, 1874-01-25

= a n
cara as,nntin1 at The nitcL of his voice: and at
-. aafa ~ r. nndarr rof;cera tonph old wacht-
masters and crizzled ssTeeants with many med
a1s n]ayed iong Quiet canes at cards OF ki1ocked
tha hal1s nhnnf m The chuhbv TttIe nocketlosg
tables with cues the tins Of which wefo a. large
"a thc hase Of a ejr-noundar shell.
The French ionrna)iafs insisted I ahou1d ac-
cept it as N article OF faith TINT these two races
dwallinr tocether in st. Weuse
HATsD EACH oruEn L1KE POISON,
They wonid have it tlat while DISCIPLINE alone
nrevrnted tha Germans from massacrine every
Eronchman in tha nlace. II vaa only hu1nIia-
ting aenge OF weakness that hipdered the
Frenchman from rising in hot fury against the
GarTnana VIM were thot1 tenporarT masters. I
am afraid he ren;lemen Of the Partisan press
came rather to dislike me On account Of my OBJ
5n~ota scanticisnn in snc} matters. That there
waa M ereat cordially was Obvious and natural,
Some OF the Garmans we're arrogant and domi-
neer;nr. For instanco. having q respect for the
germans. it panied, and, indeed. disgustod me,
to benr co1nnej Of the German StaK iu answer
to nv nnestion whether the eyacuating force
would march out: with rear-guard, as in
wartime, reply: "pho, Field -Gendarme
snch canaille!" But in Tie mouths Of Hans
md carl and Johann. the stout Ferle of the
rnnks. there vere no such words Of bitter scorn
for their compulsory hosts. Tie honest fellows
drav ,r,tor for Tia ,,nodw;vea IN whom thew
wa1a h,llnte1 did 4 eood deal Of stolid loye-mak-
;no With the nirls and nursed tho babies with =
sni;ctndo tIat mt to s1,ame tha majo narentg Of
tlesa vontlfnl homes of Troy. / take leave. as
q reasonable man, to doubt whether it can lie in
he Heart of a family to hate 3 man who has
dandlod its habv. add whether man can be
rancorons aqainst a family whose baby he has
nursad mt faah1nn'a sway il omnipotent in
| omnt;on az In i3rcss Ever eince the ynr.
iorrnaiista anthors and public opinion
1oaara11v hoa hamnercd IL iuto, tha French
: ,ot;nn t,,nt n Il 10 not to be traitor
~ - notr,ot;sro t}o f;rst article Of ita
c1ae;3 m Io,st ha itatre, arainst the German. aud
~. ~ b,ttarar lila tata the nonra faryont the
.at;a.;.,n e.S ~ ;s not 3ndaeJ incumbent on
Eronoh 1non 49,, rench women to accept this
80 h-t = bahoovaa thano at least tn Irofcss
- nd Il ,nrat 1,a aIntteil that they do tnis
-, -, a. ~ ,n,at =. s.t1s nort viii
- -,rn.,o .i,at viii, monr nrofces;on
haa doonnnad ;,to conrction 1hen in every
to-s,, "s nna 1nnre esnecially in every French
t,- thar. 10 a cjoaa That ia eynvad bv
~ eu"u, ;,,,auIae .u - m;ec1ief nndato7rad hv the
~. an,+ro1f;n1 nowar of se7f-reanect. Tho
e;n1anca 6f tho,1rht oninion. or nrofession.
slUIanee ~ :. "a rhat vii ihot actnotaa
- - .1"s. ,,aa +o.do,"u fro1n varotv NJ
Lilo e1ase Nna ~ 49,. -, ~ - oea;s1 ctEata
e,,v ,utae 10 +a-nnta},ona a,i%o in ciT.
eopsIy "asI a - -; ta1 ohorootor ora ao
cumstAnesa aaa -. ine,.os;.sa+ @'o -"
,u,,G9. 49, -. ~ ~ o,sacn,+;an ha5 hoor +hioo
Wne 90 tat ~ t,'.,ro H. noan1a ~ g. Nan.o
- ~ ~ ~. Ix,tt.- ~ ;njaaa had r
he1;cve nr;vi1y conorafnlated themselyes on the
erIs+ny+;ai airsnt3rcs in Tho wav of money
., ainaa .; H. - ;,1Tnn,;t- fro,, ta-o
&s;aI, ~ rtns n;Jant.1 - tha foreion oc,nx
net;oo D,t a. thn i}ov for the aya..nation drew
Pauoa 1tt ~ ~ wv 10" ae1oa ~. 49, 1;-i, eone;ons ~
elosoA "no a.sr JIG ao,.----aS ~
AZ ELAcIhlc!L ';st GoSpiiiuf s.l., t.;ao r,;nht
y. ., suJ ~ LA ;t. +I,n5or 49,, s+nrr p1a,;sa.
stlnnla!9 inso ,,..ea ahn,t 10 a4-aa+ cornars
snn.r;;.,. - 1 1Ea,;nn tLa Iermon soldiers a.
tto' ~ ~ - -. l,, a,so -, a1ar then ;T tha
t. ~ inetee', .1a; so1aeca ~
lnsoieut' no a"nset e,'a1 ~ ts.1 ~ "nt
wassed tee ,olor on+r - ta pot .o 81 Cpoiv
tne sto.iu iav ,,1;tan.ss ~ ~
~ wy t@u:o no.e tn1 ntrae - t1,s ~
utAn s.alia oeIi,aasu - 1na Tranch In atnca Mn.
e.uuiea e"i;. ~ na ~ inoreasod br tho ~
sua! eo1H .ossI T C. 1go,,a, ~ d;s3,~horca
pu:As nn!1u 10y a.4eao ~ I,nesno oo.,annno,,t ~
~ mAieu nna 80. - GorL,,ns -, H. ,nrn
tno fetuin o. coop.o ~ Luz ~ ~; =
a ~. 49, .ea1 49, ~ or,c,,+;o, ~ G.
t1o;1eoo t11 7r,u ~ ha rostponed fo- this and other
. ord +ho Fonu;or ~ fba re-tra,na7 AZ
c;tarno,', was - ahsontalv nainfrl.
a. fnr n,vyeIf
0S 1oA A1' xrnrn.,
and 7,-otesaino n tals m ala tattored n,vsa}f
that corIa teen ont Of the yortex of the sore
n.ss sonn arscr nv arrival ai st. Meuse had
cai,ed mon Els Worship the Mavor at his of1icial
onazsor1 in rI,a Hotal de- Wills. and had rcceiyed
cc;r;i sneacbes in return for civil sneecues Then
/
whom hanpeucd to have previous acuuaint-
.nca and those formal dutiea of i benevolent
nantrai having been performed, T held mvseH
fron ~ choosa nv own COMPANY. Cir
crroatances had soma time before brought
40 ;,,.o fom;1tar contact With yery many German
officers. and I ,ai imbibed liking for their
.a',s 30 conra, sat;on noisy ,a the latter il
seserai ~ the officers then in St. Mouse had
bae, naraono1 ocn,aintanccs in other days. md
- woq ~ aura nntnral and pleasant to renew
tba ;ntarcourae. WAS made an honorary men1-
ber Der Of Of the ness: spent many hours III tie
officera' cas1uo. I rode out with the officers OF
the souadron Of Uh1ans All this was very
pleasant !: but as the day Ct tho evacuation be-
came close. / noticed that the civ,lity Of the
French Captain OF Genndarmes grew colder
tot tje cnrf1alitv of the Eren h uabitucs OF the
tahla d'hote yisibly diminished, aud that en-
cnnnrere3 not n fey untr,endly looks "a I walked
thron1h the sttcets by uyaeif, It began to
dawn Tnon me that St. Meuse was getting to
reckon me
arrv,r av,,p.ru1xrn
+,,a-a W. ] ~ hai1-way hnnsa there,ora
anu, as oe'3 sne ,';ti tha omnto3a ~ Frenca an3
ne no1 t1l,o ~ aseoto WALL 'A' 'A'00A- >14
e' ~ msuse th .ftAz,o,, ;nned;,ta1v nracedino the
.a ~ snt 49, nan baan Grnd Tor tha evacnaf,nn