The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-01
TEE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, JUNE /, 1879.

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good friends; and Tartar troopers saddle,
tur nm ride. / thought II d littls thing near
as long as that desoiatlng journey Of iolts to
Silistria. Day YVES beginning to dawn as We
drew up once more TO the guard-room door
that the carriage, with nine horses harnessed
three ABREAST stood there as they rode up.
"The Marshal" said the polite aide-de-
camp to his first acquaintance, "bids me to
express to Monsieur that he liz desolated not
to have the opportunity. OF Offering to Mon
sieur such poor hospitality as the headquar-
ters OF O captured fortress can afford. But
Monsieur will understand the Importance Of
taking to the foot of the letter. as his coun-
trymen express IT, instructions superior In
struction, he will comprehend. The military
code upon, such q point is absolute. And I
have the HONOR with significant gesture
toward the gaping carriage door, to wish
Monsieur bon yoyage."
Bang went the. odious door again; again
was the weight ofsthe clambering feldjager
| felt to disturb the equilibrium of the carriage
for a moment; again did the hoarse voice
shout: "Houp la y again did the three whip
cracks emulate the sharp report OF pistol
shots; again bound; again plunge; a again IN
might be heard, through slash and mud, the
left. So
Why let the tale Of De Ia Jobardiere's mis-
cry be twice told? All gil was the same .le,t as
the dashes, the. pitching and tossing, the
swaying to and fro the currents Of air, the
darkness and the struggling rays q light,
the bits Of brown biscuit. the sips OF vodk1,
the occasional bowls OF stchf-Were repeated
| all as above, jutnbled and confused together
In sad and inextricable "Reminiscences.
| But when the carriage stopped again Tor
good, and when Its door was once more open
| ed wide, the portico was loftter and the stair
own hotel door on the Morskaia It was night
again, and 1t was again damp and cold ana
| foggy, but O clear illumination rendered un-
necessary the lantern of the feldjager Or glim-
mer OF the carriage lamps. Within the door
way on either side stood, In full dress uni
| form, two nOn-commissioned officers Of the
! famous Preobraienski Grenadiers
| A gentleman in full-dreSs cut-away, with
black saint tights and silk stockings to cor
| respond, with broad silver buckles on his
neck, q silver key on his left coat-tail, and q
straight steel-handled sword by his side,
bowed courteously to De To- Jobardiere, and
begged him to follow him upstairs.
Treading noisslessly upon the velvet-pile
carpets, he led the way through spacious
| ante-room into an apartment where all the
| light was furnished by lamp with ground
| glass shade, which stood upon O bureau
| strewn with books and papers, at which a
stately figure III undress uniform was writing
busily. Although his back was turned, The
breadth OF loin and shoulder, the length and
upright carriage Of the back, the powerful
but graceful setting upon the neck OF the
well-formed head, all revealed OF once, and
beyond doubt, to the astonlshed French
man In what presence he stood.
The usher advanced, bowed, spokea word
at the stately figures ear, bowed again, drew
back and left the room.
The Gar wheeled round his chair, hall
rose and made dignified half bow. Poor De
him and made q profound obeisance.
monsieur De la Jobardre," said that
august parsonage, with just the least slls-
picion of q smile curling the corners OF hie
% spetv ys1s d s sm Informed That you have
An obeisanee deeper and more detected.
"Had you there may inquire, an 0ppor-
tunity Of visiting the citadel and inspecting
the military posts 2"
THIRD obeisance, In the deep and lower
aAnd you found them In full occupation by
expressed expicltiy?"
II found them So your Majesty"
"Ahl that Is we'll. Not but what myself
had full confidence Ia Dlebltsch; but one will
be 50 skeptical ct times. Would you believe
Ii, theirs are common Tumors current that
even now III certain saloons OF ut. Petersburg
THE taking 81 sillstria q doubted Ia the teeth
of the dispatche z, .s
What could the hapless Frenchman do but
bow down once again.
However, afn glad to have unofficial and
independent testimony from an actual eye-wit-
ness. You are certain the Marshal ID III UNI
disputed military possession
II am certain OF 1t, your Majesty"
"rhank you, Monsieur De la Jobardfere;
will not detain you any longer; wish you q
good evening"" And, turning around to his
desk again, his august interlocutor touched
the bell. The usher appeared again, and with
| the same courteous solemnity OF demeano1
showed Monsieur De La Jobardiere down
stairs.
An aid-de-camp came tripping down just
as the Frenchman's foot was on the carriage
| step.
| "Monsieur De la Jobardiere," he said, "you
are old enough resident In st. Petersburg tt
know that there are occasions on which it is
wise to be discreet about State affairs. But
have 1t in command, from his Imperial Males
| ty. to inform you that you have SO recently
yourself had occasion to visit Silistria, there
can be no possible objection to your stating II
general society that you found the citadel
the fortress and the city occupied by his I'm
perial Majesty's troops"
A gentleman not extremely given to piety
was dismayed by being asked to say grace al
strange table. To refuse and explain would
be embarrassing; to comply would be equally
so. He chose the latter, and started off brisk
| ly enough with 20, Lord, bless this table,
just here, being unused to the business be
nearly broke down, but by a gigantic effort