Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-26
THE FRENCH SENTRY.

Ing conecupt, Claude Latapic, o. sci.
try. on AN cmiuunco, under shelter u' .
cottage, which had been half domal.
ighed by the grapeshot.
Night was coming on, and In the deep
nning gloom the young soldier lol. :
half fesrfuliy at the wintry landsc
Each object was a huge. weird filhla-
cite. which his simple peasant fancy
transformed into fantastic spccleL
and he iremblngiy recalled the phos'lv
legends heard ia his childhood, tho WON
en- crossing themselves, the men shud-
doring and all drawing nearer tho glow
Ing hearth, while the wind howiri
mourninlly. Above him the sky grew
more and moro opaque, not q star pisrc
ing It's blacknrss, and the bleak north
wind prolonged the tronulous hgha ~
tho branches, ~ they softly rua'lel
against each other.
The sentry clasped his musket firmly
and stood motionlcH. ramlyzcd via
vague terror and almost numh with cold
His thoughts were 10 busy with tie
memory OF hia home and OF days which
seemed, after all his battling and hard
ship, to be long away, that he half ilr.
got his duty Of keeping watch.
Suddenly a moaning sound aroso IN &c..
darkness near him. Startled from Dol,
reyeric. Claude shook himself, cooked he
gun aud looked about him anxiousiy
with eye and ear and every muscle 90
the alert. remembering that his CON.
fadcs were asleep and that they trustsl
tohim to awaken them In case Of dam
The means continued with a souud
,trangling like death rattle; then
faint. hoarfe cry Of agony arose from che
ruined walls Of the house. Claude perrtd
In at the doorway. struck u match AMI
saw lying ga a corner on heap Of rub
ish and held down by the fragments o.
the shattered roof tho dark outline Oh a
human form.
A bit OF candle end CHANGED to be ]
ing near and Claude lighted this and
crept softly toward the corner; In the
dim light no discovered soldier, one OF
the enemy, who had evidently been
struck down by the falling joists, Tor
beam lay across his chest. The young
Frenchman uttered an exclamation 81
pressing fierce hate. and drew his bay0.
net thrcatoningly; the other man looked
at him with haggard eyes. Claude was
ashamed and drew back; II was ind,
IN enemy. but wounded one, and th-
conscript lowered his muskct. whig.
struck the frozen ground with sharl.
clanking sound.
"Iot him de-" he inuttered; but a
-.
"Dink!"
you want drink Very likely" r.
tcrted the young trooper, laying biz.
hand on tho canteen. which, before tai
ing his place as sentry, hehad filed wit
warm coffee, generously seasoned wi
brandy. VERY proper for me 20 warn
an onemy's stomach a. the expense OF %
Freuchman's!"
lie laughed sneoringly, and "a IL in de
fanco Of tho wounded mans entreaiy
opened the cantecn and nut il to hisowg
lips. But the first tirop seemed to chol
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himself from ia cpttlny Wind vbi.
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