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THE GREATEST MYSTERY STORYV R
E � WRITTEN
•
I felt certain that Lejaune wouldgood .rn
(g en to 'fight for you, mores the
have shot us both, then and there I pity! Stop gibbering about jewels and,
(and would have searched Michael's I be thankful that we fiven -
lt ow our
body), but for the precarious position 1 duty' if you .don't.. . ,”
in which he himself stood, and the
fact that he needed us alive—for the
Present, .
At any moment we might hear the
rifles of St. Andre and Cordier, as a
the mutineers• rushed thern. Or t
any moment, for all that Lejaune
knew, the mutineers alight burst into
the room, headed by St. Andre, Cor-
dier, and Maris, to kill him. He be-
lieved that, like Michael and me, thes e
three were faithful—but hG did not
know they were.
"Very Stout Fella," murmured .my
brother. "Order of Michael for you;
John,
What would happen if the meanest
slave in his palace went up to the
Emperor of Abyssinia and smacked
his face? ... I don't know; Nor did
Lejaune, or -lie would have done it,
I think.
Probably the Emperor would begin
by gasping and, feeling faint:'„Lejaune
gasped and looked faint.
Then he sprang to his feet with a
He was a brave man. Situated as sound that was a mixture of a roar,
he was, his life hanging by a thread, 1 howl and scream. As he did so, Mi-
he still attended to the business in chael's left hand made a swift,
chand. He turned his heavy glare ircling
swoopPassed un
hand,
from Michael to me. and swept the revolver <to the floor.
"Oh? You would talk, would you?" Almost as it clattered to the ground
he said in a quiet and most sinister my bayonet was at Lejaune's throat
tone of terrible self -repression. "Well! and my finger wasround my trigger,
Well! You haven't much time for Whether Lejaune had been going to
talking. Not many more words to shoot or not, I do not know, but he
say. . . . Would, you like to make certainly looked as though rage had
another remark or two before I shoot destroyed the last of his sanity,
you? . • No? ... Won't Y, and
you speak our death was all he cared about.
again, gaol -bird? A little prayer, per- Anyhow, he couldn't shoot now.
haps?..." and the scoundrel turned "Move—and I'll kill you," I hissed
the revolver from Michael's face to dramatically, feeling ' like a cinema
ine, and back again to Michael's. star and an- ass. Michael picked up
It was most unpleasant, the twitch- the revolver.
g finger of an infuriated homicidal "So you are mutineers
maniac on the hair-trigger of a load- - ,you -
revolver, ful loyal
lying grandsons 'of Gadar-
eda
yard from one's face- ene swine, are you?" panted Lejaune
a maniac who longed for our deaths •,
that he might. enrich- himself beyond <moying his head from side to side,
Y and drawing deep breaths as though.
the dreams of his own avarice! choking.
He began to swear_ blasphemously, 'Not at all," said Mich
horribly, foully. All. that he had "We're " . ' eel calmly.
learnt of vibeness among the vile with o decent soldiers wishing to do
our duty properly—not to babble
whom he had consorted, he poured about diamonds two minute before
over us.' He literally and actually a mutiny breaks out. ..M � don't
foamed. We stoodlike statues. He you know the fort will be burnt, the
put the revolver down in front of garrison gone, and, you deadif
hini, the better to tear his hair with ( you
are
both hands. I thought of the aborig- lucky), in an hour's. time -unless
you do your job while you've a
ines of the Congo over whom his chance? "
power' had been absolute, and whose '"Cre bon sang de bon jour de bon
lives and deaths were in his hand and malheur de bon Dieu de Dieu de
mere questions of his profit and loss. sort," swore Lejaune, "and I'll deal
And then suddenly, a thought which with, you after this chien d'une re -
had been clamouring for attention for volte. But wait!
some minutes suddenly occupied my Hell's bell
You wait, my clev-
some
mind and brought comfort and al cur-yelittle friends. ns. .'ll teach ch
mous sense of security. Of course, Le- you one of"my little lessons. If
Yo
jaune would do nothing to us until tt don't both die en crapaudine, by
the mutinywas God, you shall , live en crapaudine.
quelled, and he was "Reward for saving your valuable
again .'unthreatened earl
m
in
supreme.
We Lire were his only defence, the
sole support of his authority ,his one
chance of saving not only his life, but
his reputation and career. Obviously
he would not kill two-fifths nor one-
fifth of his loyal troops at the mom-
ent of his greatest need. It was ab-
surd. And then, without thought, I
did what would have been the bravest.
thing of my life if it had been done
consciously, and with intent. I defied,
insulted, and outfaced Lejaune!
"Look here, Lejaune," said I coolly,
and in the manner of an Oxford un- "And you talked about hanging on
dergraduate addressing an extortion- walls. And being
ate casun, my little friend, cabman or an' impudent servant. pinned,elm:out Will you inlyou
"Look here, Lejaune, don't be a silly .
kindly wait until I have you strapped
fool. Can't you understand that in up in a cell, of which I alone have
about two minutes you may be hang- the key? Perhaps it will not be l' who
Mg .`jabbers about jewels' then, eh? .
You wait.. , ."'
"Your turn to jabber now, anyhow,
Le sine, said I wearily. "you're a
g no diamond and you've got five something now, and less of this
'waiting' business?"
1 LS 0 PilS
The masa puked luinself together,
exerted his' ndeniably' powerful will,
You other two' will shoot any man
whd leaves his bed,”
We set to work, emptying the
arms rack of the Lebel rifles first, and
then going from bed to bed and re-
moving the bayonet .from its hook at
the head of each. A. steel bayonet -
scabbard struck a tin "thug, and a man
sat up. It was Vogue.
Cover him," said Lejaune, and the
two rifles turned toward the startled,
man. He looked in the direction.of'
the voice,
`{Lie down, man," I whispered,
Vogue fell back instantly and closed
his eyes. It was remarkable with what
speed
slumber claimed him: On my
last journey to the 'door with a double
armful of bayonets, the inevitable
happened. One slipped and fell. As it
did so, I shot out my foot. The bay-
onet struck it and made little noise,
but my foot knocked against a cot
and its occupant sprang up, blinking.
"Himmel! What's that?" he said.
It was'Glock,
"Lie down, Glock," I whispered.
"Look," and I nodded my head to-
ward the ~door.
"Shoot him if he moves," said Le-.jaune calmly.
Glock lay down again, staring at.
Lejaune, as a hypnotized rabbit at a
snake. I passed on, and in another
minute there was not a weapon in the
room, nor was there a sound. None
slept so deeply as Corporal Boldini,
who was nearest to the door.: Le-
jaune took a key from his pocket.
"Into the armoury with them, St,
Andre, Cordier, and Maris, quick!"
he said. "You, St. Andre, mount
guard. Send the key back to me with
Cordier and Maris, and shoot instant-
ly any living soul that approaches the
plaoe, other than one of these four
men.
"Now then," he continued to Mich-
ael and me, as the others crept off,
laden with rifles, "sonde of these swine
are awake, 'so keep your eyes open.
If several jump at' once, shoot
Schwartz and Brandt. Then Haff
and
Delarey. If only one man moves,
leave him to me. "
A very, ,very faint lightening of the
darkness. outside the windows showed
that the false' dawn was breaking. As
I stared into the room, I found myself
trying to recall a verse about "dawn's_
left hand" being in the sky and,
"Awake! for morning in the bowl of
night
Has flung the stone that puts the.
stars to flight;
And lo! the Hunter of the East has
caught, •
The Sultan's turrets in a noose of
light."
I tried to put it into Arabic, and
wondered how the original sounded
life, I suppose," said Michael. in t
"You'll do that as your simple duty, "turr
'any little friend. Oh, you love your• W
duty. You are `decent soldiers wish- about
ing to do your duty properly and not .
babble about diamonds,' I believe? when
. . . Good! Come and do your duty open
then. We'll see what you'll babble sleep
about afterwards, with your mouths slang
full of salt and sand, en crapaudine, Thes
eh? Perhaps you'll prefer drops of threa
water to diamonds then, eh? . , his s
You wait...." Why.
He turned to mee. for a
if he
court
ently
five
garris
work
tries,
happe
ed, m
couldn
or his
fort.
Peri
leader
ordere
Hien i
chael d
a case,
dicer?
lutely i
are no
public
said,
men ar
tary c
save th
is to 0
you re
Crimnina
The
and complet
key of
"St.
m.agazir
he, salu
"Goo
Brown
Shoot i
his foot
rush, sh
lives d
They're
Cbme
disarm
Use yo
daylight
He ;gl
rrAh.a,
he liquid Persian. . . . Was it
ets" or "terrace'?
hat sort of a stone was Lejaune
to fling into the bowl' of night?
Would he order the •five of us,
the other three returned, to.
fire and begin a massacre of
ing men? — an indiscriminate
hter? . . . He was capable of it.
e were mutineers who had
tened'his life, and, worse still,
a•cred authority and discipline.
should he wait, he would, argue,
court martial to do it? Besides,
waited,, there would never be 'a,
martial. 1.1e could not perman-
arrest the whole lot with only
men, and guard his prisoners,
on his fort, carry on all the
of the place, and mount sen -
with five Hien. What _ would
n when the five slept, ate, cook-
ounted guard on the roof? it
't be done. It was their lives
, and the very existence of the
maps he'd only shoot the ring-
s? What should I do if Lejaune
d me to open fire on unarmed
n their beds? What would Mi
o? What was my duty'in such
with orders from such an of -
Private conscience said, "Abso-
mpossible! Sheer murder! You
t an executioner. . Not. the
hangman," Military conscience
`Absolutely necessary. • These
•e guilty of the greatest milt-
rine. It is Lejaune's duty to
e fort at any cost. Your duty
bey your officer implicitly. If
fuse, you are a mutineer, as
1 as they.''
windows grew lighter,. Maris
Co
g on that wall with a bayonet
through your hands—and left there,
in a burning fort, to die? Or pinned
out on the roof with the sun in your
face? Don't be such an ass. We've l fatiguing fellow. What about doing
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and got the better of his immediate
impulse.
"Come with me," he : said quietly,
.and wi•t1 a certain dignity."
Our real
conversation is postponed until I have
dealt with a few other unspealcables.
We will then see what happens to
those that thneaten officers and point
,rifles at them. . Ptrtthat revolver
down, . ."
"Open the door, John," said Mich-
ael. I lowered my rifle and diel so,
Maris, on gtuard outside, looked at
me enquiringly, Presumably he had
tteard'Leiattne's roars of rage.
Michael put the revolver on time
table. Lejaune took it up and strode
to the open door.
"Follow me, you three," he said,
and led tate way to the barrack -room,
without hesitating to turn his back
to us. Apparently he had complete
faith in our loyalty to ditty, and knew
that he Could depend ori us to obey
any proper military order. At the
door of the barrack -room stood St.
Andre and Cordier, faisant sentinellre.
"Any trouble?" growled Lejatme, as
they silently sprang to attention,
"No one has moved, mon Adju
dant," replied St. Andre.
"Put down your rifles," said Le-
jaune to us three, "and bring all arms
ot9t of this rooni, quickly and silently.
otdier crept back, their work
ed, Maris gave Lejaune the
the armoury.
Andre is on guard over' the
ie, mnon'Adjudant," whispered
ting, r,
d!" said Lejaune. 'Maris,
and Cordier; remain here.
nstantly any maxi who puts
to the ground. If there's a
oot Schwartz first, Your own
'pend on your smartness.
all unarmed, reinember. ,
with me, you; Smith, and Ir1I,
the .guard an sentries „
ur wits if you want to see
again."
ared round the room,
n y little birds in a trap,";�he
•
growled,. "You'd plot against me, M
1'Acdjudant Lejaune, would you?
Ah!" i
T followed him down the passa
"I'll clear That dog of a sentry
the roof first," he said. "Then they
be no shooting down on us when
disarm the guard,
Leading the way, he went up tl
stairs that opened on to the flat roo
round, which ran a thick, low, 'cre
,ellated wall, embrasured for rifle -6r
A sentry patrolled this roof at nigh
though the high look -put platform
was.nox occupied, fpr obvious rea
ons, during
the h
our
sof darkness. L
jaune relieved the sentry and poste
me. He then took the bran's rifl
from him and ordered hint to go be
low to the guard -room and reques
Sergeant Dupre to come up to th
roof.
"Now," said he to me as the mei
went, "come here. Look," and h.
pointed down into the courtyard t0
the open door of the guard -room. "T
shall order Sergeant.Dupre to take
he rifles of the . guard ,and sentries,
nod then to send one man out to the
u•r -
a •d house withwiththe lot. 'If any man
omes out with only one rifle, shoot
nal at once. Shoot anybody'who
omes through that doorway, except
man with half a dozen rifles And
hoot to kill too."
I raised' my rifle and covered the
lighted doorway below me,. at the
other side of the courtyard.
'You understand.," growled Lejaune.
'The moment Sergeant Dupre •enters
that guard -room, after I've spoken to
him,' you shoot anybody who' carries
one rifle. A man with a rifle is a
prd'claimed and confessed mutineer."
I felt' that he was right, and that
it was my duty to obey him, little as
I relished the idea of` shooting com-
rades like bolting rabbits. Should I
shout, •"Drop that rifle!" before and
fired, ashoot if the man did not do
it? I wondered if Lejaune would kill
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try cross the courtyard and enter the
guard -room, and a moment Pater Ser-
i geant Dupre carne out,
I"Watch! growled Lejaune. "That
sentry will talk, and they may make
a rush."
Nothing stirred, below. Sergeant
Dupre came tip the stairs, out on to
the roof, and saluted Lejaune.
"I want the rifles of the guard and
sentries, Sergeant Dupre," said Le-
jaune "Send one man, and only one,
to me here, with the lot. Shoot in-
stantly any man who hesitates for a
second. No man is to leave the guard-
room (except the one who carries' the
rifles), or he'll be, shot as he does
so. . ." And he . pointed to me
me if I did so. I saw the relieved sen- standing with my rifle resting in an
embrasure and covering the doorway
below.
Sergeant Dupre saluted and turned
about with a quiet, 'Very good, nion
Adjudant." He descended the stairs
and emerged into the ' courtyard,
crossed it to the gate beneath the
gate -house, and took the rifle from
the sentry there. The man preceded
him to the guard -room. Dupre visit-
ed the other sentries, repeating the
procedure. A minute later the Ser-
geant's lastvisit to the guard -room,
a man came out. I was greatly re-
lieved to see that he carried three or
four rifles over each shoulder, the
muzzles in his hands.
(Continued next week)
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„,
The driver never intended to hit'this
chap.
He just forgot for a ' momenthis
that
brakes weren't so very good.
And of course theede
p strian couldn t
know. He h
add taken chances before and
got away with it but thep itcher
went once too often to the well.
An Important Question
The question is, can't we (pedestrian and
do something to avoid accidents ?
Traffic on streets and highways isn't
getting any lighter. Accidents will con-
tinue to pile up unless .... unless we
;obey the rules
Let's be human enough to walk ---and
drive—safely. 1 Let's give the other chap
a chance.' If vie don't —.
—some day we may be "the other chap.”
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