, 1876-10-21
THE TlGER.LILY.

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7rdnt1s<d from IT, TetIt journal Xedtce. ptythe.
'e9igut .for the 1S.,s ro-k B1rid
1hcre-iny card, slr--Jules Maleyal, late chef
do hattalto''t Chasseurs dc fIneunnca; here "a
my Grand cross Of The Legion uf Honor-my
eabec-you sec my armlcss a!ccvc-eh M.nf
have my honorable discharge, tou, distinguished
scrrtccs~-threc brcvcts on the Held-hnt will
not shake hands with you, ssr. Mosb]cuf One
does not consentngfy shake hallds With n,ur-
lcFcr, and that ia my chief title 10 distinction.
You eannut bclicyc Il. Morhlcu1 There has
been time, Sir, rhen would ram your incrc.
tlullty down your throat with tho pumn,el Of my
sworll What do you suppose rot IN this vile
znatsou De santt Tor, instead of chasing the Wild
kabylcs tn their e1s ntruss thr red desert, ex.
cepl in cxp!at!on Of my crnci Do ! resemble
the lotinE mllksops who sIt III corncrs and
mauntlcr orcr tooksl Morblcu! The Maleyats
wcrc never indoor folks; We always had some
soldiers or sailors Of our stock away from home.
roy[ng, fighting, trading.-what moi. The first
Of Us known in La Tcste was Oil old Biscayan
pirate, gstzxlcd, black aud Scared with despc-
ratIo work on the Spanish Main aud Brazilian
rnas:, with cheat full of ingots and Spanish
tillar dollars, every one stained witl, blood.
E,irlIclicu, for services done Mt the siegc Of
Roc'rcllc entitled him to cali htt9sc]f the eleur
de Malcyal. lie built the old house III La Tcttc
md ,narsie1. Morbleu! At the revolution We
tlropped The title hut Kept the old house In La
Tc:te. It Is there yet,-1 NILS born IN lt,-a
Maleyal lives in II to-day.
wA. Just turned Ot 20 when lad u 1ore
affair that sent ME 10 the wars It Is no use to
speak o. Il. She is a,nnnE the angels now, hu-
netle Fleeac, 90 angel herself. ncrer saw
Annette again IN lsSs, however, when ny
regiment was III calnp ut Chalons, received
lett or from her. Rua1 II.
.Iy dear friend, hsyu never met you, never
wtshea to meet you. since crnli faL: sundrred
fati in yoa BY a,klE you to guide, bsfrlend, pro.
ef lie te % noy it, VIZ es,ss e.
Faint cyr. where he has won cnoagh distinction to
chco.e tho arm Q! the service he wishes 70 loin.
md he Chooses to bd near you, The friend uf lts
mother. u trust lin to yuu, in,. Jcar friend. lie
nothing bnt Leon.
| AfDsbcul In the dust anil sliokc OF twenty
| OF a thousand Hyuuacs, one loses some of tho
qualities which lest lit otle 10 become the cunr.
| dinn Of Ingenious youth. However accepted
| the cbusEe. It would hc 1lity II Anuettcs hoy
some guidance or nevcr slied his dents de laif rs
might happcl under other Influences.
| Leo,, ratpc to inc ne1t day, A ta1i, graceful
Youth; the image OF hfs 1nother-just her soft
l
cc.tcd under thu sIlky little prcteuse Of mus-
tartc. lie was not u bit OF spoon. Manly az
he MAS gentle, bright as he was alntable, he soon
hecune the greatest offayorltes fn the battalion.
| took him to lodge tn my oEn quarters, and
| ,morblcu In week fDyeu him A. my otSn son
mud he me IS VII elder brutlcr, and wu were such
friends and companions as 40 aud 20 never were
| bcfurc.
| be "a tine auldirr as tile army could produce
| Then there WIS a change. The boy gave HE
less Of his company. He fell bale and aax[ous,
was dlstiafnt, silent, RESERVED. said to tnyself:
woman q. The bottom OF t. storbleu! know
I'LL the symptoms Of It. But It will come right.
pattcnee:" It did not come right 50 soon how
ever, and ut last received Q dcspairlng letter
from, h!; IL mother: - What bus come oycr ny
in incl. O my fricnl. II there be anything
wrong 10 not conceal It frou me- It vas a
cry ol agony 1t wrnn. my heart. When Lcou
tAInc IN TO dinner, laid tho letter OH Ills plate,
lie ro*c with puc fare aud went out without
q word
dineA, aud then vent III search Of him. At
last, at the CoIOncl'k, falad that he had mp
piled for leave Of al>sencf, months fnrlouGh,
nn plea o. urgent business, aud had gone hotnc.
departcd, and 2 uolc fts me-. s!inply saying.
90 to 1nv mother TO tell her all!'f sent 70,
onc Of tho Junior Captains, III whonl could
s:wh'at i tlis atiair Thsh ] crua,pes M lie ross,
sh1ngsed ] ii hts u sllics;.. wi l. 6aT sasc mon M
Colonel. The 1lgrr-L,!y has another victim"
SahrSlls rr'y1Io bud earned hs1 t!tls Of the
| rluie wnn,an and Swedish merchant, who flud
been Vice Consulat Balfa and au.asked afurtune
III the Orient. When sssc WIS ) ycars old
he separated thc cl,iih from ler mother
Here Gabrielle remained until her nth year,
| when bhe e,ured antl became the mistress Of q
handsome Irish adventurcr. rowing up and down
thu world. and airing his fine Dublin echo1ar'
s ,ats u Insurance I'll IL ned!ing With M t'o @ most re.
condtte diplomatic aftafrs everywhere. O'Ca1
lsghan en1cl by getting himself safely LII
pri.oned i4a dungeon III Nuscat, where t!ls
deserted lin and accepted the oseost Of lAlt
ply officer III The BriNsh Indian service. THIS
gentleman was SO excessively fond Q. brandy.
pawilte that hu cut his thruat In Cairo nui
was taking home to. Ills sisters and hI:
! rupees, ol Which be bud 8 good muur. 1t
Is not cxartly known xllat became OF
tiahriellt uo% for year or more, but she IL
thought 10 hare Ut least seen tho inside Of the
khc!ise's Palace, IlIe next adventure of he's
WIN t,ning sent nut VI constanllno}le 10 Turk.
i:h revenue steamer by express order Of thc Sui
tam Vallde. Given her choice where she would
he srt ashore. st,c decided upon AaltA, and soon
made tho Intimate acquaintance at Col. Moui-
pcsstnt IN tho garrson there. y man who had I
w;IIa sud lve children, md was worth Rll,09o .
wear. In tla height nf the selnlul attending
this 1lfJIr Q'CAlsAEhan turned up IN Faletta.
lIr was poor aud ragged as . buzzard, but he
borrowed suit Of clothes from an Irish surgeon
anl challenged sfou'prssol. They went tc
Canala and taught, aH o'Eallaelan was shoi
fhra,lgh the heart. When Mompcsson rctrrned
To Nnlrtta the bird ha,l down, aAd the Colonel
blew his hral,ls oat In II LII Of ramorsc.
t;nlric!In nuw su1np to Algeria, and for q
willie krit l!ouss In the ylly III . very 1enurs
wat, 1layin. i u,lcnna and two ttact servants,
:. Marstul of France paid her great atte4ton.
Ii WA IN hls carriage that shr cane 10 Coustan
tIna one day II atttnd the raees. THAT was The
llrst titnc saw Gabrielle, and she made pro
f.n1,d Impression upon me, as SHE did upou
nearly every one. sls was lively beyoaa d..
scrtption, and lively ln unique sort Of beauty,
| - blending uf st,lcs ooa would suppose could
not be blended, yet wlIcl 10 her harHoulssl
Arr faso and figure. without ahy dividing line,
yet you saw then, t,th tlere. She wus Greek,
She WIS 10th: she Was blonde, shc was trune
yet you saw tits not IN any individual! feature,
1t was the impression they made tu their
general elect Over all cast an ur oi
ll,dcsrtibable Innocence, mixed with fsol,.