The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-07-31

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nrigadief Etisnus Gerard contln-
sra his stories Of his adventures
while a soldier Of Napoleon. fh's
How rHn nRIaAprER RODE
To MtSsK,"
tCautinuod from Yesterday
Never have 1 Wes such = brute as
this man aOrsins. who commanded
the eaeeft The Russian army con-
taina the best and the worst Ia the
world. but a worse than Mator Sefs
sine Of the dragons of kiei. |
have never snen ia any force uut
side of the guesliias ~ the ranin-
suia lie was "A inan OF great stat
ure. with fierce. hard fsee aud a
hriatllnH black beard. which feli
over HIS euiraa 10. | have been told
since that he VAS noted Tor his
ztrupgth and hts bravery and
could answer Tor tt that he had the
grip II tsear. Tor | had felt 4 when
he tore me from my saddle. lie was
" Wit. tush in his way, and made
continual remarks 10 Russian az Gus
expense. which set all hia dfagoons
/ anu Cosuaoka lauxhlnE Twice he
[ beat my comrades with hlH ridine
with the lash swung over his shout
der. but there was something IN my
eyes which prcfehied u from fan
ing. So Ia misWy ana humiliation,
cold aud starving. W. rode Ia a diH.
consulate column acfosis the vast
snow plain. Tbs suu he'd sunk, bat
stlll in the Ions northern twilight
We pursued our weary Journey
| NamAad aaa frasaR. ~lth ny hasd
aching fFufa the blows Il had ~
eeiyea. I y a. borne onw ards BY Nio.
/ iete. haHiily CONSCIOUS of WHERE
/ aaa or whittier | was EsanE The
/ little mare walled with sunksn
head, emily raising is 20 sHeFs hes
contempt Zoe the mansy eossseh
ponies Who WIRE roand her.
but sutssaiT the s<ssrt E;GFp@i
and I found taAt We had halted "a
the single strVsf af a small Russian
village There vas church on ons
slide, ana ON the other saa iaFEs
stone house. the outline Of Which
seemed tn mo 10 be familiar.
looked around me in the twilight
hack - nehruVa. and that this
house At the dnor Of witch Ne wef.
waiting WAS the same house Of the
priest ~ which we hna staEge1 IN
the morning Here u vas that M
charming sophie IN her ihneHene "a
had translated the auiucky niairaa Ee
y hich had IN some strange Nay led
% our ruin. To think that only .
feW hnura before We had left this
very apdt with such high harra and
al fair prospects for our mission.
ard nov the remnant % aa waited
as beaten and Inundated mon for
whatever lot brutal enemy might
ardaiui hut such IL the fate % the
soldier. ny friends isHss toiar.
blows tomorrow TekRy IN a palace,
ditch water in bowel furu 81 rags.
full purse o. an empty pocket
ever aWsYtus from the best 10 the
worst elth only hIa courage and his
hafor anshangtnK.
The Russian horsefnrn disnnunsrsi
ana my poor fellows we're ordered
tn 40 tie ssfrs u 49, sirgRsf =
: Z ciS : : Z = = =
ton o. spend the sight ~ this VII
iaE~ There was great cheering ard
boy amongst the peasants when they
undrfstoad that 80 had All BEEN
fakrn. ard they flashF.i cat - their
houses with flaming torches. the
women carrying out Tea and bran
~ Tor the tCnNaacks. AMONGST
others the oid PRIEST came forth
the same - hntn Nr had seen IN the
morning he Nas al sIHisaa ~
ana he bore with him zenaa bot
punch on . sAivnr the reaa Of which
/ can remember aliil Hshiad her
father uaa sophie. with horror
saw her clasp Maj ssrEiass hand
a. she congratulated him span fhs
victory he had waH and the pfiaau-
srs b. haa made. The oil priest.
her father. looked AZ me With an ira
saiert face and made Insulting rre
marks at my expense. pointing ~
me Nith his lean and zriFuy hand
lis fair daughter sophie ioohesi ~
me also bat she said nothing. and
could Rad tender pity iu her dark
eyes At last she turned q Major
swrgine and said something tn htm
IN Russian. on whirh be fraWn~d
snf Shock hia head tufstttsutif Hhr
appeared % plead 9Th him standing
there n fhe fteof - light whirh
shone fresh the au~a doaf - her
fathers house NJ ev-~ vfrs fis~si
unsu the two faces. that of the
fierce man FOR ny Instinct told nae
that u aas my own fate which was
under debate For . long tifns the
soldier shook hts hnAf and then, ~
last nofteniuG before her pisadinHr.
- appeared % give way. lie turned
% where I stood Wfth my guardian
ssfHeaut heslar M
These good people offer You the
shelter 81 their roof for the niwht. I"