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ism, Saint-Vt vi L dallfonnu E healthful. M. `I jg` -cu-nu tUIvv'-rvov-V1 v- on, lead Ioldielf saluting and ooking at him steadily. - - I 5 1.. `L- ..-_a. :..-a.-..a. 1.1.- ..__.._.iL3..-> Ro turned in the dire_otio_n whnoo * came the` voice and saw`, pm-c'hodon 5. _-Ll.I- - A.l__ 1--.! _-1J-- _..I-J-In.-n no-J In_ 15710 next instanztha apparition Vlpilhed. . A A g A THE LEAD SOLDIER. I "COCO .'Good. in. AW): -19.11 I |p!"_ __" ' " Who has uplkon? [If 9! _.__...__...I - ,IlL. M WV`?-;.gIIoly frightened he said the three tannin - ' P vExnpex-;,":`n1}":eror! Might it not be -.._lLI-Q EL.-.J.I..v 13451. 1...! ....`IJ.._ LE Buildg. vg div vvww v gnaw`: uuunvi This 1-, ; thought he, "3 hallucina- ' V __ ` N r2:_ v:._-A; 1:. Bfno nun. Doyou want. :4 umoment. theh. -Pall um Gazetto. rHn%uom9ns %4DA!:I%F- `III! W$i'u_to`yho,,62" % . % re**n.*k. E-- k` .. 991'? V . ~ ' Fight. but say nothing. - "Sire." -replies. the lead Ioldier. "I -111 u-kl A-um`-unsung: no-nan`) Dn ' h IOU QV.JpJVp' UZV uv -COv- will fight andnaver speak. But I wish _to w_u_tnyou thug, when about to die. I :ahall`gpgg1:'onc6`more,'-but `tor the lat thine. And I`hhgl1 a`ay't_o` you, what I I hiavh .alv'7iy! Iaiii. '1'h.% omtilror is var? i tird toni'gh_t.f. When `I shall have said \ that. I will be at the poms at death and l _-_. .-_;. ;- I... ..-...._:..I.-.1 n '5'{' 3o'{a?}o7B'ZZ;'i}i?o}a.'5' H1 -.,.. gl-inn nnnnuul nun.-Irina " :l.3ne.\1;`<;aIl'd?;rv;3'e;I-stein:-1.2.1-:k"i-;:; am am- poror slgpt on, but" dreamed -no more. A' 0.`.-..v.I--".. 3&5`-an I!I!`|;`L\'AG'=ARl!;iIlI`L` W `'``.`l'`' "-2 -'-' `--~---:.-- --~' --`--'0 ; A few d`ays after 1'?vhi1e`re'giewing`hio ,old guard tlied emperor remarked; new 3 recruit. He wondered and naked who the soldier was. n__--____ Ll..- ...i_.._' L. .UAl\l DUCIQCUO [7 tin "Why, you know him, sire; ` he brought me a line signed by your hand bogging m_'e to-accept him my regi- ! 9 _,,__-__I___'I LI_- , he emperor, upset,` approached the Ioldier. . ' - . So you are oalfed L Etoile? The soldier bowed his head as though to say yes. - llI11L_ 41- --_ -45 nun-n --39 V4-no nan V "TEE; soldier shook his head, meaning no. The emperor remembered, and, an if dreaming, murmured: You are mute? The-soldier bowed his head-yes. And the emperor messed on and once more asked himself if he were not dreaming. _ __-Ij2__ 1'1'IA._:I- -__.I_J. I2I_- - GU30 IIIILI=9Ib II K`! `V `I5? ll`! ZQVZQQIO1 l The soldier, L Etoile, fought like: lienon the battleelds. He could never y be an officer, but he was made a oheva- lier of the order of the Legion of Honor and never was a cross more deservedly worn. Every time the emperor passed him he would say: Good day, L Etoile. And he would continue his way, heap-. py to see L Etoile still dumb, for, he re- membered the words of the little lead soldier. ' - O I I. I 9 olu I .1 nl , l$Q\MI WWhen I mu speak. I will be at the point of death and you about to be van- quished. " O` calvvanv an Inn VI IIJII can VII The emperor thinks of returning to France. He returns. He has hardly landed before he sends for L Etoile and speaks to him. L Etoile remains silent. A La` AA-gal`:-5 an 15:` again Augannn U33 UV oacanno nun cauvn-V ova-sang-- -unvu-u "Aha, condent, Napoleon oroueo France and roaaoenda his_ throne; :nvu vv u-:1: c-cu--vwu-- -- w--w--v- But now the allies-b-ogin to wage war against him. He, without being dimi- eerted, raises armies, ghts every day;' always brave, always defeated, but hopeful for the future, for L Etoilo has not yet spoken. 13-.5 I- LL` ...:.I..L `I I-:4: `A--An mung After victory, then defeat! The emperor leaves. for the island 0!. Elba. He takes _L Etoile with him. L Etoile is always mute. IIIL- -..._-..-.. LI..S_I... A` --L---8--u L- Va, U-I J -rvqzq % L, Etoile is dead, The emperoris zfallen. The `little lead soldiers will speak no `more.-]_!`r,om} the French For Ohioego Times-Herald. _ ' l"""""" . , "I obgervo by_ your pxinted rules that ` you donftyhep the o_lavator`ri1nn'ih all night, and I must say` I dox_1 t like" the idegf `qt _w_g{iq _'_np and down the 'o'rfIi,x % ights ;.ot -:5. ever: time. my Wife 1 wuItl,~t.o ,kno.W whether.` E 5111813: in to not into t_ho~eeHu'."-Wuh- I-maul.`-1 -gn '. . I X\IU ICU YEVCICX But in the n'1idst of his lonos Napo- leon wonders if L Etoile has` not been (also to him. _ ' A,u,,_ Waterloo! Behold, Waterloo! The battle in erce. The last square alone now remains. The emperor, from an elevation, looks over the plain. With a eldglaee he looks for L Etoile. And _-_. L- _--_ 1.3-. FBI.` __.._..JS.- 8-- Clan: Illa-la \-IIIlrvoUI'vnJ I Suddenly he falls, struck by a bullet." The emperor, pale as a corpse, drops A his glass and comes down. l"l!lH.-:l- 8.. ..l..._A. L.` -......I- IHHI I..- V"".I V*V` ""'D"""" "" """"" Like a madman he dismonnts, leav- ing his astonished marshals, and quickly reaches the wounded. soldier. whom he nds pale and rigid as death. Poor L Etoils! said the emperor. Then, addressing the surgeon: Il'l\:j L- .._-_I_QI9 zs:a';.:p;;:;-= "' "'"" No, aim,.he is mute. ' T The emperor` breathes `again. 4 But now he hears a broken voice coming from the corps; of L Et_oile; Il1I.;.'-....a-_-;. In ...-_._ 1.8--) L-_..LL 9! At St. Helena, Napoleon pliys, an of 7030. with `his little lead soldiers. As before, he Vdrilleand leads them to im- aginaxfy victories. n an-nnl-{mania Ithnbnnn I.-..-..-.`4.I...& 4-nan 1301-03; 7 nvvvo-v `He sometimes atena, hoping `that one of them will speak, saln_tin'g him`, as in `the paint, by thginweet name of "emperor. Dun` `HA `:6`.'A na\`1:=A'mn n-A n:`nu\` Looking to tho tutu-o. `.es," aid the inan_who had looking at: aomq apartment: in the big buildiilla it |` v`ery`nioo,` but I don : tee ah the " % -'un"n..n..~ `Lt- _;;x;.uIo a'..-_1....I 4.1.- l WP "911 1,!I.I..W,|-9 110,- . "'Whnt's -`tho mtcm" lnqnu-cc`! the 3 janitor. - - ' C`. QWQ inn: QII`nn `k` ` I. nlvnu II--Iv n-w ave:-u Q - -- jvvou .-:- now 1:13 was him. Elbe .gron:dier il` ghting desperately. ' Q-A-15...`: Lg nfuxnh `gun as I W 2 Ho imagines he will hear the voice of L Etoi1o in his ear as he did at Brianne, and that he will see perchedbn a pebble by his side a tiny load aoldier. 'I"I..s'A-..-an-n4.c -A:LL4n- Lanna 24 Anna ll GIGS BAVAV IQ U01; stuns: uv-I-nvon Theemperor neither hears nor seen anything. ` Hie courage returns. Who knows? Maybe everything in not yet over? L Etoile may not be fatal- ly wounded. -T A -J 135'; van A4:-Guiana` n:- "ma tn-$14131 Unav saw. any -... .._, ... The litters carried by ambulances, now pass before him. They slowly and sadly went! their way by tensptwenties, thirties-y ' I105 UlVIr*' And suddenly in one of them the emperor `recognizes -L Etoile. T :LA 4` -_- n..n- LA `inc-an-um`; `gamut nouns: u-v v-var-my any -uv--v '1`h'e` emperor is-ery ti:-'d tonight, any; the Voice. V `:5: `RA nun` `Juan -la`- `3`n `Inn u-`q nu v vuwvu for th rat times it `his life the Oll|l.p01`01."fain&. V Imt 85f innv rF$U no COB? -Iv vvv -uu vo you-`avnv-I But the little lead.aold-E-e;'stare silent. Never again will they speak. ' I'JI`|L-I.. 3- .1--.) FBI... -___----..S_ CIJII BOSE!) CXIA VIII-lawn! \aV I IJ Etoile is about to's;;ak. Will he speak? T . `H. X_....:_... L- -41! I.---. I-I... u-A3-.. AC -J `a condent air the emperor surveys the horizon. fI1l.- `ILL..__ -..-_3.uI I... o.-..I.-I--4.n- u?-1"'ampxgnpajd. sue. bunmst sin I to -3 hr Ell Juno Why do you not say yes? You can _..I.` 9! I ' - . Qfilnff ('1.0W.W'3. `ml 393?!`-.) 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"an; to life with a -sl1v,or`tonue.f :2: beckoned Ion dqvni qqwuy ,ycy;' mm, .,,,..u1snya mbiuing always `ad two true lover: need novor put- po you remember.` hpnxjz of my heart! g of my.hd_I`x't. the noonVvII.h!gh_ __ :3; showed wgiw Ignwuirlvtl hr - - "` kc0.."| ,' ',?,``;."u. but 511 wbgbil and tears, ' _ Lu-.. --A In`n'-dd and nvhnv-I-4 3 nj y_uy'w_uu uuu cunts, am, and zlopou nnd smart-4 15" you rorgotlnhout of my hurt!` 3,: at my heart, in the setting 1. sit at peace, with our dayfa _wor__k long. A [n the cool of thvoveningwo two lookibhck on the winding `pathway. tho noon`: tough tuck. - W `nu wuauaII- ye-uoavvuugy on-v QIVIICGIUIISII trick. nd the morn'e green pleeeunee. weal-e twine. . , . 3,. of my heu-1'. with your -hnndth mine, 3.: of my heart. when the -night is here Love will sing'aen'gs.o!1ife in `our veer. ' wg shall sleep nwhile neath the daisied gas, 7 will we put on the glory and-rise and pass To walk where eternal splendor: shine. " ` [out o! my -`heart, with youhand` in mind -E. Ncabit in A1-`gnaw - -v-.--v- vv--vvo-- . -V, - Vina c There are-all aorta of stories, I re- plied; some probable, some wildly impossible, some good humored, more ill natured. You will pardon my frank- ness if I telljyou that Ihave heard some people call your wealth `ill gotten gains, whisper of retired highwayman, and the like. There are others who hint darkly at counterfeiting. Among the lower olaeeenthore is a widespread be- lief that you have sold yourself to the devil. And I-'-have even met intelligent people who uhinted at eupernatural meanl. ` ugvnu , "Well, my- dear boy, `what is it? { " Where did you getyour money? `_ : The question was an abrupt one-'-`it was almost impertinent. But Gomezde Bonilla was an intimate friend of mine, `good fellow, and--wehad dined. ".l'.'o gay truth, we had not only dined, "but wined, and it was over some excellent postprandials in the shape of further. wine and fragrant. cigars `that I had asked the question. But .1 hadllong wished to do so, and `I will tell you why. 0...... Juan trance: `\A'I\-l3 (lacuna: cu-an money? I}. I. He looked at me thoughtfully, and knocked the ash from his cigar. Where did II get my money? he re- peated elowly. And what says Dame Bnmor concerning it, Pedro? urm.-..- .-_-,_`I'l --..L.. -0 ..A.-..-_ I) Y _. Perhaps they were right, was his laoonio reply. I stared atwixn. Listen, and you may perhaps tell me whether the means were supernatu- ral or no. Ihave never been able to de- side. The reason that the source of my fortune has never been discovered was because the only man who knew of it left the city. the-`day after- He paused. The day..a`fter`what? I queried. Well, I will begin at the beginning." The story is :a curious one and should be told in sequence." ` ` _ He lit a fresh roigar and then began: You knew me two years ago when I was poor. You also knew, as did all my friends, that I had a passion for Baming. You would all of you chorus, when speaking of me : `Poor Bonilla l, Hrs he the worstof vices--he isadesperate Rambler. You were all wrong. I did not play simply tor love oi. "it. I played because I was poor. I was not a cam- bler. I was a speoulator. I had and upon a certain sum which I considered a competence. I saw no way of aoquir-' ing it by my profession, so I devoted myself to the green -cloth-how assidu- ously you know. U- ..__:I,a . .u , -,,_____:A_ -1 _....-_L Wu]. Some two years batons Gomez was poor as a church mouse. He was always a -good fellow, `but then, you know, there is a difference between good fel- lows rich and -good fellows poor. And, to my shame be it spoken, I_ think I liked him betterrich than poor; Well, V as I said, he was almost destitute. He had a profession, it is tr`ue-he wuss journalist, but in Spain the gains of the fraternity of the pen are not large. What little he did earn went to the had, for he was an -inveterate gambler. l\_,L 1..-... A - A - `-5.. _L..-I..-_ .I._...._'_I UH, LVL -v vvv-- ---- --u-vvwv-uuvv nuucnnlrovnt But from a poverty stricken journal- ist he suddenly zbloeeomed out into a man of wealth. He "had the uent horses, he belonged to the most fash- ionable club, he had the most luxurious- ly tted town house, he had purchased the country seat of a decayed grandee, ` he had the hestroook in Madrid, and he moved in the best society, for, alas, even in Spain the golden key is beginning to open all portals. But do not think from what I say that `Gomez was not a gen- tleman, for he came of an excellent family. 177-!` -_ T _-':J ._- L_J .l__d. A.._L...I Well, as I said, we had just nished an excellent dinner and over the wal- nuts and the wine I put my question: Gomez, where did you get your. ._....-_9)7 --~-J Jun nllUWu He smiled at the expression ofenssent which involuntariiy itted over 1317 countenance, watched the smoke wreln curling over his head tor a moment 833 continued: ` " ` i urx, - - ` " . vvnn van-I HUM . ` One evening I was Ieeling unusual- ly blue. I never drank, as you know-_- '33 18. never to excess--andcertainly never to do what is oa1led"drown'ing '1`1'0w. My resource was the gaming table. Unfortunately I had in'Ii,Iyg.p`oI- ~ session a considerable sum of money. which had been intrusted tome.-bya Inendfor the purpose or paying some -debts. He had been suddenly ` called Y8! from the city. I entered the :gaI_n- _- 51108 hell and seated myself at the tour thin`; Ill....L_.... ---- A-nu`:--L rung; I I-H5 ueu Illa 888580 IDIIOII H I0 I03" latte table. Fortune was against me- The few duroe that belonged 190513194; were soon gone. Something learned to (losses: me that ' night. I won "not ill?` self. I did what I never should have Ilreemed myself capable of{'di_1'.".'I A Itakedmy friend : money. `lg.-1?- Ind I lost it all. "n `I` was about to Do not condemn -me.-I lJ`hd0` U. "V..- `_-....I.I' _- - - -`-I-"43-V-- """"' -1v nor oonaoxpn me,-" noaumn-u - "L 'Yon.oou1d say nothing savour. "WI were my Ielf rap:-oaohvel. Long _ I ' "W010. glurinx at tho o'lIi'plIuIn. ...;2~q-.-.x-1.. ,.m-:-14..-:;~ `.--. "-7!`-want to ask you a question, G0- A BIT OF SILVER; Mu 5518.98 9),` V 6L6" tvii; 'IIl.| III` IJBIJU III IIIIHUI - VNeabit in Argosy. vvxcvll I """.l!he banker -looked at me inquiring- fly. I halt rose toitretire. I had fully de- '-termined to blow `out my brains in the street, and that *1 did notdoeo isowing to-`one of the strangest of diroumstanoei -so strange that -you will not blame. -me for wondering whetherit was supernat- ural. I lial1'roeii.`I"say', and as`I did so I saw upon the"-oor a round,` bright ob- ject which had a silver shimmer as the gaeiight fell upon it. It was a coin, a-`- A peseta."- I interrupted breathless- ly. _ _ Yes, he went on, "a little bit of silver coin--only a peseta. But it saved my life. I-"placed -my foot upon it, and. . motioningvto the banker, said: g V "` `A peseta on the 17! The banker knew. ins well--he had` cause to-iand without making any in- quiries he repeated my wager after me and set the haiku-whirling. It stopped in the`-J;l. _ w "CI\l\I$ UV CQIIIQV lfoynunw -` `annoy. On his arrival. `texihens, sa'yI_ General Porter, was wrapped tram his rayon-to his heels in a course guy over- vooat about three` sizes toolu-30.10: him, -with a collar so high that it threatened `to Iifthil `hat O every time he leaned` his head back,` XL- _-_A.` . L---L-.- -lA.I. Lg- 41. ? and 6. can 11] U5 Svuglly IE. ` 4I'do notknow `why. "but I began to `C91 uncomfortable. Eowoyer, ho _oon- n 'm4.And why not?" When I stooped to pick npthe coin, I found--nothing. ' u\1'..a.|.:.....|n `I ....s.......a 1xr|...._,-..'I..-a \`7-V`hy, exclaimed I. with aurpxfiue. "had I been you I would have kept it 111 my life. -nut- n 1.- _-_n-a .._n|. 4.1.- .._- _. ` CID W clown . 'No. he replied. with the same 1342- . ouliar smile, you would not have kept 3-5 1 I 'jVvnnvn Thu; ivhioh I had taken for a poem: was not a coin. The round, silvery ob- ject on which the light had fallen and deceived mo wan".-'- UV. Vow can vuvnnt w- zavvvsuu 61:30 President '5-t;;3l:;n-I-:13: a BET- fdow, undersized man, whouaakin seem- vod shrivoled on his bones. One of tho nomoera said of him, at. the cadet an in- lax-view, The Lord seem: v_to:fhave rab- -bed that man : body of all itanesh and . blood -to make brain: '01 -them) n_ L}. _.._.:_-I 11.. `cu.__l_-..- ..-'.... The coat; together with his complex- kicn. which was A; yellow an 1 ripe ea: ot corn, .gay_e rice to a charecterlgjtlcu by Mr. Lincoln which way very amne- Inxe-e The nalxt time Mr-_ IJi.n.1n.IIW General, Gram et.'Qlt!.0.in.t. tho ccnteiihce; -hihld _toj` him: .un_;._:.` .11; - ;..'.. --'.a-- a...'L`...I. `Soventeon` wins, said he, and "on the 17 dlanged seven silvorTduroI. `Do you leave it then? said he, I nodded. ' ' ' -Q G\IInIalu*`X\lUXOll.I Nothing! I echoed. I Why--'w'ha,t -where- ' ' I C I C a I ,,_ Q__ _ \ ,___L- Lincoln. aunt i...a stophonn. General Horace Porter, in his Gam- `paigning With Grant. tells .a story of the meeting at City Point between Alex- ander E. Stephens, vice president of the Confederate statee._and other = southern commissioners and President Lincoln and Secretary Seward to discuss pre- liminaries of__ peace. Many omoers, in- -oluding General Grant and -General Por- ter, were in attendance on this meeting. 172;- I5...-_zJ-_L L-..l_-.__ .._A_ . -AI "1 `n the ivory ball spun retina: and again iatitopped at 17. ' ' "` `S_event`ee'n'wina, said the bunker. ` -.Ag_ain` I left 't?he'glitt'o1-inig pileupon the 1!?`-and again it won. even several times did the goddeu Fortune rsmile upon me. And when I _ eboppedit wu not because I feared to venture further, but because I had broken the bank. The poverty st;-ioken wretoh who a tow Ino- mantl before" had contemplated suicide wan now wealthy. V V 'l!l.A&..'J LL--_....-L- II 4.8.! Y `CIT... I...-pg Ivvu v `luau va- `.-t;cl"'tl':e 'peso1:;, said I. .` You havo thahstill, of course?" ' 'l.l\T_ I! .L'_ _.-__1.!__I ' .._.2LI_ .- _L_._.._.- "ii drop of wato:.f -A daptod For ` Argonauts From the Spaniulg. ` Who :Unlt_bd Euics eroope occu- pied Richmond, April 8, 1865, G_ouera`l Edward E. Ripley of Vermont, who we: Spjaoiuted` `military goveiuor of the city, found in tho desk-lot Jello;-you Du- vie, in the house"-ooouilled by Xtlie` Gou- tederate a. oaeglron. vbopbdu` the mph dnfrminpot it invi- dently out from a good deed piece of eoId,weI`ooeed` wiclreoul am-'und"ool. duetuud could hardly be dletinguinhed, when hII:|ls1j,10d. '1 lum(_~, ot L: it . was `narrow asnd"wo- ...; `1d `p"ewdei(` enough mete =3 heavy. expld_ou.=f Amy huthoritlu .he_ve never doubted that the `otherwiee unexplained blowing up -t9a:;=r=,:.-?*.;d1.P_'l*!?,z!_!.;:`.; -w vw---_ . __ 3 its `s"0'Gl:88l*10.: dp;;:-Wijh -am: 'mg_p'jtgm at 1;yi.1>o:pc,vi; A o;.\"vo1-It at I bbmbfot thin !::in!;1vHib3?IIId been drpod into a pilo of coal ind uhovoloil into its turnace of the atontnar. and Im- ilu-bombn probably: occasioned Iimar atudn-ophu dnslns;h_o IQV I-lllflo .`Grant. did '30! uotioe Stephen ; coat?" `* - V L `.`Oh, you," answered the general. Well," continued Mr. Lincoln, -soon after -we assembled-on the steam- erat Hampton. Roads the cabin bqan to-get pretty warm, and-Stephen: atnod up and pulled at his his coat. He pulled it on just about as you would husk an .-ear of corn. Ioouldn t help thinking. I looked _ut~ at; the coat and t'lIen2o.t`the ` :4 1111.11 .35 a.I.'.-'& Innis I-In. Ieiguhg llllll IIIIIIIRIII nu: Ill-ll o `Wyn. if $1195. isn't, the biscuit uh`t:`_< :kaz1_d -the littlest npbbin I`-ever did "`1>Ic'a:- -"l;31"ep1ied,' with :0 .-mango ..`I.. `lfho xngpb _1n'{r'g mvuf Dock. ....m.;n.::a`.=.:..?=4n* Lt_o` u river : brink. "my heart : whih ` ` -Itdwil. Ittle before the revolutlqn. 4 Biiem-e laltdwdins` `#0 miiitalryd flohool, wad ayonhg man who amused` i `himself in the `evenings by drilling lead `foot IOl'dia ra." _Everybody- laughiid at` Jim, but, `regardless of `their mqdkery. -lie took great "delight in reviewing his soldiers `when ready for battle; and, ra- '-'dia_nt`. lad them "to imaginary victqrles. - .771- ...-I_*_-I_,-_L_.-_ _~_|4|-,-,1 I g .,.:x_:umo-. f > 7 " it my ' Tcoiao up 1 -an` Ir All 6hn:"n-rno-a `(nu ago an arena- IT -X\I VH9 VIIIII O Disdsining them-snd bed of state, he to his 0011. There, at least, he I no tolls ssloop. A`m1"now in . dream he sees his lesd" slddior of old, who again murmurs: `~`!l.`ho emperor is very tired tonight. - The ampsror starts. Then he asks: "*Wh9:agqkg2" ~ ` . L says 5 with voice. - "Wh9:Iis yon! ' A` ,"I,lisvo nommo. _I `am 5 tlnylesd" I. _-|.I.l-.. II "z.`:.51`..`.`i'.;':.x`x" :_;;?'?.1i.;`f 'f"" " "' `A nun mytot ir:;!enm.en 3"" E A I 56:11; beaqe she auxun-uae dh'n1nuu'.wlu-u.--s.n-I-&ce.`..a .a..r.-...s<; ow. nun. 1 `" %i%'`: ar"" "'"" `H3 stir :- "-.." .h .3`? 1.4 ..`'. \ lob V2:`1;;-.1i`;1it-v tns:} :'%1;"3.~a:ae% 5 ' -tni1:leujtho thsgnhaxggu her. * 0.n."wl.1en I touch 131:. oniauatod land Among _th one: in the sunlit neon , i I life's: aziaplovo, hue love`, tho tuna. \ `IlIIcoI'11'e'?s7t 3 5nd hkhs indby this haid. ' I '.l.`he pppil gt Brienne, the captain at "Ton1on,' Nap6leon_' Bonaparte, in em- He has been crowned this very Pnaining, swam evening he received; >L_.....L-J \ ~e ambassadors at other nations and the general: of the armies. He in ex-- t uuulwug . ' Adjoining his superb reception room 3 I lllll coll furninhod with 0. camp 6o_,a,n_d _one chair. A,_-._g L_.q' -4 _L_L_ L- t u-w :-:-vv j` :._,,r." T - --9: do indood. `Ii:-0." . Vary w0n: yx_uu Ihlll IJZLAII- I I I 574m I w-av--v. -wvu --v-- -1':--`an-In-J VQVUUOIUBI ` His sooolmates aimed him too! iuid opthusiaiqt. Ha listened` to thqm with his` large, dreamy eye; opened wide, Inql,` aniiling, coL..`.inue'd` to direct his` diniiuntivo army. - ~XCIII-n- |lUaI: laD DIV I-\JVlCVV\d\l UIIVALIQ ` words: (Due evening, utter having worked harder than usual. the "young man sat listlessly drilling his soldiers. He was evidently tired. As he leaned on the table he saw one not his .lead soldiers turn toward a comrade and` say these F 5? `VICAUDO . , The trightenod young man looked at the boxed of soldiers scattered about on the table and distinctly saw that one of i the cover: was moving. ` 5- __'__'--.L-.I LL- A._LI- -...I __-.'I .. ......... ....-...-...... . He approached` the table and spied ` one of tho soldiers standing upright on V a comrade and *!looking at him as he . made a militazy bow. Then the young follow threw himself on his bad, wish- % in; to see or hear no more. He thought he was going (way. A l--- _--_.. `-5-.. ALI---__- -..-- .-.... This was bib solo enjoyment. More eernoet than the othere, he worked all 'dey,ovojn during the hour of reoroation; When `evening oame, aa"re'oreation he took thoflittle eoldieratrom their boxes, and, talking to then: a he would to human boin gq,"ho roviowed thorn. lb..- -..`.`..`-:_...` -L-.. I_-_._.. _.-_.I..__1 vvfziziaeemu to mo-that the 'empemr.is` very tired tonight; . "IL- -__.`_ _.-_ _L-_L..J 5- _.._I.l.-.'l -ZIU vulva- lav: -0 When the bhnl were closed, he made hi: way to his bad. He wag about to re- tire when he hnsrd behind hhn a tiny voioo murmur: - . '.l`h_oV_o_V1npo;rou-"sis vary tirod tonight. " H9 tuned "mound," but` anw `ho was . .._.... Wgrds : or 1 ills 6 Cut!) wrwn-VI-I I, jpurmured I `little voice. ' I hiya n,o'm_1mo. I` an a very little loud qoldir." ` DEL- j_,!_.I_L-__.J ______.__ __-_. I_-I--.I _A 10 VI I-- `vn-' vwuc-vi u % _ A few you: later this young man was ` made captain -of the artillery. T A4. |-..`I-_ 1].- l-_-LL 1|.` |.._I8..I. E-oJ`haard': n voice murmur at his, side: | % "T_ho um. lead: soldier oannotabe do- _-nA-`.9 an # rv-J v--cu we--c-e--u _ The young man started. He rubbed his eyes, believing it to be adream;but no, he was wide awake; lll'HL_ 1- ll A.I_._.-LL L- ll- I._II____- And he put his adldiors, one by one,- into their boxes. """"" ""'l""""" "' """ "` '`""`'`'J' M: Tonlon sho fought the English, distinguishing .-himult as one of the bravut, utoniahing hi: troops by his daring and his acienoo, amusing his an-' potion by hit`-`courage and his unfailing donigns; After` several wo'eka_ Toulon ` was taken. The victorious ax-my enlisted the city, and for the nut ti_mo since the .......__l__ LL- _.-_.._ --...l.--_ .l-I`I .'..A... - o'IL}."s'g'n"I. 'J:Xs "1511" 35:37. ..I.._ _I-`_ CVC D-vvr 0 who always slept srmsd, he who swsksnedat -the slightest noise, slept 1 like this? It was : bsosuss ho" kn'sw`his `worki, was-accomplished; he` had the ~rlg_l_it to tskeamomenvs rest. During . tho night he dreamed thit he was at Brianne, playing with his little lead soldiers. sndhe distinctly saw oneot ` than salute him in a military style and -J - T The oupqmr is very tired, toni`g_ht. 7 The onfdixg mjvoko; ind, r_nbbix 18.his M1,?!-' IN. tht, it was b.rm!d.d.Ix1i:ht 1, Ho arose, drama and went out. drum- ily murmuringr _ ' ` ' `C-u-unA-n- Amnuun. `O -un `mg I pouT1i'e'2" B-3..'*'.';*' 1i'tc1-'?;i 33151;; L Ipeak-33117 -" ' 'I\In;un' Ln Inga-4|, A 53n- ning unu--u-nun pt. Lot;