, 1879-01-17
A FRENCH SOLOMON,


4A'@ "AJ ~ NA4ksCU 10 lHp
Arabs.
La0stf Etr IN Ltb,hncofrs Naaa.ns.
"1'ye known clever fellows ~ NY tIMe,t
said Paul Dupont, Frcnch sous-l.tc.tcnant 10
the -th Of tho liuc, u he sat elpp.ng his
cot1cc In trout Of the Hotel tic Ia Rc.cuee al
Alg!crs, "but by far the cleyerest i4,uu l tyor
met WAS our tolonsl, Henri du Ntalet. Pcolle
said be ought to Anye bccu III ayocat, hu. that
was giving him but hall hls due, for III be
bound ho could have out1onkcd at,Y lawyer TINT
ever wore gown. In his latter tlays ke atwaya
went by tho name OF Solomon VIC Stconu,'
and II you care 10 know how be csme By It, III
tell you.
"Defore he came 10 us. lie Matet wns military
commander At Oran, and II was thsrG TINT he
did one OF his best Rtrukcs, s,-,utgencraItny
camel-1EiYcr from Tangicr, ono OF those thor
ough-paccd Moorish raseals Of whom the sayng
goes: Two Maltese to a jew aud three Jews 10
Moor Now tA!s Tangcrnc, When pulled M
for somc o!1etlso OF Othrr, sWosu that ua wasli't
M.ltey, tho camel+lriyeE, ut all, but quite MI
other mau; and as hts frlei"ls all sworn the
same, and had managed to alter his appearance
bit before he WAS arEestcd llu seemed sure Ut
getting or. but our Culoutl wasn't to he done
IN that way. fls pretended 10 dismiss the ease,
md aI'owed tho fellow to ret right out Into thu
street. - II al! was uvcri auu then he suddenly
Shouted after him, .slutcy, tho caucl-lrtyer,
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his own nalnr, turned md came back befure l,c
could Fccollcct htInself. Al1 SO ho Was caught ia
spite Ut all bis cunning.
"Thc famo Of this exploit went abroad lku
wt1dlirc, aud 1t got to bu saying among liz,
AhcncycE We hoard Df nny clever tliek, that II
was 'ono Of Coi. do sfalet's Judgments; anl
so, when hc was transferred ir0.u tran to Al.
Ktcss, II was Just ns II We all knew llim already,
vt Though tsotle OF ua lad ever seen him bsfurc.
hut II wasn't Iong before VIZ got mslch t'ettrr
story than hist n0ont him; for nRe might tna.
liued at our 1nuss who had klusn the Colonel
out III India, ana told u Rrana tai. nf 10" i!e
seems that kt,tnr tl!,hgs had hern stolen from
thu officers quarters, md n0MAy could tell who
had dune II. Tho tirkt thing next norntns The
Colonel went along the 'inu at early raratlc, sfy.
ing each Ut tho native soit!t, II small strip Ut
bamboo: and then he said. very k0!c.nnly, "sly
children, there IL guilty man a'inug Us, asl Il
has been revealed u inc by tra't,na himself how
Ills gull Is TO be snadc elear. lct every ttan OF
you come forward iu his turn and Hlyc t,le h!a
pfcpc OF bamboo; md tho shlrl, let lin do what
ho may, will hare tho longeet pie,a.'
"Now, you kno" what sipcss!E1sout hounds
thoac Akiattv fellows n'warA are: anu WHEN
they hraF,l this announcement tlitr all t~skru
nj eacl. other like chi! lTcu GoInG tu t't whipped.
The Colonel tn,k the 0aIniooa oMr alter All
otl,cr. as solcmtly ~ II io werc iii a cou,t-
martial; but, wltcn about dozen llscn lad eunc
on1 Ut them By tho ttruat, shouting At The full
nth OF 4la voice, 'Yuu are tho snan!'
" Down went the fei1nw un hts knees and
relied for mercy, contesstng that he wus t4e
man, sure enough. As for tho rust, ihey 10. kel
a. frightened II II all the gods u the raycrns OF
EirphautA had coma Tying down anlu,,g thcal
at ones; and from that day forth they saIaatnrd
to The very ground Ut t4e mere sight Vi tha
Colonel halt = usile off, 'JioF on earth lid yuu
manage that, Culonelf asked Lie suulor MAJOR,
great fat fellow, ~ stupid ss = earp. 'Sutliing
sln,pler, my dear fellow answeFe.i DE- Aalett
lauIhlug sThe strips we're all exnvtly the satlic
ieI,gth, and tho thief, fearing u get thu longest
piscs, betrayed hiulselt BY h!tlng oil tho en1.'
"Thls, u yuu may thiuk, added go04l deal
to the Eolonel's reputation anu whcn VIC had
that Atialr with the Bcd0utnA At l.RRhouat we
soon saw .hat he could light as we'll VI Illaneu-
yer. ln the thick of tho tkirmEsh one u tho
roeuta. seclug De Malet left aloae, few NJ hit1,
dropped GU the hofses neck and let thu blow
pass over him, aud then Rays point and ran lilo
fellow Ftght through the body, NJ neatly ~ any
is,cInx .suaatcr could h4vo Aoou 1t. You may
hs Auro VIC thought none tho less VI him sitter
that; but al thIs VILE nolA1ng tu wtat waa
coming.
Will, De Matet bad been with us aholt 4
year Wlen tue railway wa4 beEuA IRON Aiseers
| Ia b'm!ah, aMl the Directing Engineer hs:-
penc.l &o te ono of The Rrea,rst ltends, Eugene
I.atouE, "a good fellow " cyer met. II was
quite frtc with ~ whsneyer Ac dlleo u sncGs,
| for hts 1okcs anI good ssortrs kcpt every us,e
brisk; and then to hear hlm slug ina fol: It waa
wonderful. 0nc lnuuirAt sti1 Fatt!tn1 rrfralu
kha& tee4.ied to SIT tie very eb3irs to taMluK
| aud then suIleu1y low, sad air that f4is,
! brought tears iEtu your EYES. Flas: wCte II
! u4ioe, kuux, eycg5 llnc | heard Lin stae