Argosy, September 1955 — page 72: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

: ri Shae pee ee ee eae ee ol , j : ' ° = oe < & 70 PAUL GALLICO a to give the countersign at the outpost of his tonsils, this was - trafficking with the enemy in the most shameless manner. = But this is not even the whole of the perfidy, and it is no part i of my duty either to expatiate upon the reprehensible behaviour _ of the villagers who, to a man, woman, and child, conspired to — withhold from Madame Bobet the best- ‘kept secret in the world, 4 she being the only one who was not privy to it. Be It was, namely, that when you stood upon the hill a little re- a moved from Aurance and gazed down into the valley, say at the — distance of Monsieur le Marquis d’Aurac when looking out of — ig the study window of his chateau, or where the heavy north-south traffic from Paris breasts the rise before descending to the pic- __ turesque river, the new, gay red and blue colours on the Villa Bobet somehow, by the skill or magic of painter Bavasc, re-_ : arrange themselves into huge letters and form words distinguish- able at a distance of a kilometre. The legend on the sloping roof advises you to: BUVEZ COGNAC RENIER or Drink Renier Brandy, while the words on the large square side _ of the villa announce, Le Cognac des Maréchals de Napoléon !|— with, as a final impudence, the dot of the exclamation-mark being provided by the window of the cabinet of Madame Bobet. | I can only exclaim in closing, with Colonel Bobet, “ C’est — vraiment possible to tout arranger dans la vie.” IN NEXT MONTH’S ARGOSY NEW STORIES BY BRILLIANT WRITERS MICHAEL GILBERT * GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD * CHRISTOPHER LANDON * JOHN WYNDHAM Order your copy now! ae i comichoolks.coin ; Lon fr,