Evening star., 1916-12-10

mer DlSnOp IN IL, Two DrOtnerS OF reign-
ing or presumptive princes, half a dozen
millionaires' sons and bankrupts. broken
men and men with broken hearts. and
trough -necks'' from all lands, adventure
ing together. Such is the charm OF il for
certain adventurous types.
1nnumerable are the tales of the legion.
My lieutenant. have the goodness to
inform the doctor that Don Luis Parenna.
grandee of Spain. but French of heart,
desires to take service. Go. friend
Apd .Arsene Lupin lit his cigarette and
waited"
They are modern d'Artagnans. incapa-
BILE of conforming TO strict forms, not
being built on the vulgar pattern. They
were boys dsgusted with the world, for
getting and forgotten. but many an ex-
cellent American has felt their charm.
Ambassador Rockhill of the Cadwallader
family of Philadelphia. educated at the
French Military Academy of St Cyr.
and who. of very recent years. distin-
guished himself as United States repre-
sentative in China. Russia and Turkey.
did five years in the Foreign Legion in his
young adventurous time and has defend
ed il publicly against German criticism.
Arsene Kara georgevitch. brother of King
Peter, was sergeant in it.
All the same, some legionares are hard
men.
why. / myself applied for transfer
to the 10th Infantry when ] was con-
says Boulgny a lot of Americans quit
it for the 10th and saw lot OF Nerdrn
fighting. Musgrave. who was once re-
ported of New Orleans. was captured
unwounded. and is now a prisoner of the
Germans An American named Cans
tJanz) of Kentucky was killed outright
by a shell. and Hoefedher of California
died in hospital from wounds. If YOU
want TO know about the legion read the
article by Edward Morlae or his book.
A Soldier of the Legion He was a coed
fornia.
There is very public rumor." the
writer said that MorIae just quit
Otherwise l would not mention it,
Z
NO official record exists to prove IT,"
answered the faithful Iegionary and
Morlae wrote me from the states that he
had been reforme invalided. was
with him for a year. and he was
recognized as being one of III, most
courageous men of the legion. If he did
pull out, I'm sure it could only have been
for some such motive as not having been
promoted as he justly deserved You
know it's tradition of the legion to
pull out'-they're a hot-headed lot. but
mostly they come back when something's
doing. I myself applied for transfer,
but now I'm glad / stayed as l started
Several Americans fresh from the states
have just Joined the legion-boys who've
evidently roughed it. One il a young
mining engineer from Virginia named
Mack who came directly from Peru,
highly educated and well bred"
He laughed. His life is romance.
though he knows it not.
Last Saturday lack and myself
with young Irish-American named
Barry, went to X, there. over the
canal, to feed up. At the butcher shop,
two pounds each, and a bucketful OF
potatoes. At the village inn We order-
ed the proprietress to do them for us,
like in the United States. We made
ed to be an ex-chef from a kitchen
shack in an Oregon lumber camp. At
pm. We sat down at the table. BY
s:45 we had cleaned up the dishes
stories till after dark-Barry had
brought his harmonica. When Mack
asked the proprietress for the bill, she
handed him slip with 1870 francs ($26)
triplet of starved soldiers. is it? Mack
arrived from Peru with large supply
of yellow lucre, and is making hopes
full headway in getting rid of it."
The writer asked him IL they sang:
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers.
There was lack of womans nursing. there was
lack Of womans tears. t
He turned suddenly serious.
The tears. in my case" he said. were
thirty days late"
He referred to his mother and sister.
IT received letters from my mother
and brother-in-law." he said. They
had been badly scared by the photo of
myself in the papers. accompanied by
an article announcing my death, but
they are now satisfied II was an error,
as they know / was never in the neigh
borhood Of Navarin farm. 1t must have
been the same obituary which caused
Uncle Johns cousin to announce my
demise"
The writer looked at his splendid
physique, six feet six inches.
His life is a romance. though he kncwa
1t not. -s1s