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Show Facing the Enemy. MaJ. Cary, who died n few months ago In England, wns tho leader of the search party which rodo through tho African bush to find tho body of tbo prlnco Imperial of Franco. It wns with Lieut. Cary of the Ninety-eighth regiment that ho went out on 'the fatal rldo In tho Zulu war. Ellen Bar leo gives an nccount of the tragedy In her llfo of tho prlnco, nnd also mentions men-tions n Uttlo incident of bis boyhood boy-hood which Is curiously prophetic ol tho spirit ho showed In his last fight. Tho prlnco was n bright. Jovial youth, with high spirits. "The Dear Boy," ho wag called In camp. Whon tho corps of volunteers under Cnry's command found his body In tho tall grass, it was seen thnt ho had received re-ceived 17 nsBagal wounds, nil in front. When the young prince wns a small boy ho was attacked by a deep-seated abscess in his back. An operation was ordered, and tho little fellow submitted sub-mitted bravely. Something troubled him, however, which at last he confided con-fided to his fathor. . Tho abscess being lu bis back, he would havo n wound behind. "If n scar remains," he said, "perhaps "per-haps my enemies some day will think I ran nway." |