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% tho Ntrs when rou came up ngaIns" asked

to tho Ntrs when you catnc up ngan" asked
another.
ION tho contrar.,'' ho said, u went to bed
At once, and stayci, there for week."
French war wefe pot ~nolfy strategic"
tcro. As I crossed the channe! TO join, the
Crown Prince Of saxony's army, ! determined
hencefnrth a'lopt tho telegram styic Of NrftlnR,
two wor,ls and full stop, All that / did, I
did through sheer audactty. / was tho. frat
@ f Il e. sse: rss :tsf sps si Ss sa e. e.:
Porto dc Chapclle on stout butchers nag. aud
rtrle straight down tue boulevard Maxenta,
though It was crowded with drunken National
dered iii nieht about tho streets OF tlla
IT, isss iss Of Chicken in Ps,s sas ny
pa.sport ,a r:a At & tho A. american a Embassy. =.
stopped at tho gatca b.. jnc OF our own
Gcrtnan troops, was rescued By q friendly officer,
caught the only train running tq the frontier,
strasboufg too iatc fqr tn telcrrapll.ol'lce WI.
closed for tic night. That was a blow. found
out where the c'cfl! lived, ring peal at tlia
door, brought h'n, down ii his n!cit.eap, pro;
ruund my waist, and offered to nay go france
| word for tho mcssagc. lie drcsscl litmscIf,
! went 10 consult the authorities. and returned
after MI hour to say TINT to would take the dir:
l
t,i00 words. It nppcored III tho Daily Hens
next morning, and ] got back to ot,r lihcs In
time to enter Paris with tho first battalion tint
pusscd tue Arc tle Trlomphe, ilrst lnau that
eutcred Paris, aul tue second"
II tllougllt,"' saLl n skeptic Of the party,
"that telcgrapl-otllces III Frnnce were open atl
night" ',,,o ,ho w., Il, 3, mi, ur ro,h,, ,x,.,
asperltv, "thcy wcro scarcely ever open in the
day. That WINS my inain difficulty. When we
lay before Metz, tho tIer1nnn commanders said,
Let nothing pass out ct of enmp. Neye5tlielcs:,
eers' conversations, nil our festivities, even the
programme of music which tho baud played at
mess, appeared nsxt morning in. tte htrs;
lad suGorucl . country telegrapil.mastcsr,
him my messages. At laat I was detect
Cd md new precautions wcxc taken. Ono
ta6ie. and On Old Colonel shouted out ny name.
| "Thuudcr and lightning. air. said he: 'yom
won't put that In yotir paper Tomorrow" said
nothing, but escaped at a', carly llnlr from the
| tnbic. My servant met INC with tic news that
tho usual lines Of communication! were blocAad.
I'd. had my two horses eadd3ca md rode OF
at gallop On one OF thutn, leading the other
by tho birdie: After golllE twelve mtlcs . At high
foaGsldo inn, md reached the town OF Thion-
vlllc, twenty.1yc miles from our camp, In time
to transmit my daily dispatch. the Colonel's
7 Joke and al. You Gnu conceive Ills surprise
when tic saw 1t. ........
"And w,nt DO yon consider your masterpiece
Of eencra'zhipl" 1askcti lsallle.
"My last cxploit hc!orn leaving England y ho
replied. ~ went down 70 Falmouth to ihcet
the Warrior ironcla, having OIL hoartf the sinHle
survivor Of that wrecked vessel, whose crew
Werp adrtft In bout !or eight duys, ni!d atc two
Of their comrades. Falmouth WIS fl1l or corrc-
| spondcnts, 70 nut up iit p1t-houst olitsIdo
tho town. and engaged thu only stcan'-tug in
tho place. ! waited three days. aud on the
night ot the 3D. was playing quiet game of
billiards. n1l when iii walks one OF tho correspond
"'uullo, Forbes says Lc, Ia nstonlshment;
syou hcrc!'' ,..-=.- ..,
,."rcn minutes after"ard came word that the
Warrior was sighted. NJ tug at onee put out,
and VIC lay quietly in the linrbor, burning nj
aid shouts aroso:
%ForSssI s xao' rosess sa, .sy5 Come no sham
"nut kept quite silent, ind remembered
| arrived In tho harbor tint morning. At length
tlo Warrior apptarcd Wo stcersu towards her,
| Ahl ns we passed sprung for llcr chains,
mid WIS draggcd in the shp's wake. up to my
waist tu water. However, got On deck. ra1
down to tho stc"aFc ani offered lin fiye pounds
locked the ttoos. Then I'urcrcd fiftv pounds t.
tue poor, tean devil Of Bhtpwfecked nail0r ~
cxehnnEe Tor luis afory. Ho began 1t auu
aetipntea a"ny. ,..o,.,. .,.,,,r,
uif IT,, -, -. H. E"ri.s III, t}'c wsiHf 1.m6a,
votcce. '''
"1ut ouly wrote tho harder. At last nj
officer anpeafcu a'd !nslatsd on my coming ot
Geek: ;n Ihcfo 1oana ths eaptaln 'n q towering
ts..What tho t,evtt 1o yo,, mean. sir. hv boora
I lar my ship like TINT! lo du,uandcd.
II offered linn my credentials and EXCUSES
ana finally wy wsre ~ pnt on boaFd tue tug III
me, but squared u, to them with one arm