The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

upon the world ms our country. hui
mainly as our countiymen. anil he
shall be The beat patriot who IL tho
least patriotic. 20
"Ah-h. fchtrc r. exclaimed Santan-
dor. listlcssly. throwing a cushion mt
Bah Azzoun'5 head; "cu IL cOucher.
It's too hot 20 theorize; you're either u
great philosopher Bah or "a large
sized --hc looked Mt him overthe rim OF
his glass before concluding idiot.
Put Bah Azzoun had gone on tal6-
ing In the meanwhile ana now fin
ished with and so you must not blame
me- II. looking upon them Che meant
the Arabs 'and theirs in this light
/ find this African campaign "A sorry
business for France TO be engaged ia
Ia vast and terrible government ter
rorizing into submission a horde OF
half-staryed fanatics he yawned, "all
OF which "a very bad very bad-bah!
give me some more kouscOusS0W.
We were aroused by the sudden
stoppagc OF the scow.
A detachment of 'Zephyrs, near
us on the right bank scrambled
together In hollow square. A bat
TALON OF Coulouglis. with hdiks and
bournous ripping scuttled by Us at a
gallop. and the Twenty Third Chas-
seurs d 'Afrique IN the front line halted
at carry" on the crest OF sand
ridge. which hid the horizon from
sight; the still, hot air OF the Sahara
was suddenly pervaded with some
thing that reused us 10 our feet in an
instant Santander whipped out his
ever ready sketch book and began
blocking In tho landscape and posi-
ton OF the troops. while Theyenot
snatched his note look and stylo-
graph"
Instantly somewhere disquie;ingly
near an event. or rather whirl OF
events that rushed and writhed them
selves together into quiverint mazo
OF dizzying complexity. suddenly
evolved aud widened Ike the fierce.
quick opening OF come vast scroll and
there were zigzag hurryings TO and
fro and a surging heavenward OF
torrent OF noises -n1iBes OF men and
noises OF feet. noises OF horses and
noises OF arms noises that hustled
fiercely upward above the brown mass
and closed together in The desert mir.
blending or joining ono with another.
joining and separating. ryuniting and
dividing; noises that ratified; noises
that clanked; noises That boomod or
shrilled. or thundcred. or quavered;
and one.wcll-known noisa that ut
regular intervals. was dominant over
all as OF a mighty food OF p,anks and
boards falling from some vast height
upon the earth beneath Aad then
came sight OF blrc.sray tremulou5 cur
tains but whether of smoke o. dust
/ could not say tumbling and pillow
ing. bellying ont with the hot tempest
breath OF the battle.demon that ragged
within. and whose outermost fringes
were torn by serrated files OF flashing
steel and wavering ranks OF red.
And this was all at first know
we had been attacked and that behind
those boiling smoke-billows. some
where and somehow though exactly
how and whore | could not tell men
Infatuated into beasts were graphing
and struggling each man with ev-
cry slnew on the strain. honestly striv-
ing 20 kill his fellow
And now we were in the ne Isl Of a
hollow square OF our soldlery' yet how
we came there cannot recall though
/ remember trivial enough rs IL was
that the water OF the Jeliffe made
my clothes heavy and clinging and
uncomfortable --,remember this nj
though mortal fear sat upon me OF
being shot down by some OF our own
frenzied soldiers. And then came
that awful rib-craclzing pressure, "a.
from some outward unseen cause. the
square was thrown back upon itself
Tho smell OF sweat OF horses aud men.
the odor OF the powder smoke. the
binding suifocating. Supplying
clouds OF dust the horrible fesr--
greater than all others OF being
pushed down beneath those thousands
OF trampling feet the terrible pitch Of
excitement that sickens and weakens
the momentary consciousness-van-
ishing as soon as felt-that this was
what men called war and that we
were experiencing the stern reality OF
what we had so often read
/ looked at Bah Azzoun; no was
standing at the gunwalc OF the scow--
somehow wo were back on tho scow
again-with an unloaded pistol In his
hand. lie was watching tho battle on
the bank. His nostrils quivered and
he shifted his feet exactly like an ex-
cited thorough bred. On a sudden. a
trooper OF tho Eleventh Cuiiassiors
came spinning round aud round out OF
ihn hrnmn ~ tho hnfiln nnlninn mn