Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-12-06

disproput,ionate % the Uranium. his jaw
massive AMI afmri with giittarine whit,
teeth Iilsl a. points, his cheoits full hia n,As
Hat. his eyes littl. deep st rralioaa, wicked
Tho usage he received frutn his nav master
WINS 40 different from hia former esp-rionr,
with whiteinen, and 81 In accord with hii
own undisoplln.d NATURE, that II called fpttl
all tho sympathias ~ bis character Tie sol
lowest the frunohmau with an Intensity ~ NJ
fovtiun almost lncunprehopaihie I, ia ne on
aepstNiiun b. say that he would have will
inaly laid down his lie to crafty hia mas
tors slightest wish The iattors knawlo,ga
was 81 him no comprehensive, his power ri
buuudlosa aud his viii ~ inturiun Hn1 IN
flexible that be fuapsd nnd wutahip-t him
~ s,E
F,nuier irrte,i upon his monster with
satisfaction, aud ipnHu1 fut battle iiia
vlah wns NJ last RrAtined On The Fourth oi
July 1904, hn engagement took place thrro
miles northwest " lrgaruyilio. near tho
North kdistn river A forue NJ Union
soldlery had been assembled frum tho Hca
islaWs aud fiun Florida, paasoi on Sealrulk
island and pushed thence NJ Into south
Carolina Every movement WINS wntohei
aud reported hy tho rebel scouts, all Tho
truui~ that could bc sparvd frum Charleston
were sent out to opp0so the invaders, rpnd-
were olstrurte,i, briigra wur destroyed,
batteries errcted IN strong positions, every
thing prepared "a impede their progress
With Infinite fatigue AMI paril they advanced
only i've "a ais miles IN n days march 'fhoro
was occasional skirmahing but one actual
battle To that tho trtuIp gave tho name II
"the battle " bloody bridge
In this battle. heavy ~ the losaos wora, the
I...t. a.
third charge tall broad shoulder-i captain,
who soomed, like another son ~ Thetia nj.
most invulnerablo, dnitc,i impctuoualy ahead
" his men AMI reached tho summit u the
dcfen- Useless bravery In M instant n
volley point blank swept away tho charging
men behind him, AMI gunners sabre
thrus, bore him 10 the ground within tho
works, whore ho lay stunned nnl bleeding
beside the gun he had Htriven 20 hard "a take
The man who had captured him. Wild with
excitement and maddcned with the powder
that blackened him, aud tho hot blood which
jcttcd upon him, spfang down, Spat upon him,
spurnod him with hi. foot and would have
dashed out his brains with the heavy bilt II
his clubboi sword hal not strong hand
graspyd his uplfiod wrist
II was Fournior, who had watched tho bat.
tic with an interest ms intense na TINT Of tho
most arden, southcrncr In tho battery, though
widely dif!orcnt In character His interest
was that OF tho naturalist who stands by
eager 10 see . rustic entrap some rarn avis
that he desires Ia study. 10 Use for his expert.
mcnt
Tho gunner turned lcrcely upon him. but
dropp-j his arm and shcnth his sabre at
his question. and walked back 10 his gun
nbashcd, for he was, after all, brave and
chivnlrous man.
Fournior simply asked "Do Confederate
soldiers murder prisoners OF wnrF And
added, "Ho is wounded mnn--cnvo him 10
mo- Then he knclt down beside him and
examined his wound, and though hc strovo 20
10 calm he trombcd with excitement ns ho
tore open tho bluc blouse and felt the warm
blood walling over his fingers II was n
simple wound through tho ficahy part OF the
shoulder; n strand Of saddlcr's silk and fow
strips OF sticking plns,or would have sufilcod
TO dross IL, but the Frcnchman smiled when
he wiped away the clots and saw the blood
squirting from two or three small divided mr.
tories
Then he called his African. and they car
ricd tho wounded man back 10 the tent, aud
laid him on bed Of moss anl cypress
boughs, and left him there 10 blccd, while he
went out into the air.
And this prisoner, what of hint Any one.
looking upon him as he lay upon the cypress
boughs, would have known him 10 be thor
oughbrcd. Everything about him proclaimed
IL His face manly but gentle, his figure,
great In stature aud strength, yet graceful In
outline like n Grccinn god the very dress
and Announcements he wore, which wcrc neat,
strong, expensive but without ornament,
showed him 10 be n gentleman Aud Robert
Shirley was gentleman Probably no man
in all the states could have been found who
would have presented greater contrast Ia
the man standing guard outside tho tent
than this man who lay within II; and for that
reason none who would have been 40 wei
come 10 Fournier. AS the one was n pure
savage, the other was the realization OF the
iit1,, uiushitous eiiiikntuuturns, erso svi.os
gentle, frank, considerable; Ms the one was
hideous, Informed and black as night, ~ the
other was radiant with manly beauty, and
fair as the morning Each among his own
people sprnng from noble stock, the one
prince, the other the descendant OF the pur-
est Puritan race, which know among it, own
divincs and judges, brave captains, and
farther back n governor Of the colony. But
the guard and his people were at ths foot OF
the scale, the guarded nj the top Tho blood
flowing out upon the cypress bed was the best
blood of America. Generation after genera
ton II had flowed In the veins OF fair women
end noble mon, and had never known dis
honor. Yet Fourner let II flow. More, he
was delighted that u continued to flow
Presently, however, he sobered down, and
began to prepare for his work He placed n
large caudron OF water over fire; he
brought basins, towels, and his case Of s,irgi-
cal Instruments, and placed them in the tent,
and with them the case with which lie had
taught tine African to believe contained his
god. While thus busted he did not neglect the
subject OF his experiment. His watchful eye
noted everything-th mass Of clots growing
like a great fungus under the wounded shoul-
der, the deadly pallor, the dark circles form
ing around the sunken eyes, the blanchcd
lips, the Transparent nostris, the slow, deep
respiration. From time to time he felt the
wounded mans pulse and counted 1t care
fully. Ninety-he went out again into the
open air; i0O-"The loss OF blood
tells he muttered, and began to rear.
range his appliances and busy himself
uneasily with them; 100 bets to the min
minute-"He is failing too fast; must stop
this bleeding said the experimenter. Then
he clcaiised the wound. and tied the arteries,
and bound 1t up But the loss Of blood had
been so great that the heart huttered wildly
and feebly In its efforts to contract upon it,
diminished contents, and Fourier, anxious,
and pale himself almost a. his victim.
trembled when his finger felt In vain for
the bleeding artery and caught only a faint
tremulous thrill, No feeble that he scarcely
knew whether the heart was beating at all
or not In terror he threw open the ends o.
the little tent and famed him, and moistenc,l
his lips, and gave him brandy, and hastened
To begin the experiment for which he had
waited so long and for which both sutJeots
we're at last ready.
He told his savage that the Yankee wa-
dying, but tint he had communed with his
god, who would let him live IL blood was
given In return. Then he reminded him Of
the time when he lost blood, and that II had
done him no harm The African, trained
for this duty with 50 much care, did not fail
him, but barred his arm and gave the blood
The god was brought forth and caught it,
and the sacrifice Logan. As the silver bowl
fioated In u basin Of water 50 warm that the
Thermometer in It's side marked o. degrees of