Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05

ana a deception on campaign. ubu my
eye uu Audrcas for ~ couple of dnys,
during which hr was ui Immense ser
vice TO me. lie seemed to know aud
stand well with everyone In Belgrade
10 was ho. indeed, who presented mo
In the restaurant tO the primo minister
aud the minister Of war, who Rot TO-
gcthcr for me my field necessUrics, who
helped me TO buy my horses, aud who
narrated To- me the progress of the cam
paigu 30 far az 10 had gone.
On the third / had Andrews In my
room. and asked whether hc would Ike
to come with me into the field az my
servant. lie accepted the otter with
cifuson. we struck hands on the com
pact: he rendered me credentials which
i ascortaiurd 10 bee extremely satislUc-
tory, and then me- gave me- "a little sketch
of himself IL was somewhat mixed, uH
Indeed, was his origin.
Primarily hc was Scryian, but his
maternal grandmother had been a Bus-
mink, am earlier uuCestress had been In
q Turkish harcm, there WAS strain IN
his blood of the hungarian zlngHri- the
gypsy of Eastern Europe one could
NOT look as his profile without a suspicion
that there was % Jewish element In his
pedigree. "A pure mOngrol' was what
gentleman Of the British legation termed
Andrews, and this selfcontradictory
opithet wa scarcely out Of place,
Andrcus turned out well. He was rs
hardy as a hil goat, careless how and
when be ute, or whether he slept which
indeed was mostly In the open. II secm-
ed 10 me that he had cousins all over
Scrvia. chiefly of the iemalo persuasion.
ShermHn's prize "bummer' was not In IL
with AudrcnS as "a turnger. At first in
deed, | suspected him of actual plumber
ing. NO copiousy did he bring in supplies
and 80 little had / to pay for them but
i was not long Ia discovering that all
kinds of produce were dirt cheap Ia Ser
via, aud that as / could myaelf buy u
lamb for a quarter IL was not surprising
that ADdrcus, 10 the manner bnru, could
easily obtain one for half the money. lie
WIS an excellent horsemaster and the
storm yiEor with which he chastiSed the
occasional neglect OF the cousin whom he
had brought into my service az groom
was horne In upon mc hy the frequent
howis which were audible from the rear
Of my tent There was not road in all
Servia with whose every winding An
dreas was not conyersant, aud this 'eA-
tensive aud peculiar knowledge of his
was often of great service To me. lie
was lightweight and an excellent
rider. | have sent him OF to Belgrade
with telegram az dusk and he was
back again hy breakfast time the next
morning after a galop Of quite Il hum
dred miles. No exeriion mtigued him.
AAOM AsNAfhNAfAN NNAhAAAH
/ never saw the man out of humor.
There was but one matter Ia regard ia
which / ever had to Chide him, aud In
that / hud pcriorce 10 let him have his
own way, because ! do not believe that
he could restrain himself lie had
served the term iu the army, which is,
or was then. obligatory on all Seryians,
and ON the road or In camp ho was
rather more of a 'peacc-at-any-prt
L.
| Bright himself Whom the first light
| occurred, Andreas claimed 20 bc allowed
| 20 witness Il along with me- / domur-
| rcd he might get hit, and 10 anything
| should happen 10 him, what should | dc
| for sevanti At length | gave hin
| the trm order 30 remain In a~Anp, anc
started myself with the groom behind ma
| on my second horse.
The fighting occurred eight miles from
! camp, aud In the course of u, leaving tht
! groom in the rear, ] had accompanied
| the Russian general, DOchtonron, into q
/ most unplonsantly hot place, whcre q
storm 0l Turkish shells were falling II
| the effort 20 hinder the withdrawal Of q
disabled Seryi0n battery | happened q
! glance over my shoulder. and 10! An
dreas on foot was az my horses tail
| obviously Ia state Of ecstatic enjoy
mept OF the situation. ! pcremptorp
| ordered him hack and he departed sui
| leniy, cnlmly strolling along The line %
| Turkish tire.
Just then Tchernucl, the SerNiu
commander-in-chief had, L seemed or
dered detachment of infantry To tax,
in flank the Turkish gums, From wher,
We stood J could discern the SerYiaI
soldiers mrrying forward close unde
the fringe OF wood near ihe line o
wtirpmenl along which Androas wal
skullgng lle saw them. ton, aud ne
trsated no step further, but cut ~ then