Year: 1874

OF sarcasm.


He pretended to laugh heartily at this:
but there was gleam in his cruel eve.
and | saw it instantly cankered in his
bosom. He proposed some grog, and
between us we got slightly elevated
The subject Of our conversation was
that if the Russians some fine morning
made a grand attack near the Inkerman
heights, it was probable the allies would
be swept into the sea; this was dis
cussed,, pro and con, in our camp, and
now | meant to hear Lieut.. Browns
opinion upon it.


Monstrous - said he. E Have we
not got the finest troops in the world
our foot guards located there?"


Look here, Brown, I know and so
do you-in fact it is transparent to ev-
erybody, except those at headquarters
that if the enemy during snow storm,
or foggy morning, say, crept up from
Sebastopol and fell upon the pickets be-
fore the alarm could be given, they could
carry everything before them. -


He laughed heartily at this, and yet I
thought it was serious laugh. We
smoked and drank, and I feigned to fall
asleep as Lieutenant Brown took out his
supposed diary. He scribbled some words
in it upon loose leaf, then laid the book
down moment to light his pipe, and
the draft between the boards Of the rude
hut waited it upon the litter at my feet.
The Lieutenant staggered, snatched up
the book without noticing that the leaf
was gone, and departed. [ hastily pick
ed up the note, and after much labor I
read


Attack, followed up, must succeed if
made on Inkerman side; at least, that is
the opinion Of English-suggest the first
foggy morning Sunday"


"'Tis as expected" I gasped, I" the
foreigner is spy


| kept my own counsel. [ knew, on
November fourth and fifth, I should be
on outpost duty, and what should hinder
me from capturing him? I did wrong
in repeating the circumstances to my su-
perior officer.


The fourth of November came, and
in the meantime, had ordered my
servant to keep strict watch on Lieut..
Brown. He reported that evening that
the foreigner was missing, and on in
quiry, this turned out to be true. l
still kept my own counsel, but as I
halted near ravine overlooking Sebas-
topol, l promised promotion to any
man who should capture any person
coming from the enemy's line, for I
felt convinced the foreigner had gone
over and would probably return under
cover Of night. At midnigh Sebasto-
pol was enveloped in dense fog. But
throughout that live-long night I was
on the alert, encouraging the guards
on my right to keep sharp eye and
cutter ear on Sebastopol. 1t was near
the dawn when the bells in Sebastopol
commenced to ring. The men thought
they were the bells for church. This
continued for some time I applied
my ear to the ground. Could I be mis-
taken? The sound of wheels: as if
muffled, caught my ear. Then the in
distinct tramp Of numerous bodies of
men.


Before I had time to rise, the report
Of a musket from the outlying posts
startled me.


Another and another followed in rap
id succession, the outposts fell back
upon the rallying point l had indicated,
and I determined to show front.
Judge my surprise, when Russian Of
fcer, in dim outline, stood before ME,
and in his rear were some half dozen
staff officers feeling their way. Some
thing was said in Russian, which I did
not understand; but the voice, there
was no Disgusting that. It was the for
eigner. My first intention was to shoot
hin, down. In an instant I thought
better Of it, I fell upon him and dis
armed him. Two men bound him, and.
in a whisper, I gave him in charge of a
corporal and four men.


Headquarters" whispered to them,
aud they marched off with their prison
er Why speak of what followed ? Is
MT the story Of the battle Of Inkerman
and it's results known to all?


On the same Sunday afternoon Lieu
tenant Brown, alias the foreigner, alias
Kirkotf-for it turned out he was a
Russian BY birth-was tried by drum
head cuurt martial.


At first he denied everything, but