Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-03

was more, but the Emperor will not for
get her when you reach France. All, la
| belle France shall not see you again |
Go to Voroppe, near Grenoble there
you will find an old woman 80 years of
age; it is Madame Marlen, my mother.
Kiss her for me on both cheeks, give her
the purse and cross, and tell her how I
died. Vive la France Vive L EN-
pereur Now go-join your company,
| Adieu-go.'
"'Not unless I take you with me.
| Come
| "Come How can I come? Fool
that you are, don't you see I cannot
walk, or do you think I should be lying
| here?'
Nevertheless, come With that I
lifted him on my shoulder.
What are you doing? Put me
down, [ tell you; put me down.
"'Put you down? What to lie and
die on the snow, or to be murdered by
those thieves of Cossacks and then
stripped? Oh, no, Captain, I shall not
| do that you need not ask me-
'Impudent rascal that you are ! I
do not ask you, I order you disobey me
at your peril.
"Excuse me, Captain, you need not
trouble yourself to speak. See, you can
do nothing-you are too weak to strug-
GLE
"fWhat am I not to beobeyed? All |!
if survive this day you shall suffer for
it. BY the word Of Capt. Tetu you
"'Survive! Why not? OF course
you shall. I'll carry you safe. Survive |!
ma fol! And I, Corporal Manchot,
here =
Villain! lay me down, I say. What?
Won won't. Oh, you know you would
not dare to treat me so if I was strong :;
but, alas am weak, and you take
base advantage of me-.
"'Well, Captain, Lot me have my own
way now; when you are strong again [
will obey you, as have always DONE
Rascal that you are!
CAL this while I was trudging on as
well as could, and that was very badly.
It was hard enough to walk when I had
only myself to carry, but with the Cap
tain on my shoulders it was little more
difficult. My company was now out Of
sight; it was of no use trying to over
take them-that was impossible. ALI
around me stretched an immense, tree
less, snow-covered plain. Nothing was
| to be seen upon its wild waste but the
| black patches and the little mounds
which showed where the dead and dying
were. In the far distance, against the
snow-ladsn horizon, could see few
! moving specks, which I soon discovered
were a number Of Cossacks; who, at a
gallop, We're swiftly drawing nearer to
! me.
"tAh then it is over with us, Cap
tain,' said I !; but he made no answer ;
he was insensible. WELL said 1 to
myself, am not going to die, nor to
let him neither, without good hard
struggle for it; that would not become a
soldier Of the empire. No; if they come
near me it will cost some OF those vile
Cossacks dear they shall know what a
i Frenchman can do; 1 viii step tina;
abominable hu1rah Of one or two of them,
or my name is not Manchct.'
81 had not much time to think, for
they drew quickly nearer. with that wild,
wretched yell Of theirs. Call them
soldiers! Bah! nasty, dirty, savage
| looking fellows; with their bony, rag
ged, ugly little horses. Why, they
were only fit to kill the wounded and
the dying-to injure and plumber those
who could not help themseIves-not to
fight against Frenchmen.
| "WeI1, but what was to do? laid
the Captain down, and covered hin over
| with the snow as well as could. Then,
seeing a number Of corpses lying to-
gether In heap, went and laid down
among them, pretending that too was
| dead.
"The better to hide myself, I turned
was that of an old comrade Of mine. who
had fought by my side on the glorious
field Of Austerlitz, Sergeant Subra. a
Drawer and better soldier there was no:
il the whole Grand Army. At any other
time I should have been much grieved,
but now all my thoughts were taken up
with how was [ to escape the enemy. So
I crept as well as could under the
corpse OF the sergeant. The Cossacks
were on us. Never did think myself
SO near death as then. They gallopeo
right over US, and in doing SO the hoo,
of one OF the horses came down upor
me, and mashed my left arm. All
my children, you may be sure it was moi
easy for me to keep from calling out
the agony was so very great. To KEEP
i'll the cry that seemed to force itself
from my heart, I almost bit my lip.
through. Well. having done what mis-
chief they could on horseback, they
passed on-those numbering, thievine
villains.
81 then ventured to look up from my
hiding-place Ali, as thought at first,
were gone. I was glad of thus, for what
can one man, with broken arm, do
against hundred with two arms and on
horseback? As I cautiously looked
around, still lying where I had hid-fol
1 was too old soldier to betray myself
until knew that the whole coast was
clear-I saw that one of the enemy still
remained behind-a big, ugly scoundrel,
who. dismounted and leading his horse,
was at this time bent on the plumber oil
al officer. At this sight my anger made
me forget my pnin- felt hurt that SC
pitiful a villain should have it In his
power to in;ure a brave man.
"'Ah + said to myself softly, sf I,
Corporal Manchot, can help it, you shall
never boast of what you are now doing.
So seized a musket with my right
hand. loaded Ii and prepared tn take