Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

roared Immediately after his greeting and had seven
hundred and twelve"
hundred aces, was the hot retort and SO at 1t they
went again.
They did not pause to discuss the notable visit to
Washington and the Herr General syly forgot to
ton that he had notified the German War Office that
he improved, but believed it best that he remain
for indefinite further time to get the of his
right arm, which, perhaps the War Office remembered,
had been shattered by three balls in the charge front
of the stone church at Marsla-Tour. The arm APP
peared to work fairly well nOW-at penuChle. Other
wise it painful.
TT was we'll enough to shake fist one night
disputed point, and, because the General
trihe out of sorts, the game ended early and huff
the veteran and Wosbach took their departure. The
stars and the behind clouds that scurried
the sky in little summer thunder shower, tor
all the world like tantalzing shutters, permitting the
to break through and shine and then only to
shut the world into backer darkness after each in
terval. The lake still and unrufled ever lake
may be.
@Dommeravetter Wolsbach! That Herr Roth is great
crank" asserted the General he dropped comfort
ably into the boat. "He makes angry. Row
around little so l can cool Off"
And Wosbach, voorhees, obeyed. They headed down
toward the point that thrust its wooded tongue out into
the waters and then back toward the of the
island. Wosbach almost drifting when they heard
a noise, and he paused to listen.
"Ps-s-s-s-st!" said the General. what was that"
They held their breathing, better to listen. There
soft splashng in the water repeated at intervals,
and approaching The moon came out Just tune to
q
of the night, who looked like phantoms of black
with brawny, bare arms, sweeping down toward
them. Silently this barge passed them Quickly the
moon again veed and the mysterious travellers of
the night, the unrequented lake, lost to sight.
Wolsbach and the General turned homeward,
deng tre over this strange encounter then dismiss
ing it from mind.
THE days orders are" said the General parade the
next morning, with his dry twinkle, "that the
troops shall march the sugar mill below the lake and
shall there study the process of making sugar. after
which they shall return to their quarters and have lib
erty for the remainder of the day. Parade dlsmlSsed
Led by Wolsbach, the troops" trudged away to the
mill owned by Heinrich Roth taking the four-mie
tramp with military precision. 1t was interesting to
report to the good old Prussan who laughed at their
arrival and told them to help themselves. The sweet
odor of the being unloaded from the canalboats
that drew up into the reach of the little pond back of
the mill door, the rumble of the mill it ground
its thick brown succulence, the conversation with
of the worznen, of their tongue the strange,
barred strength Of the negroes all made this days
ousy at little Incidents like boys out tor lark and
easily amused.
They almost doubled over when, in loading boat
with the big hogsheads bearing the stencil telling that
its contents were Anew Orleans Number One or "Num
Der Two" of the awkward receptaces broke loose
from its sling smashed downward struck stone post,
and burst its stakes barrel popped out, bright and
new and lay the wharf. barrel within hogshead
seemed amusing. The negroes scowled at them, and
they chaffed the dusky in their tongue, until
they had rolled the barrel back out of sight in the dim
recesses of the sugar storehouse Then they
culent when of the negroes, huge man from Mar
Unique asked them they spoke French, and being
assured that they did promptly told them to get away
from that loading pier and mind their own business
Herr Roth came fussng perturbed in time to apollo
gze for his man, and led them away to display other
curious parts of the old plant.
They skylarked homeward until in sight of the tav
ern, when they came stiff1y to order and sedately
marched to their quarters, where they punctili
ousy dismissed for the day; but the memory fingered,
and General Friedrich smiled when, apparently asleep
the veranda, he overheard them laughing the
barrel Incidents