The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-11

Luck again favored Marriott, and the
wretch who had plundered him also con-
tributed to his rescue. Marbot's chief, the
Marshal Augereau, had in his service q
valet whom the aid once befriended, and
who had reciprocated by little favors to his
benefGctor. One of the trifiing favors had
been to purchase mt Warsaw some gray as
trakhan trimming for Il uniform pelisse.
Black was the customary trimming When
the ghoulish dcspoiler of the dead reached
safe distance ut the rear, he ostentatious-
ly displayed the treasures taken from Mar
bot to crowd of camp followers of his
own Kind, and that just when the faithful
valet happened to be passing in search OF
the outfit of his wounded master. Auge-
reau. He recognized the gray trimmed
pelissc, and also the watch and other eff
fects of Marbot's He believed his bene-
factor dead as reported, and took the tale
bearer us guide to help find the body and
give decent burial. When he reached the
body and detected signs of life Marriott was
no longer left the sport of chance Help
was brought, the clothing restored, the
wounds dressed, and in few hours the
aide was comfortably couched beside his
wounded chieftain on sledge bound for
the nearest refuge.
The surgeons assured Marriott that the
bayonet wound in the arm released blood
that was the saving OF him, which shows
that sometimes a blow intended to kill q
soldier cures him instead. and hence Is
worse than wasted. For all his narrow
escapes on the field, Marriott had n still
grayer danger to face before he was done
with the experiences of Eylau. The boot
which had resisted the human buzzard
and probably caused the reawaking of
the unconscious soldier also came near
proving dcadlier instrument than Rus
sian balls or bayoncts. The surgeons cut
1t off after waiting n couple of days for the
swelling to nbate. In week or so Marriott
was quite cheerful, though unable to rise
on account of the swollen foot and leg.
at last the doctors made an examination
of the foot and hit upon n gangrened spot
the size of q silver dollar. The trouble had
originated in wound received at school q
few years before-for Capt. Marriott was
only twenty-five at the time of his adven-
ture-and which had become chilled in the
exposure at Eylau. The foot had swollen
until the boot was skin tight. An opera
ton that was torturing to the weak and
suffering man removed the new mischief
after daily repetition for a week. The
baron describes the method of treating
his gangrene as being like that of digging
the core out of IN apple with long keen
knife. After that hot wine was dropped
Into the hole from n sponge. The danger
over, Marriott was sent home to France and
lived to follow Napoleon to the end of his
warning career.
The mare Lisette lay bleeding and I'M
cared for until the cold stopped the hem
orrhage in her thigh by producing blood
clot. She got up OH her legs and was
Gound by one Of Marbot's servants. who
bandaged the wound and looked after her
until she was comfortably sheltered in "A
warm stable. At the opening of the next
campaign horse and rider were both in
battle trim, and Lizettc carried her brave
master through many another storm OF
hail, none, however, with II succession OF
incidents SO thrilling as these encountered
in trying to prevent the sacrifice OF the
Fourteenth Of the line at Eylau.
GEORGE l.. MINER