The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-03-17

aeVotedlove or his wife runs throuob
every ep!st'e, aud one cannot but feel
tie deepest sympathy for tie unfor-
innate sollierin his gloomy exile WREN
he writes Slc, words asthe following:
'HoW all my love for You comes holne
TO ne at this moment, 1t is solely the
thought OF Won, my poor darling, that
enables me to struggle Oh To think
that | an accused OF the most mo-
strous crime o soldier can commit.
Even to-day 1t seems to me that I am
the sport OF a horrible nightmare;...
but rest assured that If / am SUCCESS
full IN treating this Calvary to the end
1t Will be tor your sake, my poor darl-
ing; 1t will be TO avoid for YOU a fresh
sorrow in addition to all those you
nave already supported. Your cour-
age. your devotion, are sublime;....
vou are assuredly one Of the nob1est
olnen Of the world; nay admiration
for You is such that if | succeed in
drinking my bitter cup to the dregs it
Will be IN order % be worthy OF your
herol8m. | wiring my hands IL grief
for You ana for our chilIreni....Al
around me IS profound silence, broken
only by the moaning of the sea. Do
not weep, dearest; / viii struggle to
the last minute for your sake and for
that OF my children. Embrace them
tenaerly for me
Words cannot describe the love Of
poor Alfred Dreyfus for his children,
and they are children to be proud of.
Pierre, his mother tells me, is the liv-
ing image Of his father. He is tall,
wall-built. and thoroughly manly,
giving the impression of q more ad-
vanced age than the seven years
which can actually be credited to him.
he has q high forehead, large, dark
eyes, nose Of the Grecian type, and Il
firm but sWeettempered mouth; a
very Intelligent, bright boy IN every
respect. He still remembers his
father, spite of the four wears which
have separated them, and he evidences
the most profound love for the mother
to whom he is 50 dear. The little
Jeanne resembles her mother very
closely IN features, but, unlike her,
has very fair hair and big blue eyes.
Great ~ is your trouble" said l to
Madame Drcyius. sit would be far
greater We're it not tor the children"
And the mothers answer va one Of
almost unutterable thanklulness that
50 much comfort was accorded her.
Need I say that it is extremely
painful TO Madame Dreyfus to recall
the past? Her marriage, unlike many
IN France, was n Of pure affection,
and over the first few years of welded
existence no cloud came. The hus-
baud was absorbed in his profession
and his home, and the wife III her hus-
baud and household. When not at his
duties, Captain Dreyfus was invari-
ably with his wife; in her OWE words,
I'VE Were ell in ali to each other"
What it must have been to such n
coap!e when they were suddenly and
furcibly torn from each other no pen
can describe. Without Il sign or q
word to warn them Of the impending
catastrophe. Captain Dreyfus was ar
rested at the instigation Of the secret
police. and charged with selling army
secrets to o foreign government.
Held guilty by the army and the
country before he was tried, a secret
court-martial professed to prove him
SO, aud the unhappy max was SEN
fenced to be degraded from his
army rank and to suffer perpet-
nal imprisonment. It was said
at the time that the country to
,r1nt, 1.-Two ccnrnt~ ,-,,a Sn1j Voc
Germany, an additional cause for the
howl Of hatred which was directed
against the so-called traitor. Butthere
are not wanting many in the country
nov-anl l have convereed with num-
beers this veek-vho believe that Rus
sla. aud not Germany, was the conn
try. and that in the face OF recent
events the French simply dare not
make tie papers public-or, at any
rate. would resist doing 50 until the
las. possible moment. Strong pres
sure has now been brought to bear
upon the authorities, startling reveal.
tons have takeG place, certain docU'
meuts IL the case have been proved K
be tor1eries-wly not all? \ Yer!
cursory examination OF the writing o
French officers shows . striking family
J likeness; mistake Is t. authorship i
probable, and imitation would not b
an impossible feat. and this IS th,
stealfast opinion OF Madame Dreyfus
At.rrIhlc mistake has been made; be,
husbands writing does closely resem
: ble tle famous boriereau, anlthis ha
: been the primary carse o: all the mis-
: chief. Having once found him guilty