The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-15


Alntat was undoubtedly an excellent
caya.ry officer. but hs had too much
awaggcr, which apoils many good
soldier. Lasallo, too, was very dash.
Ing leader, but no ruined himself with
vino and folly. Now |. E,onno Go.
rard, was always totally devoid Of
swaGGcr, and lat tho sdnc tilno was
very abitcmlon', except, maybe. ut tho
enl Of campaign. or whom mot M
old comradein.arms. For these reasons
| might, perhaps. had 1t not been for a
certain diilidcucr. have climbed to DO
tho most valuable officer In my own
branch OF the service. It 10 true tina. |
never rose 10 DO moro than chief 0!
brigade, but then, US every one knows.
no one had n chance Of rising TO tho top
unless no had tho good fortune to DO
with the emperor in his early cam.
raigns. Except LasalIe and L.obau and
Drouet, | can hardly remember any one
OF the generals who had no. al.
ready made hs name before the
Egyptian business. Even |. with all
my brilliant qualities, could only at.
tain tho head OF my brigade, and also
the special modal OF honor. which re.
coived from the emperor himself, and
which keep at homo 10 leather
pouch. But thought never rose higher
than this, my qualities were very we'll
known by those who had served with
me, and also by the English. After
they had captured mo in the way which
| described to you the other night. they
kept very good guard over me at Opor-
10. and l promise you that they did no,
give such formidable opponent u
chance OF slipping through their fingers.
It was on the 10th OF August that was
escorted on board tho transport which
was to take US to England, and behold
mo before the end Of tho month in tho
great prison which had been built for
rs ut Dartmoor "L'hotel Francois, et
Pension" We used to call it, for you uu.
dersIand that We were all brave men
there, and that We did not lose our spir.
its because We were in adversely.
1t was only those officers who refused
to give their parole who were confined
at nartmoor. and most OF the prisoners
were seamen, or from the ranks. You
ask me, perhaps. why it was that | did
not give parole, and so enjoy the same
treatment u, mostot nv brother officers.
Well. had two reasons, and both OF
them were sufficiently strong.
+ In the fret place. had so much con.
hdence in myself that | was quite con.
WINGED tina, | could escape. In the sec.
ond, my family, though OF good raputs,
has never been wealthy. and could not
bring myself 10 take anything from the
small income OF my mother. On the
other hand. it would never DO for n man
ike me to be ou,shone by the bourgeois
society OF au English country town, or
10 be without the means OF showing
coursesies and attentions to those ladies'
whom ! should attract, 1t was for th csc
reasons that preferred to be buried in
the dreadful prison OF Dartmoor. |
wish now TO tell you OF nv adventures
in England, and OF how far MiIor " ell.
ington's words were true when lie said
that his king would hold me.
And first oil all may aay tina. il It
were not that ! have Sc, of to tel you
about what befell myself. could keep
You here until morning with my stories
about Dar:moor itself, and about the
singular things which occurred there.
1t was one OF tho very strancess places
in the whole world. for there, 10 the
middle oil that great desola,o waste,
were herded together seven or eight
thousand men-warriors. you under.
stand, men OF experience and courage.
Around there was double wall,
and ditch, and warders and sol.
diers, but, my faith! you could not coop
men like that up like rabbits in a