Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-25
AROmann ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TIE MARSHAL
1YMary Raymond Shipman Andrews
q The Perfect HZbu1e. etc
CHAPTER v111-(continued).
nepyrists. The Boso..Merrm comsary.

S11kAE EfS
There was a thick fog on that day,
and u Of it, and out of the wood we
must pass, rushed with wild cries a
road within 20 PAGES Of the emperor
himself. But General Rapp dashed
forward at the head Of two mounted
squadronS Of chaSSeurs n g~renadiers
of the guard who always followed the
emperor, and the Cossacks were put
to flight. / was in the charge; l wa
serving temporarily in the place Of one
Of Rapp's officers, because, on account
OF my late weakness, it was thought
well that I should be on horseback. So
It happened that, as the skirmish
finished, l saw coming toward me a
figure in a furred coat and cap,
brandishing a Cossack lance-rushing
oWard the emperor. I dashed down on
the mao Cossack, as I thought him, and
passed my great saber through his
body. And the nan fell, and as he fell
the fur cap went off and he groaned
and looked UP at me with dying eyes
it was Zappi."
All" The little finger sprung up
and stood, fists clenched, threatening.
One would have thought it was this
econd that the general had sabered
zappi.
inquired. Till I explain. Zappi did
not die"
"Ah!" again. And Francois sank
relieved on he stool, yet with stern
eyes still on the generals face. The
general laid he 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 not show the
French uniform underneath. 1t was
my turn then to play nurse. He was
placed in n Of the carriages of the
emperor, and I cared for him as my
own brother, and he came through it
all, and went back to Italy, to his
home"
The generals deep-set eyes were
gazing now above Francois head out
through the narrow window where the
boys table stood, across the mountains
slope, to the blue distance.
~"Alessandro, 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 1 was
freezing and dying in Russia shall
touch them perhaps never again, never
again!"
Francois, forgotten in the generals
very French excess of emotion
squatted in front of him and regarded
him in a practical peasant fashion
With that he spoke, businesslike
fatherly.
zone should not say that WORD
never, my s~eigneur," he remarked
One should believe that the good thing
will happen, and if the God thinks best
1t will happen. Besides that, if one
believes a 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 dowr
with an enormous frown. ".Ha! A wise
little old marshal! 1t is lucky for M
tat I have such to superintend me
How came you to know these great
thoughts, monsleur?"
1T is my mother who says that
Francois answered, undisturbed by the
sarcasm. $50, my seigneur. because
my mother says it, I know it to be the
truth"
Hal" exploded the general, and ther
reflectively: 1T is a simple and in
expensive philosophy-on the whole
there might be worse"