The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30

1Hls comes IN the days work, which isn't
oNeIpalu' even when We have double fees.
WIHCH ish oiten. But, as I was saying,
L followed Gen. B0ulauger like his shad-
o"' aud Kept stirring UP the affection Of
tEe people for him wherever he happened
10 ue. When he went to Amiens l follow
ed him there with twenty chosen men as
nucleus I2ere We're many other bands
OF course besides mine but I was paid by
1 inc Cocarde newspaper for the twofold pur-
pose OF making imposing manifestations
| ana selling the organ of the party One
1 day our men rushed up to the Hotel de
| ! JnlVets. where the brave general resid-
| ed and clamored for him to appear and
make speech. Boulanger, VINO was 9th
erwise engaged at the moment. as he Of
/ ten was, sent NJ. Mermeix 10 represent
| hlm. This gentleman said: Now, my good
/ IrlendS - whereupon a Came,ot named
/ canada, who had had a jolly long fast
| from soap and water threw himself on
| the neck of the dainty Nj. Mermeix and
/ hugged him like a bear The generals
! friend, turning black with rage. exclaim-
| ed: Do you take me for a blooming ass?"
/ We don't take you at all. shouted Canada;
we leave you But the angry NJ Mermeix
/ had 10 kiss every mothers soul Of them
/ before he escaped and I never saw a ca
/ resscd man so miserable"
And did Gen. Bou,anger know you per-
| sonally?" l inquired
We'll, 1 should hope so" was the re-
| ply, He and / wept on each others bos-
oms often enough to have been intimate
! friends for life"
| How so?" l asked.
We'll, 1 used to be dressed up as the
! sorrowful boy the child of the poor folks
| Of the place. Whenever a crowd assem-.
/ blod on the route of the generals carriage
} | used TO come forward ana get up on the
carriage step The brave general would
at once pull M and kiss me on both
| cheeks, pat me on The shoulders and say:
/ Tell Your parents, my poor dear child
,hat things are Frightening up, and better
| times Will soon come even for them Al
! Ions" And l would burst into tears, anl
| the genera. would drop a saltwater drop
or two and square kl1me+ers of pocket
! handkerchiefs would be pulled out by the
| sympathzing crowd Oh that used 10
tell I can assure you. 1t was a coup
| de theatre"
And did you often kiss Boulanger in
| public?" l asked
Yes, often. Sometimes I offered him a
| pretty little bouquet, and the brave war
rior, moved almost to tears. stroked my
short hair and spoke in a broken voice to
the little boy in the blue blouse and short
| culottes. That was me, as big as life. At
other times l was arrayed in the simple
| garb of minor, of a led who, instead Of
| going to school or playing truant had to
spend his days toiling and moiling under
the earth. And my face was pale, my eyes
! sunken and sad, and my costume the gen
uine mining garb. And didn't the brave
| general sympathize with the miner boy.
tell you. Il would move an inquisitor to
| tears TO see us two kissing and hugging
| and weeping into each others waistcoats
Well it couldn't last forever. especially
| after l had the misfortune to be put hors
de combat That occurred a the close of
| the electoral campaign Of Amiens ! was
| walking along the streets as innocently
| as a real child with two friends named
| Emile and Canada, when a gang of anti
! Boulangists waylaid us. knocked us down
! and well-nigh jellihed us But worse still
was TO come, for at the Circus Fernando,
| outside which l commanded 100 manifesto
| ton men, I received a blow from an iron
stick just halfway between my eyes-see
| this mark here, and Paulus pointed with
pride to the scar of glory. Yes, that
meant a fortnight in bed. and thank heav-
| EN- it was no worse. The prices during
the campaign were francs a day for the
rank and file. 10 francs for the chefs
dequipe, and more for the commandments
| chief. Don't ask me how much he got for
the commander-in-chi as 1 said is be-
fore you
My next achievements were done in
! honor Of the Due d'Oreaus when he came
to France for his military service. The
| first Spontaneous manifesto ions took
pace at the foot of the statue OF Henri
! Quare. l was there, 10 he good as usual
I commanded 20l camel0ts al francs each,
whom l divided into hrisades of twenty,
every brigadier receiving 6 francs. Prices
had fallen since Boulangers glory had de-
parted. l post i my men n various places
and on my giving them the signal they
sprang into the light of day shouting
'VIve le Duo dOrd ans" His highnes=
came before the Tribunal Correctional in
due course, and as enthusiasm had 10 be
manufactured for the occasion l got it up
again.
MY next exploit was the welcoming OF
Fdouard Drumont when he returned home
from exile. You know Dlumont, the anti
Semitic of course? Well his Homecoming
was to be celebrated by all Paris as a ma
tonal festival, and it was. I and my men
and the public we attracted were all Paris
and the day after The manifestation Dru-
mont published a letter of thanks 10 the
| good people of Paris in his organ. When
Rochefort came home there was less need
of artificial enthusiasm, because he has a
much greater following than Drumont
Fifty camel0ts and flowers and bouquets
were deemed sufficient to allure The crowds
10 his carriage. And the calculations prov
ed correct
"Times grew gradually dull again, and
it was not until after Zo.a's trial, when
there was a great gathering at the Avenue
de la Graude Armce, that my services were
once more called into requisition. Paul De
roulede convckcd a meeting n order to eel
the journal Drapeau sold. So l was sem
for. / hired twenty camelots, and oul
terms were 4 francs a man and the news
paper gratis. The money was paid us by
Paul Der0uede himself"
GLOW Ions would it take you to en- list 10
camelols for a manifestation in Paris?'
asked.
mo time" was the answer. 81 could dc
it while you wait here, and before vol
smoke three cigaret es. Promputude has
always been my strong point. Coed day
SEVEN BABES AT BIRTH.