| Show A GALLANT SON OF ERIN II I I Ho Was a British Olllcer but Is Now a Irench Subject The innate sympathy between the Kelt of Ireland and the Frenchman has often led to strange political complications and many a prominent French family is of Irish origin The last romantic figure of this sort is Captain James Dyer AlacAda ras once a wealthy Irish gentleman but now a citizan of France and deputy from I Sistaron He entered the British army at the earliest i earli-est allowable age and in time became a captain cap-tain in the Bengal artillery He won i high honors by his bravery and presence t pres-ence of mind and on one occasion saved the command com-mand from massacre mas-sacre bya masterly master-ly movement All this before he was thirty years of age The highest honors seemed J D M1CADAI AS wltllln hIS reach but the FrancoPrussian war of 1870 broke out while he was at home on leave and all his soul was on fire to help France Great Britain had commanded her subjects sub-jects to be neutral but Captain Mac Adaras secretly organized about 5000 Irishmen pledged all his available means for their pay and equipment and went to Paris to concert a plan for making a descent on the north coast of Prussia Before he could get his force in condition all was lost in France and he was threatened with arrest He crossed the channel in a fishing boat and hastened to Paris but nothing remained re-mained save to assist in the final struggle He saved part of his fortune married an American lady from St Ebuis and became in enthusiastic and popular Frenchman He and his wife are among the favorites in Parisian society and their house is the resort re-sort of prominent soldiers |
