The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

they seemed Ia bo under no command,
but wandered about collecting food
The professor paused
Here IL the gentleman who can tell
you the story Of the first shot lie
indicated Prof Leon Nerlest. a slender
handsome man, with dark, pointed
beard
1T wa from hi. mouse. 40. is Rue
Leopold. that II took place There is
nothing hut tho walls left now II is
hut step from here We can show YOU
tho very window, Let him tell you how
II began"
Speaking French. but In tho very
auictest and calmest way Prof. Norlest
began his story
I'VE were seated nj the table AZ
dinner. my wife and 7. and German
officer. captain Of the Landw"hr' wh'
was uuartered with us. suddenly an
alarm sounded and there was much run
ming into the street. \ man ran ny
shouting in German. The oih'er ros"
and. buckling on his sword and reVo'VeT
went out We closed the door ana my
I wife and stood in tho hall we
thought perhaps our troops were com
ing. but we did not know
suddenly there was great nam
| mering on the dooT' wv "pc"'' -
slightly and two soldiers burst through.
They had both been drinking; one "f
| ,bom was ouitc drunk. | tried to stop
| them, telling them that there was an
| ra,crr in our house but they ran past
I us up the stairs; they ala not S'op "
onen the window, hut broke the glass
and from there began to shoot, hrs'
two shots. then another and then two
~. rt
went ont the back way.
"It may have been ten minutes ana
,bore was more Knocking and groa'
noise, four or five soldiers entered; thcy
&c M, drunk. but greatly excited.
,r,ad 70 talk with them, but they wonlo
80, uston one fired at me- the pulIe'
went under my arm
"Ny wife was very brave she uru
10 stem in front. ! dragged her PACK anu
again they shot, just missing my nsau
~, ran ont into the garden. IN ie"
,irutes the house was all in names
We had not time to save anything
Mgr Deploige. a striking looking MAJ
.,,,,h iron gray hair and about httI
,,aors Of age. leaned toward me-
"C'est vrai." he said 81,
AID this was the story az 1t was top
, -. no n, the first shot fired. The rea
oause was the sudden entry IN rathe
, a manic stricken condition, OF si''"'
! hodv of German troops VINO had ne''
driyen with some loss out or the Il'''
I1ueken. between Louvain ana MalneS
Tn the semi-darkness they had com
,,a,,o,,rg IN their hobnailed boots INT
, ,ho suhurbs and the alarm had sprea
5 ha,ore them. BY the fire of their o"
= men one German was mortaly """''uc'
= wo were slightly hurt ana morse wa
% killed and for this nearly two huhor'
A c,t,yens men, women and children SUI
- ,erad the penalty Of death.
Thcv were shot in the streets q
!. ho,,ses or burned to death In the hol'
H.. caust that followed and that lasted i'
r ,u,o d,vs nearly nine hundred dWei
= ms being given to the flames, lnclu'
ing the priceless library, crime
d vandalism unequalled.
A The beautiful old state House VIZ
r. saved by the exertion OF two young O
o ncers who kept the men with the mr.
II hous and torches from entering Thei
II stands. rising In Its airy CON
n beauty amid the ruined walls OF u
n surrounding buildings.
No The ruins OF the Cathedral or ;
q Pierre tower above the waste
a destruction. II is completely quite
70 The wonderful stained glass WINDOW
are broken; the sixteenth century o
a. gan and the high altar are no more
n As stood in the lonely little squa
"a ssesided over by a bronze statue
4: = granite pedestal and surrouhueo