Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-01

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fesy, ara shsn Pierre hid % turn, Tor he
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And having obsainsd the eohnsessign,
fss Enformsd The insf wsas hid y hapE,sa.
s's.A dog p, cried die aaees, sspsnse, did
vuuT 4.y p, Hal4 s'staI F5Hs H3a -
IasHs locked like Psinsa but, ilaAis,
4 fJou shoaid hare ssen hita ran o2 oa hls
| hind legs. - zsb fs' ifF S5if@
aEns Hind lsgs ~ ,s.h's ...,... a,aa &c .,.
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.sPhsn come /; seow as ~hsse2 be
| wAs.0 @s ~ 81 t.sf4@
| with shis the ofscer of the taos,nsIns
guard pulled his lantern from bis breast,
ana having removed the shade be started
Ton. Pisrrg bed fhe way % The eopsa, and
there she dog Has found fn the last strng-
gIss Of death .,y,,sy, ssesss.s|
The 5fi1ef stopped down va and 1 salr-nes.a
| him over. 1Fff8 @1'4fa@ 'is'53'.s.s'. -
stGrxai Diea ~ be cried, tswaa legsfar
10 dog, ,eh q, Is,g.i.r .s.s.# aaags an- 8 95la4
And no wonder be did SO. The hind
legs OF the animal were booted, and bad
every. appearance Of the pedal extrerai-
| ties sa the geaias man. Bus sil deaSts
Sgsre removed very quickly, for - me
96hceF turned the body again = grosn ss-
capped, and the words sTGod take me p in
the Prussiar tongue, followed. "~''@1-
'sDiabIe! here's an adsensare 20 utter
I'D tha oa6esxs and made PiszEs bald atse
lantern while be ripped open enough Of
| the dog's skin to hnd the face, But they
eoueluded not to stop there to investigate,
so they for@sd lissar by cresslAg ehs ir
masksss. aaa having lifted tbs stEsage
apimal upon it. they proceeded on their
way. when they ir46aaehed i4a the camp fheg
found half the soldiers up, waiting to nnd
| cut why the gun was fred. Ea.
| When thsy, arrived, the dog skin ,waE
removed, aad within was found Prussiah
drummer. He was small though appar-
ently some twenty years OF age, but tse
WAS dead, Pierre's ball having touched
his hsaEt, Or somewhsgs neas it. Hls peck
cts we're oyerhaaled, and ia one of them
wasfoand an ilIegfble eypher. The Colonel
lteok 1t, and directed that the body shvaid
ha placed Cut of sighs fer burial on the
merrow. 81 ARA. .,.,..5za sz i !
But this was not the end. About four
O'Clock, just before daylight, another gun
lwas AIRED on the same post where Pierre
had beea, and this time . znaa vas shot
1 who was trying TO make his esssH % fruu
the carap. He was shat through the head.
When the body was brought into camp, 1t
| was Found to be that of bavaSian troop
| sr, who had bean sgapSctsd OF sreachsfy,
though 10 proof had ever been found
against him. On bis person was found the
key to the drummer's cypher. Il proved
70 be . direction 10 the Bavarian TO lay ks
plans for ksapang as near TO Hapoleom b
peFsaa - possible, after be shenld epser
Berlin, and then wait for some further
orders. ~
I The mystery was explained. The Ba-
Sarian bad contrived 70 call she great dog
away fE0m the regimsnt and delivered ham
up to the enemy, and the skin was to be
made the cover for spy TO enter the
camp under. And thespy would have goi
in, 600, bat fer ths spsrtase eTxisr Of siae
Colonei, aud the wilfuAy, faithful ebe-
diencs, of Pierre Saneoin- .-..-
On the next day Pierre was promons ID
20 she rank Of sergeant, and the En-
perm sAid TO him "a he bestowed the
boon; s...... iii.
''If you only make as faithful al
officer as you have proved yourself
faithful as a sentinel, | can ask III
more.n .-"e'. -... .-3 =.