Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-09-13

and they used IT as means to mystify
him.
In the evening, about eight O'Clock, Tho
room was full the windows wide open in.
yiting the evening breeze. the men ii
shirt sleeves lying on their beds or sitting
on benches or tables. their legs swinging
back and forth. smoking their pipes. while
others were seated in corners, arranging
their waist-belts or packing their KNAPP
sacks, They were TO leave in the morning
al dawn
4 sergeant entered. his hands in his
pockets, looking very mysterious. I'm
medistely comrade commenced 'Is II
true, sergeant, that the English have land
ed in France" Certainly it is" answered
the sergeant. Cadion lying on his bed
heard and turned his head This took
him
The sergeant continued speaking in an
authoritative voice They are distant
only six leagues from here, and tomorrow
we'll show them Of what stuff We are
made" What do the English look hkc:"
asked another Something like US. only
they wear a white band around their hats.
on account of the great heat in London"
Every one was asleep Cadion tried To
think. The English II was for this then
that all the hullabulloo and preparations
| were made; now he understood II. They
were going TO fight the English; the last
| word was the only one perhaps capable OF
! illumining his dali brain. Cadj0u was a
Breton. Go Ia old Brittany. the most
I crcdulous Of countries and ask the native
Where j. EngIands" and " ith the utmost
disgust, lie will point a dcrisive finger
+ towards the ocean. in the direction Of the
/ fog masked island The Breton, and
/ English know one another There is
I few stray hundreds pierced with bullets
/ lyin-, between the two borders Cadiun
/ knows the name Of the hereditary enemy:
hi> grandfather died at Trafalgar; had he
not heard his father tcIl Of il. and on the
campn- of this same Chcrbourg. could
not The statue of Napoleon he seen men.
ac.us with his imperial finger this ctcr.
The next day Cadion was silent
III
They drilled for three days on the right
~ Tourlayillc, At last the armie. were
face to face The 3&sd were - represent
The enemy. and for that reason were 20 h.
beaten u course. Were it not for this
draw back Bourguicharl would bc the hap
Piest Of men. but It was question Of sen
loriy between the Colonci- The Colonel
ui the 7aIth was ten years older tn grade
than n, other. hcno, he claimed Tie right
- be victor and The other must submit ID
be- the yau4ni>hcd. BoaEgulcAard resign
- himself sadly 70 the nnal defeat NO
matter he said. during the action. in the
detailthere " III surely be- some chance for
covering myself with glory and showing
INV men what genuine leader am
To-day the enemy the white hats of
Bourguichard attacked village called L.
Columbicr- Bang bang bang went
fusiia.ic at the entrance Of the wood The
smoke ascending in fakes was scattered
by the wind Below on little crnlncncc
between the engaged regiments. the gcner-
al ln the bc>; Of humor presided at "A little
Geld fcte. IN the midst OF hi. star-oiilcer-
in full uniform.
What re gall eH-- ri.trhyfp,. err IN ~.
the >ub-prcfcct. the bishop, niece and the
auu; Of the commssary general those
charming women reclining in their hA-
ruuehcs in beautiful carriage robes. under
red umbrellas II was gay, IL was grand.
and for th, beautiful eyes Of the ladies'.
th,. officer, worried their horses into =
dance There was grain Of hcroi>tn in
every soul The general gcsticulating
with his field glass, explained that the enc
my would soon be rcpul,cd from the VII
lase and driven back 10 The river amid
the victorious shouts Of the conquerors.
/, was a superb plan, entirely original
with him. The little ladies admired
tim immensely the soldiers pcr-pired,
ON another Hill which commanded The
approach to the village alone grave and
re>olute Cadiou, the sentinel inspected the
horizon. He believed firmly that his rrgl-
lncnt was engaged in death struggle with
the English. He was certain that the
cartridges contained balls He would
guard hi, post even - death. His ser
scant said 70 him with an energetic ges-
/ ture If the English come" and he replied
( to him with They'll find me
! here" He could see them below with
/ their " hiic hats.
4 All hour passed; the firing redoublcd,
approached Along the hcdgcrows the
Breton could see the enemy glide, Cadion
.rev excited. he drew a long breath and
murnured to himself: Good good =!
while his hands closed tighter around his
gun.
All AT once, like an avalanche, Cadion
saw in cloud Of dust. climbing to the top
of his hill, hundred Englishmen. They
kept well to the shelter of the bushes. and
now they were going To charge 1t Is
needless to say it was Bourguichard and
his company. The doughty captain had
waited all day for a chance TO distinguish
himself, and now it had come Despite
all orders contrary to the regard for SEN
iority between the Colonels, listening only
10 his indomitable vanity, he determined
10 throw his whole force against the vii
laee. cost what it would, and satisfy
his fierce pride. How often" he reason
ed. .have such sublime acts of heroism de
cided the day; but alas the spirited cap
tain was poorly seconded; tired out; theiI
feet getting constantly tangled in the
heather, the lst of the lst marched
tamely and wearily up the hill. witt
sword in one hand and handkerchief in thu
other, both violently agitated, Bourguich
ard spurred on his men striking them witt
blows of his fist: Forward for France,
u he cried, march you rascals scoundrels
hypocrites - shaking at the same time hi
dusty, sweat-stained handkerchief unde
{ their noses In this manner he forced th
poor weary wretches into double quick
To lieutenant, who found this very an
u moving, he shouted: Il find you cold
sir" What do you wish US to do, Cap
tain?" answered another from whom tn
big drops of sweat were falling. "Cow
. ards" growIed Bourguichard.
4, So alone, hundred feet in advance o
his men, the heroic Captain, wishing t
70 show an example, climbed the hill in dou