The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

side. On the other . younger man with a
Blond imperial, epaulets on his shoulders,
smiling and beGorair. Between the two
was a little pale man in a cooked hat.
'Huzza. hUZza," shouted the peasants.
Andfeiez was ready to cry. Could Il be
possible that he was missing the Emperor.
heads We're uncovered. except only the hgaC;
of the little man who wore the cooked hat.
thought Andreiez. his heart hot with 1T
dIgnation. He started hard at the little
man In the gray uniform ana the cooked
hat. He had seen that face. suTeiy-the
straight nose. the eagle eyes the head IN
the cooked hat set down between the high
shoulders. chin on breast. And then Il all
came over Andreiez like a fash His child
ism dreams slipped away into the midst OF
childish years. Napoleon was man. He
was not fierce, glorious. godlike figure in
coat OF mail He was a little man in u
cooked hat and faded uniform.
And that's how Grandfather DellarZ saw
Napoleon Bonaparte. and that's the story
he has told a hundred times to his fifty
grandchildren. and to the great rabhls Of
little folks who live on Lubbock street,
where Grandfather Dekarz lived.
After the burning Of Moscow. when Ma
poleon came back, flying for his life. furg-
Ing on through binding srowstorms, camp
ing al nights IN huts by the roadside at the
dying army struggled week later in the
rear. then Grandfather DekarZ saw his hero
again- A sleigh drawn by four tired horses
struggling through the drifts dashed on by
rider on the lead horse. passed young
Andreiez on the road. for he had made a
Jcurned TO East Poland.
How far IS IL to the next villaGeg' asked
the driver.
Three leagues" said Andreiez. peering
into the sleigh. where he caught sight OF a
sphinx-like face nestled In furs. The driver
cursed and sroaned. the rider dashed his
quivering horses and the droschky disap-
pared in the forest And that was the
second time that Grandfather Dekarz saw
Grand sather Dekarz was q veteran of three
wars. In $50 party OF students at the
Military Academy OF Warsaw drank to Kos
ciusko the idol CT Poland. Constantine, the
brother of Gar Nicholas. was NicerOy in
the palace at Warsaw then He ordered the
Give us arms. arms shouted the stu
dents when the edict reached them
You viii find arms arm. With, WITH the russian
The rprisins; OF isso-iS3l had begun. the
last great struggle OF Poland DeAa arr was
rising be took his gun and set out TO Join
the patriot army.
He fought with Skrzneck at Grochow
and was three times wounded. He recovered
and fought again at Ostrolenka, and kept
on fighting until Warsaw fell. After tk:-t
in tn, dismemberTnent Of Poland Posen fell
to the share of Prussia. He served three
years in the Prussian army. and then
made his way back 10 his native VILLAGE.
There he lived for a quarter Of century.
working at his trade, poor ana frugal and
Industrious. battling always In Keep the
wolf from the door. His boys grew up and
migrated TO America, and the girls married
and came to the new country. From 1s60
10 1864 the second and last Polish fnsurrec-
ticn ragged. The Polanders who were called
the Stiletcziki waged a guerrilla warfare.
Grandfather Dekarz belonged to the Still
etezIki--the shrewd, merciless. secret or
ganizat,on named from the deadly stilettos
with which they murdered their Russian en-
emies. Governors. magistrates. and Cen
erals were killed in their palaces and their
military sfronghoids by 6aggers hidden in
the short fur coats the big Kosciusko capes
Of the stealthy Polanders- But all the
bloodshed came 70 nothing. The Suletcziki
were suppressed, and DckarZ went back to
his bench in his native Posen-
When Dekarz was So years old he made
the trip along from his village in Posen TO
Chicago, and came to live with his daugl-
ter Mrs. Przybylski, at So Lubbock street
He was hearty and strong until a year ago,
when his health failed and he was taken
to Bishop KozlovskfS Hospital