The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-25
AROmalG Of Observation-Disclosures
IfIE MARSHAL
BINARY Raymond Shipman Andrews
1s1@' The Perfect Hzbuze. etc
cHAPTER vn1-(continued).

There was a thick fog on that day,
and out Of 1t, and out Of the wood we
must pass, rushed with wild cries a
cloud of mounted Cossacks across the
road within 20 PAGES of the emperor
himself. But General Rapp dashed
forward at the head Of two mounted
squadrons Of chaSseurs and grenadiers
OF h guard who always followed the
emperor, and the Cossacks were put
to flight. / was in the charge; ] was
erwin temporarily in the place of one
OF Rapp,s officers, because, on account
OF my late weakness, it was thought
Well n l should De on horseback. So
it happened that, as the skirmish
finished, / saw coming toward me a
figure in a furred coat and cap,
brandtshing a Cossack lance-rushing
toward the emperor. / dashed down on
the mad Cossack, as | thought him, and
passed my great saber through his
body. And the man fell, and as he fell
the fur went off and he groaned
and looked up at me with dying eyes
it was Zappi.'
"Ah!" The little finger sprung up
and stood, fists clenched, threatening.
one would have thought 1t was this
second that the general had sabered
zappi.
May I live a noment?" the general
inquired. Till / explain. Zappi did
not de-
"Ah!" again. And Francois sank
relieved on the stool, yet with stern
eyes still on the generals face. The
general laid h papers aside.
Not he. He had seized the lance
from a Russian whom he had killed-it
was most ~imprudent, especially in the
dress he wore, which did moi show the
French uniform underneath. 1t was
my turn then to play nurse. He was
placed in one of the carriages of the
emperor, and 1 cared for him as my
W brother, and he came through it
all, and went pack to Italy, to his
home"
gazing now above Francois head out
through the narrow window where the
boys table stood, across the mountains
slope, to the blue distance.
"~A1essandro, my friend" he spoke in
his gruff tones, yet softly, shall we
see each other again? So close through
that black time, SO far apart now in
the peace Of our homes! Those warm
hands which cared for me when / was
freezing and dying in Russia shall
touch them perhaps never again, never
again!"
Francois, forgotten in the generals
very French excess of emotion
him in a practical peasant fashion.
With that he spoke, businesslike,
%fatherBg.
"one should not say that word
never, my seigneur," he remarked
One should believe that the good thing
will happen, and If the God thinks best
it will happen. Besides that, if one
believes q thing to be true, it is all the
same as if it were true"
The general, brought to the right
about by this firmness, looked down
with an frown. TIA! A wise
little old marshal! 1t is lucky for NIX
that 1 have such to superintend me
How came you to know these great
thoughts, MONSIEUR"
1T Is my mother who says that
Francois answered, undisturbed by the
sarcasm. so, my seigneur, because
my mother says it, I know it to be tht
| truth"
Hal" exploded the general, and Their
reflectively: 1T is a simple and in.
expensive philosophy-on the whole
there might be worse"