The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-08-01

to the heights above and said: '.Ths
Prussians are up there" and n vague
sense of uneasiness sliced upon the
two friends.
The Prussiansl They had never
set eyes upon them. but for months
past they had felt their presence near,
encircling their beloved Paris. running
their beloved France, pillaging, mas.
sacring, Unsuitable, invincible, invisible,
all-powerful, and as they thought on
them sort OF superstitious terror
seemed to minge with the hate they
bore their unknown conquerors.
] Morisot murmured: Suppose we
were to meet them?" and Savage
replied, with the instructive gallantry
| of the Partisan: "Well, we would offer
them some of our fish for supper"
All the same they hesitated before
venturing into the country, intimidat-
ed as they were by the all-pervading
| silence.
Eventually M. Savage plucked up
courage: "Come aloug; let's make a
start. But we must be cautious"
They went through the vineyard,
bent double, crawling along from bush
to bush, ears and eyes upon the alert.
Only one strip OF ground lay be-
tween them and their They began
to run, and when they reached the
bank they crouched down among the
dry weeds for shelter
Morsot laid his ear to the ground
to listen tor the sound OF footsteps,
but he could hear nothing. They were
alone; gradually they felt treasured
and began to fish.
The deserted island OF Maranthe hid
them from the opposite shore. The
little restaurant was closed, and
looked as if it had been neglected for
years.
NJ. Salvage caught, the first gud-
geon, NJ Morisot the second. And
every minute they pulled up their
lines with a little silver object dangl-
ing and struggling on the hook. Truly,
a miraculous draught of fishes. As
the fish We're caught they put them in
a net which hoated in the water Mt
their feet. They positively reveled in
enjoyment of a longfor hidden sport.
The sun shone warm upon their backs.
They heard nothing-they thought of
nothing-thc rest of the world was as
nothing to them. They simply fshed.
Suddenly q smothered sound, as it
were underground, made the earth
tremble The guns had commenced
firing. Morisot turned his head and
saw above the bank; far away to the
left the vast shadow OF Mont Valer-
len, and over it the white wreath of
smoke from the gun which had Just
been fired. Then a Jet o! flame burst
forth from the t..'trt..s in an
swer, q moment later followed by
another explosion. Then Others, till
every second, rs it seemed, the noun
tain breathed out death and the
white smoke formed funeral pail
above it,
Nj. Savage shrugged his shoulders.
"They Recognizing again, he said.
M. Morisot, anxiously watching his
float bob up and down, was suddenly
seized with rage against the belliger-
ents and growled out: GLOW idiotic
to kill one another like that"
Nj. Sauvage--It's worse than the
brute beasts.
M. Morisot, who had Just hooked
bleak, said "And to think that it
will always be thus, so long as there
are such things as governments"
NJ. Salvage stopped him; "The Re-
public would not have declared war"
M. Morisot, in his turn: with
kings we have foreign wars, with the
republic we have civil wars"
Then in a friendly way they began
to discuss politics with the calm, COM
mon sense of reasonable and peace
loving men, agreeing on the one point |
that no one would ever be free. And |
Mont Valerien Numbered increasingly, |
demolishing with its cannon-balls |
French houses, crushing out French |
lives, running many dream, many n
joy, many q hope deferred, wrecking |
much happiness, and bringing to the
hearts of women, girls, and mothers
in France and elsewhere sorrow and |
suffering which would never have an
end.
"It's life," said M. Morisot.
"Say rather that it IS death, " said M. |
Salvage.
They started, scared out OF their |
lives, as they felt that some one was
close behind them. Turning
around they saw four men-four tall,
bearded men-dressed as servants in |
livery and wearing flat caps upon
their heads. These men were covering
The two fishermen with rifles.
The rods dropped from their fright
nned hands and floated aimlessly |
down the river. In an instant the |
were seized, bound, thrown
into boat, and ferried over to the
island.
Behind the house they had thought
was picket of Prussian
A hairy giant, who was sit
astride chair and smoking porce-
lain pipe asked them in excellent |
French If they had had good sport.
A soldier placed at the feet Of the
officer the net full of fish, which he had
brought away with him.
Not bad, see but we have other
fish to fry. Listen, and don't alarm
yourselves. You are couple of
French spies sent out to watch my
disguised as fishermen.
/ take you prisoners and order you
to be shot. You have fallen into my
hands-so much the worse for you.
1t is the fortune of war. Inasmuch,
however, MS you came through the
lines you are certainly in possession
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