El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-09
The HeraId's Daily
Short tsry
THE EAGER SENTRY

closed upon the warden as noIs sIaeiSS,,SS
as a cat and struck him unc0 the Soi-
with a heavy sandbag- men o.I-d the
der wrapped a thick ciotna md satu-
unconscious warden hedu am
rated it with chloroform. only +be
Otto Macmillan heard OHAf u go
sound of a heavy fall OUTSIDE. 1lS
on his feet and listened A moIt 9 n,
later he heard a key being inserted y;
the lock of his cell, the doeI oPe4So
and a soldier in the GnlIOrm VI tHe
national guard entered toll
Don't say a word, Dut 90 a. -
you" he whispered as he closed tne
door behind him Throw away S0ui
blouse-I am a friend; :. o11,
1T can't be possible! Is it really
Shut IN and do as I tell you We
can talk together later on
without another word the prisoner
took off his coat, threw II @s SUI an" ny
&C the same time the sentry TOOK Oh
his whole uniform and told the otner
to put it on. In spite of having aR7
parently undresSed, the sentry SUI
wore the full uniform OF tne f Sba aI o+b tle
had worn two, one on top OF the otneI,
so it was no wonder he had looked SO
strangely broad when we saw MIN III
Rameau's wine room. - a..
Come along now, and look OUT Indt
your sword does not clank. FOLLOW
me. look neither right nor LETT. Are
you ready? Forward march. .,.
AS they came out into the corrioO '
on the floor and noticed the sweet door
? Look out. now, OTTO" whispered
the soldier, we must be very carer L VI
The guards below have Just been re-
lieved and we must make them tnlnk
that we are going back to the guard
room and that we nave Deen Oeldy 81 y
helping NJ. oubert to examine cell.
But surely they Will discover ithat
do not belong here?
Not if you cover your face as much
as possible. They don't know me eith-
er, for I only came lew hours ago:
this scrape. God help US both If don [
At the foot Of the stairs was a door
which the soldier opened WIN 80 hey
went through he said, initiating "
SO long, boys. much obliged for
your assistance
at the iron gate just outside he said:
well. eomrade, if you viii let us
through now we will thank you very
much; we had to help III Jouoert
little with an unruly prisoner"
The sentry growled something and
opened the heavy gate leading into the
big courtyard without
Now listen, Otto. I am Pierre Du-
bois and you are Julien Bizet, both OF
the national guard, and in my pocket
1 have a pass signed by Col. de Breze-
or at least it looks very much like his
signature.
Pierre showed his pass. The man on
guard glanced at it and handed II
back. Then he muttered somethlnS
about lucky nightbirds and opened the
gate to the street.
The two men were free, succeeded In
passing the outside forts and got back
to the German camp.
During the winter, 1875, Col. Alphonse
de Breze happened to visit a theater IN
Berlin, where he had been sent on a
military errand. The play was called
"The Sentry and described the adyen-
lures of a private in the French nation
al guard, played by Berlin's faVorlte
actor, Martin Esau.
As soon as he came upon the stage
the colonel stared at him in surprise.
He recognized him at once. 1t was his
eager sentry-Pierre Dubois.
De Breze was an admirer Of pluck
and courage no matter where he found
it, so the next day he went to see Mar
tin Esau at his house, where he also
found Otto Macmillan.
MY friends" he said as they were
chatting together over an excellent
me on that morning in November five
years ago. when found the cell empty
and my prisoner and Pierre Dubois
gone, you would have sworn that we
should never meet as friends"
Thank heavens fer peace and friend
ship" said Esau cordially, and as they
emptied their glasses and promised to
meet again in Paris to empty another
bottle with NJ Joubert