The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-07-17

Atty which surpasses dreams, IL Is this: to
live. 10 see the sun. 70 De ia full possession
Of manly vigor. To have health and JOY. 60
laugh sturdlly. TO rush tosard glory which
dazzlingly invites you on. TO feel very
pleasure IN respiration. 10 feel your heart
beat, 70 feel yourself sreAsonining being. to
speak. 20 think. to hope. To love. TO have
mother, 10 have vile. TO have children, TO
have sunlight. and saddenly. in a moment. In
less than e minute. to-feeI Yourself buried In
an abyss. 20 fall. 20 roll, 20 crush. 10 be
crushed. 10 see the grain. the flowers. the
leave. the branches. 20 to able 70 seize up
on nothing. 10 feel your sword useless. men
under you. horses over YOU. 10 strike about
you in vain. your bones broken by some
HEX ia the darkness. to feel heel that
makes your eyes leap from their sockets, to
grind the horseshoes with rage in your teeth.
10 stife. 20 howl. to twist. 20 be under all
this. and 10 say just now ! was living
man
There, where this terrible death-rattle
had been. all was now silent The cut of
the snnken road was filed with horses and
riders ine1tricably heaped together. Terri
bic ENHANCEMENT. There were no longer
slopes TO the road: dead bodies filled IL even
with the plain, and came 10 the edge Of the
banks like a well measured bushel OF barley
A mass Of dead above. a river Of blood be-
low-such this road on the evening Of
the 18th of June, lsl5. The blood ran
even TO the Nayeiios road. and oozed through
in large pool in front of the abattis Of
trees. which barred that road, At . spot
which il still shown. II was. il will be re-
uembered. at the opposite point. toward the
road from Genappe, that the burying of the
cuirassiers took place. The thickness OF
the mass Of bodies was proportioned 70 the
depth OF the hollow road. Toward the mid
die. at a spot where it became shallower.
over which Delord's division had passed
this bed OF death became thinner.
The night prowler which We have Just IN
troduced TO the reader. went in this direc-
ton. He ferreted through this immense
grave. He passed an indescribably hdeous
feview Of the dead. He walked with his
feet in blood
Suddenly he stopped
A few steps before him. in the sunken
road, at a point where the mound of corpses
ended, from under this mass of men and
horses appeared an open hand. lighted by
| the moon.
This hand had something upon a finger
which sparkled; il was gold ring.
The man stopped down, remained mo-
ment, and when he rose again there was no
ring upon that hand.
He did not rise up precisely: he remained
in sinister aud startled attitude, turning
his back 10 the pile OF dead. sentencing the
horizon. on his knees, all the front of his
BODY being supported on his two fore fingers,
bis head raised just enough to peep above
the edge of the hollow road The fore paws
Of the iackal are adapted to certain actions
Then. deciding upon his course. he arose.
At this moment he experienced shock.
He felt that he Was held from behind.
He turned: II was the open hand, which
had closed. seizing the lapel of his capote.
An honest man would have been frighten-
ed. This man began to laugh.
"Oh," said he, its only the dead man.
like ghost better than u gendarme.'
However. the hand relaxed and let 20 its
hold. Strength is soon exhausted in the
tomb.
'Ah. haP returned the prowler. is this dead
man alivel Let us see.'
He bent over again, rummaged among the
heap. removed whatever impeded him, seiz.
ell the hand. laid hold of the arm, disengag-
ed the head. drew out the body. and some
moments after dragged into the shadow oil
the hollow road an insnimate man, ut least
| one who was senselcss. Ii was a cuirassier
| an officer; an officer. also, of some rank; q
great gold epaulette protruded from be-
meath his cuirass. but be had no casque. A
furious saber cut had disiured his face. where
nothing but blood was to be seen. Ii did
not seem, however that he had any limbs
broken; and by some happy chance, IL the
word is possible here. the bodies were arch.
ed above him in such way as TO prevent his
being crushed. His eyes were closed.
/ lie had on his cuirass the silver cross OF
the Legion of Honor.
| The prowler tore Of this cross, which dis.
appeared in one OF the gulfs which he had
under his capote.
After which he felt the officers fob found
a watch there and took IL. Then he rum
mayed in his vest and found purse. which
he pocketed
When he had reached this phase of the
succor he was lending the diving man. the OF
iicer opened his eyes.
Thanks. said he feebly.
The rough movements of the man h1nGe
/ lipg him. the coolneSs of the night, and
breathing the fresh air freely, had reused
him from his ethargy.
| The prosler answered not lie raised his
head. The sound of footstep could be
heard on the plain. probably IL was some pa
troll who Was approaching.
ne onlcer murmured, Tor there were stils
signs Of suffering in his voice
Who has gained the battle!
The English answered the prowler.
The officer replied.
Search my pockets. You viii there hnd
purse and watch Take them
This had already been done.
The prowler made presense OF executing
the command, aud said
There j. nothing here
i have been robbed replied the officer
| am sorry. They would have been yours
The step ofthe patrol became more and
more distiDct
Somebody Is coming. said the prs~ler
making a movement as If he would 60.
The officer raising himself up painfalI,
upon one arm held him back.
You have saved my life. Who are yoa Z
The prowler answered quick and low
Il belong like yourself. 10 the French ar
my must % IL l am taken l shall be
shot. I have saved your life. Help your
self now
What = your grade
Sergeant
What y your name.
'rhensrdier
4 shall no, forget thatname. said the OF
hcer. And you. remember mine. Ny name