Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-25

waved his gilded helmet gayfy. and
cried:
Bravo. xouavesi You are the first
soldiers 10 the world'
'lfound my selt sitting near the ~ heel
supporting my poor broken paw. when
suddenly ! rene nnbered DEy-lean : aw-
ful crime Al tbet very instant he,
stepped out Of the ranks toward the
general. lie had lost his fer. and from
a big cash on his close-shsven head
ran a trickie Of blood. Leaning on bis
gun with one hand with the other he
held "a, an Austrian flag. ,attered and
died RID a tlag he had taken. The gen
eral ra<ed az ham admiriugly
"'HeN there Bricourti' turning to
one Of his staff; look at that. 10 you
plea, Wast menl'
~Nhcreupon Dry-Jean. in his csnaille
voice spoke up;
Quit. 10 my general But you
know thc First zouaves-ihere are
only enough lrft for once morel'
- Would like TO hug you for ihati'
cried The general. you'll get the cross.
YOU know. and stiil repeating. what
meu!- be ,..I 90 l.s aide -de-camp some
thing didn't understandable no
scholar YOU know But remember
Il perfectly Worthy Of Plutarch.
wasn't it Bricouri2
AT that very moment the pain was
100 much for me and I tainted. You
know the rest I've often told you how
they sawed of my arm and how 1
dragged along in delirium for two
months 10 the hospital In my sleep
less hours / used 10 nsk myself IL IL
was my duty 90 accuse Dry-Jean pub
licly But could prove it2 And then
I said. He's a scoundrel; but he's
brave. be killed Capt Gentili. but be
took a fag from the enemy Finally.
in my convalesceuce. I learned that as
reward for his courage Dry-Jean had
stepped up into the Zouaves of the
Guard and bad been decorated. All! at
+ FIRST 10 gave me a disgust at my own
cross which the colonel had pinned on
2 me in the hospital Yet Dry-Jean de-
served his. too; only his Legion Of Hon
or ought 20 have served as the bulls
eve for the squad detailed 10 put him
e out OF existence.
Its ali far away now. never saw
: him again; he remained In the service
and I became good civilian But just
now. when saw that uniform with its
B. hullet-hole-GOd knows how IL got
there-hauging stones throw from
3 The barracks where the murderer is. II
seemed 10 me tha, the captain. the
crime still unpublished. was clamoring
for justice"
did my best so quiet Pere Vidal. as
e surfing him he had acted for the best
~ Five days later. on reaching the Office
10 Vidal. handing me a paper folded at
p. certain paragraph. murmured. gravely
b. what did tell your" I read:
~ Another Victim OF IntemperaDce.-Tes
ll terGay afternoon. on the Boulevard d
n Grenele. certain Jean Mallet known a
pry-Jcsn. sergeant In the zouaves OF IN
- Imperial guard. who with two companion
r. had been drinking freely, was seized VII
"a dellrium tremens while looking AZ som
, Old uniforms hanging in a secondhan
shop He drew his bayonet and doshe
ne down the street. 10 the terror or all passers
BE- by The two privates with him had IN
utmost difficulty ia securing the macmai
-. who shouted ceaselessiy: i am not a mui
III derer. / took an Austrian nag at Melegna
&c nor IL seems that the latter statement
N. true. Mailet was decorated for this fea
H., his addiction 10 drink has alone prevents
him from rising In the ranks Mallet Ws
conducted 10 the military hospital or Gro
de Gallon. whence he will soon be transfcrrt
nd 10 Charenton. for Il Is doubtful II he ca
-, recover his reason"
"a As returned the paper TO Vidal. I
"a looked al me meaningly, and concluded
ne Capt Gentili was a COrsican-he hi
"a avenged himselfi"-Trsnslated for Il
be san Francisco Argonaut from Il
French