St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-13
selected Story
c0LONELBELTEC.

bis bis EXHIBITS himself in the street
with "a me me- [ am a soldier of the
"B 3e;re or of the republic" as the
east case may be. 80 .vosnt;on 70
co., He was the bouleVardier
the .L ruiz fins of his lavender kid gloves
to ~" he ecu curve Of the inevitablej apon-
and ' ~, on the right side. because
lI e ,S %' Legion insignia which was va
% 9;,j ii IN the upper button-hole OF the
left lapel. .o vsrv broad at the
hl1 I 'r and full over the chest.
s s1or'' shrank in at the waist and
ioF{ , ninched that portion of his
SOI''s snv which was fast losing its
a 'laaGer ines under the continued
sI'" "nlts Of old age, now coming on
a ,',,h Giant strides. The cut of these
""a 'rt garments was always the
pa, ,alNen foc-and they had short
s"'rl skirts like those OF the sur
n',,D9 Of the CONSCIOUS. The color
. Wv. always blue, the material inva-
T y,obly West Riding broadcloth.
1 TSa !,yaistcoats affected by Colonel
p 1"l were so marvelously gotten
p Do IN all respects that it is not pos
u,bl q, 70 give even meagre descrip-
' s;on If Them within the confines OF
,b;s tale. so let them pass. The
, ,p', were always light in color,
o ' finest kersey or lightweight
Wrlfon, and were very tight at the
ankle large at the knee, and yolup'
,ronsly full at the hips. On his feet
we're always white galter-tops; on
HI. head was very straight-brm-
med tall and well-bruShed silk hat
With a great bell crown.
Take the colonel thus arrayed
w;th the addition of lilac or Lavender
Nix for A neckcloth and a light rat
fan walking switch, and you car
see how he would fill your eye SHOULD
ron meet him humming love'ditty
along the Bots or at the Fountain
He liked to belieye-and he was SC
earnest in the desire that he came
10 look on it as a fact-that his mil
jtary air and cavalry walk mad'
those who saw him turn and say
noddingly, "Ah, c'eSt IN brave C
ca"
land why not?' he would think
Surely they must know that | an
Belize. late colonel OF the 9lst
Though this is Paris and that wa
Algiers, they must know that Bel
tees 91st never lost a fight All
they were soldiers, those outcas
kepis, and well, was colonel G
the bravest set of devils in all Al
geria I" And then the back woul,
curve and sttlen yet more, and
deep "hunhun' come from the griz
lied breast.
He had the beak OF q Napoleoni
eagle, and the same birds icarles
grav eve flashed beneath shage
drows, thatched with dyscendiu
uests of fierce and warlkc han
His heavy mustache and the chi
uft known as an imperial wer
dressed in yerisimilitudc 10 those {
his former chieitain and dearl
worshipped Emperor. His full iron
gray hair was brushed precisely a
were the locks Of Louis Napoleon
One thing he could not do, try as h
would. He could never so comman
hiscyes that they would take on TIL
vacant hshy look always found /
The visual apparatus of "thc man
i Ham This was a source of grea
sueiioh him, for he only desired t
4 Ne tleXact counterpart of his idC
10 all things Tie even affecte
LouSS somewhat thickencd tone
and slight English accent.
9uca, then, in the year 1888. wa
this Colonel Belize.
Years before, young Ambrose BE
'V' mad entered the army with sma
hope OF speedy precrment, but a di
position to enter into any exped
Hon that promised an epaulet. TT
result was a warm interest in ii
'0r'qnes OF Louis Napoleon tha
eventually led to promotion and
pace near the body, when that plo
Ut became president, and later OF
emperor.
Before he reached any grea
n''Shts, however, he met and love
%Ar certain Mademoiselle Justir
uauxelles, whose papa and man
ma were rapid royaists, and VIII
determined that their daught,
should never be the wife of the to
>o captain He laid his cause b.
,o'e the prince-president, who q
S SO, aided him by giving the oil
T'Sa Auxelles place at the Elvse
mus rn,s enabled the young people t
m mttI and enjoy little interview
parties. VI '"''
ed ~ b;S one such time Beltec had plea,
tbn "'S cause with such good effe,
n rI"' '''e mademoiselle was won con
p pf's1y' he made a manly and di,
tb nsu declaration that ended wit
5JuS'ine-mademoisele-I hardl
mu v| VIVA, wnat more to say, That yo
o mTS' Know that l love you seen
t yn,y probable. 1t is not possib
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