The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-18

order, and invited Madame Lucca to
visit his country after the war. They
then proceeded.
1t was late at night when they ar
rived at Pont.a- Musson. Lucca inn
mediately went from house to house
inquirine after her husband. At the
fifteenth she received the answer -
Lieutenant Rhaden, heavily wound
ed, in the first story, room 9n
Heavily wounded % and her cour-
age sank.
1--WE hope to pull him through"
said the surgeon. "Take courage
Everything will end we'll"
"Can see him 7"
"Yes."
They entered and found him asleep.
In little, close chamber stood very
short bed. On il lay manly figure,
six feet in length, tho legs hanging
over the end of the bed, aud the face
and upper part Of the body swathed
in bandages, and terribly swollen.
"Is this my husband 2" asked Lucca
This is Lieutenant Rhaden.'
She fell on chair and covered her
face.
"Malam," said tho surgeon. IL
would not have taken you in here,
had not your husband told me you
possessed great strength of character"
"My husband shall not find himself
mistaken" she said and arose.
"Adolphus, your Pauline is here, she
whispered.
''lle is still asleep said the sur.
geon.
But he has his eyes open
Only the left; the muscles of that
eye have been torn by the bullet
He is also deaf on the left side, and
his face paralyzed.'
"Will that remain so:" asked the
wife.
ave must hope for the best" re.
piled the surgeon.
Pauline" whispered the wounded
man.
The surgeon motioned her 10 keep
silence, and felt the patients pulse.
You have slept long, Baron. Do
you fell betier:'
"A little. l have had pleasant
dreams"
"of your wife? You pronounced
her name"
Yes. 1t seemed as if she stood NJ
my bed side aud whispered, Adol.
phrs:'
"And il your dreams were real.
lied Z"
That cannot be-" sighed the
wounded man.
Longer Lucca could not wait. She
rushed TO the bed in tears, aud kissed
the swollen, blue features that repre-
senicd his mouth. Her voice was
choked.
After the strong feelings had some.
what subsidized, Lucca asked, May
give him something :"
"Only coffee whispered the
wounded man. ''only coffee
"In the preparation OF that am
perfect said Lucca gaily. aud went
about it at once. A quarter OF an
hour afterwards it was done, and, rs
she has often related since, she gave
the sick man five cups of it by tea
spooniu.s.
Next day Lucca drove n French.
man from his pleasantly situated
house aud had her husband carried
there. Within two weeks there was
great hope of his complete recovery.
Then the prima donna prepared to
take him home. But before she wen,
she visited headquarters. and by ex.
hibiting her passports and by her owr
energy received permission to look al
the French from the most advanced
lines. Six hussars escorted her. But
when French bullets began TO fly she
ordered them back, saying: "No
human life shall be sacrificed for me. >
Then she went forward alone with
her parasol and opera glass, and pen
trated TO the furthest pickets. Sh'
stayed to see some shells explode il
her neighborhood, and to view the
red caps of the French. The men il
the rifle pits were in agony lest sh,
should get hurt. But as she said -
mo French bullet was so unmannerl,
as to hit lady" Next day she start
ed tor Berlin with her husband il
charge.