Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-08

about it. and. owing to their blunder re-
vision has been rejected and your con-
demnation will be maintained. The mat
ter is over now" Pity, pity such as
turks even IN the savage breast must
have been deliberately stlfed before su1h
an innocent-looking lie could be coa-
cocted and told. 1t was MADE most
plausible, so plausible that the soul-har-
rowed martyr actually accepted IT, and
thus gave it power to rack his BRAN ana
tear the folds of his hearts inmost cell
That lie lived and did its work. Drey-
fus blamed his family for their lack or
prudence. He was emblttered against
his brother. who, Ttanllke, was even
then waging a var against the whole
world I'm his defence. He feared to tnnk
of the irrevocaDle results OF the blum
ders" made by his family, and he turnei
from his kith and kin all the more trust
ingly, thankfully, prayerfully, TO Pfesi-
dent Felix Faure and General BOlsdeltie'
saving: Into your hands l place my
honor. From you | hope for salvation
And at last his prayers were heard ana
his hopes realized. He was TO return 10
France. When, therefore, he took MS
place on board the Sfax IL was with
feeling Of undyng gratitude to Presl'ehl
Faure and General Boisdefre ConYiheel
by his own frequent appeals and eloquent
defence. they had insisted upon revision
and-noble spirits that they Weie-hdu
made good the blunders Of his own rela-
lives These were Captain Dreyfus's sen
timents and convictions throughout the
long voyage from Cayenne 20 Quioeroh-
No more pathetic, no more thrlilingly
dramatic situation can well be conceived
than chat which took place in his cell at
Rennes. when his sorrowDg wife, through
tears and smiles. began the story OF the
revision.
"stop." he exclaimed to the lady, who
thought his mind was unhinged. YOU
know nothing abOu, 1t. How could your
II was I who did It all Ny letters to
President Faure."
/ He had been kept In ignorance OF every
! thing. He was not allowed 10 write con-
! tinuously and 10 keep his manuscripts
/ Every evening his iaiiers took away every
/ line that had issued from his pen during
/ the dav and sent II 20 Paris, where efforts
= were made to distill from his wrilhs7
/ evidence Of some kind against himself
, At last the Inflated man was reduced -
| the mechanical work Of copying extracts
/ from the books he had. -..s was the
/ only way left him OF keeping the llght
of his intelligence from going out. And
even this harmless occupation was nor
without its dangers. one day he copied
a mage from a book vigorously attacking
lola. of whose championship ne khe"
nothing But the people I'm paris VINO
knew all published that page against
ZOla and gloated over II, saying that us
value lay in ~ having been selected by
Zola's protege. Captain Dreyfus, who thus
bcguiIed his time on the lie du Diable.
nut. cruel and c0wardly as all TINS
seems. there was something MORE care
not add-and worse. II was this. a lor-
gerry. which was signed Weylef, was tou-
cOcted in order 10 render Dreyfus pun
isbment more severe. and therefore,
shorter IL was brought into fequisitlon
at the moment that the anu-semitlc
az Jbre Parole" spoke OF alleged attempts
81 Drevfus 10 escape. Az that time the
Minister Of the Colonies was NJ. Leoon.
The moment the anti-Semltes opened tbe
question this Minister telegraphed orders
10 put Dreyfus In irons. Thereupon
ewes were duly forged and put on; the
| very first day the wretched mans ankles;
! owing 10 the pressure Of the iron, sweled
and were liberated. \ few days Ihter
| they were covered with horrible WOUNDS,
| extending 20 the bone. But the torture
vent ON without respite. The prisoner. a.
| he Stretched his blood-stained feet asked
| why he was treated thus, but silence was
| his only answer. For two mortal months
| these torments continued. Every morn
ing the irons stained with blood maze
| rust were removed. and the hVIFlple
wound was dressed so that u mlBnt pc
| gin to clcatrice and every evening ule
! irons were riYeted on the crisp nesh
| anew. tn II was torn and raw again. II
| q 10 be wondered az that Captain Drey-
| ms should have exclaimed In his cell yes
| terday: "They did not judge, but they
assassinated me-?