The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1886-02-18


Mr.. Henry Sauer. 4 genial German,
keeps q saloon at No. Grand street,
Brooklyn. The surest way to his SYM
pathies is to recite the glories achieved
/! by Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm in the
liatc Franco-P -Prussian war. A recent
occurrence, however, has soured his
| hitherto guileless affection for his Illus
trious fellow-countrymen
| About two weeks ago burly German
with big scar on his neck entered the
clearinghouse and applied for two
weeks lodging. = have just come
| from Germany" he told the worthy
proprietor, and am on my way to Cali
| fornia- DO you sc his SCARF Donner-
wettcr, but / laid out the rascal Of .
| Frenchman who gave me that!'
You were in the Franco Prussian
warp asked Mr.. Sauer, at once inter-
ested.
"Was Ip From the time the first
shot was fred to our triumphant entry
into Paris! | fought at Weisenbourg,
Grayelotte, Sedan, everywhere. How
did / get this SCARF At Gravelotte a
Frenchman drew his sword on Unser
Fritz. / see the danger, spring to the
rescue Of the Grown Prince, and receive
the thrust in my neck. The blood
squirted up so as to almost blind me,
but up with my needle-gun, take aim.
and bang the Frenchman lies dead at
my feet
THAT was heroic act, mein freund, :"
exclaimed the enthusiastic landlord;
..you take drink. !"
"Oh, that was nothing" continued
the hero. wiping the froth from his lips
with his sleeve "At Sedan received
the commission from Moltke himself to
capture Napoleon. With detachment
of ten trusty men / crept in the dead
tof night into the enemy's camp. We
throtfled the sentinels and were already
before the house where the French EN-
peror was sleeping, when the verfuchtc
Turkos sprang on lis with their. scimi-
tars and chopped of the heads Of all my
companions. Luckily, | escaped with
only this scar.
Some of the bystanders suggested that
the hero had but just now declared that
he had received the scar at Grayelotte,
but the patriotic landlord frowned upon
their hints as traitorous. and bade the
valiant stranger continue.
THAT was tough. but even that was
mere child's play to what encountered
when lay in the trenches before Paris.
TIE Commune had been declared, and
the Communists. having defeated their
own National Guard, made sorlie
on MS and captured me with a num-
ber of my comrades. We were brought
to the Place des Gieves, where
Archbishop Darboy had lust been shot
by Megv, aad it was ordered that we
should all be dynamited. had to wit
ness with my own eyes my comrades
one by one blown to pieces by those
demons OF women, the petro.euses,
finally my turn came. Already | saw
the hand bomb filled with nitro-glycer-
inc raised to be dashed at me, when our
brave troops made their final attack<on
the city. Every one rushed off and
was alone. / made my way to the
scene of combat, and before could re-
gain our lines was stabbed in the neck
here by one of our own people. You
can still see the scar"-
s.Mein freund and bruddcr,' enthusi-
astically interrupted Mr. Sauer, utterly
oblivious to the fact that the same
wound had been received on three
separate occasions, 'you shall lodge
with me. Everything in my house is
yours"
The military stranger took him at bis
word After living like lord for two
weeks. he yesterday morning decamped
with fifteen dollars in money and an
overcoat. Since his disappearance Mr..
Sauer, who does not even know his
name, has dissovered that his lodger
has been all over Brooklyn telling the
same stories, showing the wound, get
ting credit for his lodging, and then
leaving with whatever he could lay his
hands on.
sDot vas fine coundryman, aind
id?' pathetically asked Mr.. Sauer, as
he reported the circumstances to the
police. IN y World.