The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-16
STORY OF AS0LDTERS NERVE.

STORY Oh AS0LDIEB'S NERVE.
While Murat was in Madrid he YVES
anxious 90 communicate with Junot in
Portugal, but all the roads to Lisbon
svarmej with guerrilias and with the
troops composing Csstsnos' srmy Murat
mentioned his embarrassment to Baron
StrOzauof, The Russian ambassador to
Spain. Russia was at that time not only
the ally but the friend Of France. NJ.
de Strcgonof' told Murat that it was the
easiest thing in the world. admiral
SiniaTin," said he, els in TIE port at
Lisbon; give me the most intelligent o
your Polish lancers; viii dress him up
il 2 Russian uniform and entrust him
with dispatches for the Admiral; ali will
go well, even ii he should be taken pris-
onar a dozen times between this and
Lisbon, for the insurgent army is so srx
iOus to gain our neutrality that it will
be careful not t, iurnish q pretext ior
rupture"
Murat was delighted with this ingeni-
Gus scheme. He asked Krarsiuski, the
commandsGt of the lsncers, to find him
a brave aEd intelligent young man. Two
days aitsrwsTd the commandaut brought
the Prince q young man Of his corps, for
whom he pledged his life. His name was
Lsckinski, and be wss but eighteen
years old.
Murat wss moved at seeing so young a
Insn court so imminent a danger; for a
he we're detected bis doom was sealed.
Murat could not help remarking to the
Pole the risk he was about to run. The
youth smiled. ''Let your Imperial High
ness give me my instructions" answered
he respectfully, "and will give q good
account OF this mission have been hon
Ored with. l thank his Highness for
having chosen me from my comrades, for
all Of them would have courted this dis
tinctiOn."
The Prince argued favorsbly from the
young mans modest resolution. The
Russian Ambassador gave him his dis
patches, he put on Russian uniform,
and set out for Portugal The first two
days passed quietly, but on tie afternoon
Of the third Leckinski was surrounded
by body of Spaniards, who dissrmed
him and dragged him before the COM
handing officer. Luckily for the gallant
youta it was Castanos himself
LackiDski vas aware that be was lost
j. DC we're discovered to b. Frenchman:
colssquentIy he determined on the in.
stan. not to let a sing word OF French
escape him and TO speak Russian and
German, which he did with equal lueu-
cy. The cries OF rage of bis captors an
n9uuced the tate which awaited him.
and the horrible murder Of Gen. Rene
who had persisted in the most dreadful
tOrtur-s only a few weeks before, as he
vac going to join Juuot, was sufficient to
fs, zs tie very blood
who are your said Castsnos in
E.s-ca, which language he spoke perfect
Iy veil, having been educated in France.
lie iaski looked at his questiouer,
made p sigh, and answered in German:
u DO not understand you"
G--ano7 spoke German, but he did
not wish TO appear personally in the mat.
ter -i summoned one Of the officers of
the staff, who went on with the exam-na-
ton. Ihe young Pole answered IN Rus.
sisu OF German, bu. never let q syllable !
o French escape him. lie might, how-
ever, easily have forgotten himself sur
rounded as he wa by a crowd eager for
k.- llood, and waiting with savage inn
patience 20 have him declared guilty
tnal IS q Frelcbman, to fall upon him
Ard murder him. But their fury was
rs. 5l 20 a height which the General
himself could not control, by an accci.
d5at which seemed tocut oft unhappy
prisoner from every hope Of escape. One
OF Cssgsuos' aids-de-camp, one of the
fsza.ical patriots who were 80 numerous
II this war, who from the first had de-
ncunced Leckinski as a French spy,
bur.t into the room, dragging with him
8 man wearing s brown jacket, tall hat
snd red plume of Spanish peasant.
The officer soon fronted him with the
Pole'and..said:
Look at this man, and then say il i
"a true that he is German or Russian.
he is q spy, l swear by my SOUL"