St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

exhausted. 'Bystanders who heard her cries
helped her in the search; but they found
nothing"
''Was Lucien drowned?" asked the Sub
Lieutenant.
''This was the question started, but it
seemed well-nigh impossible. The child
could only toddle, and the sea was too far
from the place indicated by the nurse. So
this hypothesis was given up. The police
considered it case of kidnapping, andwent
to work; but failed to find clue. They
searched for weeks through all the slums
of the city-the low quarters where the
dregs of the population congregate, the scum
of the Mediterrnean-but with no success
A description of the child was sent to every
consul, with orders to make full inquiry.
| De Valmont himself obtained special leave
of absence from the war Office and spent
year in trying to solve the mystery. He
returned more dead than alive, to bury his
wife, whom grief had killed.
GAS to the Colonel, at first he had serious
intentions of joining the Trappists and re-
firing from the world. But hope sustains
him still He believes, if his boy was not
drowned that Prudence will take pity on
him and yet restore him. VAIN delusion!
But we humor him in his hope. He has
regiment; but the wound at his heart has
never healed, and when it breaks out afresh
he becomes sad and sorrowful, and talks
about presentiment.
''La Severina / believe, has kept her word
and wreaked terrible revenge!"
Brisac finished his story and wished all
goodnight.
''We have six hours for sleep and then my
bows, and them,
On the morrow, at the early hour of 6
o'clock, double line of smoke extended
for distance of two miles on each side of
the plain. The French had brought almost
all their guns into action. The Austrian
batteries posted on the opposite hills, replied
with well-directed fire. In this artillery
duel, which lasted for some hours the adj
vantage remained with the French. The
superiority of the Austrian position was
more than counterbalanced by the deadly
effect of the rifled guns of the French, which
we're first employed in warfare at the me-
morable battle of Solferino. The carnage
was frightful and the result disastrous to
the Austrians, who were obliged to retreat.
At 3 o'clock on that day-23d June, 1859
the French were formed up to advance
under whitening musketry fire tie assault
the Tower Of Solferino, the key of the enc
my's position. Marshal Benedeck then
called on his cavalry to make a supreme eff
fort, which, had it been successful, would
have changed the fortunes of the day. The
Austrian cavalry were massed behind a
fringe of wood which effectually concealed
their movements from the French. Sud
denly they were seen to emerge from their
shelter and to prepare for determined
charge, to take in flank those batallions
1rbinb hoH oil fbo oil IF ,a
hills. Gen. Mel saw the danger, and i'm
mediately hurled against them the Marguer-
tie division of cavalry, in which Valmonts
Light Dragons charged in the first line.
The shock was terrific! The elements
continued to swell the frightful storm of war.
Peals of thunder beloved forth and vivid
lightning played over the CHASTITY sight be-
meath.
1t was after the delivery of the charge
''home" that Col. de Valmont suddenly saw
rise before him about dozen hnzzars, in
white, of the Archduke Albrecht's regi-
ment. Led by young lieutenant with fair
hair and budding mustache, they sabred
the French dragons with maniacal
fury, making their way through them like
cannon-ball With one bound of his horse
the Lieutenant was at the Colonel. De Val
mont saw his sabre flash as he raised it to
cut him down. He had only time to pull
the trigger of his pistol and the Austrian fell,
killed by bullet in the forehead.
At the end of the engagement Col. De
Valmont, returning to camp, passed over the
scene of the conflict. The body of the Lieu
tenant still lay there on its bank. A thin
trickle of blood marked the spot of the bullet
wound. The face Of the young officer was
as calm and placid as a child asleep. De
Valmont gazed at him with profound emo
ton. A fewyards off some dismounted men
were guarding Austrian prisoners, among
whom was an officer Of Albrecht'a Hussars.
Pointing to the dead body the Colonel asked
''Sir, can you tell me the name of that
brave fellow?"
''Karl Gottfried, - was the answer.
One month after the peace of Villafranca,
Eugene de Valmont returned to Paris with
the army of Italy, where he found the follow
ing letter awaiting his arrival:
Milan, 9th. August, 1859.
My DEAR OLD FRIEND: You know that
am still at the Military hospital here, where
shall remain until all our wounded are re-
moved. They brought in the other day sew
eral marauders caught by our men rifling the
dead, and on some of them who tried to es-
cape, they fired Among them was an old
found for her, as she was on the point of
death. [ offered my services to dress her
wound, and judge of my amazement when
/ heard her say: "You don't remember me,
DR.. Brisac. l am La Seyerina. Under the
withered features of the woman recognized
your former acquaintance in Algiers. By
what series of misfortunes she came to be a
despoiler of the dead L shall not attempt to
explain. Enough to know that before dying
she allowed the priest to communicate part
of her confession, and, as [ have for long
thought, she it was who stole Lucian at Mar
SELLS!
After a host of adventures which I shall
tell you later on, poverty compelled her to
abandon the child at Vienna. She left it to
the charity of her landlord where she lodged
No. 20 Rosenstrasse-and never heard of
the boy after. This address will give you
some trace. Apply at once to the Austrian
Embassy. Tout q toi BRIsAc.
Mad with joy, the colonel ran to the en-
bassy and explained the object of his mission.
For fortnight after, which seemed to him a
lifetime, he lived in fever of suspense, and
was goingto bed one night when his valet
brought him an official letter. with large
red seal bearing the Acknowledgements arms.
He read as follows:
MONSIEUR LIE ooMTE: am instructed by
the Minister of foreign affairs to inform you
in answer to your inquiries, that the child
abandoned in Vienna, at the address given,
on the goth September, 1916, was adopted by
benevolent gentleman. He was educated
at the Military school of Olmutz, which he
left last year with the rank of sub-lieutenant.
Posted to s. A. T. the Archduke Albrecht's
regiment of Hussars he was killed at the bat
tie of Solferino. He bore the name of his
adopted father, Karl Gottfried
One hour afterwards the valet entered the
colonePs room, and found him sitting in his
chair. His face was deadly white. His eyes
dilated and immovable, were fixed upon the
fatal letter