The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-28

ELNiE' iooo' French bugles
reached the ears of the besieged, and a
regiment of chasseurs charged and
routed the followers of the prophet in
less time than it takes to relate thi.
short episode.
Lit was only when calm had been re.
stored and when the prisoners captured
in the short combat had been bound
hand and foot that the captain of the
detachment discovered how this regi
ment of chasseurs had come to his as.
sistance at so timely a moment. The
cahtlnlere at the beginning of the en-.
gagement had jumped on horse, and
galloping all the way to tho encamp.
mcnt of Medeah, situated some fifteen
miles distant, had summoned help. In
SO doing she may he said to have carried
her life in her hand, for it was only with
the greatest difficulty that she avoided
the Arab outposts. She suffered fright
full fatigue in this mad race across the
burning sands of the desert, pursued by
the awful thoughts that should she moi
arrive in time her beloved comrades
would be butchered before she could
rescue them, and yet it was she who led
the rescuers back to the spot where n
handful Of braves had been Struggling
for six mortal hours with an overpowe-.
ing number Of enraged Arabs, and =!
was by her energy and we'll nigh in.
credible force of endurance that many II
valuable existence was saved that night.
The Duchess dc Ia Rochefoucauld.
mother-in-law to the young American
duchess of the same name, nee Mis-,
hlitphnl ic n1Sn
Of her birth and origin it is impossible
to speak extensively, inasmuch as she
was Il founding and as soon as she at.
tained womanhood she became a VIVIAN.
diere OF cantiniere of the regiment in
which her future husband was SERVING
as officer.
He married her while campaigning in
Algeria, and the 1nesalliance created ali
enormous sensation at the time. Indeed
Tor cantlnlere to marry Il commissioned
officer was an absolutely unheard of oc.
currence, for the highest rank in which
women of her class had until then been
accustomed to look for husband was
that of corporal.
AS | said above, although in times oil
peace the business of these vivand;e.es
was restricted to dispensing liquor al
the canteen to the men, yet in warfare
their duties became of IL far more extcn
slye nature, partaking more of those OF
Sisters of Mercy or ambulance nurses
They We're subjected to a very severe
discipline, and
being on terms r. ,Nk
of camaraderie MAJ
with the men ~
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their language 1yNSzsHGN>>
was apt to be bGAA Bs3{<A
pictu esquely H(WNiM d
graphic and as I1Ia nm: 1sly\l1A
highly colored as KEGESSNSSp y-gl3
that of the ordi- Jkss-szslSSSS
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1t may there @y/ r. ,MGV
fore be readily WI 1 A\MM
imagined how Wj i W\M
great was the W VIVA
shock when thelc9SSea ~ ~ NV
head of the an 1-@I-{-[LLd1
Gent and noble NV"ETNSyWeSZlI
house of La ~ ~
Rochefou cauld gEf
attempted to in 90 VI
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vivandierc whom
lie had made his eANTlNlERE DE ZoU-
duchess. l need AYES looo.
scarcely say that her reception by the
ancient aristocracy was not of an cX.
ceedingiy cordial nature. and both she
and her two sons have always been
subjected to sort of semiostracism on
fnn of tive ntt,o,. Of l.,