The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-03
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"With kings you have external war;
with republics you have internal wars"
And then they began q tranquil dis
~cussion and solution Of the great po-
litical problems with the limited reason
OF peaceful, quiet men who agree upon
the one point that they will never en-
Joy true liberty.
Meanwhile the thunder Of Mount
VaIarien continued incesssntly, at
each discharge demolishing 80 many
French homes and lives; ridcly dis
Polling 80 . many happy dreams, /. ID
many anticipated pleasures, and open
ing iedhe hesrts Of ome and moth.
ers in this and other countries wounds
which will never heal
"Such is life" declared M. Sauvage
"Say rather such Is deatn," lightly
replied Morissot .
Suddenly they trembled with fear.
realizing that some one marched be-
hind them, and, turning their heads,
they saw four German soldiers cover
ing them with their muskets.
Their lines slipped from their hands
and fell into the river; and within a
few moments they were seized, bound,
thrown into a boat and carried to the
island.
Behind the house which they thought
deserted they found a squad of German
soldiers
A bearded giant sitting astride 4
chair and smoking a huge pipe with
porcelain bowl asked of them, in ex-
eellent French:
well, gentlemen, have you had good
luck?"
By way of reply one Of the soldiers
deposited at the officers feet the
basketful of fish which he had taken
care to bring with him.
The Prussian smiled.
"Ah! that's not bad. But another
thing first. Listen:
To me you are two spies sent TO
watch me. l take you, and l shall
shoot you. You pretend to be fishing
in order to observe me the better. You
have fallen into my hands-so much
the worse for you. Such is war.
But as you passed the advance posts
you surely have the pass word with
which to return. Tell it to me and I
VIII release you
The two friends, pale and trembling,
their hands agitated by a slight, nerv-
Gus trembling, remained silent
The officer continued:
mo One will ever know it. You will
return in peace. The secret will dis
appear with you. To refuse is immedi-
ate death. Choose"
The two friends made no reply.
The Prussian calmly said while point
ing towards the river:
Think that in five minutes you will
be at the bottom of that stream. In
five minutes You have families?"
The two friends stood rigidly erect
and made no reply. The German gave
a few orders in his W language, and
then moved his chair in order not to be
too near the prisoners Twelve men
with loaded muskets then placed them
selves at a distance of twenty feet.
The officer continued:
81 will give you one minute-not a
second more"
lie arose and ~brusquely approached
the two Frenchmen. Taking Morissot
by the arm he led him a short distance |
away and said in a low voice;
.'Quick, the pass word. Your COM
rade will never know"
Morissot made no reply.
The Prussian then took Savage
aside and made the same proposal to
him.
NJ. Savage made no reply.
They again found themselves side by
side.
The officer gave a command, and the
soldiers raised their arms.
BY chance, Morissot's glance fell upon
the basket of fish lying on the ground
a few PAGES away. The shining scales
of the still living fish sparkled in the
sunlight In spite of himself his eyer
filed with tears and he stammsfed:
"Good-by, NJ. Savage"
NJ. Salvage responded:
"Good-by, NJ. Morissot"
They shook hands. The officer cried;
Fire"
The twelve reports rang out like one.
NJ. Salvage fell like a block. Morissot,
who was taller, wavered, turned and
fell across his companion, face up
wards, q food Of blood rushing from
his breast
The German gave a new order,
whereupen his men marched away,
but retu ned presently with cords and
stones, which. they attached 10 the
feet of the corpses.
Two soldiers took Morissot by the
head and feet and bore him to the
river, and W others followed with
Savage. The bodies, poised for an in
slant, were thrown into the stream
and, describing q curve as they fell,
plunged feet foremost into the current
The water foamed and boiled and
then became calm, while a few little
waves reached as far as the shore. The
surface was slightly stained with blood.
The officer. still serene and unrufied,
quietly remarked:
Now it is the turn Of the fishes"
Then, turning toward the house, no
noticed the basket Of fish on the grass
He picked it up, examined it, smiled
and cried:
'sWilhelm!'
A soldier wearing u white apron al
up at his call, and the Prussian, throw
ing the fish to him, commanded:
FRY these for me while they are still
alive. They will be delicious.
Then he resumed his pipe.-From
translated by Arthur A.
Folsom for Boston Budget
Ready for the Ghost.
An old cobbler in the QUARTER Latin.
who was largely patronized By the
students, once boosted that nothing
was capable of frightening him. Two
young men determined to put his
courage to the test. One of them pre-
to be dead, while the other
to the cobbler and asked him to