Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-09
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49, - "''N-e 800
the seal OF war, upon who's proWs hrc
written the battles OF rapoleoh. noou'
this Old soldier was CERTAIN "r OF rAnh
ness and OF gaycsy which always wins my
favor
He was doubtless one OF those olI troop,
rrs whom nothing eau SURPRISE VINO hnu
TODD for laughter IN VIC uylus .pasns oi
comrade. who ghyly bury and de.pol NM
who challenge bullets w'th ihuiierenon7
Thought theft arsnneht. are shott eilousn-
and who wohll hoD-npD WIN INC ucNlL
In lew moments we hal htFuek UP mn
soqunintance. ana went 70 dine ~ ,ns ms,
restaurant ~ manu- ~ ue-'ett y po,''' ="
champagne completely oleareu 'hv heul
oty OF this strange OLD soldier ITO toi'
hts story.
Durng inc cApcutlon uuuer'hNen ~
Upper EGYPT by uvnerai D,smN' f.o-
vencal soldier, who hal ihlleh INTO the
hands OF inc Mansraulns, wa ,aseh y
these Afshs into INC desert pcyohu tho cat
tracts of tue ME. IN ouier 70 put ue'
tween them ana INC irnen army nls
lance TO nssnre theif rnirty' INC sAu.
grablna n"icsa ioreeu haroh anu VI" not
halt WI nlHht =,
They then camper by IN" sidc on weh'
mrroundcd ny q eiunp OF pam tfres'
where they bud before buried come pro-
Visions. Never dreaming that Their prs
oner would think OF hisht, they merely
bound his hands and nil OF them, niter
eating rev oates ana sNihg "nfloS ."
their horses, went 70 sleep.
When the bold Proveneai saw his enc,
mics ineahle OF wA,chng Nun ne pleteh
up scimetar with MS teeth' anu then'
with the blade nkci between ms Knees,
Ias ~.
found hiniseit ~ lipcry'
Heat once seized oarpine anu Jag
Ger, provided himselt win some ury uht'a
and small bag OF barley, powder and
balls, sirded on The seimetar' sprapg on
hoH.s and pressed isrwarh IN the direction
where no fancicd the french army must
be found. impatient 70 gam me oiVou~.
be 10 urged inc weary horse that the poor
beast fell dead, its sides Torn with INC
spurs, leaving the ftonchinAn alone IN tho
midst OF tue desert
After wandering Tor some time anu
the SAND win tue desperate oourage Q, an
escaping convict ,nc soldier wa, ioteou 70
stop. Might was closing III, iSpite tue
b@nty OF the eastern hight nc hAa not
strength suiiicieht 70 90 on fortuhht"ly
he hnd fehched heisht on Tue Top OF
which were palm trees. whose leaves Tor
some time visible Tar on, had awakened IN
his heart mop" OF safety h9 was 80
weary that ~ Jay down on srahitc stone
oddly shaped IKE camp Dcn, anu went 70
sleep without taxing tho prcoautioh 10
protect himself IN MS slumber.
lie w''s awakened ny inc sun whose piti-
less rays talllnR Ncr.lonIy upon the granite
made Il intolerably not
FAR away the NOTION was innrheu on, ns
on sninmerday ~ sea- Ny IN" OF hsht
a. bright and narrow Us sabcrs edge.
The Pro'chcai was twenty-five years Old.
lle went down IN Tue direction opposite
% that which lie had taken when he HAD
climbed the MI the night beiore. Great
wns his Joy on discovering KIND oil grotto'
naturally cut out OF the enormous irhg,
ment. oil granite that formed the bottom OF
The bill. The remnants OF mat showed
that this retreat had once pccn lhhhhited'
Then, a few steps farther, he saw palm trees
with ioni OF dates
AZ length, wearied by the heat, he Tell
asleep beneath the red roof oil bis murky
Rrotto.
In the middle OF the night he was DIS
turbei by aslranse noise. lie sat up. In
thu profound silence no could near =
creature brvnthing-a savage respiration
Nhicb ivs.m"'ou uo'n'nR nu"h"'' is'te',
tntensihcd ny darkness, siiehoe ana ihs
iahrles OF oncsuudehiy awakehed' iro@e ms
blood
JIG tclt inc hhArp CONTRACTION OF MS
roalp wheh, as tna pupl,s OF MS eyes ~
Iaicn' Ne Jaw IN the shallow TWO iiht hhu
yellow hghe. ~ Iirst no Thought THESE
iigh'- were somc rcheetioh OF his eyeoaIis
but soon the clear brightness OF tue might
helping MN 70 distinguish OBJECTS IN th'
rrot'o, he saw lying at Two paeca IRON
him an enormous beast
was u lion, tRer' crocodllc' The
Provencni was not sunieiently educated u
know the species OF his enemy, nut his ter
ror was all the greater, hinco MS Ignorance
assisted MS imagination lie bore th'
cruel torture OF listening OF marking th'
enprloes OF thls awful breathing, without
ho>inH asounu OF u OF Nch,arns To maxi
Ga. ShShlsst movement
Presently the moon, now sinking lighted
np the den, and IA tue moon rays gradu
ally -honr CUT apahthrfsr spotted SKIN.
Inc non OF hsyp. was Sleeping CURED
up like great dog VINO u the pe'ceabl'
possessor OF suinptnous kennel at man
,.'an door its eyes, winch had been openec
for one moment, We're now closed again
Its lace WIS turheu toward tue freneh
man.
thousand troubled thoughts passed
through the MUD OF Tue panthers prison
fr' Az hrAt he thought OF shooting II, bu'
there was not enough room between them
70 ADJUST his snn, tho barrel would hav'
fe-ch~i peyohn ,he animal, Ana what q
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