The New York herald., 1871-02-15
Remarkable Strategy Of a Correspondent
to Get to the 0utpOStS.
TIC H II p A @ +
Brought to the Front by Prussian
officer Without His knowledge.
BETWEEN THE TWO FIRES.

l.
plain to you what White Cuirass.er's boot II Ia
made OF black leather, but that Is It's only relation
ship with the other members OF ts family. Drawn
to is full height il stands about thirteen hands, and
stretched TO the full diameter OF IT'S top It covers
about o yard. Its shape Is that Of . gig
funnel; but It Is never pulled up. On the
contrary, Is always left to fall negligently
about the legs. The aspect OF the wearer IN his
skint,ght white breeches. is that OF naked statue
standing IN two black hip baths. You Will observe
from this description that no analogous boot Is
worn or known IN Britain. Yesterday l espied the
proprietor Of a pair OF these wonderful leggngs.
He staggered along In all tho glory OF his belong
ings, his hip baths waOwlng I'm the wind, which
rolled In eddcs In their spacious folds. Being OF
impertlnent and disrespectrul nature, asked my
self what could be
TER POSSIBLE USE OF rH0sR BOOTS
For many minutes my insufficient intelligence
failed 70 furnish me with reply; but suddenly q
thought flashed past me. and caught 1t as It new.
Here must open o second explanation. or all the
dif1cult things which Versailles correspondents
have to do getting 70 the outposts is lndisputa-
bly, the most impracticabie. Nolhing Is
so absolutely forbidden, nothing Ia so closely
guarded against nothing, consequently. is so
much desired by us all as to worm our way to the
front The more the Prussans Will not have 1t the
more we try 1t on; but am bound to say that we
never succeed we got contemptuously sent back
oil OF u.s. without exception. You will. therefore,
comprehend the enthusiasm with which seized
the thought in question when tell you what 1t was
II murmured 10 me
800 TO THE OUTPOsfs HIDDEN IN THOSE BOOTS"
Such an idea could not possibly have occurred to
any OF my colleagues; but after my excursion In the
shell, two days ago. 1t was quite natural thst It
should present itself to me- 1t opened to me sec.
ond opportunity OF utilizing the remarkable gym.
nastc faculties which my late special training has
enabled me to acquire. knew the boots by sixht-
Iwas aware thar tney belonged to the aide-de-camp
Of that iliustrivus parsonage who rides out early
every day. with the attendant boots to see what Is
going on in front.
HOW GOT IN.
AT six this morning was hiding behind tree
outside the ilustrlous quarters for halt an hour the
tramp OF ho,fs inside the gate warned mo that my
vehicle was approaching; 1t was foggy and still very
dark, so the first part CT my enterprise offered but
little dlhculty; all had to do was 10 crouch be-
meath the horse TIL ! could strotch out my hand to
tickle his riders right knee the alde-de-camp
mechanically looked down In that direction. and
pronted BY the movement to lightly and Instantly !
SWING myself into his left boot, wnere dcllcately
coed round his ankle. am snre must have pro- |
duced aud maintained most agreeable warmth in |
that section of his system, especially as the morning
was raw and cold. i condensed myself circuarly
involved effort compared TO what had to DO IN.
SIDE that shell: so ask you for no gratitude this
1SsT ae snr ne Hand s
been on horseback lying on my side In o ring
had not the rantest idea which wav we were
going or , VIVA. road we were upon and the nasIri
silence" asont their route Icoud not stana tbs
Ignorance OF my movements. ielt that had |
rs' r TO oUrS where ere was was beng taken to- 80 nm
sss T Of s y tn en a OF an r
vyn a hut fhn unud upiav vho.1,
30 thickly that my view was obscured minute |
Afterwards. blew away the dirt which choked my |
my blade-and finally, after mucn Difficulty recog.
ni.ed that We were close to Meudon Nothing |
snouid have selected that very destination. Tse
snetng was pretty active. could hear 1t
perhaps unpleasant to ordinary people. but which |
to me- with the object he'd In view. was but q |
behind the ridge sIill some way from the terrace,
and the grand iilustrons seemed disposed to 20 no
further. This re7olted me. had not come there, |
with
\ KNOT ROUND OUR AIDE -DE-cAxP's CALF.
70 ns taken , DSck Gd agaI WITHOUT another n sgnt Of
the dress of the big. booted captain, could eX-
erck,e no influence on his or hH chiefs decisions. l
heard the great man answer some o Ger who |
had come from the battery to talk TO him. |
Thanks. No. not to-day; one can't clear. |
does not wish us to DO thai." This yiiently i'm.
that" that / was to BE- carried on disgrace ully. Tnen
came to me one OF tnose ideas which make men |
great "You're going back, are yoaf' said /; |
STRATEGY ON MY PART
Quickly drew my knife and sliced piece or the
boot On the insiue next the horse thea watched |
my moment, and the instant the annual turned his |
head towards Parts / drove the blade inlo him TO |
ihe hit. The bound he made twisted me almost as
much as the tremendous shock got Wien was |
ired at only the CAV before Yesterday But my cap.
been sitting loose he and | would have been let |
behind; but the fellow had grip iko dentist, ana
nnEa inf n nnnr Apur A.,
at tearing gallop but the captain pulled al him
hard that ne began TO stop. That wouldn't do OF ALL
SO gave him another Dig and away he went again. |
1t became q struggle between the captain and me:
he pulled at the bride for dear he. and penknifed
cogDizc tnat the captain was right and tnat was
wrong, but that IS the abstract view Of the case.
Regarded In the concrete, could See before me but
one nne OF action. had q chance OF
REACHING THE OUT. OsT5 AT LAST,
captain. So ON we went at an awful pace, ever the |
walls and through the vines the captain sitting IKE
thorough john Cilpn so lelt Or probing, the hcrse
was doing all wanted Without any further su2res-
sse nothing tnrougn my te window low MI had G0ila dim
Visions OF leaess trees and OF big house, suppose
twas the chateau and OF asonlsncd soldiers, but
French guns. for the low tney made was audible |
above the noise We produced ourselves. thought |
We should be prisoners In live minutes, but though |
was sorry for the captain. whom had led into the |
mess, did not care Tor myself because was sure |
that my friend Trochu would only say, "Wnat, you
aeains Well, you are remarkable correspondent. |
Pray take trImpeter ana your pocket handkerchief
and go back NJ once" But II was not 10 be We had |
Oecn nj II some seven minutes at awful bat over
very nasty ground, assure you; for though could
not much, iet the pitching. II 1t had las ed I |
should have got seasck. The horse was getting |
beaten, he stumbled twice, and then came down |
tremendous cropper. My friend, the cuirassier had
evidently got tired too, for he could not hold hrs |
own this time Over we went together, describing |
many circles In mid-air, and resulting In smashing
fall was a little stunned but came round quick. |
AS soon as could rally my ideas found that was
still inside the boot, but that there was no leF viii
me. This panied me: The cssrrsaia and had
PARTED c0aTi.1
in the emotion OF tha moment and was really !
Qnite sorry to have out ted MIN. As unroed my. |
Helf and crawied out OF the leather folds found |
something wOOlly on my arm. IL was stocking +!
TNis object explained the cause Of my separation |
from my cuirJsser. had evidently unconsciously |
contracted my coil by an Involuntary nervous move
ment the instant OF the fall aud had so dragged
ar u, atf.a md thn haOt aton IN md