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At trine o'clock I was waiting by
the window and et en as a bugle
sounded 'lights out' in the barracks
and change of guard.: ".et the string
down. 'Mr. Stevens sac t arottrrd, of the
c:hateandint as the %ie'4t rllrJr' sentin-
el d.s:ti're•rtd. :atrache,; a btn•clie to
tl. -trot* i I fret ,
1- :a:' 'e:: T ., ,.,. a -n c.?fT1S.
1 :e1:.° aosene. and,
lnntreart , c rat:•a.:. he
awe, :meet a new
and ,ret „tv_
e tie` .. - • - . fl r -,vos
there. = c :
I
]mew 1
try r;
itt the ribe ,and Tedi -nigh killed Stun."
"But what say you to !Ma'nn'seate
Durvarney coming to 'hitt that day,
and again yesterday with Gabord "
"Well, well, wthc knows. Banuboir?
This morning I say to Nanette, tVhy
is't, all in one moment, you send me
to the devil, and pray to meet me in
Abraham's son: too?' What think
yc,u she answer me? (Why, this, nay
i:amboir: '\Wlty is't Adam loved his
wife and swore her rtaw•it before the
Lard also. all in one moment ' Why
Ma ntse'ae tttnvarney does this or
Haat is not for muddy -brains like oars.
is some whimsy. They say that
:site^ nlore rntrie is about the
tI'•,- aat'ut Sa Jean Baptiste.
T rI:aps she of him a •magic
sok."
X-. rasa If ' e the magic Petit
i'-.. :he t:trntal us int
. ntte s yld ma like hien.
1 .. 1 t t'rty they say. and
_. ..,e Y.- ....1- - -d hit: as a pigeon's
14:'t .star,'. Nor did he ever
•t i - Gabon', r .ao aught but laugh at
-hey ytltin• they lid to him. The
tins
they put w • uld not stay. and
:road:1. ...trthe -va. ,et against the wall to he
ri'ta the sa.a, the .i it':n- stepped—the minute
his shooting Tossed. Theta i1'sieu'
Doltaire come, and say a man that
could do a trick like that should to do
another. Ansi he did 11. ,f<'r \I'sieu'
1•> 'claire is gime to the Bastile, Voyez,
this Englishman is a damned heretic,
and itis the wicked arts."
"But see, B'amnboir. do you think the
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.., r,.,.. the
r t.,.. : : fished
t +esc r. y ,Vin; ... 'inc
, .ti 'Cit, to :ais-
le aa vr. .. .ca. r... r.athorities.
I ante: c .4C s.. , of an invalid.
=no are, T.7c!1! :lay enterprise
n, t;a .,..' stil7 thin. and
:vtrrn cast -t spells:'
"What means these sounds .from
hisroom!"
So. so. Yet if he he a friend of the
devil. La Jongleuse would not conte
for him, 'hat—"
Startled and excited, they grasped
each other's arms. "But for ns=for
us!"
"It would he a work of God to
send 'him to the devil," said .Bamboir
in a loud whisper. "He has given us
trowbie enough. IVW:ho can tell ,what
comes next? Those damned noises in
his room. eh—eh?'
Then they whisper 'together, and
presently I caught a 'fragment, by
which I understood that, as we nvalk-
ed near she edge of the cliff, I should
be pushed over and they would snake
it appear that I had drowned myself.
They talked in low tones again, but
soon -got louder, and presently I knew
that they were speaking of La 'J+ong-
leuse; and Bamboir—the fat Bamboir,
.wino the surgeon had said mould some
day die of apoplexy--nwas 'rash enough
to say that he had seen her. He des-
cribed her accurately with the spirit of
the shorn raconteur.
"Hair so black as the feather in the
Governor's hat, and +green eyes that
flash aim, and a brown face -with skin
all scales. Oh. may saints of heaven,
when she pass I hide any head, and 1
go cold jike stone. She is all covered.
with long reeds and lilies about ,her
head and shoulders, and blue -reel
sparks fly up at every step. Flames
.go round her, and she (burns not her
rate—not at all. And as she go I 'hear
cries that make me sick, for it is. 1
-aid, some poor man in 'torture, and
I think perhaps it is jacq'ues Vi'l.lon.
perhaps jean Rivas, perhaps Ange'le
Damge che."
In my mind 1 con nien-ded this eat
Bamiboir as an excellent story -!teller,
and thanked nim for his true 'picture
of La Jongleuse. wham, to my regret,
I had never seen. I would not forget
his stirring description, as he should
see. 1 'garc point to the tale Iby
squeezing an inflated toy in his pock-
et. with my arm, while any !hands re-
mained folded in :runt of me; and it
was as good as'a play to see the faces
of these soldiers as they sprang to
their 'fet, etaring renal in dismay, 1
'myself seemed 't6 wake with a start,
and, rising t0 my feet. 1 asked ',vha:t
meant the noise and their amazanent,
We were in a spot where we could
not easily be seen from any distance,
and no one was in sight nor .were .we
to be remarked from /he 'fort. They
exchanged looks, as I started back to-
wards the chateau, walking very near
the edge of the cliff. A spirit of 'brav-
ado carne on ane, and 1 said musingly
So 1sat .:nor. ,. v.nvoarite =eat en
tie ;.!ifs, syr against solitary tree,
fi..erl in fie- rocks. , gazed lone on
tib river, and my grards. stoutly
armed. str,t•ra near, watching me, and
ta.iktnc in caw tones. Eager to hear
their gneiss. I appeared to .sleep. They
'came nearer, and. f: cir.;g Ines sat upon
a large sto•, e. and. cressiped freely
goneerraines the strange sounds heard
in my roam at ehe chateau.
"Ste eau, my Eamntir," said the
lean to the fat soldier. "rhe British
captain, he is to :be carried off in
burmnig flames by r.at La Jongleuse.
i\We shall come in ont morning, find
a smell of stili bur only. and a circle
of red on the fk.,.r where the imps
danced before La 1c'ngleuse said to
them. "CTI: 'with darlings, and
away!' n '•'.3fj
At this B'bntbt.ir shook his mead,
and answered. Tw.mcrrcw 1'11 •go to
the Governor ane fell him what's
°orating. My wife, she fails upon any
neck this morning. '_=trgose.' she says.
'twill neer, the trierhe;: and his coll-
ege to drive La Je.ngleasa out of the
:grand chateau. '
"Bit yes. it is the Ring's 'house.
though his •most +Ji,ristian (Majesty
lives in France. Tht ".fargntis de Van-
dreuil stands for the King. and we
are sentinels in tite King's house. But.
my 'faith, I'd rather ,be fighting ag-
ainst Frederick, the Prussian ,near,
than watching this marl Englishman."
"But see yo•u, my 'brother, that En-
glishman's a devil. Else h'ow has he
not been ,hanged tong ago He has
vile arts to' blind' ail. or he'd he sitting
there, It is •well krnwr. that 'M'sieu'
Doltaire, ever. the Kin'g's son -his
mother worked in the fields like your
Nanette, Batnboir—"
'eOr your 'Lablancht, my friend.
She has hard hands. with 'warts. and
red 'knuckles therefrom— "
"Or your Nanette. Banrboir, with
nose that,blisters in the am -inner, as
she goes sw(Inlgeing flax, andswell-
ing feet that sweat in sabots, and
chin •ehrnst out from carrying pails
upon her head--"
"Ay, -like Nanette and like Lafalan-
the. this pleasant 'mother of •M'sien
Doltaire, ,and maybe no such firm
Ihreasts like Nanette---"
"Nor such an eye as has Labian.ohe,
Well M''sien:'' Doltaire, ,who could
overdue them all, he could not kiln
this (barbarian. And Galbord you
know well 'how they 'fought, and the
tbladk horse and this rider name and
carried him: away. iWby, the youm'g
,M'cieu' Dutvarney had him on his
'knees; the blade at his throat, and a
sword flash but from the dark --they
Ray it was the devil's—end 'to'o'k him
to thein as we walked:
"1st would Ibe easy to throw you
horh over the ,cliff, but 1 clove you 'boo
Toll. 1 have proved that by making
toys for your children,"
1t was as cordial to me to ,watch
'their faces. They heath drew away
from the cliff, and grasped =their fire-
arms apprehensively.
"My Nod; said Btrndboir, 'those
'toys shall he tt'urned to -ni'g'ht! Alph-
onse has the sanalIpnsx -and Susanne
tits croup—damned. de•vill" he added
Suri:*osis°, slopping Sonw,ard 't+0 me
v;+a: grin raised, "111—,--"
1 .l,r liege he would have shot me,
h;n1 -rbet I said quickly, "1f'syou did
L err, to me you'd cotne to the rope.
Tin tinrrrnor 'would rather lase ,.
baud than my life."
I pushed down Itis musket. "Why
�lti�udd
yon 'fret? h ant leaving the
chateau to -morrow for another pris-
on. You feels, d'ye think I'd harm
the .children,? I (know as little of the
devil or La Jon'gl•euse as do you. 'We'll
solve the witches of'these sounds, you
and I, to -night. I'f they come, well
shay the Lord's Prayer, and make the
sacred gesture, and if it goes not,
we'll have'a priest to drive out the
'whinning spirit,"
This quieted 'them, and I was glad
of it for they looked bloodt•h''irsty
enough, and though I had a weapon
on rte. there was little use in seeking
fighting or flight till the auspicious
moment. They were not satisfied,
'however, they nvatc'hed me diligently
s we same on to the 'chateau.
1 could not bear that they he fright-
ened about their children, so I said:
",Make rue a sacred oath, and I will
swear ,y it that those toys will do
your children no harm,"
We got back to 'the chateau with-
out more talk, and I was locked in.
while my guards retired. As soon as
they had gone I ,got to work, for my
are4t enterprise was at hand.
Ar ter. o'clock I was ready for tic
venture. When tire critical moment
eatne, I was so arrayed that my dear-
est friend would not have 'known me.
My object was to conte •out :upon my
g uards as I.a Jcugleuse, and, in the
fright and confusion which should
Tollow, make my escape through the
eoeridors and to the entrance doors,.
past the sentinels, and so on out. It
may be seen now why I got the wom-
an's garb. the :sheet. the horsehair, the
,p'luostprnorus. the reeds, and such
things: Why I secured the knife and
pistol may ,be conned likewise. Upon
the lid ,of a small stove in the room I
placed my saltpetre, and 1 rulblbed the
horsehair on my 'head with phosphor-
us, also on my hands, and face, and
feet, and on' many Objects in the room,
The knife and pistol were at nay hand,
and as soon as -the clock ,had struck
ten I set my toys availing,
Then I knocked upon' the door with
solemn taps, hurried back Ito the stove,
and waited for the door to open 'be-
fore 1 applied the snatch. I heard a
'fumbling at the Sock, then ,the door
was thrown 'wide open. ASl'vas ,dark -
fleas in the hall without, salve a
spluttering candle which Bamboir
held over his head, as he and his del -
low; 'deadly pale, peered into the
chamber. Suddenly they gave a :cry,
for I threw the sheet ,from any face
and shoulders, and to their excited
imagination La Jton'gteuse stood Ibe-
fore .thein. .all in'blames. As I started
'down on them, the coloured fire .flew
up, :making the 'room all blue and
scarlet for a :moment. in ,which I
must have looked devilish indeed,
with staring eyes and -outstretched
chalky hands, and wailing cries com-
ing from my robe.
I moved s'wi'ftly, and Bamboir,
without a cry, dropped (like a log.
(poor 'fellow, he never rose again!
the apoplexy 'which the surgeon pro-
rni;cd had come), his comrade ,gave
a cry, and sank in a heap in a corner,
mumbling a prayer, his face stark
with 'terror.
i ,passed him, came along the cor-
ridor and clown one staircase, with-
out seeing any one; then two soldiers.
appeared in the half -lighted hallway.
Presently a door opened :behind me,
and one came out. By now the phos-
phorus light +haddiminished a little,
hot still I was a villainous picture,
for in one hand I held a 'small cup,
from nvhiclt suddenly sprang red and
blue fires. The men fell (back, and I
sailed past then:, but I had not gone -
far down the .lower staircase when a
shot rang after incMand a 'bullet ,pas-
sed by my '.head. Now I came rapidly
to the outer door, where two more
sentinels stood. They s'hran'k ibaok,
and soddenly one threw down • his
musket and ran; the other, terrified,
stood stock still. I passed him, ,open -
• ,the 'dear, and came out upon the
Intendant, who avas just 'alighting
arum .his carriage.
The :horses sprang away, frightened
at sight of me, and nearly threw
Bigot to 'the (ground. I tossed: the tin
cup with its 'chemicals .fires bull in his
,face, as he 'made :a dash for me, He
called out. and drew his sword. 1
wish'e'd not fight, and I sprang aside;
but he made a gals at ane, and I drew
my pistol and -was about to lire, when
another shot :came from the hallway
and struck him. He +1 ell almost at my
PRELUDE TO "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN"
Carmen from Uri -den Dmty Stetrh Nr: sa,labta $•r
antah Isles & e' t.A.
+feet, aria I dashed away into the dark-
ness. Fifty feet ahead I cast one gl-
ance back and saw :Monsieur 'Cour-
nal standing in the doorway. I was
sure that his second shot had not been
meant for rite, but for the Intendant—
wifld attempt at a revenge long de-
layed, for the worst o'f+wrongs.
I ran on, and presently came full
upun five soldiers, two of them drew
their pistols, 'fired, and missed. Their
comrades ran away howling. They
'barred any path, and now I 'fired too,
and 'brought one down; then came a
shot from behind t'hean, and another
fell. The last one took to his heels,
and a moment later I had Qty hand in
that of Mr, Stevens. It was he mho
had fired the 'opportune shot that rid
me of one foe. We cause quickly along
the river brink, and, skirting the cit-
adel, got clear of it without ,discovery,
Though we could see soldiers hurrying
past, roused by the firing at the chat-
eau.
In about .half an Scour of steady run-
ning, with a dews bad s'tomtbles 'and
falls, we reached the -old 'wfndmaill alb-
ove the Anse du Foulon at Sillery,
and tame plump capon our waiting
comrades. I had stripped myself of
,my 'd'isguis'e, and rubbed the phos-
phorus from urty person as we came
along, but enough remained to make
one an ,uncanny'fi'gure. It had been
kept secret from these people that I
was to go with them, 'and they sullen-
ly kept their muskets ,raised; 'but
.when Mr. Stevens told the.nt who I
was they were agreeably surprised. I
at ,once took :command of the enter-
prise, saying 'firmly at the same time
that I 'anu•ld shoot the first man who
disobeyed my orders. I was sure that
1 could 'bring them to safety, but any
'will was !toys They took any terms
like men, and swore to stand thg me.
XXII
We were five altogether—M•r. Stev-
ens, 'C'lark, the two Boston soldiers.
and myself; and presently ,we came
down the steep passage in the cliff to
where our craft lay, secured Iby my
dear wife—a Ibircth canoe, well laden
with necessaries. Our craft was none
too large for our party, Ibtnt she must
do; and safely in, we pushed out up-
on It'he current, which was in our fava
OUT for the tide was ,going out. My
object was to cross the river softly,
skirt the Levis shore. pass the Isle
of Orleans, and so steal down the
river. There was excitement nearby
as 'we Could tel'\ ,from the lights .flash-
ing along the shore, (and boats soon
began to patrol the (banks, ,going
swiftly up and -down, and extending a
line around to the St. 'Ohariles River
towards Boatupont.
It was well 'for 'us the night was
'dark else we had never run that igaons
tet. But we 'were lucky emcstigh, Iby
hard to -addling, to (get past the town
on the Levis aide. 'Never were 'better
boatmen. The paddles dropped with
atgreeceble (precision, and no (boats-
tveannis :rattan. was needed bo :keep my
Mellows to their basic. 1, 'whose sight
:was 'bong 'tisained to elasSeness, could
see a great distance mound us, and so
'could !prevent a trap, though once or
:aloe we let nr came shaft with the
tide. lest our paddles should be heard.
I could not padsie :enc. I had so lit-
tle strength. After the Orleans was
Passed I drew a •i'reath of relief, and
played :,he part of captain and ''boats -
,wain merely.
Yet ,when I looked back at the tea -a
an those strong heights. and saw the
bonfires bairn to warn the set-
tlers of our escape, sane the tig;h''s
s'parklin'g in many homes. and even
fancied I could make otnt the light
shining in my 'dear wife's window, I
h ad 'a strange feeling 't3 loneliness.
There, in the shadow of my prison
+walls, ,was the dearest thing on earth
to nae. °tight she not to the with me
She had begged to come, to share
with me these dangers and hardships;
but that I could not, would not grant.
She would be safer with her .people
As for as desperate men bent on es-
cape, we must face hourly peril.
Thank 'God. 'there was monk .to da.
1-lottr after hour the swing and dip of
the paddles went on. No one showed
weariness, and when d'a'wn broke slow
and soft over the eastern hills 'I mot-
ioned my good boatmen towards the
shore, and 've landed safely, 'Lifting
our frigate tip, we carried her into a
Ithieke't, there to rest with its till night,
twhen we ,would :sally forth again itnto
the friendly dankness. 'Vire were in no
distress all that day, for the weather
was fine, and we 'had enough to eat;
and in this case were ave for ten days
'and nights, ,though indeed some of
the nights were 'dreary and very cold,
for it was yet :but the beginning of
May.
It might thus seen that we were
leaving danger well .behind, after
having ',travelled so many heavy lea-
gues, ib'it it was yet several hundred
miles to Louisburg, am destination,
and we had escaped only immediate
danger. We passed Isle ,aux Cotudres
and the Isles of Kamarasika, and now
nye ventured tv day to ramble the
woods in search of 'game, which was
most plentiful. In this tgord outdoor
life my ,health came slowly aback, and
I should soon the able to (bear equal
tasks with any of any comrades. Neve
e r mean led (better friends, though I
have seen a'dventunaus service near
an'd far since that 'time. Elven (the gen-
ial ruffian Clark was amenable, and
took sharp reprimand without revolt.
Sentenced To One Month--
Convicted
onth—Convicted previously of dangerous
driving and remanded for sentenee,
Robert Gooier, 17, East Wawanosh
Youth, was last week sentenced to 36
days in jail at Goderich. Accused was
the driver of the car in which his
school chum, Archie Mason, same
age, was killed in a motor accident
on July 29. The light sentence, Mag-
istrate Makins said, was prompters
by the fact that Walter Mason, father
of the dead boy, had pleaded for len-
iency for Gooier and also the accus-
ed's good record, It was simply a
ease of too much speed ill a light
roadster on a gravel road coupled
with inexperience. Govier will not
be allowed to drive a car for two
years.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
Dr. 17. A. McMaster, M.B., Graduate
of University of Toronto.
J. D. Colciuhoun, M,D., C.M„ Grad.
utile of Daibousie. University, Halifax.
The Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern x-ray and other
up-to•date diagnostic and thereuptie
equipment.
Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D.,
L.A.B.P., Specialist in Diseases in
Infants and Children, will be at the
Clinic last Thm'aday in every month
from 3 to 6 p,m,
Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in
Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and
Throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in every month from 4 to
6 p.m.
Free well -baby clinic will be held
on the second and last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
JOHN A. GORWiLL, B.A.,M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
In Dr. H. H. Ross' office. Phone 5 J
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University
of Toronto. Late Assistant New York
Ophthalmic and Aural Institute,
Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square
throat hospitals, London, Eng, At
Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third
Wednesday in each mouth from 2 to
4 p.m. Also at Seaforth Clinic first
Tuesday in early mouth, -53 Waterloo
St., Stratford. Telephone 267.
MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M.D.
London. Ontario
Graduate Toronto Uuivereity
Licentiate of Amerieau hoard of Pe11.
atrics, Diseases of Children
At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday af-
ternoon, each month.
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