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16 At ubGur \ue same moment, the first otticer of the Englishman went down before Decatur, and the fight was finished—the conquerors them- selves haulins down the English colors. Both parties fought with unparaJeled vigor and desp: -ate courage—the decks being covered with dead and wounded, On board the Agnes, there were five killed and twenty vounded, while the Englishman’s loss was fiftcen killed and fifty-seven wounded —the latter nunber much more than the origi- nal crew of (he Agnes! The vesse., had been injured only in the rig- g, and making such repairs as were ible, ecatur took charge of the prize, and accom- panied by Laurie, ran into La Teste. Telling Captain Fleury that the English schooner was his, and bidding him await their return, Decatur and Laurie set out for Paris, where @ great surprise was in store for the for- mer. _-oeoOS- CHAPTER XXVIII, THE DEAD ALIVE, It was midday when the travelers arrived in Paris, tired and hungry, and aftcr g of a well-prepared meal, to which both did amplo justice, they retired to rest, About five in the afternoon, they dressed and sauntered out to look at the carriages anti riders in the Bois de Boulogne. In a short time they tired of this, and were about to move on, when suddenly Decatur start- ed and turned pale—pale as death. ** Laurie!” he , clutching his friend’s arm, ‘‘ Laurie! at that carriage! Do you know—” ‘Great heavens!” cxclaimed Laurie, looking in the direction indicated. ‘It’s Kugenie de Morny!” ‘*Was, you mean,” corrected an English-speak- ing Frenchman standing beside them. * Was?” The hoarse monosyllable uttered by Decatur, caused the Frenchman to stare. ‘*'Yes, was,” he replied. ‘She is now the wife of the gentleman sitting beside her.” “Let us go!” interrupted Decatur, roughly pushing his way through the crowd, and drag- ging Laurie after him. Back to the hotel they went, Decatur plung- ing straight ahead, regardless of the protests and execrations of those whom he drove out of his path, In his room at the hotel, he ordered a bcttile of cognac—but it it had no more effect than 80 much water. After *‘ Let us go!” Decatur uttered but one word until seven o’clock that night—“* Tricked!” Helook and acted like a madman, and Lau- rie feared he would commit some desperate deed, but at seven o’clock, he said quite calmly: “We must leave here at once, Laurie. y own temper warns me that I cannot quit Paris too soon. ** Will you see about a carriage and horses?” “*] will—if you will accompany me down- stairs,” replied Laurie. ? t d’ye mean?” “Just what I say. You've been looking and acting like a madman, and I cannot trust to this sudden calm,” Decatur laughed—not at all pleasantly. ‘*Well— come along, since you won’t go alone,” he said, leading the way to the hotel office. While standing at the clerk’s desk, two gen- tlemen approached, and while awaiting their turn, Decatur and Laurie were favored with part of their conversation. “Strange story, that—about the young duchess fainting at the sight of her former ad- mirer,” said one, “Yes, Is there any truth in it?” ‘*Oh, there’s no doubt about it! came back two years ago, you remember, she acted like a nun fora few months, because of some entanglementabroad. Then she plunged into society again, dropped the foreign affair, and took the old duke in exchange for his ducats. ‘* She will make an interesting widow.” re a she saw the discarded lover yester- ay ‘‘ Yes, he was among the crowd, it seems, and on see him the fair Eugenie fainted. lt looks asif she had tricked him in some way.” That was ali they heard—but it was more than enough, and Laurie feared the effect on Decatur, nor was he relieved by the gay mood in which the latter appeared to be, before the post-chaise wag ready, Th ,mood, however, was not an assumed When she | The Four Commanders. one, Ali the way back to La Teste, Decatur was recklessly gay. ‘** Drive! ve! Driveas if the devil and all his imps were riding with jou!” he cried, as they entered the post-chaise, yarn “I feel as if the Old Boy, himself, were sitting on my shoulder, whispering to turn back and make one cali—just one!” Knowing the impulsive character of the speaker, Laurie was filled with alarm, and in response to the startled glance of the coachman, ordered: ‘‘Go ahead! Kill the horses, if necessary! I'll pay for them.” ‘Don’t be alarmed, old Sobersides—I’m making a good fight against the old gentleman,” said Decatur, with the same hard laugh. jai ig Peay 7» and. day, and stopping only for meals, este was reached with Decatur in the same mood. **Ohb, for another privateer!” he exclaimed, as sail was made, and the Agnes got under way for Naples, He was doomed to be disappointed in this wish—the schooner making a rapid and unevent- ful run to her destination. “Come along! You are not fit to be left alone,” said Laurie, half-jestingly, as he pre- to to co ashore. . ‘* No, I’d rather not,” ‘* Nonsense! The subject of your thoughts is unworthy of your attention—Come along!” urged Laurie, Reluctantly, Decatur accompanied his friend to the lodgings Captain Dare had engaged, and where both were received with delight, ‘*You must have become very impatient,” slyly remarked Dare, while his wife was writing a note to Agnes, Laurie looked guilty, and, laughing in an em- barrassed way, admitted that he was a little impatient. gnes came immediately, in response to her friend’s letter, and after a long conversation with Laurie he accompanied her home. Mr. Mackay looked greatly astonished on see- ing Laurie, but giving no heed to this, the latter stated the object of his visit without delay. ** Mr. Mackay, I havecome to ask A consent to the marriage of Agnes and myself. ‘* Your power, as guardian, will terminate in a few months and could then be dispensed with, but I am anxious to return at once, and I trust the unfortunate past will not prevent you from granting my request, ‘The marriage will be private and no one— except close friends need know cf it.” Mr, Mackay looked troubled. He had sus- ete ge what was coming on seeing Laurie, and an idea that this asking for his permission wasa matter of form—that Laurie would marry Agnes at once, whether he consented or not, so he made the best of it, and gave his consent. 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