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 But I am going to die I send it you, my poor cross, to you who saved me, and I shall be happy if you will wear it.'

"That is the reason, gentlemen, that in place of fastening to my uniform the decoration which the Chancellor of the Légion d'Honneur gave me, I carry the cross of the sergeant of the Marine Infantry, who, after being caught as a thief, died at Kélung like a hero."