The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-05

Ine INVASION TOO hard Tor them. His ad'
vice WAS neyer.ending, edlfying sermons
about respect OF property, the politeness
uue 10 ladies, In short quite code Of mill.
tary honor Tor tho use OF conquerora. With
all this no put In some general reflections
on politics and the conditions OF the peace
10 be imposed OH the vanquiahed. With
regard to the latter, mus! say he WAS not
txacting: f& 57'
THE war indemnihea and nothing else. II
10 no good to take provinces. Can une turn
Germany into France ?" n
He dictated this with go firm a voice,
and one felt 30 much sincerity In bis words,
30 much patriotic faith, that It was impossi.
BILE 10 listen TO him unmoved.
Meanwhile the siege went on-not the
siege Of Berlin, alas We were at the
worst period Of cold, Of bombardment, Of
epidemic, OF famine. But thanks 10 our
care, and the indeiatigable tenderness
which surrounded him, the old mans
serenity was never for MON snt disturbed.
Up 10 The end ! was able to procure white
bread and freah meat Tor him, but for him
only. You could not imagine anything
more touching than those breakfasts OF the
grandfather, 30 innocently egotistic, sitting
up In bed, fresh and smiling, the napkin
tied under his chin, at Ills side bis
granddaughter, pale from her privationa
guiding his hands, making him drink,
liolping him 10 eat all these good forbid
den things. Then, revived by tho repast,
In the comfort OF bis warm room, with the
wintry wind shut out and the snow eddy.
Ing about the window, the old Cuirassier
would recall his Northern campaigns and
would relate 10 us that disastrous retreat In
Russia where there was nothing to eat hut
frozen biscuit and horse flesh. i m
Can you understand that, little oneP
We ate horse ilesh.' - =,
Il should think she did understand Il,
For two months she had tasted nothing
efae. AS conyalescence approached our
task increased daily in difficulty. The
numbnees OF the Colonel's senses, as well
as Of his limbs, which bad hitherto helped
"a 80 much, was beginning to pass away.
Once or twice already, those terrible vol.
leys at the Porte Mailot had made him
start and prick up bis ears like war.horse;
We were Obliged to invent recent victory
Of BazaiAe's before Berlin and salyoes fred
from the 1nvalides in honor OF It. Another
day (the Thursday OF Buzenval think il
wSas) his bed had been pushed to the win.
COW, whence he saw some OF the National
Snard massed upon the Avanue dc Ia
Grande Aimee. '5
"'What soldiers arc those p hs asked,
teeth: ...- ~, o o''>'' ''
BADLY drilled, badly drilled.'
.Nothlng, came Of this, but We under.
stood that henceforth greater precautions
were nec' s'ary. Unfortunately wo were
not careful enough. ~ y
"One evening was INST by my child In
much trouble. -
ut is tomorrow they make their entry
she said. - - -
Gould the gtandfathers door have been
opened? In thinking OF it since, l remem.
per that all evening his face wore an ex.
traordinary expression. Probably he had
heard ut;~only We spoke Of the Pruesiaus
and lie thought Of The French, OF the ui.
umphal entry he had SO long expected,
MacAlahon descending the Avenue amidst
LOWERS and flourish Of trumpets bis own
son riding beside the Marshal, and he him.
aeli on his balcony, in full uniform as at
Lu'zsn, baluting the ragged colow and the
~~S.So 1AaeAoAcu Wy pUHutEs
Poor Colonel JouvsI He no doubt i'm.
sglned that We wished to prevent his as.
slstlDg at the de6le OF our troops, les. the
emotion should prove too much for him,
and therefore took care 10 saw
nothing TO us; but the next day, lust at
the time the Pruesian battalions cautiously
entered the long road leading from the
forte Maillot to the Tuileriea, the window
up there was softly opened and the Colonel
appeared on the balcony with his hemlet.
his sword, all his iong.unused but glorious
apparel OF Milhsud's Cuirassiers.
Il often ask myself what supreme effort
OF will, what sudden impulse Of fading vi
tally had placed him thus erect in har.
nees. ,7-..'s -
All we know is that he was there, stand.
ing at the railing, wondering to find the
wide avenues SO silent, the shutters all
closed, Paris like a great lszsret, flags every.
where, but such strange ones white with
diers. u :. o' '0'
For moment he may have thought
himself mistaken. 20
But nc! there, behind the Arc de Tri-
omphe, there was confused sound, black
line advancing in the growing daylight
then, little by little, the spikes Of the bel.
NETS glislen, the little drums Of jena be-
gin to beat, and under the ArEde rE:oile.
accompanied by the heavy tramp Of the
troops, by the clatter OF slbres, burst forth
S.h6eert's Triumphal March.
I'm the dead silence Of the streets was
heard acry, terrible cry: d.
ITO arm Ito arms!-the Prusaians.'
And the four Uhlans Of the advance guard
might have seen up there, on tho balcony,a
tall old man BtaEger, wave his arms, and
fall. This time Colonel Jouve was dead"