St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-24

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u. eauvage replied
They ars ~orse than the beast
themselves"
And Morissot, who lad Just pulled Il
smother fish. declared:
''And to think that this sort OF thin,
will continue a. long ~ there are gov
ernments"
N. Savage stopped him.
"The republic would not have de
clared war" but NJ Morissot inter
rupted him. saying:
with kings you have external war
with republics you have internal wars
And then they began . tranquil dis
cussion and solution of the great po
itical problems with tho limited reasor
Of peaceful. quiet men who agree upor
the one point that they will never en-
joy true liberty.
Meanwhile the thunder Of Mcnn,
ValArien continued incessantly, .,
each discharge demclishing 80 many
French homes and lives. rudely dis
pellinR so many happy dreams, st
many anticipated pleasrriS, and open
ing in the hearts OF women and moth
ers in this and other countries wounds
which will never heal
''Such IL nfe." declared NJ. Sauvage.
Say rather such ID DEATH" lightly
replied Morissot
Suddenly they trembled with fear,
realizing that some one marched DO.
hind them. and. turning their heads,
they saw four German soldiers cover
ing them with their musketa se
Their lines slipped from their hands
and fell into tho river; and within 1
few moments they were seized, bound,
throwa .nto . boat and carried to the
island.
Behind the house which they thought
deserted they found squad Of German
soldiers.
A bearded giant sitting astride q
chair and smoking huge pipe with
porcelain bowl asked Of them, in ex-
eellept French: s: lta ].
We'll, gentlemen. have you had good
luck?" ss..sai.f = ~
By way of reply one OF the soldiers
deposited at the officers feet the
besketful OF ash which he had taken
care to bring with him.
The Prussian smiled
''Ah! that's mot bad. But smother
thing first Listens: ,.saa
ITO mo you arc two spies sent TO
watch me. take you. and I shall
shoot you. You pretend to be fishing
In order to observe me the better. Yuu
have fallen into my hands-so much
the worse for you. such Is war
But a. you passed the advance posts
you surely have the pass word with
which to return. Tell IL to me and I
will release you. $3.50 xs,..P
The two friends. pale and trem bi.ng,
their hands agitated by slight, nerv-
GUS trembling. remaiued xilent
The officer continued: ..a-.
mo ono will ever know it. You will
return in peace. The secret will dis
appear with you. To refuse b immedi-
ate death. Choose" #eft y
The two friends made no reply.
Tho Prussian calmly said while point
ing towards the river:
Think that in five minutes.you viii
be at the bottom Of that stream. In
five minuteA You have familics7'
The two friends stood rigidly erect
and made no reply. The German gnve
. few orders in his own language, and
then moved his chair in order not to be
too near the prisoners Twelve men
with loaded muskets then placed them
selves ut . distance of twenty feet
Tho officer continued. 49,
II will give you ono miuute-not .
second more"
He arose and brusquely approached
the two Frcnchmen- Taking Morissot
BY the arm he led him . short distance
away and said In = low voice:
Quick, the pass word. Your com.
rade will never know"
Morissot made no reply.
Tho Prussian then took Savage
aside and made the Same proposal to
him.
NJ. Sauvage made no reply.
They again found thembelves side by
side.
The officer gave . command. and tho
soldiers raised their arms
BY chance. Mcrissot's glance fell upon
the basket Of flsh lying on the ground
! few PAGES away. The shining scales
# the still living fish sparkled In the
sunlight In spite of himself his eyes
alled with tears and he stammered:
'Good-by, NJ. Savage" .
NJ. Sauvage responded:
'Good-by, NJ. Morissot"
They shook hands The oflcer cried.
"Fire!"
The twelve reports rang out like one.
n. Sauvage fell like block. Morissot,
Who was taller, wavered. turned and
ell across his companion. face up
Yards. . flood Of blood rushing from
lis breast
Tho German gave . new order,
vhereupon his men marched away.
mt retu rned presently with cords and
tones. which they attached TO the
Get Of the corpse& v '%
Two soldiers took Morissot By the
leed aud feet and bore him to the
liver. and two others followed with
'auvage. The bodies. poised for an in
tant, were thrown into the stream
nd. describing curve ~ they fell,
lunged feet foremost into the current
The water foamed and boiled and
hen became calm, while . few little
raves reached as far as the shore. The
urface was sliRhtly stained with blood.
The officer. still serene and unrumed,
uietly remarked:
..Now 1t h the turn Of the Ashes."
Then, turning toward the house. he