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NAT HIS SHOULDER, READY 10 FIRE, THE OTHER WITH HIG MUSKET STILL SMOKING?
CEHLAINED
FHETTHRED;
THE SECR' et COMPACT,
A Story of Life in
BY
Paris.
murmured the
HORACE HARLEY,
AUTHOR OF
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noon, ETC, ET
CHAPTER I.
THE BRIGAND,
THR UNSEEN
“theret at the
bullets cannot
AND 4 PISTOL IN BACH NAMD, IMITATED, rx THIS RESPROT,
HICKET—ONE WITH HIS
‘Then what do you want?”
Nour purse, my lord, if you will yield tt
eracefulty,
ae Foon
“Pour tlie
‘The bandit whistled In & poontiar manner,
and mmedintely armed brigands laged from
il the nelgboring thickets from behind ite
round thal elie
coliency." aid the bandit,
“my company | jerous one.”
self Gontran had heen alone, ho Would have de-
ended himself to the uttermost; but, if he
ere Kuled, Leone woul tall Ieco'ue Sataues
hands,
“How much do you want?” he asked of Gui-
ERE inat moment the tovely occupant of the
entringo rained hor Head. Guiseppe utisred &
he murma
Ac inat ory and that bame obtran gave @
vidlept state
P What doos that meant” he asked, haugh-
tt
nee me, ay eroenr, but I thought I
had the Pleasure"
you know t
Most indimately. ay lord
Iona alighted, and ‘Falted up to Gontran,
“That man ts & smtsarabie Mart sald she. tn
smanary fone, pointing with her anger at Gut
Seppo, “Ihave never soon bim tn my life be-
“A thousand partons, sicnorina !” replied the
nnd. You didnot deayino ta thotohlon
‘when you ved In Floren
Gondten had tarwed fightfally pate at this
reveintion, nd he gased oh Leona With shee
ies of terre but Loooa superbly
Sid Sisdainany cam.
“Signor Bandit sald she, smiling, “your
niemory fs fanlt, and you are tho victim at
Rounge mistake, t have never fived in Flore
have pever Bren ie erin the marehion
and I see you for he ‘rst time
wiKnd sho glanced haughtily at the brigand.
seinen asm mintaien” sald the latter, be
coming immediately polite a
thousatid pardons, slgnoring
Tron cast a Inok of triumph on Gontran,
ang he breathed again.
ome myyavar Gonna sald she, In an tex.
tone, “give yout money to this many and leew
eenttinde ons journey
“phat is all. ver signorina,” returned
may with & emis “but Ie ne
ones,
irembled with rage, Fle pointed hi
og ‘atthe brigandn heads Spolnted big
iRnor,”" said Guiseppe, coolly, “when you
eo klltea me, you wil hove irty eneriies