Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-07

my good faith, l was set at liberty. More
over, the chief of the medical staff
offered me a position rs supernumerary
staff surgeon. an offer which | gladly ac-
cepted. end accompanied Baron Won Ho-
henstein to Paris, there to take part in
the siege.
And now, Hermann, think may
leave YOU to tell the sequel"
II will try said the Baron. knock ing
the ashes out of his pipe. Il will try,
and all the more willingly as it can be
told quickly. like not much speaking
But must first of all tell you that
Victor is too modest lie has omitted u
material part of his story. lie obtained
his liberty and his appointment less be-
cause of what he did after the battle
than of what he did during the battle
He, prisoner on parole and accused of
being spy, risked his life to save that
of his captorS. He dressed the wounds
of my dear old friend, General Won Elsen-
baum under fire, there being no other
surgeon at liberty, aud helped to carry
him out of action. For that brave deed
he received the personal thanks of the
king and Won Moltke. He showed more
courage that day than many fighting
officer who won the Iron Cross.
"Well, as he has told you, we went to-
gether to Paris, lived in the same quar-
tiers. and becafe fast friends, and shall
remain friends as long as both do live.
1t was hard winter, and we had rough
time. In the last days of the siege | got
desperately wounded in cavalry combat
near St Cloud-my head was laid open
by a sabre stroke at the very moment a
bullet went through my body.
"T'he doctors said that must die,
that nothing could save me. One alone
refused to regard my case as hopeless,
and to him | am indebted for my life.
His name is Victor Bart.
II did not know it then, for | lay
many days unconscious, but knew af-
terward that he treated me with consum-
mate skill, and watched over me day and
night So YOU see it cost him much
more trouble to save my life than it cost
me to save his. And then, when / was
getting better. another came and helped
me to get we'll A nurse she was, oh =!
such sweet nurse-the sweetest you
ever did see. She had soft, dark eyes, a
low, sweet voice, and face 50 lovely
that words are too weak to describe it.
At first, being still weak, Ireally thought
she was a visitant from heaven and one
day | told Victor that an angel had be n
smoothing my pillow and giving me to
drink.
Victor laughed heartily
THAT is my sister Lucie," he said
"a false report reached Geneva that [
had been hurt, and she came to nurse
me, but as | did not need a nurse, | set
her to nurse YOU
II felt glad she was not an angel from
heaven, for l had already fallen in love
with her, and one fine May morning.
when could move about little, as we
were walking under the chestnut trees,
| told her what was in my mind. be-
gan by saying that did not know which
to be the more thankful for-the wound
on my head or the bullet through anybody.
Thankful for hurts that nearly killed
you, Baron" she exclaimed. "You are
surely joking Or
/" am neither joking nor delirious,
Mademoiselle Bart. | was never more
serious in my life If | had not been
wounded, YOU would not have been NY
nurse. and | should have missed the hap
piest time | have ever known. Your
good brother has saved my life. VIII
you share it with me, Lucie? For love
you so dearly that | would rather lose it
than live unloyed by the angel of my
dreams
Il cannot tell you how Lucie an
swcred. or whether she answered at all in
words but | read her answer in her eyes,
and we were both very happy.
And then told Victor. and he was
very glad, and he proposed the war be-
ing over and myself convaescent--that
should travel home by way OF Geneva
and make the acquaintance of his people.
This offer gladly accepted, and
wrote to tell my people, who lived at
Nuremberg, of all that had come to pass
and my mother and my sister, Natalie,
met US at Geneva, and We stayed there
several weeks.
Natalie was beautiful blonde, with
blue eyes and rosy cheeks. and it was al
most matter of course that Victor and
she should fall in love with each other;
and the day on which Lucie and
learned that her brother and my sister
were betrothed was the second happiest
of our lives. We were all married at the
same time; and every other year Victor
and Natalie visit us at Nuremberg, and
every other year we visit them at Geneva
That is the end of the story, and
when | have smoked one more pipe We
will join the ladies in the saloon, and
shall have the pleasure of introducing
YOU to Madame Victor Bart and the
Baroness Won IIohenstein. AitcrwarC
we will 90 TO the Jardin Anglais anC
listen to the music. Twill also introduc,
YOU to my sister, Helenchen, so Their
will be a lady for each Of us
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