Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-14

match him with rich young lady, older
than himself. She was very good, and
he in state of infuriated disappoint-
ment. George told her the lie that he
loved her; he knew it to be lie, but he
told it. She believed him and was
greatly grat1fed. In the meantime her
father decided tnat they must wait for
three years and that he must make his
way in the world.
So he went to the bar, and so natu-
rally he went to literature; SO he natu-
rally came to the field of Sedan, that
Aceidama of so many hopes; and SO on
that field he met his old, his only love,
only to find that the chum of honor
dragged her away from him forever. I
Would he not have changed places
with the dead when she told him the
truth ?-when she looked iuto his eyes
with hers, and said softly, '' This is
strange place to meet you, and this is
strange place for you to find me in.
[ was in town the whole of the horrible
day. The German soldiers were very
kind to us, but the town was SO horri-
rible that I came out and crept into a
house at Fomme de Givonne. / have
come across the field where the 18th
de la Ligny persisted, because I wanted
to see if 1 could recognize the body of
one of my cousins. @
"Your news is good" said George.
"You looked coolly for the body of
your lover" .......... i.
CT do not understand you" she said.
"You are as rude to me as I used to be
to you; but in this ruin we must forget
all. My nerve is good, because after
the breach between myself and Anne
Herbert, who grossly deceived you, |
have entered nursing sisterhood, and
have taken my first vows, and I shall
take the veil ia three months. Ny
father sent Mr.. Deleval after me; but [
think among those kindly Germans I
could have done without his assist
ance."
Mr.. Deleval said he was your
brother! |"
"Mr. Delevai my brother - said she.
"Mr. Deleval is Pole; I believe
known to most police courts in Europe.
He is splendid spy, and my father en-
ployed him, but could get him no
papers; he is too well known. Are you
married yet?"
Ono, not yet
1t is delicious to meet you here,
after ALL Look around at these poor in
nocent young men, lying SO quiet; in
the presence of death one seems to be
almost with God. We loved each other
once, now your heart has gone to an
other human being, and mine is given
to Heaven"
They stood looking at one another.
Their interview had been short. but
they had found out something in it ;
they had found that they cared for one
another. Still the man had cast awya
his heart on the altar of avarice, and the
woman, as women will, had dedicated
hers to religion.
A loud noise of talking disturbed them
They retired unto themselves. The Ben
gal officer came up and said: Zone of
those denominations of percussion shells
is lying here unexploded. Come up,
Dickson, and look at it."
She took him arm and went with him.
One gentle pressure told him the truth.
She loved him still.
Dele1 al had the shell in his hand. AS
they advanced he was discoursing about
it, and holding it aloft. 1.-The percus-
sion fuse in this one has gone wrong"
he said. See, [ will throw it down
among us, and you shall see that it will
not explode
Before any one could stop the mad
man he had done it. There was great
blue flame, and sound totally different
from the report Of cannon. A shat
tering, broken noise, then smoke and
an instant's silence. Deleval was pros
trate and horribly injured about the
head, and George Dickson had his left
arm torn away and was crying out for
water.
There was burying party near,
across the road, composed mainly of the
citizens OF the town, who seemed to pre-
fer this dreadful occupation to watching
the ruins of their own homes. They
came and helped the two wounded men;
but a London doctor who was there
said there was no help for either of
them.
They carried them to Givonne, and
laid them in a barn, in the straw, side
by side. The English doctor attended
to George, and he tried to sleep; but
the man on the left of him was restless,
and in trying to sooth him he found that
it was Delev |, grooming heavily.
"Why, are you hurt, too, said
George, CT am very sorry for that.
What fool you were to play with that
she'll"
Il did it on purpose, said Delaval.
ct saw that she cared for you still. I
wished to destroy you. Are you badly
hurt ?"
81 am miserable cripple for life,"
said George. g ut God knows I for
give you. Why did you do it,
"I tell you that | saw she cared for
you. [ love her and she hates me. [
wanted to kill you and her too. is she
dead %
"No, she was not injured" said
George.
81 wish she was. But now that YOU
are utterly ruined it does not so much
matter. One comfort is, that she will
never look at you now"
Deleval died that night, but George
was delrious, and did not know it.