Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-06-29

Iiou III triumph from trlDe TO UrlDe,
would suffice to secure q general up
rising. and these heads now seemed tc
be within their grasp. The French
troops, it was agreed, should be taken
by surprise the next night.
"Remember," sci the Musssulmar
chiefs to the farmer, ''if you play any
trick on us, wew will visit it on your owr
head. You know the fate of traitors
The Arab swore by Mahomet's mule
that he had spoken the truth and acted il
all sincerity, and then the white burn
GUS again invoked Allah and returned
to their mountains. At the same mo.
ment distant bugle-call announced
that the French troops were awaking
from their slumber. The council had
lasted three hours, and the trembling
fugitives'realized that they were between
two fires. When the farmer had en-.
tered his house Sidi peered out from the
hay and whispered, mo Cnel" with
his usual brevity, and then the two
climbed over the wall again. As soon
as he felt himself safe, the Arab knelt
In the dust and gave thanks to Heaven,
but Cornifiard only muttered:
81 might have brought away s
melonl"
When the Marauders re-entered the
camp, the revellle had sounded half al
hour before, and the Marshal of the
corps had reported them missing, and
informed the captain of Cornihard's
behavior the day before. When there
fore the culprits appeared, much crest
fallen, before the chief of the battalion
the latter asked in a stern voice:
Where have You been?
Sidi made no answer, but the Mar.
seillias replied persuasively:
sit was so hot in our tent, Com
msndant, that we could not stand it,
and We had to go out to get a breath
of air."
"And taste of watermelon, you vii.
laln," added the officer.
at was not our fault that we got
back little late, said Cornitisrd, but
the officer said in tone of severity:
at was not fault my that you left the
camp. AdJutan Mt, have the goodness to
place these rascals under arrest, and
when we reach Tiaret, 1 shall pro-
nounce their sentence" Before they
we're led away the Frenchman begged
few moments private interview with
the officer and related what had taken
plhC6 Ill tilc ulAul Lht Clltl Hut5-
toned SidI, but ordered the two men
to say nothing about their adventure
to any one.
"Adjutant, if these fellows attempt
to repeat their cock and bull stories
they must be gagged" he said, Il will
not have the troops alarmed needless
ly."
So, IN spite of their protestations our
two friends were put under arrest, and
as Cornihard persisted in proclaiming
the conspiracy of the Jakoubias he was
securely gagged according to the
chiefs orders. Their feelings can lie
imagined. Fully aware of the danger
threatening the French column, yet
apparently unable to convince any one
of the truthfulness of their report, they
remained all day in all agony of sus-
pense. 1t was as if they we're PROSTATE
on railway track: unable to move and
listening to the increasing roar of the
train approaching to annIhilate them.
Never before had Cornifiard wished
himself at home in Marseilles.
Night came on, and at the usual hour
the bugle-call announced the ex-
tInguishiDg of the camp-fres. Four
SccIlttl llht dS hLhhN CCu-
turies, passed, and towards two O'Clock
in the morning, a peremptory qui
UiUef followed by a gun-shot was heard
from the farthest outpost. The SEN
tinels fell back. Then white line was
seen advancing from behind the thick
brushwood. Suddenly, clear, ringing
voice cried "Fire" and dinstantaneously
1900 rihe-shots carried confusion and
death to the Mussulman troops. The
next instant pile of straw prepared
for the occasion in the centre OF the
camp, was set alight, and the flame:
darting upward cast flood of radi
ance upon the scene, and showed two
or three hundred Arabs struggling IL
the agonies of death. Astonished, but
rot dismayed, by the greeting extended
to them, the enemy threw themselves
uttering savage cries, into the French
camp, but q wall Of bayonets bristled
before them and stopped their pro
gress.
If the Jakoubias had opened the ball
the French had furnished the music
Two wild figures, illumined by tn,
freight appeared, suddenly rushing
out of the French camp, two demon:
with uplifted sabres. For an instan
they we're lost sight of, ther
they reappeared, throwing them
selves upon the enemy, waving their
arms aloft like the sails of windmill
and with their terrible sabres piercing
breasts and cleaving skulls. But grad
uslIy the circle of Arabs closed around
them; exhausted, surrounded, and
| almost overwhelmed by superior mum
| bers, Sidi and Corniflard we're on the
point of perishing. They had hearC
the firing, and thinking the French
| had been surprised, had burst theil
bonds and rushed out of the tent tC
begin the defence. Their desperate
courage had almost cost them theil
lives, when the charge was sounded, anC
the whole column of French bore
down upon the enemy. The Mussul
men were scattered in all directions
and when in half an hour the fgh
| ceased, for want of adversaries, siz
hundred Arabs, dead and dying, re
mained upon the field.
The next day, the chief OF battalion
sent detachment to arrest the Arat
farmer for betraying the French, bU
it was found that the Jakoabias, think
ing him guilty of treachery toward
| them, had dispatched him with then
yatagans. The kindling insurrection
was qnenched, and the French brok'
| up their camp and marched to TIaret
Here, Sidi and Corniflard wer'
! brought before n court martial, anC
for violating the orders of arrest were
judged worthy of death. In considera
tion, however, of the information the.
had furnished, enabling the troops t,
be prepared for the night-attack, anC
saving the whole column from massa
| ere. they we're granted a free pardon
while for their courage in repulsine
the enemy they received the Cross oi
the Legion of Honor.
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