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CAMP LIFE ; or, Passages from the Story of a Con-
tingent. By Lascelles Wraxall, author of "The
Armies of Europe, &c." London: Charles J.
Skeet, King William-street, Charing-cross:
The writer of these sketches held a subordinate
command in the celebrated Turkish contingent,
raised by British subsidy during the Crimean
war. Stationed with the corps at Kertch during
the whole of that fearful contest, he can
cast no light, except reflectively, upon the
active military operations in progress before
Sebastopol ; but grotesquely describes the hard-
ships which he was compelled to endure, and
gives some humorous sketches of the strange
characters whom it was his fortune to be thrown
amongst. The book is written in a very off-hand,
dashing style, such as might be looked for from
a soldier ; and the author's chief fault appears to
be in generalising too freely. Of Turks and
Russians alike, in respect to their personal
qualities, he speaks with undisguised contempt;
and the French, with the exception of one
particular crack corps, are equally the subject. of
his prejudice. Making all due allowance for this,
however,
and regarding the book merely as a
piece of light reading, we must say that, occa-
sionallyinstructive, it is always interesting, and
the reader who takes up the volume will be sure
to proceed and. devour it greedily. Many tempt-
ing extracts might be made ; but we shall content
ourselves by giving, as a specimen of the contents,
a story related to the author by one of his ser-
geants, who had been to " the front " in active
service ; and this we take the liberty to entitle
A GHOST BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.
The barren plateau, on which the allied armies were
encamped before Sebastopol, was naturally suggestive of
many superstitious fancies among the troops, The out-
lying sentinel, with his eye at the uttermost degree of ten-
sion, to detect some crouching spy, eventually saw imagi-
nary forms around him, and the darkness became peopled
with the denizens of another world. Many stories of
ghostly manifeztations wore current, very few of them
possessing any ether foundation than the imaginary
ey fltuof the credulous soldier ; but there are one or two
authenticated stories of ghosts, one of which I propose
to tell here.

A soldier, on being relieved from guard one winter's
night, swore stoutly that he had been haunted during
the whole period of duty by a woman in grey, who
made signals to him, which he, good Catholic as he was,
declined to follow. He was laughed at ; but when the
sentry. on duty the next night told the same story, the
most incrednlaus began to believe. When a week had
passed away, and each night the same occurrence hap-
pened, the regiment was so infected with alarm that the
captain of the day thought it high time to interfere. For
this purpose he summoned to his counsels one Patrick
Leary, a colour-sergeant, who was popularly supposed to
fear neither man nor devil. The captain lent the non-
commissioned oflicer a revolver, bidding t;hn fire if he
fund it absolutely necessary ; bat to do his best to
capture the woman alive. Mr. Pat took a hearty drain
of rum, and wont on sentry-go, much to the relief of the
men warned for that night's duty.
It was a dark misty night when Pat commenced his
dull round, and it was enough to make any man feel
uncomfortable: The gallant Pat, however, so long as
the effect of the runs lasted, whistled the " Night on
which Larry was stretched" sotto voce, and stamped his
feet to restore the chilled circulation. Somehow. or
another, though, he began to grow very lonely, and
and almost wished that the ghost would come, if only
to bear him company.
His wishes were soon fulfilled, for hearing a slight
sound, and raising his rifle to his shoulder, he saw a
dusky form gibbering at bins in the distance, Pat began
moping and mowing in reply; and the woman, appa-
rently encouraged by this, drew nearer. Pat laid his
firelock on the ground, as if to encourage the other, but
placed his hand carefully on his revolver. There was
nothing like being prepared ; but if it were a woman—
the thought, however, fairly turned the isursest sergeant's
mind. Ere long, the figure approached so near, that
Pat was enabled to challersge-ss'
" Who goes there ?."
" A friend, the stranger replied, in a musical,
thougts foreign voice.
" Advance, friends and give the countersign," the
sergeant merbanitally said.
Just as the figure approached Pat, the moon broke
out from behind a cloud, and enabled him to see the
woman's features. The most astounding thing was the
immense grey beard the figure wore. Pat, as a tra-
veller, was accustomed to strange sights ; but this sur-
passed all. In a second, though, the truth flashed upon
him, and he made ready for action.
"Come here, my darlint," Pat said, artfully, but the
woman did not seem inclined to obey. The moonlight
had evidently destroyed the stranger's calculations.
She fell back a step or two, and then turned to fly. But
it was too late ; Pat was after her with a tiger's bound,
and, impeded by her petticdats, she stumbled and nearly
fell. In a second, however, she recovered, and turned
on the sergeant with a most uncomfortable-looking
yataghan.
A low mocking laugh burst from the stranger's lips,
as he tried to get between Pat and his musket. But
the sergeant was ou his guard ; pretending to fly, he
managed to bear down within grasp of the woman, and
caught at her capote. The next moment, the yataghan
had passed through the fleshy part of his arm ; but he
did not relax his hold. He grappled with the stranger,
but meeting with an unexpected resistance, he drew his
revolver. The stranger clutched at it with frantic
energy, and a terrible struggle ensued, which terminated
by the pistol suddenly exploding ; and the stranger fell
to the ground with a groan, while Pat, weakened by the
'loss of blood, followed the example.
The quarter-guard, aroused by the shot, soon his:tied
up to the spot, and both were borne into cassp. The
stranger was placed in a hut, and a surges;, fetched, and
it was evident that the ghost in grey was a fine-looking
old man. He was, however, df.:elared to be in a very
dangerous state, for the b^,l had passed through his
lungs. His condition 'was kindly explained to bins, and
he told his stry 'readily enough.
His rs'..sine was Constantine, and he was by birth a Pole.
11,seing been engaged in the revolution of 1831, he was
saved from the death that fell to the lot of his comrades
to endure a worse fate. He and his family were trans-
ferred to Russia, and he was forced to perform the most
degrading duties in the secret police. For twenty-three
years he had endured the' humiliation, for the sake of his
wife and child ; but he little reckoned what was in store
for him. When the war with the allies became immi-
nent, he was ordered with his family to Sebastopol, for
he was a perfect French and German scholar; and when
the campaign commenced, he was compelled to risk his
life nightly, by going out to spy the progress the enemy
made. Death stared him in the face either way : if he
refused, the sentence passed upon him at Warsaw still
remained is force, while, if he obeyed, he was in hourly
risk of detection.

Why not desert ? you will ask ; but the Russian police
were Machiavels. His daughter, Eudoxia, a lovely girl
of three and twenty, was taken into the governor's house,
ostensibly to protect her from the horrors of the siege ;
but Constantine was given fully to understand that her
life depended OR his fidelity. The poor father was sorely
distracted. His hatred of the Russians was counter-
balanced by his love for his daughter the only treasure
he possessed in the world ; for his wife had succumbed
under the privations and exposure of a winter journey
across the steppe.
Need I say that the father triumphed over the man ?
Constantine was a nightly visitor to our lines, and by
the cleverness with which he played the character of a
French or English private, long escaped detection.
At length a dreadful ordeal was offered him ; he
was told that if he could only induce an English
soldier to desert, from whom some valuable information
might be obtained, his sentence would be reversed, and
he would be free to go where he pleased with his
daughter. Maddened by the thought of liberty, Con-
stantine attired himself in a feminine garb, hoping thus
to attract some sentinel from his post. He would then
wound him, though not dangerously, and drag him into
the Russian lines. In fact, it grew a monomania with
Constantine, that he must catch a Briton alive ; but,
unfortunately, in Sergeant Leary he caught a Tartar.
Such was the story he told, and which aroused con-
siderable interest among the hearers. It reached the
ears of Lord Raglan himself, who visited the prisoner,
and bade him be of good cheer; no harm should befal
him. But Constantine shook his head sadly ; of what
value was life to him now, when he was separated from
his Eudoxia ? I need not say that every kindness was
shown the poor fellow, and doctors vied With each other
in their attention to him ; the wretched conical ball was
apparently embedded in his backbone, and there was no
prospect of moving it.
Pardon, reader, such a common-place story, but the
end is not yet.

*
Two days later, Sergeant Leary, who had bound his
flesh-wound up, and laughed at it, was at work in the
front parallel. He was sitting in the trench, smoking a
very dirty short pipe, and growling inwardly whenever
his wound gave him a twitch. It was a lovely night,
and double caution had to be exercised ; for the Russians
were all alive, and seemed shooting for a wager at the
men in the trenches. Pat -philosophically took off his
shako, and placed it on the top of the earthwork. In
five minutes he took it down again, and lo ! there
were three Minie balls clean through it.
"Whirrah ?" said Pat, as he comically surveyed the
damage, " here's a pathent ventilator."
" Lucky for you, Sergeant Leary," a young ensign
remarked, " that your head wasn't in It."

" Arrah, your honour, and do you suppose that those
dirty bullets would go through my head ? It's all very
well with a regulation shako, for we know what that
is made of ; but an Irishman's head is formed of stronger
materials."
A suppressed laugh ran along the trenches, but Pat
was not at all put out.
" Boys," he remarked with a solemn pathos, " since
the unlucky day that I landed in this filthy country,
not a night has passed that I haven't put at least a pint
of bad sperrits into this carcass of mine ; and there is
not a man among you can say he has seen me the worse
fur it. It wants a purty daisunt head to stand the
rackir we get up here, for it would take the roof off a
house ; so I think my head is safe against a ball sent by
Russian powdsr. Ililloh ! What's their game now, I
wondher ? "
The men jumped up involuntarily, for the firing from
the Russian guns had grown tremendous. Forgetting
all caution, they sprang on the breastwork, naturally
supposing that the enemy meditated a sortie. They were
in perfect safety, however ; all the bullets were at presenten
directed at a single figure, which was crossing th:sophe
at frantic speed. Our men cheered
[
stranger passed on, utterly reckless
lead, and, some two or three fellows, Learyof
heartisilow shower of
rushed out to rescue him. h when he
haet their head,
Great was the sergeant s surprise,
the woman in gray',
but he recognised in the stranger
no
' thoag t . .
time for inquiry.
but minus the beard. But there vvas
batteries, as if dis-
The Russians had opened all their
their victim ; and for as
gusted at not bringing Suddenly
hour the very earth shoodko.s.wtiath the vibration.
did not condescend to reply‘t
the fire died away, as we
neload in disgust, and there
it ; the moon retired bebiutdhea
ight.
was silence for the rest of
t L
sergean Lear had convinced
In the meanwhile,
himself that this Mr. Jones was not that Mr. Johes :
the stranger, Instead
of wielding a yataghan, employed
a far re dangerous weapon in a pair of the most
' lovely eyes ever seen. Then, in a most seductive voice
(Leary
swore afterwards that he understood every word,
, •
ni
but I don't believe m) she asked after her father's
welfare. She spoke in French ; and, at any rate, the
dicer of the watch comprehended her, and sent a party

with her at once to head-quarters. Lord Raglan no
sooner heard of the heroism she had displayed, in order
to join her father, than he gave directions that she
should be treated with ;all possible kindness, and have
free access to the prisoner.
lffer presence was better than all the doctor's stuff to
Constantine. Re rapidly recovered ; but Eudomia's
duties were not over then. By some stupid mistake,
Leary managed to run his renowned head against a
Minie ball, which sadly injured his personal appearance ;
and for some reason or another, Eudoxia insisted on
nursing him. It may be that his repeated visits to her
•father had touched her heart, but what do I know.
* * * * *
_. _

All I can say is, that I nursed Sergeant Leary's
youngest girl the other day, when I went in for an
ounce of tobacco, at a shop not a hundred miles from
Leicester-square (to employ the liner's pet phrase), and
was requested to wait and see Father Constantine, who
has a very comfortable engagement as interpreter at one
of our police courts. With him I smoked a refreshing
pipe ; and he confirmed all the details of the story I
now lay before the reader.

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