The Mineral argus., 1885-06-11


An Adaptation from tine 1fsne" Oh 1ss"'
CO.'S 0oPPss'
The Young Duke OF Hardimons had gone 10
Nix IN Savoy TO let his famous mare ferich"'e
axe q COARSE oil the waters she had t"rheu
roarer since that cold she caught at the Derby.
The duke was finishing his breakfast, one
morning, and CHANGING absently over his news
,an.r whom be road tho ua~s NJ tina disaster at
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"c""s"o"eh "oe "P'c" "i' s'"'s VI ~"
reuse, laid his newspaper down on tho res
tatrant table. ordered his valet to pack his
,, A., La. ID H., .xn,o,s for
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faris, AMI hurried 10 the recruiting oince I'd Gu
list IN a foot regiment
A man NAV have led the cncryating life OF a
,ct;, Grey, fas they called them then, from 10
:. ~ ~.
Che may nave uohe ms pcs' 10 "uii HE
brains in racing stables and in tho boudoirs Of
,u.r, s;uo.rs Tn so;te of il all. there are
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""'"c"'s ""e" "o '""""' '"'bo' "'' IN
/ gucrrand de liardimont died of tho plague NJ
| Tunis the same day az Saint Louis: that jean
a., I.r,;r,o,,, .,,nm,n,,.a IN. Gra,J Cam
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! pahics WIN Du ouvsciii, ana sha' fr"hc"'S
| Henri de Hardimont was killed with Malson-
! p,,,,.. il, a.. ,h,,,,o n, Eo,.t,po; D,cradeJ
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a. ne might lie by ms ioo'ish anu sea''"a'o"s
passion for Lucy Violet, the prima donna OF
H., NuJ;.es par;s;opnos whom the vounp
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ma" 'arhe' '''a' """'e ','u 'e.' ,''' ~
Frenchman on French ground, the blood rush
ed Ia his face and he had the horrible scnsa-
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10 ea'.'c ""o"' II, "o ."'s ""'s =,
ter 1871, Henri lie Hardiin"i'', Oh me ihiri
Fusilcrs and member of the hockey Club,
having returned to Paris with his regiment,
which formed part OF Vinoy's Corps, MAS ON
I guard with his COMPANY before the re,loubt of
liautcs- Bruycrcs, a position which had been
hastily fortified and protected 10y the cannons
of the Fort of Bicctrc.
II was ,lreary place road planted on
either side with rows of stunted. leaflcss trees,
and plowed up with deep cart -ruts. stretched
across the waste fields Of the suburb On one
side of the road was deserted inn, road
eide inn with arbors in its garden, where the
soldiers had taken up their quarters. There
had been fighting there few days before.
The shots from the mtrailou-cs had shat
tered some of the trees along the road. anl all
bore on their bark the white scars o' TIA, ,,,Il
lets. The house was simply appalling: the
roof had been smashed by "A bomb. aud the
walls with their dull red paint looked as il
they had been bcspaiterc,i with blood There
was a grim irony IN the dsmantca arbors with
the black trcllIs works in The swings that
creakcd upon the wet ropes in the damp WIND
and in the shot rid,lled sign post-a dead rab
Int surrounded bv two billiard cues, tied To
gether by ribbon. AMI framed around with
the inscriptions: Cabinets lie S"cictc-Ab-
snthe Yarmouth twelve sous the
qulrt'-all recalling the popular Sunday rev
els of former times. Overhead was sad,
gray, winter sky, with great lea,len clontls-a
lowering. gloomy, cruel, angry sky
The young man stood NJ the door ~ the inn
with his rifle slung behind Inn. his cap over
his eyes, his hands III the pockets Of his red