless.”
the club! Why I had seen him only the
But Griesman, traitor though he arms and sabres. They went down like
£>t familiar with the road over • night before I left Paris. And what proved to be, was no coward. Thor nine pins, and, as they scrambled to
| were traveling, and could not : did he here? Griesman’s interpreter, oughly enraged by my challenge he their feet, cursing in rage and pain, he
be reckless with its many eh?
the man aside and came at me came in like a whirlwind, and, with his
Before I could pursue the peculiar sit- threw
stter that I arrive a few min
with all his two hundred pounds huge fists, beat them to the floor. One
than not at all. Yet the pace ; uation further we reached a fork of the weight. I stepped back a little to get arose with ready sabre, a challenge on
automobile made seemed fu- road and stopped in a quandary. room, and caught his blade on my his lips. But it was his last word.
Fleischmann, for presently I Fleischmann left the car to examine guard. He swore beneath his breath Fleischmann caught him by the neck,
for tracks. There was no dearth of and struck again with terrific fore®. shook him as he would a rat, and sent
heavy voice in my ear:
nd Himmell! It is too fast.’’ these, but they covered either road, Again I stopped him.
him whirling against the stone wall.
showing
that horsemen had gone in
is no danger,” I shouted back.
“A little less brawn and more skill, He struck it head-on with a crack like
the machine as you know both directions.
that
of a pistol shot, and fell limp, with
” I said, derisively. “You will be
Fleischmann hastened to _ a
_ small baby,
e.”
a broken neck. The others lay where
wearied.”
farm
house
near
by,
and
returned
lead-
tly he spoke again:
We carried the regulation German they had fallen, unconscious.
lull be arrested at the chateau. ing a sorry-looking plough horse.
I descended from my narrow refuge
cavalry sabre, rather heavy and slightly
“ ‘Tis no great affair compared with curved. It was built on the American and took my brave friend by the hand.
Ill telephone from headquar-
your Iron steed,” he said, with a grim model, and as I met his savage lunges “You have saved my life,” I said. “I
bs
a disagreeable thought, smile; “but 1 will manage. You keep I began to feel at home. 1 fell nat shall not forget.”
k suspicion arise at camp as to ahead and I will turn to the left, The urally into the old position of defense.
Outside there was a clatter of hoofs.
bntion, the rear guard at the roads run parallel for some miles, If The muscles of wrist and arm came Through the open door we saw the ter
’ would be ordered by wire to you do not find her, cut across and easily into play. In memory I saw the rified orderly gallop past, bound south.
B. But Fleischmann rose to the join me. If I do not, I will join you.” great tan-bark circle of the academy I knew that he would spread the alarm
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Once more I heard his voice at a smart gait.
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blade told on my arm, so long unused
our
big car. Aimee, weak and pale,
At last I came upon them at the lit to sword play. I made no effort to
vire, of heavy copper, was the
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happy,
was curled up
1 line, extending back across the tle village of Vartoux. Eight horses strike. So swift was his attack and so but inexpressibly
into Lorraine, and thence, by were picketed near a well. Close by six vicious that I preferred the defensive, in one of the rear seats, wrapped in
hed lines, south into the Vosges troopers were lounging on the grass be well knowing that eventually he would rugs and blankets. Fleischmann and I
ins, where it connected with the neath a great tree, for the afternoon tire. At intervals I taunted him. using were by no means comfortable in mind,
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Emperor
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_ _ his
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~
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one
then
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rested
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and
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••HE STAGGERED BACK AND FELL.”
came down on hands and feet, like a
cat. A moment later we were off again,
at full speed.
. .
,
But forty minutes had passed when 1
saw. far away to the southeast, a nut
ter of white high In the trees. It was
the balloon case—the remnants or Da
Jaune—and I knew we were near the
end of our run.
The Infantry guard at the gate recog
nized my uniform and saluted as we
swept through the gates. At the P°rt*'
cochere I set the brake leaped from the
car and rushed Into the chateau, my
sword clanking ominously behind me.
There was no change In the appear
ance of the rooms, save that they were
deserted The tables were still littered
with papers Blankets lay upon the
cots just as thpy had be^n thrown back
when the sleepers arose. It seemed a
dead place: yet with a great hope In
my heart that I might find Aimee ‘be’-®
I passed quietly through the carpeted
parlors and on to the small family din
ing-room beyond, which t ad been re
served for the Emperor's private apart
magazine*. Her first important work
of which sat Griesman and his orderly, watching each other like hawks, then as a leader of her sex, was, In the
busily talking. The Innkeeper came
forward with a smile of welcome. I
waved him aside and turned to Gries
man, who looked up with a sneer.
“Ah, Herr Adams, so you have come
for the lady?”
“I have come tor Mademoiselle La-
gunay,” I replied. "I wish to see her at
once.”
..
.
He broke out into a mocking laugh,
in which the others Joined. "Well, so
you shall, so you shall see her, pres
ently. perhaps. But you must know
that she Is a prisoner of war—my prls-
°”*8he Is to be released.” I said, hotly.
”1 heard from the Emperor your report.
It Is said that she aided the spy. La
tour. to escape. You will prove it
It or
release her.”
Griesman took the time deliberately
to draw from his pocket a cigar andI to
light it before he spoke. He knew that
I was burning with impatience and an
ger.
Leaning back and speaking
through a cloud of smoke he made my
heart leap with delight.
__ _
“There Is nothing tn the charge, so
I threw back the heavy curtainiat the far as it relates to mademoiselle^ for
doorway A man stood within He had which I am glad, since my regard for
risen suddenly to his feet from a chair her is very—tender. I may my,
and maps left by the Emperor
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and slash, thrust and parry, until it
seemed to me that all my life long I
had been doing this thing, and that 1
should continue until the end of time.
At last my anger _ ___
rose again, I
twisted his sword to
U one
-----’ side and
pricked him beneath the arm. ’That
for a hint,” I cried. °I shall
* “ press less
lightly the next time. Put down your
sword and deliver the lady to me or
you shall die, traitor.”
The word struck home. For answer
he cursed me, and came in with a gr«- h
sweeping stroke that would have cut
me in two had it reached its mark. But
I stooped, caught his blade near mj
hilt, and with a string upward lift and
throw put him off his guard. And
though it was unwise, considering my
uncertain status with the Emperor, 1
was too far gone with hate and with
desperation to recede. My sword came
down with a heavy, drawing stroke. It
grazed the side of his head, slicing off
an ear. It bit deep into the muscles of
his thick, corded neck. It struck the
collar bone, shattered It, and turned In
ward. And as he staggered back and
fell, carrying down table and chair, hl«
blood spurted to the low ceiling and
1 knew that my work was well done.
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