Show A wT afT r MILITARY EPISODE this stoian found in the memoir of a prussian ot distinction he wis at the time on tho stiff of beneral one 0 the most an 1 competent captains ot his day and was the in command at the time spoken of I 1 wo soldiers had been condemned to dath in A drunken condition at night they had assaulted an officer ol 01 the line and drawn a knife upon him hut he could not positively say which of the held it and the mm themselves did not know neither ot them remembered anything abut it ao both ot them imo condemned to die ahey were both excellent soldier and onn ot them had been guilta ot th the ol 01 the division including him ft ho had been asked that the men be pardoned at length sud in couii pai donono ot atheni one of them h id held tho knife and only that ono ought to die to decide which one was to be fryor let ua shake the dice said one of the condemned and the apreci to it and it was agreed to by all ahe two dpn took thou places by tho side of a bi drum and to throw the due upon its head livo dice opre iven them andi propel bos for throwing ahe first man threw two sixes ho groaned in abony he felt that he had consigned his comrade to death but when the second camo to throw he alo threw tw osae Vonder full cried the looker on 1 hey n ei e cordei ed to shake and again th sanne the second min chiew faist exo ace hoi good you will live but when ieter come to throw the dice presented two and now the were condei in deed another throw was ordered ind belei five and a druce ahe chiew ave deuce after the ecat had sui aided the men shook one more eirew two foura oh no throw peter threw two four at this point tha colonel ordered tham to stop he went and re potted he result to said in clail il gentlemen providenc will have two men to be s bied and dived they were the lancial len cial cared not to oppose the won dire it did beem and so accepted it and the soldiers eis lived to prove eliat the sabiny filp had baak to prussia to of the very best and of aci son |