Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-09-20
ALMIGHTY WARRIOR
General Dumas Was a Colossus
In Size and IN Heroism.
HIS AMAZING FEGTs OF ARMS.

WI MMl " NLNNE " U0EMNNHN-ENA
Con Wss = Chip Of the Old Block
General Alexandra Dumas. the "a
Their Of tue celebrated French novelist.
was q mulatto OF herculean build. who
was renowned a. a tremendous lighter
and as q man Of marvellous bodily
strength.
it ts generally believed that be was
the model from which his son drew the
character Of Porthos In the Three
0uardsmen"-the sometimes vainglo
ftouR sometimes heroic, but always
toVable POrth0s.
Of the ~reckleasneas end daring Of
General Dumas there can be no doubt.
ana evidently fear to him was an absO-
luteiy unknown quantity. u had long
thought the feata OF arms Inscribed to
MIN IN La vendea. Italy. and Egypt
rather apocryphaI. too good 90 be true"
writes a. Jules CIareus In q French
paper. 'srhey seemed TO combine in
one the tours de force Of POrthOe and
the escnpades OF ChicOL But one day
when I had promised to write n short
life OF the man his grandson put into
my hands all the papers relating to the
soldiers career. and I then saw that
had before me a real epic. describing
a sequence " glorious actions Of IN
doubted authenticity.
1T was. FOR example. established by
official Documents that General Dumas.
standing. n solitary colossus. at the end
Of the bridge OF Brixen. 10 the Tyr.
Of. old. ike Horatius Of Did. dispute
the passage OF Il with a cloud Of Aus
TRANS. whom he sabered and shot one
after the Uthet until be had broker
his sword and used MS last cartridge.
aud tina be then did convert the body
Of an enemy into a gathering ram.
again. at the theater one day be
was In a o with q lady who had won
his affections when a gentleman Of the
court, pointing at him. remarked to the
lady. 40. warehouses. you nav got
your negro here. At which the mulat
20. without a word. seized the man By
his collar. lifted him FROM his seat and
threw MIN across the foOtlights on to
the stage.
nm 10A AA4EA = Jaw AaAhGA . A4hn
eleA. Travelling one year in the south
OF France for the sake Of collecting
some amusing impressions he came
to AvignOn by diligence with the inien
ton of enjoying the well known view
OF the silhouette Of the pRpaI palace
Tue diligence. on stopping. was SUI
rounded by pOrters, who tried to clutch
the travellers luggage Dumas insist
ed on carrying his own valise. and this
provoked some tnsOlent remarks from
the pOuers.
Look said one. at the big lout
who won't let a poor fellow earn u
nVlngg
whats 90 astonishing in thatT .
piled another. Hes q Niger. Nature
intended him for a drudge
"The son did not hesitate to initiate
his fathers example. He put down
his varse. seized one Of the pOrters.
took him by the waist carried him to
the parapet Of the bridge and held him
out over the river. saying;
"'Giv0 me your word that you are
not the assassin Of Marshal Brunei
nluTHNAl run wan REPRESENTATIVE ~
AVignOn. In the white terror. 1915.
"'lT but mOnsieuP-
"'Swear. I tell you. that you did NOT
assaAsinats Marshal Bruns D. ! will
throw you into the RhOneT
tine mans face became az white rs
z sheet. aud he gasped out:
81 will swear. monsieur. by all the
saints. I did not assassinats him.
"'AIl right said Dumas. and he
threw the wretched man on to the
bridge. took up his VaIise and went on
his way. smiling. leaving the porterS
gasping with wonder.
ITO return to the old general. be was
coming back from Egypt when his ship
was surrounded by some English e
sells.
flight to the last was the order.
and when shot and shell are exhausted
blow up the ship sky high
"All very we'll. but ne could swim
and others couldn't To equalize mat
terB Dumas got two ramon balls. put
them into his pockets and said with
q laugh;
"'NOw Z shall 60 all the quicker to
the bottom.
"But Il was not TO be. He was taken
prisoner and thrown into a foul dun
geon az Naples. from which he only
emerged with his health shattered and
his magnificent strength dwindled TO
the vanishing point"