The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-02
The aaliehia nau Eagle ghmrsdau 1oriue guac 2 1882

more. One man left on the wall, TO max,
observations, indicated by signs to me tina
| the spy was still there. We marched il
| silence, bending double. We nearl!
| crouched in the dust
FINALLY, we reached the spot. / ad
vanced my soldiers. who sprang suddenly
into the vineyard, TO find only Timbuctoo
who was crawling on all fours, deyourin:
the grapes or rather tapping them as ADDS
would bowl of milk, with open mouth
swapping the grapes with his teeth. L Ut
dered him TO get up. 1t was quite inpos
sible, and | soon understood why b.
dragged himself on his hands and knees
As often as he was planted on his feet ht
would fall fat On his nose. This poor
simple creature was really drunk. He wa.
carried away on two props, Laughing anf
gesticulating with hands and feet Thi;
solved the mystery: my soldiers drank ths
grapes, and when too stupefied 70 move
they slept where they fell As for Timbuc
too, MS love for grapes passed all bounds
He simply lived in the vines like the
thrush. which he hated Ike jealous rival
constantly repeating, The birds eat all the
grapes, the thieves"
-One evening they came 70 tell me that
a strange something was advancing to
ward Us. l had not my glass and my sight
was bad Some one said it appeared to be
q huge serpent, which uncoiled itself
others that il was funeral train under
guard
4 sent several men cut 70 meet this
queer caravan l could not guess what il
might be. 1t was this Tinbuctoo and
eight of his companions bore IN triumph q
sort Of an altar, upon which were ranged
eight bleeding, grinning heads. The tenth
negro led horse, TO the tail Of which vas
tied another, and six beasts followed Sc
cured in this same fashion They told their
story: Having gone into their beloved
vineyard. these Africans had seen detach-
ment Of Prussians approaching from the
village. Instead of flying they had con-
cealed themselves, and wnen the officers
had dismounted from their horses for re-
freshmeltS At an inn. the eleven negroes
had rushed upon the Uhlans, putting them
to fight and had shot the sentinels and
FIVE Of the officers
That day embraced Timbuctoo, but I
observed that he walked with difficulty. /
asked if he was wounded. Ne. no: nv pro
Visions he replied: and then discovered
that he fought for gain-not for glory He
collected everything Of the smallest value
especially things which sparkled. md
plunged them into pocket which hung
from hip to thigh. He called it his pro
fonde, and profound il was Every day
he added to his collection, stripping gold
from uniforms, leather from caps, buttons
pieces Of tin-anything shining. until liz
'profonde' was full TO overiowing. He
/ III L l.
Of the ostrich. and had there been no pro
fonde,' verify believe hewould have tried,
like the ostrich, to swallow the things,
piece by piece.
when the general heard of the work Of
TimbuctoO he ordered the dead soldiers 10
be buried in haste, in order that il might
not be discovered that they had been b..
headed. Next day the Prussians returned
and shot the mayor Of the village with
seven Of his best citizens, presuming that
they had been betrayed to our men. Win
ter came and we were desperate, harassed.
Starving. The negroes alone remained fat
and vigorous and always ready to fight
TinbgcUOo was growing yisibiy stouter
He said 20 me one day: sToa. very hungry.
l have good meat and he brought me an
excellent filet- We had no beef or sheep,
mutton or goats, nor were there pigs or
asses. II was now impossible to procure
even horse meat. l thought of all this
after deyouring the flet. Then horrible
thought oppressed me These negroes
were born near the land Of the maneaters.
were constantly falling In the vii
lace- questioned Timbuctoo, who did not
care to reply, nor did insist, but Irefused
his presents Of Iiiet thereafter.
He s-ured ne. One night the snow
surprised Us at the outer posts We were
On the ground, and l looked with pity
upon the poor shivering negroes, covering
un'ier this freezing, white dust | also
suffered from cold and commenced TO
cough. Suddenly I felt something large
and warm cover my shoulders. Ii was the
cloak Of Timbuctoo.
Il arose and handed It to him saving:
Keep il, poor fellow. You need it more
than l. He answered, No. not Is pour
tot. ana declared that he was warm, in
sisting that l should keep it. until was
forced 10 command him to take il. He
stood up. seized the cloak, and taking his
sword would have cut it IN pieces but for
my accepting it.
Eight days later we had surrendered.
A few escaped. but the majority went to
he village, giving ourselves up 70 the con
Iueror. | was directed 10 the Place
j Arnes. where we were TO unite, when
,ound myself face 10 face with a negro
giant dressed in white cotton and wearing
! straw hat. | was overwhelmed with /
and surprise. 1t was the radi-
lnt TImbuctoo. who promenaded before a
hop, with his hands n his pockets The
\ indow was decorated with plates and
yiasses. I asked what he was doing here. I
ie replied: Moi. mango des PruSSiens. (
OF teauCOup. Twill not run away. good (
ocl1
Il shuddered with horror before this .
leCro IN white cotton, who. smiling al +
yays. took me by the arm and made me .
inter- his shop. I saw sign leaning
gajnst the wall awaiting our departure
0 be hung outside, for he was ashamed (
I read thus. /
Military restaurant Of Y. Timbuctoo for .
-eriy cook To MS ms tesJy tie emperor. Paris .
A. a-ri>c. Prices moderate
In spite o. my horror and despair ! .
Guild not resist laUghing-and / left my .
egro to his new occupation.
This was better than becoming pris-
ner. ami you observe that be has been
1ccessfuI- Bezieres to-day belongs 70 the
The restaurant OF TImbuctoo
as the beginning Of our revenge -
translated from the French OF Guy de
aupaSsant for Romance.
A Breach of Etiquette.
When VAS attached n ne legation &.
frankfort, we were asked occasionally 20
noting parties As DaTrnstsdt- At ore az
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