New-York tribune., 1899-07-30

upon his brain
There is nothing in the slow agonies Of hell
as described by Dante which in subtle pOig-
nancy equals the fierce torture engendered by
this narrowing message having heard which he
might we'll feel disposed TO give up the fight.
and say with the poet Il want to be forgotten,
even by Cod But. buoyed up by unde-
hnabie force, which told him that he would live
to welcome the hour OF rCtributiOn, he turned
upon the bringer of that Infamous message and
shouted in voice OF thunder You lie They
have not abandoned me-" and wildl,- striking
his parched brow against the pasade that
penned him within his narrow prison he cried
aloud TO the armament and the sun They lie
UNANIMOUSLY, They lie shamelessly My family
cannot abandon me" His faith in his wife and
family invincible. and while he was pro-
claiming it thus TO the parching winds Of the
tropics they in France were making superhu-
man efforts to clear the name which had become
an Insult and curse. And whenever their en-
deavors bade fair TO become successful. and the
word revision passed from mouth to mouth,
Captain preyfus's jailers hestated and relaxed
but never once relented. And when revision
was secuted and the doctrine Of one man being
sacrificed for the good OF all preached and
approved they gathered new vgor and the
Wretched prisoner underwent fresh and fercer
Ordeals
From time to time he indited long letters TO
Felix Faure and TO General Boisdeffre, putting
his case clearly, eoquently. unanSwera bly,. and
beseechng these lovers OF truth to verify his
statements and TO clear his name Th-se men
were his hope. He built everything upon their
Bayardlike qualities. not knowing that they
We're stone deaf forever TO his pleadIngs When
General Zuriinden became War Minister he
promised VI. Brsson 10 further the cause Of re-
vision. But President Faure having heard Of
this determination. dissuaded him from carry
ing it out and Dreyfus. ignorant Of what was
going on in France, was then blessing the names
Of his enemies whom he took % be his friends
and praying that they might remain IN power
Their very names were pleasant u his ears for
were they not hlS defenders and friends eager
for the triumph Of truth and justice which was
his own sole object and aim: yet he often Won
dered why they were SO slow with the work
they had at heart
r. sometimes questioned his guards but they
were silent. After a time. however they grew
communicative. and confided to him tn reason
OF the sioWness, and this Is how they put IT.
Your ia mily IS TO blame They went the wrong
way about il. ana. owing to their blunder re-
vision has been rejected and your condemnation
viii be maintained. The matter is over now"
Pity pity such turks even in the savage
breast must have been deliberately stted be-
fore such innocent looking lie could be con-
cocted and told. 1t was made most plausiole
so plausible that the soul narrowed martyr
actually accepted H. and thus gave II power 10
rack his brain and tear the folds Of his hearts
inm0st ell
That ie lived and did its work. Dreyfus
blamed his family for their lack OF prudence
H was emhittered against his brother, who,
Titanlke. was even then "aSirS a war against
the whole world in his defence. He feared 20
think Of the lrrevocable results ot the oiun-
ders made by his family. ard ne turned from
his kith and kin all the more trusungly. thank
fully. prayerfully % Pres sident Felix Faurc and
General 30 sdeffre. saying Into your hands
ton" And at last h.s prayers We're heard and
his hopes realized He was 90 return 90 France
When. therefore. ne took his place On board the
SfaX IL Was it'll feeling OF undylns gratitude
10 President Faure and General Bo-s1 1eifre. Con
WINGED hy ms own frequent appeals and elo-
quent defence. they had insisted upon revision
and-noble spirits that they Were-had made
good the bunders 4 his own relatives. These
We're Captain Dreyfus's sentiments and cOnVlc-
tiOns throughout the long voyage from Cayt nne
10 QuiberOn No more pathetic no more thrill
ingly dramatic situation can well be- conceived
than that which took place in his cell at
Rennes. when his sJrroWIng wife, through tears
and smiles began the story Of the revision.
stop" h. exclaimed % the lady who thought
his mind was unhInged. You know nothing
about II. How could yOu2 II was who did II
all Ny letters 90 President Iaure.'
He had been kept in ignorance OF everything
He was not allowed 20 write continuously and
30 keep his manuscripts. Every evening his
jaleTs took away every line that had issued
from his pen during the day and sent II 70
Paris where efforts We're made to distil from
his writings evidence of some kind against HIM
self AT last the III fated man was reduced 10
the mechanical work Of copying extracts from
the books he had. This the only way left
him Of keeping the light If his intelligence from
going out. And even this harmless occupation
was not without its dangers one day copied
o page from book vigorously attacking Zola
OF whose championship he knew nothing Bot
the people in Paris who knew al puoIshed mat
page against /Ja and glOat-d over II. saying
that its value lay in its having been selected boy
Zola's pr0ttge. Captain Dreyfus. Who thus be-
euiled his time on the lie du Diable.
But. cruel and coWardly as all this seems
there was something MORE dare not add, and
worse Ii was this. \ forgery which was
signed Weyler. was cOnCOcted, III order 10 rem
der Dreyfuss punishment more severe. and
therefore shorter. IL was brought into requlsi-
ZION at the moment that the autI-Seruitic "Libre
Parole spoke of alleged attempts oI Dreytus 90
escape. Al that time the Mlc.steT OF the Col
onies was NJ Lebon. The moment the anti
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