Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-08-19

ed without single sign of disturb
ance. The prisoner was back a few
minutes before nine. 4 sigh of relief
was breathed by us all when we saw
the boat coming back and nowhere any
evidence of anything unusual i'll the ap-
Fealance of the island.
'Rut still we felt uneasy The adj
mlral walked up and down talking
ABOUT the poor man. Some way we
felt that 1t was not all right. We could
not feel certain OF his escape. We sat
up nearly al night studying the island
through our glasses
"The next morning we felt that wa
must satisfy i'll some way our doubts.
The admiral decided To pay q visit of
ceremony to the French military COM
mander of the island. The pfficers on
board our ship We're invited to accom-
pany him. We thought surely in a visit
Of this kind we would hear if any M
usual event like an IN attempt TO cs-
cape or IN execution had taken place.
We all put on fun dress uniforms for
Il visit of ceremony. The admiralS Gig
WAS lowered and we set ont for tho
island about 10 o'clock We were re-
ccivcd With great politCneSS. The
French commandant invited us to re-
main for Il midday breakfast. We ac-
copied his invitation We chatted with
the officers OF the station, but during
the wait aud during the long breakfast
there WAS not Il word said upon any
subject which gave us the slightest in
formation concerning what we wished
to know. Naturally we did not dare to
ask amy questions. Yet this lack of in
formation, this absence of amy reference
to anything unusual did not in some
way satisfy us that everything was all
,, right. At the close of the breakfast the
commandment selected Il young officer of
his staff and directed him to turn out
with Il guard of honor To accompany us
back TO our boat. The commandment i'll
giving his instructions added, Whom
these gentlemen are ready 10 depart
give them III. message. This phrase
sent Il cold chill through oar company
We felt that everything WAS not Ill
right.
We marched back in sill wee To- or
boat. Whcn c:ery one WAS IL position
and the oars were apcah ready to let
fad and pull away. the young irrnch
i'll an attitude of military salute:
officer said. with his hand ut his head
This is the message Of the conl-
mandant of this post. He wishes me
first to present to you his compliments.
You are brave and honorable men You
have attempted to do Il mcrciful act.
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island. He WAS seen by Il sentry as he
entered the water. He was seen to
swim ont in the direction of your ship
We Ill saw that he was taken on board
Every gun in the battery on this island
was brought to bear on Your ship await
ing your decision. We saw ven when
YOU let fall the boat to bring the pris-
unrr back We watched the boat ad-
vance to the island through our night
glasses. We received the prisoner as
soon rs You landed him, Gentlemen,
the prisoner was shot ut four o'clock
this morning.
This remarkable story. remarkable
from its dramatic and pathetic qualit-
les made Il deep Impression on my
mind. Several months aftcrWarl | WAS
Il guest in the house of Miss Mary An
dcrSon, the celebrated actress, ut her
home in Hampstead, near London Miss
Anderson Spoll" of the dramas of real
life and rs III illustration of her thought
| related to her Gen. Rrmry'S story.
She asked me to write ii ont for her
just as he told it. She said that she had
never heard Il story which SO deep
~ moved her, and which presented in
such Il simple fashion such IL cruelty
vivid picture of unhappiness and mis-
cry.
1.-TWO years later | met Miss Andci-
sen in MarSciIlcs. She was then on
her way with her mother to the Ri
vicra in search of rest and he alth. She
said that one day in Paris she
il guest of Lord Lytton, the British Am
blSsador. After the dinner Miss An
derSon was asked if She would rccite
something. She complied and rccited
the story of Salute Island. Miss An
derSon said that she had never in her
life made any dramatic rccitations
which had produced q greater effect.
1T was at Il reception after the dinner
that the recitation was made. The
room was filed with distinguished
guests. During the recitation there
was absolute silence. The brutal eli
max Of the story came upon the audi
ence with shock like IL blow in the
face
Lord Lyttons son, then - years of
age, WAS present. He had inherited the
literary qualities Of his distinguished
grandfather. '.hc lad was 80 deeply
moved by tn" story that he tool, up his
pen day or TWO aftcrWard an / cm',o,!
led the story in Il poem. This poem
has since been published in England"
An uptown pharmacist has a novel
fly trap in his show window. 1t is run
by little electric motor and gathers
in the flies with great celebrity and alb
solute certainty. A piece Of strong
brown paper about four inches wide
and fifteen inches long, is fastened i'm
q continuous band around two rollers.
which are kept revolving at a slow rate
by the motor. The band is slightly
with sweet substance. Two
thirds Of the length of the band is fire.
ly exposed, but at the other roller it
runs under a wire cone and then
against a brush. The flies alight on the
slowly moving band and unsuspectingly
remain there slipping the sweets until
brushed off, when they fly up into the
cone, from which they can find no
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