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

greatly dare and count his life but as
droas when his Incentive to enterprise
is merely filthy lucfe. ., moon,
HOW ANDREAS ALWAYS 'GoI
Rut could trust Andras TO dare
and to endure-to overcome obstacles,
aud. If man could, to get there,
where in tho base quarters of Bucharest
the nmunuonscs were waiting TO copy
out in round hand for the foreign tele'
graphist the rapid script Of The cores
pondeut scribbling for life IN the saddle
or the cleft Of q commanding tree While
the shells were whistling past.
We missed Audrpas droadtully when
no was goue--eveu Nilliprs, who liked
good cooking. owned Ia thinking
long for his return. For Ia Intuition TO
his other virtues. Andrews WIS "a capi.
tnl cook II is true that his courses
had ahnbit of arriving ~ long and uil-
certniu Intervals After dish of pm
gent stew. no other Winds appearing
to loom i'm the ncur future. Nillirrs and
myself would betnke ourselves TO sfnuk.
ing, and perhaps on quiet dny would
lapse into slumbCr From TINS We
would bc reused by Andrews To par.
take of n second course ol roast chick
en- the bird having been alive Nud VIZ
conscious Of its impending fate when
the first course had been served.
No man IL perfect ana az regarded
AlNfNMN there were NVIlNN lNNAt FIINiT
ON tho sun He had. for instance,
mania for the purchase Of irrelevant
poultry. aud for accommodating the
fowls Ia our wagon, tied by the legs,
against the dny Of starvation, which he
always but cGuseletsly unprecedented.
! do not suppose any rcUder has ever
| had any experience OF domestic poultry
nv bod-fcllows and ! may caution him
earnestly against making any such eN-
pprimputg
/ do NOT know whether Il 4 detroc-
ton from Androus worth to mention
that another Characteristic Of his wuy
the habit of awakening us iu the still
witches Of the night for The purpose ot
| inplrmg his views ON rccOuditc phases
ut the great Eastern uuetiUu.
But how trivial were such neccudil
lucs IN min who WIS 30 rcsulutc not
to be- beaten ia getting my dispatches tu
the telegraph wire That once. when
Danube were sunk hc crossed the gap
hund over hand by the hnud rome. slo,ll-
ing down with the current aus the slack
of the rope CAV" to his weight
Audrcus hecninr quite du institution
/ IN the Russian camp. When lguatieI.
| the tsur's intimate, the grcUt diplumutiHt
| who has now curiou>ly tizZlrd ont, would
| honor us by pnrtukiug sometimes Of
afternoon tru IN our tent, ne would
call Andrcns by his name aud call him
| "Alulodetz' the Russian for "brayo
/ fellow" In the Servi0n campaign
Dochtourog ho! got bis the Takolyy;a
cross, which Audreus spuWcd with
/ pvut pride. and lgnatcn used TO tell
/ him that the Hur was seriously think.
/ ing OF coufpuinE uu him the cross of
/ st George, HdUnrp which AudrCaS
! took in dead earnest
/ MacGahnu used urHyrly 10 cntrcnt
! him 10 take greater care Of his mvnlu-
! tltlt. lif. NI hitIf tluf tI ufR fsulUfFif.
! occurred to him the cnmpnign would pso
/ larto como tu uu end. Audruas knew
/ that MucGUhDn was uuiZzug him, but
| IL was exceedingly drul how hc purrrd
! and hridlcd under the light touch of that
! genial humorsi whose merits his own
! cuuntrymon, 10 my thinking have never
| adequately recognized The old story Of
prophet having scuut honor in his own
fHE FALL or ANDREAS.
After the long strain of the desperate
but futile attack made by the Russians
! In Plcyuu In the early part Of Sep
| tcmber of the war, fell n victim to the
| malariul fever of The lower Danube and
| had To- be iuyalidcd back TO Bucharest
( The illuess grew upon me-, and my cun-
/ ditiou became very serious Worthy An
drrus nursed me with great tenderness
aud assiduity IN the lodgings To which !
had hcen brought since they would not
| accept Il fever patient ut Brolfls.
After some days OF wrctchcducss | he
came dclirlous, and, of course. lost CON
seriousness; my last recollection was of
| Andrens Wetting my purchcd lips with
lemonade. When | recovered my senses
and looked ont fcehly, there was nobody
I'm the room. How long ! had been nm
conscious ! had no idea. ! lay there In
| q half StupOr till evening. unable from
| weakness tp summon any assistance.
In the dusk Cnme the English doctor who
had been Attending me. Where Is
AudrcnsT he asked. ! could not tell
him. "Hlr was here last night % he said;
"you have been delirions for seven
days" The woman of the house WAS
summoned. She had not seen Andrcu-
since the previous night, hut busy about
her own domestic affairs, she had MOI
suspicion until she entered the room that
Audrcus was not with me still.
Audrpas never returned II appeared
that he had taken away all his belong
ings One day when gradually mcndiup
7 put my hnud under the pillow with ia,
intent ~ find my watch, which was nm
heirloom and wind II M. ! could find
| no watch. No more could | mud the
bag of ducats which was alongside the
watch before ] lost my senses, Search
was made throughout the room without
success, and, with whatever rclnctnnc,
| To believe thing 10 utterly unlikely,
could not refrain from the conviction
! that Andrpas must have Carried OF hutl
money and watch. Tho thought caused
relapse, Int AZ length | attained con
yulescpnCe and was able 10 drive ont
But the doctor was firm that during IN,
now imminent winter ! was not 10 ~
turn Ia the field Fortunately my abb,
colleagues. MucGahan and Millrt wore
there. and ! was therefore the less dis
trrssed hy Doctor --'s permntOr,
sentence ON me. | WAS condemned {,
return 10 England as soon ms ] should III
strong enough 90 travel
When had to leave tho Incyno from
my colleagues temporarily took chorgu
of my field equipment But | had hrouCh
hacl In bucharest my hest riding horse
aud during my Illness he had been stuud
ing az livery Ia the stables of the Eu
gli4h TrnmwOy comn0ny llcterminin,
now ON tho melancholy ueccssity of scll
ing an animal which had on many
hard day aud m0ny long nightrld
served mo ,tnnchly. I drove ia th
+ stables aud instructed the men0gT 4
; soil my horse "Nour horse be- az
{ claimed IN evident surprise You
d horse was sold weeks ago. Your maj
AndVas came here with q MESSAGE the
j we wer, 10 dispose of Il, aud sold
+ the next dav IN i,cncral rodlgbcn on hi
way through Bucharest Co tdec the com
mnnd l,ororc pPyna IL fetched a goo
, price, los ducuts more than yon CAV
. for a. Andrcps called FOR tho money
and of course ! gave Y 60 MN,