The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-07-17

cOlnmander, As he pressed my hand at tn
moment of our departure, saying, Il con,
mend you to the grace of Godv could no
conceal his emotion. We had either t.
succeed, or, indeed, If the Turks observe,
the attempt in time, the chances were tina
! none of us could escape. But, for all that
only felt thrill Of pleasure. Think OF i
trying new system of attack, in
, augurating revolution in the navy
And then, again, if we succeeded, what ;
result!-the idea OF DESTROYING a preni
man of war with Il long boat
: "rhe oars were wrapped with tow; ".
made no noise, and we proceeded on OH,
way with unsnakabie resolution. Finally
could distinguish the Turkish tlotila.
The admiral's vessel was in front, in the
l'rSt line. It's enormous mass made & great
. black shadow against the still water 1t
was the flagship had selected for attack
There was no sound, absolutely none.
They never suspected anything: they
never dreamed of any danger. And they
had scarcely any lights. They were an
chored there, in the most peaceful, uns,,s~
pecting way possible.
"We approached At that moment felt
my heart beating very fast; was certain
or success. My men rOwed OH softly,
silently--witllout one false movement
without breath! We came right close to
them; and still they had observed nothing.
| fixed the torpedo. Oh! when pushed it
against the side of the ship what furious
Joy felt! would have liked to yell at
them--to taunt them-but theljob was not
yet finished. We turned round, the sail
ors all bent to their oars. and few vigor-
Gus sweeps sent us far away from, the
Turk. Then, all Of a sudden, there was a
Terrible fllnllJt ON oa vJ .S,i I'm,
rlble outburst of noise. The sentries ut
tered frightful cries. "Torpelo! they
shouted in their language-.torpedo!'
Il must tell you that the Turks, know
ing very little about torpedoes, had the
most fearful fancies concerning them. A
torpedo was, to their Imagination, Il fan
tastlc engine OF death and destruction. Il
was lndeed-in very fact. They did not
even have presence Of mind enough to fire
On our boat when we were still only Il
cable s-Iength away from them: AM! the
moment found we We're at the strictly
necessary distance, l let loose the electric
current, and immediately cry went UP
horrible, supcrhuma.,. OH that cry!-no,
no:-you could never conceive ANYTHING
llke it, you could never imagine it! am
blavc--you can believe me in that; am
AFRAID OF nothlng---b1lt that cry-oh And
everything was swallowed up--everyth hing;
the ship and the crew, the officers and the
sailors, simultaneously with that hdeous
cutlery OF terror, Of horror"
ne clapped both hands. closing hi, ears
as Il. "a frenzy; and his eyes, fixed by the
mettaceable vision OF that recollection.
stared wildly before him.
What frightful tlling!' said, myself !
deeply impressed sand We're there many !
on buarl."
"Manyy:-how do know. AMI further
more, what do I care:-that is not the
thing which torlnents me. Destruction,
death; That Is war-necessary, unavoiu-
able The thing that territcs ,;,c--the
thing can not get rid offs that hi,eous
clamor out Of the hlaekuess. /. p,Ysues
me still, INCREASINGLY Would it nut hive
been better to have gone down witt, the
ship Better to die, 1t is haunting .ae-
never leaves me. Sometimes in the day,
ever, III the n:itlst of the sunlight while
everything is luminosity and life around
sne---l have to stop, to close my eyes, and
listen to it-that horrible cry. But it is
worse by night, in the darkness. When
any sound comes to my ears, it is not II
carriage-runlhle that hear, or l.. call. or
any other ordinary sound--no; it is the
turkish crew roaring III the darkness,
ANA II all happened years ago, Il long time
ago; but cRn not forget i'll will never,
never be able to forget it,"
lie paused u moment; thcn fixing his
frightened eyes upon me, asked, with u
strangely snppliant tone in his voice:
What shall do: Tell me.--what can
possibly do? See.would / not I've able
to-.but not is not impossible
never!
With great effort he seemed to calm
himself; but the glass slippe,! from his
trembling hand, to SILVER il ,.r E,,p,, the
carpet. A waiter h;,stvneh forward. and
brought another glass, which he plu%r.u!e,'
to I'LL.
All possible toas:s has! been s'r:,n,: still
the party continued tn drink. Bottle. y.
champagne were being continually
enotiea: and quantities OF k,,uac! lis
1t was sutfucatingly hot in tho ;,par,.
Ment, under that iron ceiling.
They Opener. the port holes A cml
Whit Of air rushed into onr laces--a sea-
Wild, fnll OF kee,, o'iprs GOO! and refresh
ing. And suddenly, from II neisilhorjnv
ship, rang out Il cry-a sentrv's cry ionu
drawn. n.oaN!ateti. solemn. Ny nrig,,'u,r.
who had seemed almost unron,vi,,s
seized my arm, squeezed !. har,!. and
bringing his face close to mine again. ex
claimed III il CHASTITY whisper: DO vol,
hear it? Do You hear it," His eyes .rcy;
larger; wild terror contra cte.i hi, fare.
tn" fine glass he held in his hand barsi
into pieces between his fingers; AMI lot,
ting my arm ago, with sob, he L., him.
self fall heavily upon the foor.-~A,t,e,i
co,lrn,es' Times Democrat Translation
from I.a Figaro.
stra"E'ing nn Elephant in Hamburg.
\ rare spectacle was recently witnessed
in the animal park" of Herr Hagebeck. a
Hamburg llealer in wild animals A,,,.>,.l.