The morning call., 1893-12-17

"Good heavensl Henry WI Can be-
lieve these Orbs of mine? In Paris yet
and your head not blown off, Why, I
thought you got out on a pass through the
lines with the last batch under the stars
and stripes"
Eyes. by Jove. l an anchored here, but
If my head isn't blown off / am decidedly
off my head or out of my mind. crazy. a
crank or what you will, and all because |
am in this internal mess"
well, my boy, it will soon be over and
it is great fun while it lasts. Glad some
Christian is left to chat with over a slice
of donkey or saint of game from the sew
ers. From rat to saint of cockroaches is
but toss of the stewpan."
Fun be hanged! 1t is misery TO me.
You don't know what l am suffering.
Man alive, l should have been married a
month ago to the loveliest girl in New
York and here l am coOped up in blasted
fool of city, too stupid and vain to see
that it is licked in the fight with the Ger
mans. and bent upon a good deal more
starvation OF everybody and an idiotic
show of sortie-marching out and back. /
call it downright unkind"
Oiis tbQl az 1Oul 10 IL frIf
aggravatiDg. of course, but you wouldn't
seriously ask Trocbu to surrender because
you want the wedding bells to rins?"
Yes, but it is serious. fellow is en-
gagged to take his bride to church on
given day. All is fixed ahead and he
doesn't appear. Why. the girl might
change her mind! Not that l have any
fear, but | ought to have been there.
nd IL da6I r atul-r nd bot
young couple cannot get married because
two countries are blazing away at one
another"
''Ob, bah! You'll be adored as hern.
You have gone through famous siege
lived on menagerie meat and bread of
chopped straw, and heard the shells
whistle and screech. Your sweetheart
couldn't possibly jilt you after an expe-
rence like that. If you could be made
into five she wouldn't give you up"
But must get out OF here all the same.
Can you do anything for me? Money is
no object. Get me out"
"Iry Washburne. He is the only Minis
ter Bismarck is civil To-. and he has done
such lot for poor devils of all sorts"
Eyes, L know. Ishould have gone with
the sixty who left By the Charen ton gate,
but missed the connection through a little
farewell supper at Bignen's. They won't
pass me alone, and l suppose | would be
shot anyhow by the pa irols-those asses
of Gardes and Mobiles-or the regulars
outside the forts. l wouldn't mind waiting
to see the finish, but the situation has got
worse for me. What do yuu think nv
fancee has doneP She's a brave girl. by
JOve, and I'm proud of herV'
well, come along, and we'll scare up a
dinner somewhere. You can tell me all OF
the way"
"Try the Vachette Brebant; they have
something left besides horse and elephant.
- 4 L.
Why, sir. my sweetheart has got frightened
over this siege. She is level-headed on
most things. but she seems TO think all the
cannOnading is intended for my benefit.
and | am to be the victim. 1t isn't
thing to laugh at either. She ha-
crossed the Atlantic on purpose TO
take vengeance on the Prussi ms il the
worst happens, and she's actually in Lon
don with her mamma. What's more, she's
been advertising me in the Tlmes-the
usual heartrendlng advice that i am to be
careful, aud that she is anxious about me,
and must stay in London till | come.
Washburne sent me that scrap Of in forma-
ton from the pigeon post photographs. /
have been sending letters by balloon and
every other way | can conceive of, but
whether they reach her or not is another
affair. Who knows? l am sick of the
awful suspense. here we are in the aid
die of December, and no end to the war
yet. What's to be dOne?'
only one way out of it, Go up in a
Balloon
Now. 1 had thought of that. But how
can it be managed? 1t is just the thing"
by paying. of course. They may ask
a great deal, but when man must marry
in hurry be probably doesn't mind for
tune going 10 the air, provided he comes
down safely"
mo, l don't care how much it costs.
must get clear of Paris"
Then you can say adieu in few DAYS.
should like to go, tor. but shall stay till
the siege is over. You see / am not going
to be Benedick."
mo. but suppose you are making lots
OF widows by saving off the legs of their
husbands. Now, you 90 with me and see
this balloon adventure through. There
are plenty of surgeons her without you
may as well pay for two as one. Be-
sides. | shall be so happy at taking flight
that may jump on OF the basket, and
you can hold me back by the coattaiIs."
And, instead OF having the wings of
bird. come down like brickbat. There's
more likelihood Of being winged by the
PTussians or impaled on a spire."
You'll come, anyhow"
perhaps. If l am not too much dead
weight. man extra Is so much ballast
that can't be dropped without consequences
10 the fellow who falls"
but we could drop the aeronaut oyerI
Ao WOuluu hoJeCl ali these ParlSlanS
are aching in their bones to die for their
country, and they do a precious amount
of marching around the S'raspurg statue
with wreatbs aud sing 'Vive la puerre.
piff paff. but as long as the ratinns hold
outthey'll survive. If you go ( shall not
vince a bit with the clouds for a foot
STOOL"
$50 be it. if the Government allows II.
and shall certify at your wedding that
you are alive"
DR.. Cornelius Hendon Burke and his
Harvard friend Henry w. Drummond on
the 18Th Of December, 1870 ran across
one another In the Rue de Rivoli. They
Lad lost sight of each other during three
weeks and were overjoyed to fraterni re.
The doctor was one of the American Am
bulance assistants, which ambulance
above all others, had earned n enviable
reputation for curative operations, and
was the chief thought of the wounded
when they were borne within the ramparts
after sorties. The surgeons displayed in
finte latience in saving limbs which the
ordinary army sawbones would unhesitat-
ingly lnp off. Only desire to obtain ex-
perience in his profession had kept him u
Paris, but now that food was at famine
prices and was of very comprehensive
variety. ranging from mire and rats to cats