Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-11-20
I)rf5tott gournal,
qbe Faithful Sentinel.

ron. for the PTuSSlan and Austrian
ss.es were plenty and troublesome. At
.;lnirht Pierre Sancoin was stationed at
oce Of the ouiposts. He was stout.
Kid, shrewd man, and good soldier
The colonel of his regiment was with the
.orreant on this beat, having requested to
he called ut midnight, that he might Wis
1.-THE Outrosts.
Pierre, he said, after the men had been
nosted. YOU must keep your eyes open.
bout let even stray horse go out or
rsme in without the pass. Do you I'M
dcrstand
Ave. mon colonel, l shall be prompt.
Tile dogs are all around us, and you can
not be too careful. Don't trust men nor
brutes.
Never fear, was Pierre's answer, as
he brought his tirelook to his shoulder,
and moved back pace.
After this tue guard moved on to the
next post, and Pierre SancoIn was left
alone. Pierre's post was one OF the most
important ia the camp. or around 1t, and
he had been placed there for that reason.
The ground over which he had to walk
ves a long knoll, bounded at one end by
+ huge rock, and the other sloping away
INTO narrow ravine, in which was a
ropse of willows. Beyond the copsc
The ground was low and Doggy, so that
. man could not pass it. The rock was
:, the westward, and Perre's walk was
en- its outer side.
The night was quito dark and huge
masses of clouds foated overhead, shut
tine out the stars f.; and a sort of fog
seemed to be rising also from the marsh.
The wind moaned through the copse in
fJe rayine, and the air was damp and
ebilIr. With slow, steady tread, the
soldier paced his ground, ever and anon
stopping to listen, as the willows in the
raFile ratified their leaves, or some night
5.rl started out with its quick tapping.
An hour had passed away and the
..at.nel had seen nothing to excite his
.sp;cion. H had stopped for mo-
nent close by the side of the rock, when
he was started by quick, wild scream
# m the wood, and IN few moments
more large bird flew over his head.
Par5leu ! lie muttered, after the n;glt
I'd had flown over; could mortal man
lave stopped that fellow passing ?
He satisfied himself that he had done
-.,Iiug wrong in suffering the bird to
Eass. He lad walked the length of his
pav two or three times and was just tur
ain. By tue rock, when he was sure he
saw dark object crossing the line to.
wards the eopse.
Hold lie cries, bringing the musket
,u:ck to his shoulder. Hold, or l fire
AMI with his piece at aim, he nd
yauced towards the spot where the OBJ
let stopped but as he camo TO within
few yards Of it, it started to move on
sggn toward the casap.
DabIe cried Pierre, move any fur
TT and | fire a! What, pafdieu ! Lie
Prince Io. no; why Prince
The animal turned and made mo-
';oa as though he would leap upon the
is.,;nerS bosom, bat the soldier motion
e. him of
Bravo, Prince, Pierre cried, reaching
fr.h ;iis Aaad and patting tho head Of
d, great shaggy beast, which had now
s.. upon his launches. Pierre rceog
nzei the INTRUDER as great dog OF the
breed Of St. Bernard, which had been
0tneI in the regiment for over n wear,
an which had boon missing for about n
week. He disappeared one night from
lie pjckcts, and ali search for him had
Oeen unavailing.
Parbleu, mon grand Prince, Pierre Ut
cred, rs though the dog could under
s,aud every word; the men will be happy
10 see you; where have you been 90
|Dg!
The log made no answer to this, save
= low wb.Ee, and familiar nodding of
The head.
Now, mon ami, you just keep your
s.ii'ng there, until the guard comes, and
then We will go to the camp together
Wind that, will you
And with these words, uttered with
solemn emphasis, and due meaning, Pier
r. started on his beat again. He had
ct half way to the rock, when the idea
@. looking around struck him and he did
%. LIE Prince was moving towards the
camp again.
Ha Prince, that won't do ! Stop !!
sop or III shoot ! Diable, the colo
leI was positive in his orders. was to
-et nothing pass my post without the
countersign. A dog is something. You
caa't go Prince, so now lie down.
Down Down, say
With this the dog lay fiat on his belly,
and stretched out his fore paws. Pier
re patted him upon the head again, and
having duly urged upon him the necessi-
ty of remaining where he was, he re-
sumed his march once more.
During the next fifteen minutes the
animal lay perfectly quiet, and ever and
anon the sentinel would speak to him by
way of being sociabIe. But at length
tie dog made another attempt to go into
camp. Pierre had nearly reached the
rex when he heard the movement, and
on turning lie could just see his uneasy
companion making of.
Diable the honest fellow muttered,
must obey orders. The colonel's word
Fss plain. Here Parbleu Come
lele Hero. Prince Mon Dieu you
must die if you don't
With a few bounds the soldier had goi
near o,o,,o.b to Go ond ne thu latte,