The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
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land of Egypt. while their commander
had confidently looked for the Egyptians
10 welcome him with joyous acclaim as
their delverer from tyranny. The coun-
try then. as now. was supposed TO be TN
der the Sultan of Turkey, but the martial
Mamelukes really ruled ii in that day. as
the British are its real rulers in our dsv-
Alas. the soldiers found the fieshpo;s
empty and Napoleon found that the peo-
pie preferred their old yoke to a now
one. Liberty. fraternity and equality,
the magic watChwords of the French
revolution with which he had conquered
the hearts of the Italians, were as sound
, ing brass or a tinklinG Cvmhal in the
auII ears "i the wTetchcd jewellers along
the Nile. Q
After long Years Of grinding despu,ism
hope WAS dead beyond revival in the
, breasts Of the Egyptians In their stocsI
philosophy the world j. only a place Of
going. not place uf staying aud.
dreaming of no release or reward this side
of heaven. they did not look up from
their hard. uHrequited toll to see the
lcSions Of the latest alien conGucror pass
by their little patches Of earth.
Gro"IinG and JesiinE.
The volatile spirits of the French fell
as fast AS the thermometer rose. and
their marching songs turned 10 a sulIsn
SroWl- Are you going to India by this
road: one OF them demanded i'll a dis
gusted shout as the Little CORPORAL
passed by. Not with such soldiers as
you he retorted in no better temper.
The Gallo sense of humor was the
only salvation OF the army See.
there's your siX-acTe farm" a grena-
der cried to his comrades as he point
ed to the desert all about them. aIlud-
ing To the promise which had been held
up as bait when they were leaving
Europe. As Gen. Canarelli. who had
lost leg in the revolution. stumped
by the army on his wooden peg one
hot and weary day veteran ex-
claimed: "Pardie. you don't care. do
YOU. for you have at least one foot in
France" Tina; jest running through
the ranks, was as stimulating as a
drink Of wine.
When the marchers had passed the
desert back of AleNa ndria and come
in sight of the Nile. they were disgust
ed to find even the cultivated delta a
scene of poverty worse than anything
a European could imagine. The mis-
cradle habita lions of the people only
Knocked the hunger of the fora ging SOL
diers. who found nothing in the lean
larders tit for the French palate. To
set an example of self-denial Napo-
leon himself slept without a tent in
HlluSt VI UtS army, ana Al meal Time
limited his fare to a dish of lentiIs.
Instead Of living off the fat of this
land. for which the children of Israel
sighed and murmuEed when Moses had
led them out Of Egypt, the invading
army advanced with its supplies jeal-
ously guarded in its center for fear
of losing even what il had brought
from home. assailed as il was by
Mameiukes and Bedouins, who forever
lowered on the horizon.
Beating st. Louis.
When Napoleon left Alexandria he
said that ST. Louis. the latest French
commander to invade Egypt, took four
months to march to Cairo, but that he
would do 1t in two weeks. In spite
of all the hardships that presented
themselves he kept the schedule to the
hour. The morning of the 18th day
was just breaking over the Notation
hills when three great heaps of yellow
limestones rose TO view on the edge
of the Libyan Desert. and he fired the
fainting spirits of his tired and home
sick soldiers with the memorable re-
hinder that from these pyramids Of
Ghizeh forty centuries looked down
upon them
(Copyrishi. 1915. 1911. by James Morsan.)
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