Life of the French Trailor.

Manawatu Herald, 13 July 1895, Page 3

Life of the French Trailor.

Fre^jflptalls arfi to hand respect' ing ex«Cnptain .Dr^yni", who's a eapMve on Devil's Tslnnd. Bnt eight day.=? previous to fthe traitor's arrivnl this islnnd was a hospital for lepers. All the invalids have been removed and the hnts burnt down. The islonrl is bnfc fi small one,, sbacled by a few cocoannt'tr^H." T)t'eyfnß is undpr «^nUnnal watch day and night, nnd the only possible point from which he might escape, is prohibited him and especially guardod. His but is built of wood on a stone foundation, measuring four square yards, nnd comprises but one room, in whioh two gaolprafre. c.yer r with the prisoner, accompanying him in hiflvamhie 0 . At night, he is shut in his den, which ia constantly lighted up, and a hole in the door enables the watchmen to lieep an eye on him. ' As to food Dreyfus is treated in the same t way as the sqldievs in the colonies, jjave for wine, for which he pays out of his own pocket — a luxury he can well afford, a3 he has 5,000fr. standing to his credit out there. Dreyfus has no work to do and is dreadfully miserable, for he has e^en, r s ejuaed . pen.cil t^nd paper. *" "_.*"-•»