The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-07
ALICE AND DREYFUs.


hunting OF lne puhLh. 70 IA hAeBOElC4l
poem. setting forth, In a fashion which
only pretends to be whimsical. the sor-
rows, the struggles, the triumphs. and
the hcart-breaklng dlSappolntments of
human life. ia9f
But II now becomes clear that a GER
tain portion Of one Of NJ. caTroifs
books, namely, "Allce'sl Adyentures In
wonderland" Is more titdR aIlegorlcal
mr. mystic or hliosophic-that II Is pro.
phctic. This portion is the trial scene,
ana nobody who knows a prophecy
when he sees one can possibly read It
without noting how II portends the af-
fair which at this moment holds, more
than any other, the astonished attention
OF the civilized world. Here lB a bit Of
the text:
The twelve Jurors were all writing
very busily on states. What are you
doinE?' Alice whispered 70 the Gryphon
'They can't have anything 70 put down
vet before the trials begnh,'"
oh. simple AnglO-saxotI mind, that
supposes that the men who are to Judge
their fellow can have nothing to put
doSn before the trial Is begun. They
order this matter better in France"
Herald, read the accusation" said
ON this the White Rabbit blew three
blasts on the trumpet and then unrolled
the parchment scroll. and read as fol-
lows:
THE queen of Hearts she, made some
All on a summer day,
The KnaYe Of Hearts. heistoie those
taFta "
And took them quite away"
Consider your verdict, the King said
Not yet. not yeti" the Rabbit hastily
interrupted. There's great deal to
come before that" &c
The president of the court, being
blunt, military man, sees no reason why
any formalIty should be observed when
the verdict Is foregone conclusion; but
even In France the lawyers will drag
things out TO make a pretense OF earn
ing their money, so there has to be a
long trial. Adi
The first witness was the Halter. He
came in with teacup In one hand and
a piece OF bread and butter In the 9TH
er. II beg pardon, your majesty" he
began, for bringing these in; but
hadn't quite finished my tea when was
sent for" MAO.
You ought to have Finished" said
the King. when did you begln?"
The Halter looked at the; March Hare,
who had followed him Into the court,
arm In arm with the Dormouse. -Four
teenth OF March, think It was" he
said. lfH
Fifteenth" said the March Hare.
sixteenth" said the Dormouse.
The Halter was obvlously'a military
witness, and he was shy about giving
his testimony without that appealing
glance for sympathy and encourage
ment toward the line OF his friends,
which is described in the papers nearly
every day
Write that down." the King said to
the Jury, and the Jury eagerly wrote
down all three dates on their states.
and then added them up. and reduced
the answer to shillings and pence.
In spite OF their precautions the MILL
tary witnesses do not always agree.
They give three different. dates for the
same occurrence, which has nothing to
do with the case. and the jurors write
down I'll three numbers, add them up,
and reduce the answer to shlllings and
pr-ce. Can there be doubt that this
!e Just what NJ. RertIllon Would have
dorc II he had been present? It Is
erorrh TO prove anybody In France
guilty Of anything.
"im Door man. your majesty" the
HIATT r NG-an In q trembling voice, land
I hadn't hut Just begun my tca-not
above q wccl' or so-and what with the
bread md hutter getting so thln-and
TIE twirl;iiTE Of the tea
''-he tw!nklIrg of what2" said the
Klnr.s
"1tfeEan with the tea" the Halter
rcpilsf.
"Nt course. twinlllnE begins with n
r." rid the SiGg sharply. DO you
tagc ne for Ounce? Go onl"
Tn a. poor man" the Halter went
on "nnd most thinGs twlnklpd after
thut-nulv the March Hare said
"r dida't." the March Hare interrupt
ed IN z great hurry.
YOU did" said the Halter.
Here was a conformation in Wonder
land md here IL one at Rcnnes, from
a lIspatch printed In the Tribune a few
days aEn:
Then the colonel at bay replied saw
aFciV: 'E spI6 only read one dor"-
mret. aid not say Only ore documnet
was read" - Capt Freystaetter
49," In n distinct. bold voice tod
e how Col. Maurel not only read
these documents, hut made comments
IN them. Gen. Ncrcier at once
denied Can't. Freystaetter's declnra
ton that the PanizZardi dispatch was
contained in the dossier. "lt IL n lie!'
he said. Capt. Freystaetter. however,
replied firmly 81 swear that
whit have said Is true"
viii II not he hard TO make future
Fenerati lions believe that Lewis Carroll
was not present ut the Dreyfus trial?
Presently the court ls thfawn into
truly French confusion. with blows and
violent language. by a disagreement
between two witnesses as To- whether
tarts are made Of pepper or trencle'
Alice herself Is at last nut on the stand.
What do you know about this busl-
ness?" the King said 10 Alice.
Nothing" said Alice.
Nothing whatever" persisted the
Nothing whatever" said Alice.
THAT'S very important, "athe King
said. turning TO the Jury. They were
Just beginning TO write this down on
their states, when the White Rabbit In
terrupted: "Unlmportant, ypur maj
csty means, OF course" he said in n very
respectful tone. but frownins and max
Ing fnces at him Ms he spoke.
"Unlmportant of course, I meant"
the King hastily said.
Just SO the judges at Renncs listened
like owls to NJ Bertlllon's testimony
in utter perplexlty as to whether It was
Important or unlmportant,l bnt con-
WINGED that II was highly one or the
other, and determined to getit all down
either way.
There's more evidence to come yet.
please your majesty" said the White
Rabbit, Jumping up in great hurry;
this paper has Just beer picked up"
What ig it," said the Queen.
'F haven't opened II yet" said the
White Rabbit "i1ut IL gccms to be n