Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-04-17

SxN MILE DUVERNOY, posthumous child
- born six months after his fathers death
II was the only son of his mother, and all
his youth had been spent alone with her
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EG2AMN in a tiny sixtll-foor fiat at Monmartre
@8A His earliest recollection OF a yellow
E$S \ %H photograph surrounded by forget nots
EGAEaEE rudely shipped out of colored paper
n AA&S hanging in a black wooden frame on the
n wall Of their one living room. 1t repre-
etxuz1azzrsJ scented stern, hollow checked man with
<Essa big. pointed black mustaches, dressed in
G!D a scrgcants uniform OF loose, old-fash-
i2ncd cut In the hard intense eyes was
a fame which had ouiliycd the fading Of
all the rest Of the picture. On the left breast were
eioh, medal. and n cross and, when Emile was old
enouoA to IN lcfstand he learned from his mother
that orc of the medals the Mfdaille Militare,
awarded FIR fifteen years of faithful service in the
army And the cross was that of the Legion of Hon
or yes" En:lc5 mother said as she kissed him
fondy on his little red checks, thy papa was knight
of the Legion OF Honor and thou must promise me to
become one too-is it not, my little man. And the
little man promised with wondering eyes.
The late Sergeant Duvcrnoy had been the model
French non-lomnissioncd officer; twelve campaigns,
eight wounds saved the life Of lis captain in one of
the hottest engagements OF the Toun expedition, thus
winning the Cross. Attached 70 the Bats dAfs'
(atallons dAirquc, first section, compagnies dc dis
ciplinc) and thoroughly detcstcd by the men under
n.'" 'P.oI "'''N'o'' save !" '0'0 ~:
ms sV'o'''!' "' "'NN'' N"'t' 'N O' 80.
me- icI' III! 'e"o''t Io' '''o "O's Vi O"','S ~ "
devotion 10 0u'! "@de lam 'oli"'t anu "l'" ~
coded Erilc's posthumous BIRTH his avortc theme of
conversation though he was not much OF taker, was
the system of rigorous punishmcnts employed in the
Bats d'Afs for the maintenance OF discipline. Thus
his opcn-nouhcd ana not htose'hc' au'mI''s "u'ii-
cncc came to know about the 'rapaud'nt' WINS" Is
way OF tying refractory soldier ny neck "'lSt ana
heels So that he Is forced TO lie heIpieSS on MS
stomach ''l reVaSep Will" ma! "o' o1 ~ wv ""
three days Al time mere lies my e"e.uo"'
NchcfED) ule sergeant useu 10 say /" ''e O'aA.'s
sun Just ont OF reach OF ms Wa'er-caf' ana II ny
supeThUmah effort he roH' mSe'i up 10 It. anu "'e'
to lap from It Ike dog nine uhes out OF 'c' owe.
1t goes. m a. Ia no more ""lc' IN "cA u'S :
Ana ior'y degrees III inc sn"uo inc! i'''t'u' 'o''
tnat $40 IS 4 deep h'le III inc saHu' ""ele ue
unG'S0p'"cu so"'l - ""'O' ''O ."1'! ,;.i
w'h only Just little aperture through NNCn inc H9n'
and a'r can reach him. lhcy were informed 'na' III
the Ateicrs OF the "IravauN luDilucs' section
OF h2 b2ii AS Ill winch INC S'dcrS are real4y COIL
Nc'N Nc "ay task oil uiES'S '''' c"Ch HAL Has ~
accomplish working IN TIC sun rom d. H. 10 ?'5o
a. M ana from : p M 10 $50 p NJ IS l'e'0n o
metres IN 'cns'h Ito metres III BREADTH anu % cent?
"efcS III ucpl! Just three u"c' what inc 'oca con-
tractors expect IRON the average Niger cooIe But
Inc scene the doi0ng OF winch save sergeant DuVel-
noy tie Nccncst relish was that OF the pursuit OF the
ceSertcr; the three sharp summonses to surrender
thcn ping panS' and my chefubn springs INTO the ar
teais ms arms toge'her ard tails dead on his lace
AND serve nam right! \ deSertcr bctrays both honor
and ''herand, and does not deserve to hvca dog an
assassin an-ugn-eh! what! Yes gentlemen there
you nave what we can the Bats AIS or b'r'bi a
nell on caTth Il You Ike Du' INC Tight place tor an
az well suppress the army and where VIII france be
them;
y poser which LETT his hearers dreaming little
snllcnly AS the sergeant always referred to his
toTnor snhord'na'eS as 'heruD'nS' 's was the ron
ical nickname ms MohtnarUe heghDors gave him
lc Pere Cherumn trainer Oherup)' i,'.e Lmic' nav
ing been told by his mother that cherubn IS an