Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-17
THE THREE VISITS.
FROM YESTERDAY. |


taken by assault George was one OF
the first who entered the town Il saw
him fall, pierced by bullet in the left
breast I rushed to him on my shonl-
ders, and carried him to little house
which had been abandoned at the be-
ginning Of the ARRAY. [ laid him
down in n room, which from its fresh
ness and the volnptuons scent per-
Tuning the air, 1 judged TO have been
woman's I placed my poor George
on the bed and endeavored to staunch
the blood which wplled forth from his
wound. Vain His death agony had
commenced. Enfeebled by the loss of
blood he could scarcely h Id mp his
head to look at me he kept one Of
my hands clasped in his own, and gras-
ped it so convulsiyelY as to be almost
painful. Presently he became calmer.
"Etienne. lie said, 4 die very young
and l regret life, + friendship made
1t pleasant to me. We are about to
separate. who shall Say whether it is
forever? No oue can tell what awaits
me on the other side of the tomb Per-
haps more suffering, perhaps nothing
ness. But if NY soul be immortal, if
it preserve in those unknown regions
| the affections, the rememberances
which filed it during its Stay on earth,
God be thanked and if it be true that
we are permitted to revisit those whom
we have tenderly loved, be assured,
my dear Etiennp--he assured | will re-
turn to you-one night-in the spring
time--I hope! 1 feel death easier
yet | suffer. Rnt my poor mother told
me when again-she smiled on me-
she is crying now-Etienne-farewell
fare
HE heaved sigh and expired"
The general, overcome by emotion,
stopped few moments, and then con-
timed in smotherd voice.
81 cannot describe my grief to you );
it was dreadful. And when with drums
sounding and cries of victory they
buried George, | shed bitter tears. and
[ felt as il my youth was buried in the
coffin with my friend. His strange
adieu had made singular impression
OF me- When / retired to rest | had
the nightmare. and horrid phantoms
seemed to float around me. For six
months [ was nervous as woman, and
ut night in the dark [ was afraid But
two years passed by. Georges re-
memberance was deeply craven on my
heart, but my daily occupations and
the thoughts of my future prospects
had gradually efaced the painful recol-
lection of his death from my mind, and
driven away my pnerile fears. Yes ::
the more | think of it the more con-
WINGED am / that | had completely re-
covered my former state of mind, and
that my brain was sound and free
from fancies, when an event happened
that filled me with dismay, ! had inst
been appointed to the rank of second
captain. After some severe, and ]
think | may say glorious campaigns, /
returned to Algiers with my regiment.
Young, impetuous, with ardent feelings
as yet untaiuted by vicious thought,
possessing all the gold which had fallen
to me as my share OF the prize money,
| now threw myself head long into all
the pleasures OF garrison life, Day
and night became to me one interim
nable orgie. j turned gambler-a
passionate, frantic gambler. At first /
won, then fortune changed. One
night, in cafe in the Bab-Azouu, L
lost fourteen thousand francs, and all
that remained of my prize money-in
fact, all that / was possessed of The
loss was large one and much spoken
of in Algiers on the following day.
About ten o'clock an orderly came to
me on the part of the colonel. | went
immediately, but felt anxious and ex-
cited without heing able to assign to
myself cause of anxiety. / found my
worthy colonel more excited, more
sorrowful than myself.
Captain he said to me, in tone
quivering with emotion, this morning
the regimental cash-box was broken
open. Fourteen thousand francs were
ahstracted DO Won hear. sir +? Four