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THE GOBUN STORM. The sergeant was liome from Tonquin —so said all the village—and was stay ing ax, the inn, “too proud to speak to any one”—so added those who envied him the attention excited by his gor geoufi uniform. But Ju^'s and Gaston. Jean and Emil, said bluntly that they knew better, and to show their faith in t heir old comrade invited him to take soup with them as he used to do before lie went into the army Behold, then, the five friends around the table. What have they to talk of after their long separation? We will listen. The sergeant i 3 speaking; “Indeed, 1 hardly know how one lives at all in those tropics. Without boast ing, I myself bear things as well as most of my neighbors, hut—1 confess it, my friends. 1 have been frightened hv the tropics, Think of it. my boys, a French officer afraid of the weather!” “Of the weather?” asked Emil. “I cannot see that,” said Jules. “It is no more than the truth,” re sumed the sergeant. “In Tonquin we have thunder and lightning—for I can riot otherwise name them—but not such as come to these villages—little groans of thunder here and sparks of lightning there, but thunder storms to terrify a bishop!” “How so?” asked Gaston, curiously. The sergeant had enjoyed his soup, and truly his tongue talked of itself. “In Tonquin," said he, rising to his feet (for so one gestures more easily), “the lightest of our thunder cracks can non balls in two, and one peal follows another so fast that there is never but one, which, however, lasts as long as the storm.” “Strange enough,” said Jules, with his mouth open, his spoon in the air. “And the lightning?” asked Jean, quickly. “The lightning?” repeated tho ser geant, “much the same sort. It is never seen. All the world stays indoors and puts ori green spectacles—one or two pairs!" “A curious custom!” remarked Emil, looking sidewise at the veteran. “As you say—curious indeed,” replied the sergeant, smiling. “You would en joy the oddity of it, I have little doubt. But there is something more worthy of notice. There is the rain. In Tonquin the rain falls so fast that it doesn’t reach the ground I” “But, sergeant,” crid Gaston, rising to protest, “your last statement is hardly credible!” “Oh, you demand an explanation,” said the sergeant with some warmth, and pounding the table with his stiff fin ers, “it is because the raindrops fall so fast they are dried up by the friction of the air—that is, of course, ail but a little. 1 do not mean to sav that none of the water falls to the ground—that would be unreasonable.” "So 1 thought,” said Gaston, nodding lus head wisely. “You were right, Gaston,” said the ser geant, grandly. “Always tell me if you find my stories incredible. I am a little irritable, but not proud. And I know (since i, too, lived in this little village once—so long ago!) how seldom you hear such adventures!” "My word, but I have heard things as strange!” said Gaston, dryly. “Then my stories do not surprise you?” asked the soldier, with some disappoint ment. “Why should they?" replied Gaston “1 have never been in Tonquin. 1 have heard of queerer things, however; yes and in this very town!” “Siioli as?"— said the sergeant, ing hard at the other and t isting his X “Home people would say your Tonquin storms were not large,” Gaston said frankly “But 1 am not so foolish. Freely l admit that such storms are rare in this village. But I do contend that we have here the smallest storms that can well be.” The sergeant moved uneasily on his four legged stool, and gazed at Gaston with his eyelids half closed. ‘Did you never hear of them?" said Gaston, seeming to lie much surprised. “Never." said the sergeant, in a peeu liar voice “It is said that once at the inn, where you are staying, a man who had been a ciilor—l think it was a sailor—came home Loin Algeria and told of many wonderful experiences Sea serpents land slides, unicorns, rocs’eggs and mer mails—such was bin stock in trade Well, one morning, that soldier” "Sailor!” said the sergeant, frowning. “Sailor, of course—that sailor came to breakfast telling of a terrible storm, a thunder storm— a true Tonquin storm, if you will permit me, sergeant.” The ser geam bowed, still frowning “But strangely enough." Gaston w«m on “no one else had seen any signs of a storm whatever it had seemed to every one else u bright moonlight mght! Now. 1 cui! that worthy of remark!” "Truly e* 1 ." said the si-rgent, uneasily “And. strangely enough," went on thy villager "here is a legend tiiat eueli etorms are vhe work of goblins, who thus punish tellers of big stories, as. it seems this sailor must have liecn!" The sergeant made no comment, but drummed a quickstep upon the table, w histling a noiseless fife accompaniment Emil. Jules and Jean had been listen ing open mouthed and ransacking theii brains to find some trace of this wonder ful legend But no one of them could SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. recall it, and, while they were collecting their wits to question Gaston, the ser geant asked: “Where was it you said this sailor lodged?’ - “At your inn, in the front room on the left—your room, by the way, sergeant is it not?” "That is where they have put ine,” re plied the veteran. Then rising, he shook hands nil round, saying. “Good night, U U kids, good night. Remarkable place, the tropics.’ “Remarkable, indeed!” they answered. No sooner was their guest out of sight than the others turned to Gaston, who was laughing to himself at their wonder ' n g faces After a short explanation, during which the four beads were very close to gether. Jules went in one direction for a dark lantern. Gaston set forth in another to borrow a drum, Jean went in a third tor the big watering pot, while Emil was to fill a basket with sand and gravel, TV hen they came hack, later in the even ing. each had succeeded in his errand, “We will give the sergeant a goblin thunder storm,” Gaston said, with a smile. Then all four laughed aloud They were sharp fellows, and they com prehended his plan. Although the moon shone brightly that night the conspirators set forth for the inn, walking in a single file, and grinning with anticipation. About midnight they were in front of the window of the “front room on the left.” Emil threw the sand against the panes. Gaston beat a terrible roll upon the drum, and Jutes flashed the light of his lantern through the window, while Jean spattered water upon the glass. The sergeant arose, came to the win dow and gazed curiously out. Ap parently there was bright moonlight and a cloudless sky; but he had seen the lightning.,heard the thunder, and surely those were drops of rain upon the panes of the window. The four mischief makers had crouched closely against the wall, and with diffi culty restrained themselves from noisy mirth. Tho steps retreated from the window. After waiting a moment another “Gob lin Storm” was created, and brought the puzzled man again to the window; but so closely flattened against the inn were the four friends that there was no clew to the mystery, and the sergeant once more retired, too sleepy to make any further investigation that night. A third'repetition of their trick brought their victim running to the door—as they had expected. Being ready for him, Jean deluged the poor sergeant with water, Gaston deaf ened him with the drum, Jules blinded his eyes with the lantern, while Exiil pelted him with the gravel, and he sLig gered back indoors with his hands over his eye3 and his breath almost gone. Next day the sergeant asked the land lord at breakfast time whether the ter rible storm had not kept him awake, Tho landlord stared at him in silence for a moment, and t hen said; “Sergeant, are you crazy?” “Landlord, what do you mean?” re plied the soldier with much dignity, ris ing to iiis feet. “ It was a calm, bright moonlight night, as any one will tell you. Why do you ask such a foolish question? To make me ridiculous?” “It was hut a poor joke, wasn’t it, mine host?” said the sergeant, with a twist at his big mustaches while his cheeks grew very red. “Pray say nothing about it. and I will promise not to repeat so ill timed a pleasantry,” and away he marched, very erect and very proud in deed. 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