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diff --git a/59084-8.txt b/59084-0.txt index 94116bb..f269b67 100644 --- a/59084-8.txt +++ b/59084-0.txt @@ -1,35 +1,8 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Modern Legionary, by John Patrick Le Poer +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 59084 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. -Title: A Modern Legionary - -Author: John Patrick Le Poer - -Release Date: March 21, 2019 [EBook #59084] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A MODERN LEGIONARY *** - - - - -Produced by Graeme Mackreth and The Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - @@ -1191,7 +1164,7 @@ Once or twice a little unpleasantness arose amongst ourselves. It never went very far; the others, who were not desirous of seeing their comrades get into trouble, always put an end to the business before any real harm was done. I had nothing to do with any of these disputes -save once, when, in the _rôle_ of peacemaker, I sat with another fellow +save once, when, in the _rôle_ of peacemaker, I sat with another fellow for more than half-an-hour on an Italian who was thirsting for the blood of a Portuguese. The Portuguese was receiving similar attentions from two others at the opposite side of the tent. It was funny how @@ -1269,7 +1242,7 @@ mention in this chapter is that one sunny afternoon about four o'clock we marched into camp on the borders of the Sahara amid the cheers of our future comrades, and that within an hour our 200 men were divided amongst the four companies that constituted the 2nd Battalion of the -First Regiment of the _Légion étrangère_. +First Regiment of the _Légion étrangère_. @@ -1753,7 +1726,7 @@ suppose that fighting men of to-day are at all different from their compeers of yore--the only change is that the rapine and the pillage are not boasted of so openly--but there is just as little of the spirit of Christianity in a so-called civilised army as there used to be in -a legion of Julius Cæsar, perhaps even less. Many people will regret +a legion of Julius Cæsar, perhaps even less. Many people will regret this, and yet you always find the goody-goodies and even the women loudest in crying out for war to avenge the wrongs, or fancied wrongs, of their country or to acquire new territory and new trade. I say this: @@ -2215,7 +2188,7 @@ second and got a ration of wine, and then went off to the place where the tobacco was distributed, giving way to another. This went on continuously until all had received an allowance of brandy and another of wine and a third of tobacco, and then Nicholas, this time also -accompanied by Le Grand and me, went for the _nouveaux mariés_, as +accompanied by Le Grand and me, went for the _nouveaux mariés_, as he called them. We brought them down in triumph, Apollo smiling and bowing, the Cooloolie girl beaming with happiness, Nicholas as solemn as a judge, Le Grand and I breaking our sides with laughter. Such @@ -2461,7 +2434,7 @@ a heavier punishment for us afterwards. Nicholas went on to state that he had received a large amount of money from a friend in Europe, and that he had at once resolved to pay for a good spree for his comrades. For a joke he called the affair a -wedding _déjeuner_ in honour of the Greek and the Cooloolie girl. He +wedding _déjeuner_ in honour of the Greek and the Cooloolie girl. He thought--at least he said he thought--that the other company would not mind; they knew the rules of the Legion as well as he; a little fun about the new connection ought to hurt nobody except the Portuguese. @@ -2614,7 +2587,7 @@ men of No. 4, and, finally, that he was himself prepared to apologise for his part in the affair. This expression, I am sure, the commandant took to refer to the buying up of all the drink and the tobacco; we, who knew better, remembered the irritating speech that the Russian had -made after the _nouveaux mariés_ had pledged each other. +made after the _nouveaux mariés_ had pledged each other. Well, after a little hesitation he let us go across. We were escorted this time by the men of our own company--soldiers of the first class, @@ -2833,7 +2806,7 @@ Europe and spent it as a soldier should. Ay, even the officers are proud of the story to-day, and, when they go to France on leave, our little escapade is told in the family circle and to all the friends and relations who are continually asking for tales of _ces affreux -légionnaires_. +légionnaires_. I had almost forgotten another part of our punishment. While all the others turned out for parade without knapsacks, those of us who had @@ -2984,7 +2957,7 @@ roll call, but it will be well with the survivors. In any case, I am tired of soldiering here. Why should I not see the world, not as I saw it before," he smiled sadly, as I thought, when he said this, "but as millions of men have seen it--a nameless unit in a crowd? After all, -many of Cæsar's legionaries had happier lives than Cæsar." When he +many of Cæsar's legionaries had happier lives than Cæsar." When he ceased speaking there was silence between us for some moments. Then he asked: @@ -4365,7 +4338,7 @@ the day. Nothing was ever said to us about this ugly affair. It was over and done with; there was no use in talking about it In any case, how could eight or nine hundred men--that is, including the Annamite -tirailleurs--be punished? Cæsar could decimate his legions--the day +tirailleurs--be punished? Cæsar could decimate his legions--the day is gone by for such punishment; moreover, even if special soldiers were selected for trial by court-martial their comrades would surely have revenge on the officers, the sergeants, and the corporals. It is @@ -4728,7 +4701,7 @@ First, it must be understood that my battalion formed part of the rear-guard. There were French soldiers of several corps and native levies as well, and I may say here that the Frenchmen showed as much steady courage in retiring before overwhelming masses of the enemy as -they usually show of gallantry and _élan_ in a charge. I can never +they usually show of gallantry and _élan_ in a charge. I can never again believe that the Frenchman is good only when advancing; given capable officers, he is a perfect soldier at all points. This retreat proved the fact. We were half starved; there was the continual fear @@ -4745,7 +4718,7 @@ during the day. We had had little food, and that unsuitable, for some time. In my squad was a man whose country I have good reasons for not mentioning; suffice it to say that he came from a land lying on the eastern frontier of France. I shall call him Jean, though that was not -his name. All the day he was saying: "Quelle misère, quelle misère!" +his name. All the day he was saying: "Quelle misère, quelle misère!" until we were sick of the words, and I told him, rather roughly I am sorry to say, to keep his troubles to himself. When we came into camp great precautions were adopted to prevent surprise, and I may detail @@ -5027,7 +5000,7 @@ Foreign Legion. At once he was accepted, and after a short time in Algeria was sent to Tonquin. There he was taken into my battalion, and handed over to me to help to make up the number of the squad. And now he was amongst us, calling out every moment the unlucky words: "Quelle -misère, quelle misère!" +misère, quelle misère!" Nicholas took up a longer time in telling this story than I, but you must remember that the Russian was very clever and had the story at @@ -6188,7 +6161,7 @@ which, however, I must narrate, as it intimately concerned myself. Our fellows had cautiously dug forward for a considerable distance. No sound of tunnelling on the side of the Chinese had been heard; as -the _dénoûment_ proved, they had been as cautious as we. The working +the _dénoûment_ proved, they had been as cautious as we. The working party was tearing down the earth with the sharp edge of the pick, not striking with all their strength. Thus very little noise was made, and, besides, it was enjoined on all who were at work in the mine that @@ -6532,7 +6505,7 @@ and called out my name. I said: "Here I am. What do you want?" -He replied: "Monsieur le général will be here soon." +He replied: "Monsieur le général will be here soon." "Does he come to tell me that I have been appointed his aide-de-camp?" I inquired, laughing at my own little joke. @@ -6627,7 +6600,7 @@ was only a soldier. But what I said was liked, and many a present I received afterwards. The French know that the legionary is a soldier pure and simple--well, not always pure, and very seldom simple--and they know that the soldier of the French army who gives up for life -the clothes of the pékin and who dreams of nothing except fighting +the clothes of the pékin and who dreams of nothing except fighting and promotion looks on Napoleon the Great as a terrestrial Archangel Michael. Him would we follow, him would we serve. God grant us another like him, and then----. And the legionaries understood, and @@ -6670,7 +6643,7 @@ of. For the first time in my life I was made much of as a man of good service and tried valour; if I gave somewhat exaggerated accounts of the perils I had passed who can blame me? There was no sneering now at the Foreign Legion; oh no! we were in Algeria, _la patrie des -légionnaires_. +légionnaires_. At last the surgeon-in-chief told me that I should soon leave the hospital. I thanked him for the information, and said that the only @@ -6772,7 +6745,7 @@ counterbalanced as they were by so many joys. There was a woman in the place who kept a canteen. She always remained with this battalion, and where others might starve she waxed -wealthy--that is, wealthy for a _cantinière_. Her husband had been a +wealthy--that is, wealthy for a _cantinière_. Her husband had been a sergeant of the third company. He had fallen fighting bravely in an obscure skirmish at some desert village, and when he fell he left a wife and baby daughter to the care of his comrades. The story of the @@ -6867,7 +6840,7 @@ communities examples of unselfish heroism and exalted virtue, which make even men whose knowledge of the sex is confined to its most vicious members have some respect for purity and some doubts as to their favourite axiom: A man may be good, but a woman cannot be. The -officers proposed that she should continue as _cantinière_ in place of +officers proposed that she should continue as _cantinière_ in place of her mother, and generously offered to put her in a position to do so. As for us sub-officers and simple soldiers, our duty was plain: as soon as she was in a new home and shop, to go there, and there only, with @@ -6916,7 +6889,7 @@ occasionally helping himself as well. One of them took so much brandy that I had to turn him out, a couple of comrades brought him away to his hut, and nothing was said about -it, as the poor little _cantinière_ begged him off with tears in her +it, as the poor little _cantinière_ begged him off with tears in her eyes. Just as things were becoming almost too lively the commandant and the other officers came down and entered the little shop. The first intimation we inside had of their arrival was the silence of the men @@ -6947,7 +6920,7 @@ attending to her affairs, I took more interest in them than I could by any chance take in the accounts of a company. We were very good friends and companions, but there was not a hint, not a suspicion, of love on either side. She was pretty and in trouble, and, therefore, had my -sympathy. I was kind and attentive to her, and she was grateful. _Voilà +sympathy. I was kind and attentive to her, and she was grateful. _Voilà tout!_ Before I drank the wine I made her put her lips to the glass, which she @@ -7020,7 +6993,7 @@ at the door of the canteen I met the captain of my company, or at least of the company to which I was attached, though I seldom paraded with it. He noticed the box and asked me what it contained. When I told him he laughed, and said that many a man would be pleased to be so trusted, -especially by so beautiful a girl as Mademoiselle la Cantinière. I +especially by so beautiful a girl as Mademoiselle la Cantinière. I answered that the trust was pleasant but the responsibility too great; I did not wish to have the safe keeping of twelve hundred francs. "You cannot help it now, my sergeant-major of the canteen, you must @@ -7342,7 +7315,7 @@ shall not be offended." "Sit where you wish," she repeated; "I shall be satisfied." -"Même sur vos genoux, mademoiselle," said the English corporal, with a +"Même sur vos genoux, mademoiselle," said the English corporal, with a smile. Giulia blushed, laughed, and shook her head. I may finish here about the Hessian. The story was told by him that I @@ -7481,7 +7454,7 @@ position. Some of the songs were not of a moral kind, but as the evening concert always took place outside the canteen Giulia was not supposed to hear, and, indeed, when she did hear she did not always understand. When she did comprehend she said nothing; one cannot be a -_cantinière_ in the Legion and a prude. +_cantinière_ in the Legion and a prude. At this time Giulia and I were always together. Certainly while the canteen was open I was outside the counter, often making one of a @@ -7511,7 +7484,7 @@ point-blank, but said that he might speak to me. When I learned what he wished me to do I at once saw the reasonableness of the request, inasmuch as no man would like to keep so large a sum of money as the corporal had in his own possession in a hut. The Englishman had -just received from home a Bank of England note for £100, and many a +just received from home a Bank of England note for £100, and many a simple soldier would kill him for such a sum. But, one may object, how negociate such a billet in such a place? Oh, no one could do that except the owner, or someone like Giulia, who would change it for @@ -7738,7 +7711,7 @@ to persuade myself that it would be merely a rash act on the part of one man, who would free all from tyranny and take the punishment by himself, but as the days wore on I, who knew the Legion by heart, could see that there was a far greater chance of a number of men being -concerned in the _émeute_. One thing delayed action, the newcomers and +concerned in the _émeute_. One thing delayed action, the newcomers and the rest had not sufficiently fraternised--four hundred strangers are too many for any battalion to assimilate quickly. @@ -8120,7 +8093,7 @@ sought my left side, where the bayonet was. "Who is there?" said the well-known voice of the adjutant. -"Caporal Le Poer de la quatrième compagnie, monsieur," I replied. +"Caporal Le Poer de la quatrième compagnie, monsieur," I replied. "What are you doing here? Why are you not with your squad? Who is in charge at the hut?" @@ -8939,7 +8912,7 @@ confession. men relieved from duty as sentinels were standing. "I care not now what may happen to myself, and for you half, and more than half, of my anxiety has left me. There is only, one thing that I must do now, -I must look for Père Michel at once. You will go to your quarters; he +I must look for Père Michel at once. You will go to your quarters; he will come with me there. Tell the sergeant and his wife to expect us. Do not be afraid, they will not be surprised." @@ -9052,7 +9025,7 @@ slavery." We were silent for a time. Then the Frenchman asked me how it happened. -"I struck him, he drew his sword, and then I gave him my bayonet, voilà +"I struck him, he drew his sword, and then I gave him my bayonet, voilà tout!" "How often?" @@ -9299,7 +9272,7 @@ as good a fighting man, and he knows it, as the other African; in the second, it is only the white soldiers whose weapons kill from afar. As for us, we had to venture into the desert, as I have already said. We wanted, to use another phrase of mine, to get from the fire to the -frying-pan--_du feu à la poêle_. +frying-pan--_du feu à la poêle_. We kept steadily forward until the sun came up in the east with his usual suddenness. Then we halted, and began to consider our @@ -9346,8 +9319,8 @@ finish." The Englishman and Mac agreed with me, and before we started again I said to Giulia in their hearing: -"N'aie pas peur, ma bien chère, tu ne seras pas prisonnière, plutôt tu -seras tuée par le dernier protecteur." +"N'aie pas peur, ma bien chère, tu ne seras pas prisonnière, plutôt tu +seras tuée par le dernier protecteur." "Je suis bien content," she replied, and, bowing prettily to the others, she murmured a word of thanks. @@ -10102,365 +10075,4 @@ THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH. 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