Now ba-et
i s w as an
didelit al.
uiilsl Mop
Noihmg would do but we
1
IfiIT, waring?''
: and call on
a lovely wointn. a belle
am
ie. IC could rclv on our discretion,
-aid. laying his finger on hi- nose. and
king sly ami coquettish, for all the
world like some- obi roue of a 1 rer.ch-
man. lie must stop and free her and
take her seme wir.e. 'Indeed.' h
mysteriously, "it isa rendezvous.'
said.
Well,
1 was their gr.c--t; I had no money.
What C4. i dd I do? It was the-, aitcr
elevea, I shoubt judge. M. Piiil'.ppes,
or whatever his name was. gave ..rders
to the driver. Wo pullet! u
then.
to my surprise, I found v. -j v t i f at
Eoylv's. That ended it. I toi 1 ihom
they must excuse inn. They .roistetl,
hof. of otiiirsf. 1 i-i ,ii lil n't. ' i i n ih.--.o. S.i
thev took a couple of bottles apiece
and went ia the gate and I settled my
self for a nap and pi
I ilcui't know
how ionff i siopt, but I was Lro-iscd bv
the devil's own tumult. A shot hid
been fired. Men am I women both wer
6creami;ig and swenrir.g. Some on
suddenly burst into the cab beside me.
really pushed from behind, and then
away we went through the mud and
rain; and the lightning- was Hashing
now, and presently I could recognize
Laseelles, raging. 'Infaire!' 'Coquin'.
'Assassin!' were the mildest, terms he
was roUeying- at somebody, and theu.
