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'Fen curs, wi with your bri d e feu post
' bleueets, our noxious
/AA porneaeteaa .houid be Imr.
Or that be lert'beland
Her baggage ati you travel down
Llfen hill, weighs more cad more,
And still. as balder grows your crown,
Becomes a greateybore. ' '
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Outstretched by Fashion vile and va:n,
Hoop-petticoats. and vests.
Now British females: to conttin...
Require no end of chem.,
To which bag% baskrite, bundles, add,
Too numerous to name.
Enough to drive a poor mon mad.
A Job with rage Inflame. ,
Tie cab keep. swaying o'er your bead,
With luggage piled above.
Of osmiumn you ride an dread,
With her whom you should lerre;
Then you, uto sloven when you gain,
Must see that lumber stowed,
And fears about It is the /raid,
Your bee/laud soul corrode.
Thus dae• your wife each Journey spoil
Of your , that she partakes,
Thu. keep. you on the fret and broil,
' Your pence and comfort breaks.
With all them boxes. all her &hem
(How many to enclose,
The fair Eneauthronee on you brings,
A wagon-load of woes. -
-Punch.
graertiono.
Doctor Dubois
Doctor Dubois had just finished a dinner
which, if not served up according to the
philosophical principles of Brillat-Savarin,
was at any rate both succulent and substan
dal. Ile had turned his feet towards the
fire—it was in the month of December—and
was slowly cracking his nuts and ahnouds,
and occasionally moistening them with a
glass of genuine Beaune. Evidently he
considered that hie-day had been well em
ployed; and fervently hoped that the god
dess Ilygeirt would watch fur that evening
at least over his numerous patients. A
pair of comfortable slippers—presented by
a nervous lady for his assiduous attendance
upon a scratch on the little finger of her left
hand—adorned his small fat feet. A black
velvet skullcap was pulled half over his ears.
and it brilliant morning gown fell in grace.
ful folds about hie legs. Bubonne had re
tired to prepare the customary coffee. The
evening paper had arrived. Fraught with
interesting, because as yet unknown inteb
ligence, it was waiting on the edge of the
table to be opened. There might be revs
of a new war or of an unexpected peace ;
some miraculous rise or fall of the funds
might have Intel) plait). The worthy doe.
tor had already thrice glanced at the damp
parallelogram of folded paper; hut it was
his custom to tantalise himself agreeably
before -atisfying his curiosity. Re dallied
wittt the little stone-colored stripe that held
the journal in a cross, and bole his name
aud address, before he liberated it; and was
glancing at the first column when he was
startled by a melancholy shriek of wit d
that came up the Rue de Sevres, mingled
with the crash of falling tiles and chimney
pots, the dashing of shutters, and the loud
splashing of the rain.
"Whew! paste l" ejaculated Doctor Do
bois in a tone of pleasant wonder, "what a
night! How fortunate it is that lam not
called out. This weather will protect me.
All my friends are going so nicely. bless
them I No one is in danger of a crisis.—
Madame Facie has promised to wait till to
morrow.- Nothing but a very desperate case
could make people disturb me
.at such a
time. Decidedly. I shall have one quiet
evening this week.
The words were scarcely out of the dor
I tor's mouth when the bell of the 'apartment
rang violet. fly. A physiognomist would
have been delighted with the sudden change
from complacent security to peevish despair
that took place on the doctor's countenance.
lie placed both Lis hands firmly on his
knees; and, turning round towards the door,
vraitad fur the announcement that was to
chase him from his comfortable 'fireside. '
"MT poor gentleman," said .13obenne,
bustling in with a platter on -shies was the.
expected coffee; "you must- be off at once.
tlere is a lad who will not believe that you
are out, although I told him you are from
home, twice. lie says that his mother is
dying." '
"Diable!" exclaimed Doctor Dubois, half
in compassion. /elfin anger. "Give me
toy coffee—tell him to come in. Where are
my boots? Indeed, if she be dying —really
dying—l am scarcely wanted. A priest
would have been more suitable. However,
duty, duty, duty."
"We shall be eternally grateful," said a
young man, who, without waiting to be
summoned. had entered the room, but' who
bad only caught the last words. "When
duty is willingly performed. it is doubly
- •
worthy."
"Certainly, sir," replied the doetor, ques
tioning 'Baboon., with hie eyebrows. to know
whether his previous grumbling mould hove
been overheard. "I shall lib with you
directly. :Warsuloaraelf by the ire; 'ray
dear young Iran, whilst .1 arm • myself .for
the combat:"
..,.
• The•yottth a ► wbo Was tall and slight, not
more than eighteen years of age—walking
impatiently ap_and down the room, whilst
Doctor Dubois pulled-on his boots, ',wallow
'ed hie scalding -_coffee, • wriggled into his
great coat, half strangled himself with his
muffler, and received big umbrella from the
attentive Bobonne, , . , . - -
"I have allaere," said the youth:
• "So much tbebetter,'! quietll-.Doctor Du
bois "but precautions never do any harm:—
Now. I amieady. . You see a man may still
be sprightly at fifty. Go to bed,Bobonue;
and take a little saneti—that cough, of yours
must be cared fur—hot, mind."
The buxom housekeeper followed her mas-,
ter to the door,; nod no old bachelor who wit
nerised the attentions with which she perse-,
sated him—buttoning his coat tighter, Tull-.
ing hie muffler higher over his chit), giving
a tug to the brim of his hat, and, most sig
nificant-dell, stopping hire in the punk()
to turn up his trousers nearly to 'the knees,
lest they might be spoiled by the mud=no
one of the doctor's bachelor frierids who wit
nessed all this (and the occurrence was.fre.
quent) failed to envy the doctor his excel
lent housekeeper. The youth saw nothing.
Ile had gone down stairs three steps it' it
time, and was in - the vehieleand angrywith
impatience long before the ' man ot. science
bustled out, thinking he had been extraor
dinarily energetic, and wondering bow much
more decision of character was required to
make a general of division or an emperor.
"Now that we are in full march,P quotb
he, as the drirer was endeavoring to make
hi.; drenched hacks step out briskly, "I
should like to know something of the case ;
not the particular symptoms ; but the gen
eral facts. What is your mother's age?"
The youth replied that she wee about for.
ty, and had been ill some time. tier family
had supposed, however, until then, that her
disease was rather mental than physical.—
Ile said other things ; but the doctor felt
certain that there was something behind
which shame had concealed.
The vehicle continued to roll ; but it had
left the Rue de Sevres, and vas threading
some of the sombre streets between that and
the Rue de Varennos.
.'You came a long way to look for me,"
said the physician, half enquiringly.
The youth muttered some answer that
was unintelligible, and was saved from fur
ther questioning by the stopping of the
cabriolet. On getting out, the doctor rec
ognised the house as one of the largest pri.
rate hotels in that quarter. He had often
passed by, and thought it wag uninhabited.
The ports cohcero was opened by an elderly
serving -man, who looked sad and sorrow.
fu I.
"She is not yet—" exclaimed the youth,
not daring to utter the word of the omen.
"No, no!" but she has begun to talk
reasonably."
"Be frank," whispered Doctor Dubois, and
they crossed the court under the hastily
opened umbrella. "flits your mother's
mind been affected I It is necessary that I
should know thus."
••Yes—in one particular—in one partic
ular only. I will explain all ; but—it is
very humiliating."
"Medical men are eunfessors," Reid the
Doctor, sententiously.
"Well, you shall know everything, but
first let me entreat you to come in and see
my poor mother. and tell ns whether there
is any immediate danger. I think—yes, I
am sure that if we can prolong her life—
but just a little—health will return ; and
we shall hare her with us fur many happy
years "
"Let us here so, Doctor Dubois ejaculated,
as, after stamping his feet and shaking his,
muffler and coat, and depositing his umbral.
In, be crossed a scarcely furnished hall, and
entered at once upon a large apartment on
the ground-Boor, preceded by his guide.
The inmates of the room were' two, be
side the sick person, who lay in bed at the
further extremity. There was first an old
man—a very old man—sitting in a chair,
v ith his knees advanced towards the rem
nant of a fire, which he was watching in
tently with lack-lustre eye. His garments
were scanty and threadbare, but it was not
difficult for a practised eye to see that he
had formerly lived amidst wealth and ease.
lie rose when the doctor entered, made a
graceful bow, and then sank back into his
chair as if exhausted with fatigue. -
A girl about seventeen - sat by the bedside
of the sick person, in whose hand her hand
was clasped. She was evidently the sister
of the youth who bad disturbed Doctor Du
bois from his comfortable dessert. The in
valid was deadly pale and fearfully thin ;
but traoes both of beauty and intelligence
remained on her countenance. At least so
thought the doctor, whilst at the same time
he was detaching as it were from those sick
ly features the expression which ferried
their chief characteristic, and which indica
ted to him the state of her mind. Combin
ing what he had already heard with what
he saw, be easily came to the conclusion
that one at least of the mental faculties of
his new patient was in abeyance. He Est
down in a chair whieb the youth placed for
him, felt the lady's pulse, pat on his mind
wise look, and after haring received answers
to a variety of questions: seemed to all the
apartment with life and joy by annonneing
that there was no. immediate danger. • The
old nun near.the fireplaos, who:. had been
looking eagerly over his Shoulder, clasped
-his hands, and cast- up a tepid glance to
-heaven. The servant, who still remained
"NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING,"
COLUMBIA, - PENNSYLITNIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1860.
in the room, muttered a prayer of thanks
giving ; and the two young people absolute
ly sprang into each other'sarms, embracing,
laughing, and crying. The person who
seemed least interested in this good news
WAR the sick lady herself.
"What, is the matter 2" she inquired at
length, in a tope of mingled tenderness and
pride. "Why are you so pleased with what
this good man says; Yon will make me
believe I have really been in danger. But
this cannot Ite ; or else the Duchess of
Noaillee.would have come to see me, and the
Countess of htalmont, and the dowager of
Montsorrel. They would not let me be in
danger' of • dying without paying me one
visit. By the way, what cards have been
left today, Valerie 7"
These strOrdi, moat of which were" rather
murmured than spoken, were greedily caught
by the observant doctor, who began dimly
to perceive the true state of the case. He
received, further enlightenment from the
answer of Valerie; who, glancingfurti voly
at him, and becoming very red,.recited at
random a list of names ; some of them be
longing to persons whom he knew to be in
the country or dead.
wish to write a proscription," said
Doctor Dubois.
"Will you step this way ?" replied the
young man who had brought him to that
place, and who now conducted him to a lit
tle room furnished with only one chair and
a table covered with books. Other books,
and avarietyof papers, were sca tiered about
the floor. •
"A student, I see ;" Doctor Dubois smil
ed. Ile wished .to intimate that he attri
buted the disorder and nudity lie could not
but perceive, to occentrioity rather than to
poverty.
"We must do what we can," eagerly re
plied the youth, as it delighted at the op
portunity of a sudden confession. "We aro
too poor to be otherwise than you see."
Doctor Dubois tried to look pompous and
conceited. "Madame de—do---'
."Jaran te."
"Madame de Jarante," he continued,
"has been undermined by a slow fever, the
resultof—wbatsball I say P—an insufficient
supply of those necessaries of life which
humble .people call luxuries. You need
not hang your head,, my young friend.—
These things happen every day, and the
proudest of us have.passed through the same
ordeal. how long has this state of things
lasted ?"
"Two years."
"A. long time. It seems to me that your
mother ,has been kept in a state of delusion
as to her position. She believes herself to be
still wealthy, still to form part of the world
of fashion, in spite of the accident which re
moved her frum it.
"You know our history, then ?'
"Oue incident I know, in common with
ell Paris. Every one read in the papers the
report of the trial by which your family lost
its immense fortune. I thought you had
quitted Paris; and never dreamed that after
that di,aster—"
"You mean disgrace," put in the youth,
bitterly.
"That after that disaster you continued to
inhabit your old hotel in the Faubourg Sc.
Germain. Whenever I pass I see the shut
ters closed. I see no one come in or go out.
lam not inquisitive. Indeed I have noticed
these symptoms without reflecting upon them
I had forgotten your name. .1 now under
stand that you have remained here ever
since ; living on the ruins of your fortune,
and keeping your poor mother in the illusion
that nothing bad been changed—that she is
still rich, honored, and happy."
"All this is true," exclaimed the youth,
seizing the hand of the doctor ; "but you do
not know all."
"I know enough, eras the reply, "to snake
me honor and respect you." •
, The story which the young man in the
fulness of his heart now told was curious
and painful. M. de Choose!, his grand
father, the old man whom Doctor Dubois
had seen in the other room, was one of the
nobles who had emigrated dieing the first
French Iteiolution. Ile bad gone to
America, where he married the daughter of
a Virginian planter, and settled down quite
hopeless of erer returning to Iris native
country. After a time his wife died, and
left him with an only daughter. tie came
to Paris; where, although his, fortune was
small, be was able to give his child a com•
pieta education. After eighteen hundred
and thirty news came to him from America
that his father-in-law had died, leaving all
his property to him. Ile again. crossed the
Atlantic with his daughter, then nineteen
years of age. On the voyage out he made
the acquaintance of M. de Jarante, a young
French nobleman of great wealth, who was
going to the west to expend hie super-shun
dent energies in travel. An affection wring
up between this
• young man ~and, M.. As
Chesuel's daughter. The consequence was
that, some time after their arrival in Ameri
ca, they were married. But M, deJarants
bad not. entirely lost his wandering .pro
pensities. Whilst M., de Mess* was en
gaged in an unexpected lawsuit,.with .the
relations of his father-in-law—whinbended
in the will being .utterly set .aside—tbe
young couple travelled together • in-ivarions
directions. This lasted some yeam, ,Victor,
the yenth who related the story to.theDoct•
tor, and Valerie were bora, and the mother
found it necessary to remain more stations
ry then before, to look after her chiltratio;—
Then M. de Jaraute undertook to explore the
cordilleras of the Andes alone, and sent his I tionate familiarity which was new to Victor.l
wife and family back to France. Doctor Dubois learned, as he walked to-
Victor evidently slurred over certain do- I wards the hotel, that Monsieur de Jarante
mestic quarrels befe, but it came out that had suddenly appeared without giving any
M. de Chest:lel had reproached his son•in- warning whatever. Ills wife became insen.
law with neglecting his daughter, and seem- Bible on beholding him, and Victor had
ed to think that it was partly because the instantly rushed away fur medical asses
fortune which she had expected had been tance. When they reached the hotel, all 1
taken from her. M. de Jarante afterwards danger seemed to have passed, and the re
returned in safety, and led a very quiet life turned traveller was listening with astonish
in Paris. Ms wife thought his restlessness meut, anger, find contrition to the story of i
was now quite worn out; but *at length be the sufferings of his family. For his own
again started for South America, wrote home part, ho bad met with many perils and
—frequently sending valuable collections fatigues, which had disgusted him at last
which he made by the way—and was last with a wandering life. Llo had been ship
heard of when about to undertake a voyage wrecked on a remote island, scalped, and
across the Pacific. This happened six years had escaped with his life only by a miracle.
before the period at which DoCtor Dubois Flo admitted that ho had been neglectful.
became acquainted with the story. For His future life, however, should atone for
some time Madame do Jarante suffered no he past.
misfortune but separation from her hus
band; but at length hie relations had reason
to consider him to be dead. They asked
his wife to give an account of his immense
fortune. She refused, saying that it de
volved upon her children. Then, to her
surprise, they asked for proofs of her mar
riage. She had none to give. A trial took
place, and although some corroborative
testimony was brought forward, it did not
satisfy the law, and Madame de Jarante
was not only deprived of her husband's for
tune, but was called upon to give an ac
count of many large sums she bad spent.—
M. de Chesnel sacrificed all that remained
to him to protect her. The hotel in which
they lived bad luckily been taken in his
name. They sold the furniture piecemeal
to enable them to live. Then it was that
Madame de Jarante first showed symptoms
of her mental disorder. She could not be
lieve in the disaster that had overtaken her;
and to save her from complete insanity, her
father and children found it necessary to
commence the system of deception which
they had ever afterwards been compelled to
carry on. Victor gave many details of the
extrarlinary means they took for this pur
pose—always successfully. His mother
invariably kept her room. Only within the
last few weeks, however, bad she shown
signs of bodily decay. Assistance had not
been called in, simply on account of their
poverty.
"And what, may I now inquire," eaid the
doctor, deeply interested, "are the grounds
of hopes of better times which you seem to
entertain 2"
'•I am certain," replied Victor, "that my
father is not dead. He will return, there
is no doubt, and restore us to our former
position. All that I ask is that my mother's
life shall be preserved until then."
Doctor Dubois did not entertain the same
confidence. "Little stress," he said, "must
be laid on presmtiments of that. kind.—
Meanwhile, your mother must not be allow
ed to want for anything. You must borrow
money of some friend."
"We have no friends." said the young
man.
"Then I shall write a prescription,"
muttered the doctor, as be seized pen and
paper.
What he wrote was as follows:
lilettstzun,—l am in want of money im
mediately, please send me three hundred
francs by the bearer. Eit.rnoNsx Desoto.
"There," said he, getting up, "take that
to its address tomorrow morning, and do
not let me hear from you again until you
have used what you received. I will come
again tomorrow evening."
So saying, the doctor bustled away to es
cape the thanks of Victor, and crossed the
court in so great a hurry that be forgot to
put up his umbrella.
In the morning Doctor Dubois returned to
the hotel, and felt hie heart warmed by the
evidences of
,greater comfort he beheld.—
Ile now ventured to prescribe medicine, and
succeeded eventually in restoring his pa
tient's health. There was no change, how
ever, in her mental condition. She atilt
believed herself to be surrounded by wealth;
only she thought her children were more
attentive than before. The little comforts
they now gave her excited not surprise but
gratitude. The dootor continued his visits
and his loans. "You shall pay me all back
with interest," he said, when yietor hesita
te 4 to accent.
'"Good works are never lost," remarked
&bonne, falling in with her master's
humor.
One evening in the following +mower.
when the physician happened again to be
making ready fur a comfortable evening
with his feet in the same slippers; with the
usual plate of nuts - and almonds before him
and an uncorked bottle of Beaune, with
which be took alternate draughts of Seltzer
water; with the same black velvet skullcap
thrust to the back of his head, and the sums
morning-gown thrown back in graceful
folds. Bubonne had just come in with the
coffee and evening paper. The bell rang
again. Doctor Duboln again exclaimed,
-Diable:" and "Paste!" It was • Victdr as
before.
**Come,"l3B exclaimed, "to sails us from
the eoussquences of .saws of joy !"
r•
"They are awn. veryworioi-, quoth:tbe
doctor without Woofing ; "What Si ea.
• • .
matter?"' '
"My father bee returned..!
Bobonne instantijundertenod the .40..
Seance of these words. Was the ant to urge
her wester to hemp and doing. aid ioetWo
time in handing bins hie hat "••A. for your
ooffee, ley dear deaeorr Tani that
we far 7 110 ." she said is a tone of offer
$1,50 PER YEAR LI ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE
Ile naturally resumed possession of his
fortune, and established the legality of hie
marriage, and the legititnney of hie children.
Madame do Jarante at length understood
all that happened to her, and might have
returned into the society which had so
readily cast her off; but instend of seeking
pleasure, she occupies herself in• relieving
the poor; in which benevolent occupation
she is much assisted by Doctor Dubois.—
Her son and daughter both married well ;
and although M. de Chesnel recently died
in the fulness of years, the whule family
now enjoys a happiness which it had never
before known.
It may as well be mentioned that Doctor
Dobois went the other day with rather a
confused look, to ask Victor to stand god
father to a son and heir which Bobonne—
webeg her pardon—which Madame Dubois,
had presented him with.
Last Charge of the Old Guard
A new French work gives the following
grand pen-picture of the last desperate
charge of Napoleon's "Old Guard," at Wa
terloo
During the day the artillery of the Guard,
under Drouet, maintained its old renown,
and the Guard itself had frequently been
used to restore the battle in various parts of
the field, and always With success. The
English were fast becoming exhausted, and
in an hour more would have been forced into
a disastrous defeat, but for the timely arrival
of Blucher. But when they saw him with
30,000 Prussians, approaching. their cour
age revived, while Napoleon was filled with
amazement. A beaten enemy about to form
n junction with the allies, while Grouchy,
who had been sent to keep t hem in - check,
was nowhere to be seen I Alas! what great
plans a single inefficient commander can
overthrow
In a moment Napoleon saw that he could
not sustain the attack of so many fresh
troops, if once allowed to form a junction
with the allied forces; and he determined
to stake his fate on one hold cut, and en
deavored to pierce the allied centre with a
grand charge of the Old Guard, and thus
throw himself between the two armies.—
For this purpose the Imperial Guard was
called up, and divided into two immense
columns; which ware to meet in the British
centre. That under Reille no sooner enter•
ed the fire than it disappeared like mist.—
The other was placed under Noy, "the bra
vest of the brave," and order to advance
given. Napoleon accompanied them part
of the way down the slope, and halting a tew
moments in the hollow, addressed them a
few words. Ile told them that the battle
rested with them, that he relied on their
valor, tried in so many fields. "Vito l'Em
pereur l" answered him with a shout that
was heard above the thunder of the ar
tillery.
The whole continental struggle exhibited
no sublimer spectacle than the Last effort of
Napoleon to save his sinking empire. The
greatest military skill and anew the world
over possessed had been taxed to the utmost
during the day. Thrones were tottering on
the turbulent field, and the shadows of
fugitive kings flitted through the smoke of
the field of battle. Bonaparta's star ennob
ling in the zenith—now blazing out in its
ancient splendor, now paling before his
anxious eye. The intense anxiety with
which he watched the advance of that col
umn, and the terrible suspense he endured
when the smoke of the battle wrapt it front
his eight, and the utter despair of his great
heart when the curtain lifted over a fugitive
army. and the despairing shriek rang out:
"The Guard recoils! the Duard recoils 1"
makes us fen a moment forget all the carnage
in sympathy with his distress..
The Old Gaud felt the presence of the
immense responsibility, and resolved not to
prove unworthy of the groat trust committed
to it. Nothing could be more imposing than
its movement to the assault. 'lt had never
recoiled before a human foe. and the allied
forces beheld with awe its Jinn and steady
advance to the final charge. For a moment
the batteries stopped playing and the firing
ceased along the Britishline, as without the
beating of a drum or a blies note to cheer
theiV, coerage, r. they moved in dead silence
over the Sell. Their tread was like muffed
thunder. while the dashing helmets of the
cuirassiers &slid along lines of light open
the dark and terrible mass that swept , in one
strong wave along. The 'eteris , priest was
t h en amid Iris eels; and on everVirowints
written the nnalterablei *evolution 'to caci
ques' or die: Teri niiimoinent the iirtßlitry
opined. and the . bkild'of_fhat gallinecOlenitt
seemed to sink - loto thi'epaiels. Rank after
[WHOLE NUMBER 1,558.
rank went down ; yet they neither stopped
nor faltered. Dissolving squadrons and
whole battalions disappearing one after
another in the destructive fire, affected m t
their courage. The ranks closed Up no be
fore and each trending over his fallen com
rades, passed unflinchingly - on.
The horse which Nei- rode sank under
him, and scarcely had he mounted another
before it also sank to the earth, and so
nother and another, till fire in succession
bad been shot under him. Then with his
drawu sabre he marched sternly at the bead
of his column. In vain did the artillery
Mg' its storm of iron upon that living mass.
Up to the very muzzle they pressed, and
driving the artillerymen from their pieces,
pushed on through the English lines. But.
just as the victory seemed iron, a 'file of
soldiers who lay flat on the ground, behind
a ridge of earth, suddenly rose and -poured
a volley, in - their very faces. Another and
another followed, till one broad sheet of
flame rolled on their bosoms, and in such a
fierce and unexpected flow that - they. stag
gered before it. Before the Guard had time
to rally again and advance, a heavy column
of infantry felt on its left flank in close
and deadly 'Volley; causing it, in its unset
tled state, to swerve to the right. At that
instant a whole brigade of cavalry thunder
ed on the right-flank, and penetrated where
cavalry had never gone before.
The interpid Guard could have borne up
against the unexpected fire from soldiers
they did nut sec, and would have rolled bark
the infantry that had boldly .charged their
left flank; but the cavalry finished the dis•
order into which they bad been momentarily
thrown, and broke the shaken ranks before
they had time to re-form, and the eagles I.f
the hitherto invincible Guard were pushed
backward down the slope. It was then the
army, seized with despair, shrieked .out
"The Guard recoils 1 the Guard Timone'!"
and turned and fled in wild dismay. To
see the Guard in eonfueion was a sight they
had never before beheld, and it froze every
heart with terror.
For a long time they stood and let the
cannon-balls pass through their ranks, dis
daining to turn their backs on the foe.—
Michel, at the head of those . battalions,
fought like a lion. To every command of
the enemy to surrender, be replied ; "The
Guard dies—but never surrenders!" And.
with his last breath bequeathing this glori
ous motto to the Guard, be fell a witness to
its truth, Death traversed those eight bat
talions with such rapid footsteps that thry
soon dwindled away to two, which turned
in hopeless daring on the overwhelming
numbers that pressed on their retiring foot
steps. _
List of nll but n single battalion, 'the
debris of the "column of graniito",- at
Marengo, was left. Into this Napoleon
flung himself. Cambreuil, its brave Tun
mandril., saw with terror the Emperor, in its
frail keeping.' lle was net struggling now
fur victory; he was intentenly on showing
how the Guard could die. Approaching the
Emperor, he cried out: "Retire! Do you
not see that death has no need of you ?" nna,
closing mournfully but sternly round the
expiring eagles, those bravo hearts ,bade
Napoleon an eternal adieu, and, flinging
themselves on the enemy, were soon piled
with the dead nt their foe:.
Many of the officers were seen Jo destroy
themeetvea t ether than suffer defeat. Thus,
greater even in, its own defeat .than any
other corps of men in gaining a victory, the
Old Guard passed from the stage, and tit
curtain dropped upon its strange career. it
bad fought, ire last battle.
Artemis Sees Patti
Tee moosic which i'me moat use to is the
inspirin stranes of the hand orgin. I hire
artistic Italyun to grind fur me, payin him
his Niue's & dose, & I spose it was - them
wanes which fust put a musical taste into
me. Like nil furriners, h e has seen better
dam, having formerly bin a Hoene. - But he
aint of much altuunt now, except to turn the
orgin and drink Beer, of which' barite be
can bold a churnful easy.
Miss Patty is smawl fur 'her vise, but as
the man sad abowt his wifeeo Lord! She
is well bile & her complexehun is wbattnite
be calld a'Bruneuy. Her ise dirk - bay,
the hush% bele long & silky. Wheri'slie
smiles the awjince feels like axing ha to aio
it sum moor, & to continue doiri it v l a In
dein': extent. Ilar wastels lof 'the mo st
bowlful wastesis era seen. :1,
When 'Mister Strackborse led her out
tbewt some pretty &cool gal, who bad pat
gr.ulnatid front pantalets & wire hoops. was
a combo out to read her rust compersishnn
in public. She cum so bashful like. with
her bead bowd down, & made alcb sailor ,
to arrange her lips so diva look pretty, that
I wantid to *wailer her. She remindid ms
of Susan Skinner, who'd never kiss the bays
at parin bees till the candles was biased tint.
Miss Patty sang 'cabin or :other in a fer
ric tong. I don't know whet the imadtisents
was. For mart I know - she may bin" bfn de
nouncing my waliggitre"& sagashaiwnd
beats of Pray. and I dau't much keer of obi
did. When °pecked ber mouths arty
of Martlitgilor, bobolinks. tenor* iWallets.
mackin birds, etattery. bust 4th &Bar'► all
over the Haul.
1, sea I to myself. in . a bill
Suited frame of mind, a of that hoviiit . or
royal duke which yo'U be pretty 'apt teinear
-171 of tbs., days don't do the fah- thing by
ye, xis tie sways bar a hams on A Ward's
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