Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-30

utIAo StSAGegy m order to obtain his freedom If the general deceived him self. thas was his own affar. But the deception of which he accuses you is not all"
 Why, what is there elseP Oh! the duel"
 '"Fhe duel was nothing. No soldier could hame you for that"
 What thenP"
 Well, a rumor got abroad that Mime. Bonaparte accompanied you to St. Denis on the night we left Paris. It reached the generals ears, and he was furiously jealous"
 Jealous of me? What nonsense! You know as well as do that it was, Mile. Carmine who went with me to St. Denis"
 II know you said so; but you will re member that had not the pleasure of seeing the lady," answered Lacluse, with half-skeptical, half-mischievou smile.
 Do you doubt my word?" demanded, angrily.
 Not in the least. But as you say that knew your companion was Mile Carmine, it is necessary to point out that was not in a position to know Unfortunately, the guard at the Porte St. Denis reported that on the night in question Mime. Bonaparte passed the barrier in her carriage; and Bonaparte believed it, though Mile Carmiue was brought forward to prove the contrary"
 This is all malicious gossip, Lacluse. Why, Mme. Bonaparte is old enough tc be my mother"
 You had better not let her hear you say so."
 And a good woman. She was kind ness itself"
 And you are a beau garcon, with bright eyes and rosy cheeks. Oh, do not question Mime. Bonaparte's goodness in the least; but when her husband is absent she is often singularly indis- erect. And our most distinguished general can be as jealous as a Turk. He says-apropos, of course, of your flight, not of his jealousy-that if you fall into his hands again he will have you shot as deserter; so advise you to clear out before we take Acre"
 ''You are not going to take Acre"
 ''I don't like to contradict the man who has just saved my life, but should be sorry for you to cherish an illusion. We shall as certainly take Acre as we took Fl Arish, and Garza, and Jaffa. Bonaparte has said so, and he has never yet failed in any enterprise to which he has put his hand. He says that though he should be left with only four grena- diers and corporal he will come ini and if he comes in you may be sure that he will stay"
 If he does! We shall see."
 A something more to tell you. You were speaking just now of Mile. Carmine. She is Carmine no longer"
 You don't mean-?"
 "Your departure nearly broke her heart; so, to console herself, she mar ied her sergeant t- Victor, isn't his name? And he has since got his grade"
 "Poor Julie am very glad"
 "You don't look so."
 Looks are deceptive sometimes, M le Chef de Battalion. Yes, am glad to think Julia is happily married. She is is a dear, good girl"
 Ma foi, M. Roy, it seems to me that all women with whom you find favor are good"
 Naturally. Have you anything else to tell mc?"
 'Only that advise you to give heed to my warning and get out of Acre be- fore Bonaparte gets in."
 ''Of course l shall-unless I remain here all my life-for he never will get in, except as a prisoner"
 Laclusc said no more; but his look of pained surprise-as if I had spoken rank blasphemy-was more eloquent than words. For my remark implied that thought it within the bounds of possibility for Bonaparte to be beaten and q French army to capitulate.
 But we were soon on good terms again. l took Lacluse to my quarters, and few days later got him exchanged for an English major of marines who was of much more use to us than a French chef de bCtaillon. 1 did not concern myself much about Bonaparte's jealousy. It was incredible. As La cluse was no longer about the generals person, he must have heard the story at second hand, and secondhand stories are generally first-class lies.
 I thought 8 good deal more about Juliei Carmine. I was of course, de lighted to know that she was married as hoped happily-but I should have been all the better pleased if she had not forgotten me quite so soon.
 A New Way of Taking Snap Shots.
 If the accounts of the invention of a French military officer are to be relied on principle of photography is to be applied to making the work of the ar tillerist more effective. The invention consists in the application of the prin- ciple of the dark room" to the opera ton of aiming, and it Is said to have been successfully used for some time in the maneuvers of the French fleet on the Mediterranean. The image of the object to be hit is reproduced on screen after passing through lens. In the same way as s photographer would look at an image upon his ground glass the artilleryman looks at this image, and when he has brought it to the cen ter of the screen, he fires the gun and the shot hits the mark with almost abso- lute accuracy. If. as is claimed, any gunner who has passed but the most el- ementary training can use this inven-