Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-04-13
,l,s1De'S Bravery.

.,ordio had been a French
Felix IN D1 1ss great war of 1870, and nd l
treur u Wv, W, better in the evening than
liked lv,iIfii listen to his stories of the
+ ~ time when France lay sasp'ns
'll "t arDning we had been silently
,1 vlf s' for some time when he said;
s sno1'TI over ,pr tell you, monsieur, how |
pu 9 . ' tHo hands Of the Germans and
'a ox aSa'I y said. 81 thought the Ger
Nv shot all the guerillas they
sa aThor LOT me 90 free, monsieur" he
aid With a grim laugh. 1T may seem
solr, monsieur, but Jeanne yon-
der held the life of royalty on ner nm
ger tips" ,,.- avail, - ,oor tho
sag," said
Certainly monsieur, and if monsieur
airts what was done was wrong he
must excuse woman IN love.
4fg Sedan, monsieur, a meeting
rs called in our village, and thirty
dgenrOlled ourselves as a company
n Eancstireurs. We felt we could
Do more for France as irregulars than
serving under incompetent generals.
Ne we're well armed and a brave and
Slul old veteran commanded us. AS
The Germans were in force around
Metz we marched in that direction, and
made our headquarters in the hills be-
bind a village called Penney, about
three leagues from the fortress. It was
ID Penney Jeanne lived, and from the
first moment l saw her, monsieur, l
said to myself, If fortune is kind, Fe-
lz that girl shall be your wife Her
father was the miller of Pency, and
The accurSed Uhlans had almost ruined
hn They were very bitter against
be Invaders and my profession made
De find favor in her eyes. Before we
1id been at Penney a month we had
lighted our troth, on the understand
D that we should not marry until
rance was rid of the enemy.
Small as our band was we made
EelyeS a terror to the marauding
Fms, thanks to the generalship of
ID MOntb0n. Jeanne was invaluable
9T She was all eyes and ears, and
loltbOn called her the head Of the
ltigence department. of our band.
used to meet her every evening, when
twas possible, in a little cave l had
NOVered, which, having no outlets,
Ga proof against surprise.
We staid three months at Penney,
ID then the place became too hot for
and we prepared to leave for a
lage some leagues to the south. l
ell into the hands of the Bavarians
ae very evening before we were to
ave Penney.
Jeanne declares to this day, and l
Sneye rightly, that / was betrayed by
Nnaser young fellow named
EIeau, who believed fate had intended
|alle for his wife, and who was even
Eage when she refused him. But be
LUZ as 1t may, monsieur, I was seized
uuSk that evening, as / was on my
EP 10 meet Jeanne, and taken so COM
ERFly by surprise that l had not the
'' ehance Of defending myself or
sAs 10 escape, and, worse than all,
~ ~ken with the rifle in my hand.
lou are an assassin said the stout
,ue Vlncer in command in barbarous
Slch' You shall be shot. Where
r. your companions?
nut professed not to understand.
Was AFRAID of being shot on the spot.
v was much of the executioner
alSieur ~ -
~aVl 10 my relief my arms were
Oen'hd NE, and we set out for
s5 -a,liet where the Crown Prince
-, -"EA had his headquarters.
'OEr'ne would have it, Jeanne
,S ~ Vl the road. Monsieur would
e,S 'nSt Jeanne is quiet little
e~ ru, out monsieur has not seen her
s1y aroused. She was reused
m, 1Vusieur' She flung herself on
b - - uled to release me. Then she
s.1 e oayonet of a Bavarian, and
rs, uol begged her for my sake
y na she would have fought the
a f baN slngle-handed. Then she
b cseechlng them, for she could
Ss ;Dlan Well, but they only
Sa. a. her and drove her off with
noa. My heart was like lead
b. uSIeur, but l did not know
b NJ @Aen before the princes adj
u ha.0 Nv promised me liberty if I
ri s, NY cOlnpatflOtS. But /
;! Fo orp1,olty. and when he found
ekV utu tell nothing he ordered
w. +O' at i've the next morn
d y0S S"e You till then,' he said,
Ssf,ss, tongue. You'll be dumb
- 6o And ne laughed.
S,eenO ana like a log, monsieur,
W. Nv INTO a hut and brutality
bis thoughts We're not pleas
NJ nAe, l lay thinking Of
Rp+n nSn should never see
hom&s that, womanlike, she
y s0s u s and weep in her help
W despair. But I did not
y IN e u She was working for
Jsso ne energy and wit of a
SAUS.