The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-15

] I-yynrriarS Won ,inlersi. n nd men of eX-
parience ana COURAGE Around there
were double wall and a ditch and
| wardersand soldiers hut my faith! YOU
could NOT coon men like that M like
rabbits in n husch, They would escape
by twos and tens and twenties, and
then the cannon would boom, and the
| search parties run. and we. who were
left behind. would laugh and dance and
| shout "Vlye rEmpereur." until the war
der, would turn their muskets upon us
in their passion. And then we would
have our Little mutinies, too. and up
would come the infantry ana the guns
from Plymouth, and that would set us
yelling "Vive rEmpereur' once more.
as though we wished them to hear us in
Paris We had lively moments at Dart
moor, and we contrived that those
who were about us should be lively
also.
You must know that the prisoners
| there had their own courts OF justice
in when they tried their own cases.
ana lnilicted their own puilshneHts.
StealihS ana quarreilhs were put,isheu
but most OF al treachery' "heh
came 'here nrst There was mani
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r,orni,r wIlan they came for their
man ,vl,b naners for his release there
,gos NOT os much of him left as Won
cou,d n,t unor vour thumb nail They
were ingenious people, these prisoners,
and they had their own way of man
aging.
We officers however lived in n separ-
ste wing. and a very singular group
of people we were. They had left us
our uniforms. SO that there was hardly
a corps which had served under Victor,
or Massena, or Ney, which was not
represented there, and some h-d been
there from the time when Junot was
beaten at Vimiara We had chasseurs
in their green tunics, and hussars, like
myself, and blue-coated dragons, and
white-frouted lancers, and voltigeurs,
and grenadiers, and men of the artil-
lery and engineers. But the greater
part were naval officers, for the Eng
lish had had the better of US upon the
seas. could never understand this un-
til l journeyed myself from Oporto TO
Plymouth, when l lay FOR seven DAYS
upon my back, and could not nave
stirred had l seen the eagle OF Phe resl-
ment carried before my eyes. IL was
in perhdious weather IKE TINS that Ne'-
son took advantage OF US.
l had no sooner got INTO Dartmoor
than began to plan 10 get Out again
and you can readily peiie'e that Win
wits sharpened by Twelve years OF war
fare, 1t was not very long oelore sa"
my way.
You must know, in the first place,
that l had very great advantage IN
having some knowledge OF the English
language. l learned 1t during the
months that 1 spent before Danzig.
from Adjutant Obriant, of the Regi-
ment Irlandais, who was sprung from
the ancient kings of the country. i
was quickly able to speak it with some
facility, for / do not take long to mas
ter anything to which | set my mind.
In three months / could not only ex-
press my meaning, but l could use the
idioms of the people. 1t was Obriant
who taught me to say BE jabers." just
as we might say Ma foi;' and also
THE curse of Crummle"' which means
g,yv- III Mo- r hot
see. the English smile with pleasure
when they have heard me speak so
much like one of themselves.
We officers were put two in a cell, |
which was very little to my taste, for