The free South. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-26

i SstS tFtt! u Usu.H, o-it
ral, with gloomy air: "i saw him tho
night before ! killed. in duSl, the Com
,laujant Bernard lie His. That evening.
was returning from parale, tired and
sad. I entered ny room suddenly, |h'c:,
was III only y the flames oe 4 l;irEc SO
OF dry bran hes Gcorg-s was acats-.':-l
my leather arm chair. lie rose, e. ave, :.-,j1
solemn.
- was waiting for yorl," he sad eve,
fight tomorrow with Co0mais3r.tl -"
nari de Ris, who is . bully. loa t>Tn
neglected greatly yonr swar;! exereG.r.'
George laaarl against the wall, and [
saw he hail sword IL h;s hand
took down q fol- and rut myself or
guard "Pay attention" said George
"I am going to give you what Irisirr gal-
lalltly Gals Ii >son in dusllo. Look, this
is an irresistible thrust. Well done, but
YOU do not thirst har3 e2oIGh."
Il dare MOI, sail, With a cold sweat
on nly brow
4 faint smile passed over Georges lips.
We comnrnced again, and this time 1
thrust with so nuch violence that my
sword broke against the wall. had
pierced George through, but my sword
had met with 10 resistance.
"WsH i. ns," said George GA keen
e, e. a '+eady hand AMI coolness, and you
VIII couqrer !"
"Geo1ae," ,.rie7, with. q reproaehful
accent, ''yoI are going t" leave me. -
What is there ahare tiat keeps you from
me-? S:ay!" A
Georae shook his hea,l, and Isaid ear
u-st!y. VIII rOu r,t1Tu again
q Will return zee jnore, r.tiennc. but
thai time c viii depart together"
Aud :.:e rision vanished into the air,
Il ain sau,.." said the General with in
creas;ng c2u!tation, Il An sure ot what
[ tel yon. ], FerGan;2r took lesson
OF a spec.:a, and the ne.t day killed q
man in !. t1uel Surgeon Il IS Il long time
a~o. ani ,qnit ths Il irti visit Of Geo, Se.
BANS conll,yot control Il movement. OF
uneasiness the isvprish state Of the Gen
er.,l alarmed him.
Come. Gsneral," he sail. "beyourseh
again. Yon have been telling me dreams
and Wild fancies Is IL not so? You
must tllink no longer Of them. You have
need of rest and qoiet. See, the day IS
t!rpakii g."
Surgeon" sail the General, prey to
Profound depression, :" ii IS long time
since haye seer George"
The column here Turned TO the left to
avoid the tul,uiei;5 river which bounced
tie plain Gen. VtIXaiGier shjVeTIng
under lis !hick hnFnons, broke the silence
at Intervals to give brief commands to nn
Officer. As day broke i:ses, conld be seen
Oil tile tia..ks of Diahei Ammpr. Thesc
fires indicated :he hlvouia of tile first col
ulnn OF the expedition, "Airh VerSamier
had ordered TO halt t. ere. TIE conjunc-
ton was promptly made, ana they stacked
their arms. st the command, Break
ranks" given by Gen. Vcr2amier, and re-
peatel BIZ all the officers, the soldiers
scattered over the plain, shouting and
laughing.
"Laok conscript," said Corporal Goblin,
throwing to CADET bunch OF chemical
matches, "you are going to make your
first shot. ="
Zone cent a bunch two cents a boxi"
cried another soldier, who had formerly
been gamin Of the Boulevard du Tenn
pl..
Already the plain was on fire, crack
ling was heard among the bushes, and
then rose spiral column of smoke and
flame. These chemical matches, harmless
in Paris, became terrible and devastating
weapon in Africa, in the hands of the SOL
diery. When the harvest was all on fir,
the column rallied to ascend the mo- =
t .in-it glidcd across ravine and v; ley
il n gorge formed by gigantic fl, ure
i'll the rock and descended the south f.
of riebel, shouting hurras. The French
had only to run down the slope, and al
ready the Arab village burned like heap
of straw. Some of the Arabs came out
OF the burning houses and exchanged
shots with the saphis, without much da-
mage being done on one side or the other.
However there were two or three mea
wounded, aud Surgeon Banis made them
his first care, while the column, arriving
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