Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-02-15
THE WHITE BISHOP.

1t had been the proud boast o
Trevor Derriman, knight errant
IN rcenary and adventurer Of lht
nineteenth century, that his SWORD
had ever been OF the side Of the
weak and the oppressed. From
the day of GdrlbaldiS landing al
Marsala till the final triumphant
coronation Of Victor Emmanuel as
! king of free and united Italy the
name of the dashing Engllshman n
had been name to cOniure with
amcng G nbaldfs stern patriots.
From The first repulse at BlIl Run
till Lees fual desparlng surrender
at AppOmattOx the best liked man
in the federal army was the "Brt-
lSher," Captain DerrIman, and
when an old Italian cOmrdde wrote
to him, off ring him, after the COM
mencrment of hOstllitIes between
France and Prussia, a command
Ot France -Tirenrs, Derriman un.
sheathed his sword for the losing
side,
1t was not his first visit te
France. There bad been an
episode in his life beforehe became
the daring adventurer connected
with France that had left on bis
heart scar that now seemed to
burst out again az he once more
anded on its shores.
He was a yOung man at the
time, not more than two or three
aud twenty, and Marie could not
have been more than nineteen, bnt
they had loved each other with
true and steadfast passion known
only to young hearts. He remem-
bered 1t all again now, with his
eyes dinmed.
But the family of De Liggueur
had other ambilOns for their
Oung heiress than the penUiless
EngliShman. Passionate eutTeatles,
resentfnl threats had avaled moth.
ing. Marie must 20 tOa convent
for two ears; the Englishman must
go his way without her. A few de
spairing letters had passed between
them, and then-nOthing more,
Dtrriman told himself that he had
wrenched her from his lfr, and
that be thought of her no longer,
known now that he had lied.
Inc quick succession of events
10 the war gave little time for
thoughts or regrets. Disaster fol
lowed disaster, and everywhere the
desperate valOr of the French was
unavalliug. Derriman, the idol OF
his men, although he had enndeaY
ored to give them courage by bis
example, found himself losing
heart for the first time in his career
but it Was after a skIrmish outside
Metz that the climax came.
Oerriman, with. his now reduced
company of forty men, was told Of
to intercept, if possible, a small
baggage guard of BaYarians on
the way to join the main army in
vading the town. A young officer
Name d MOucour was allotted to tie
small force as second IN command
The march commenced at mia
night. There was no talking il
the ranks or between lwO officers
each man being intent on his owl
thoughts-the ayenging of bis
comrades of the morning. Z bou
five miles after the starr a halt wa
called, and Derrlman called Mon
cour 10 hun.
"They should be near here now,
he said. This is the road tbel
muslD-
Pingl Ping! PIngl Tue sentence
was cut short by the sound of rih'
bullets Wbizzing past their ears
Derrlman got bis men into lin
along the small road aud waited t.
see which way the enemy was CON
ing.
Every way it seemed. From al
sides the hail of bullets poure'
upon the little band, who repIie'
az best they could. 1t was evideu
that they had fallen into an am
bush themselves and were surroud
ed. There was nothing for it bu
to make for The town again or di
lighting.
Or,lers were given to retreat, (
flx bayonets and charge thrOug
the herde of Germans that wer
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