Show HE ESCAPED A Sailors Sailor's Superstition Drives Him to a Brave Act After ACter the repulse of one of the furious furious furi furi- ous assaults at Acre the dead body of ofa ofa a French officer was left lying in a prominent position between n the tho walls and the besiegers besieger's trenches The body lay ay there for a day or two and at- at much attention It was spoken about on board the Tigre which lay layoff off Acre and the matter made an impression difficult to o account for on the simple super super- mind of Kelly KeUy Only the very smartest men en had been sent ashore o assist in defense was not among these But one day he be begged for or and obtained leave to go on shore As soon as he entered the town he procured a shovel el a pickaxe and a oil of rope walked straight to the tho ramparts and declining all aU offers of assistance lowered himself from an The firing at the tho moment was fast and furious As Kelly ReIly set foot upon tho ground md shouldering his tools walked deliberately de- de toward the dead body a n. ozen French muskets were pointed at him One of the enemy's commanders command command- ers rs however divining the sailors sailor's intentions in- in ordered his men to shoulder arms In an instant both sides as if by jy some common impulse ceased tiring fir fir- ing ng and Kelly KeIly the object of breathless attention from friend and foe foo stopped stop ped beside the Frenchmans Frenchman's corpse He th then n coolly and calmly dug a arave gra e rave put the tho officer into it covered lira him up and taking from his pocket a n. small piece of board and a bit of halk chalI wrote on the board Here Hereon rOll on he lie old Crop and he put at the lead of the grave giave this rough and ready eady memorial Old Crop was no doubt honest Kellys Kelly's rendering of Crapaud the French for a frog and nd a nickname with the sailors for all This pious duty done he 10 shouldered his implements again walked back as deliberately as he had come ome and disappeared within the Good Good Words |