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VO. XXVI.

La SARL AN ORR

ANP sree ET IRS

CLOSING AND ARRIVAL OF MAILS. =.

AT THE

POST OFFICE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, APTER MONDAY, fith MAY.

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CHARLOTTETOWN,

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POETRY. |

SNES IN ONIN IN ONAN IN ARONA MOO DON

DECEMBER. Mr. Wittiam Hey. | As human life begins and ends with woe, So deth the year with darkness and with | Storm ; } Muteis each sound, and vanish’d each fair | form That wont to cheer us; yet a sacred glow— A moral beauty—to which autumn’s show, Or Spring's sweet blandishments,or summer's | bloom, Are but vain pageants—mitigate the gloom, What time December's angry tempests blow, "Twas when the “ Earth had doffed her guady |

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,

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MONDAYgJANUARY 4, 1875.

‘K ste, why will rou be 'so wilful. Why ni-ht

makes you | i

will you stay even this one power (fa wonen who voic tremb e, in preference to becoming the wifs of a man who loves you?’

Eagerly, as if she would have read every secret of his hoart, Kate’s geze was turned upon her lover.

‘ Well, deareet, what says your scrutiny?’ he whispered, with » smile, looking into her | eyes now bright with hopaand joy. * Will)

you have me? or must I try and bribe | t a" which money cou!d purchase, and I there-

you

| : J Ss : i cousin, ebe struck out the Jast, until, after in the | much thought and many tears, she suffered |

at frat caused hor t Edward should kuow the step ehe was taking was of ber own free will and choice, and that his sorrow nnght not be aggravated by the idea that his mother’s cruelty bad driven her to it. great favour to beg of you. with me the few valuables which, belonging

‘ The voice again, now close at hand,

rim

me en i r 1? . * As if in awa,” that she received her lord; | * Yeu will be kind oe d And angels jubiliant attuned the hymn, | Kate, layiog ber hand in Da Val’s, and gazs Which the Church echoes still in sweet | ing up into bis face confidingiy. ‘I have

accord, r “y ae And ever shall, while Time his course doth | You will be kind fill, “Glory to God on high!to men peace and good will.”

no mother—no friends ! to me?’

For ul! answer, Da Val pressed her to bis

| hoart, and laid her head upon is shcu'der,

| while at the same moment Mrs. Grove pass~

GIVE ME THE HAND.

}ed the door and went down stairs.

you will secure them for me, and keep them eafely until [can clsim them, whieh! will

evil motives may be assigned for the step I am taking, I know you will believe none. As

A FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE.

é hs; eieaaber Sak thik aeese soneed Wek lal The most frightful accident that has oc-

| curred on the 19th November. The follow- the Mount St. Bernard dogs again coming in for some kind words -—On the 19th inst. at the break of day, a ceravan composed of twelve Italian workmen returning to their country, left the Bourg St. Pierre and the tavern of Proz, where they had passed the night, and, despite the foul weather and difficult state of the roads, «ttempted to cross the mountain pass or to reach the refuge, as circumstances might allow. The sky was dark, and there was a violent snowdrift. On reaching the spot known as the Montagne St. Pierre, halfway be- twoen the starting point and the place of refuge, they were joined by two monks, preceded by the convent servant and a large-sized dog who, according to the rule of the monastry, came to meet the travels

‘And now,’ it went on, ‘I have a l cannot take

to my mother, I value more thaa anything

fore leave them in your hands, certain that

never do until | am at liberty to explain al) which ceems mysterious now. Farewell! I will not ask you to think kind’'y of me, and suspend yonr judgment until the future, for I know that you will; whatever false and

| Give me the band that is Kind, warm and |

you have protected me, sol am sure you will guard my good name. Farewell! May God

‘Now Ka‘e,’ said Maurice, ‘you must

lers. Atthis moment the drift of snow

ed 1615.

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NO. 1.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Condors are said to be able to

soar to a

© write itodl wish that | curred on Great St. Bernard since 1816, oc- | height of 22,000 feet.

it is now proposed in England to estabs

ing details are given by the London papers, | lish a college for organists.

The bank of England has nearly a million

pounds waiting to be claimed.

Devotees at one of the buddhist temples

in Jeddo, have a choice of 3,332 gods.

Offenbach is said to have received $400,-

000 on three operas since the Ist of Sep- tember, 1873.

A Buddish Priest has been sentenced to

ten years’ imprisonment for counterfeit

coining ip Ceylon,

“Heavy raius aave caused serious loss of berries on several high-lying estates in the coffee districts of Ceyeen.

The New Zealand Government has sent agents to collect British small birds for in- troduction into that colony.

Philosophical Paradox—When a youth has a decided bent for any pursuit he is likely to keep straight at it.

The first daily journal in the world was that of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, establish- It is still issued.

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7 a | listen patiently to me hie Tusk you to give Give me the hand that is calm ue an } : ‘hear oe | me the strongest proo! ef love and confidence

Give me the hand that will never deceive me, | that man can ask of bis betrothed; for you Give me the grasp that I aye may believe acre my betrothed dearest—are you net?’ edi a ee palm of the delicate woman; | ‘Yee,’ murmured Ketamine, bluching. Hard is the hand of the rough, sturdy yeo- ‘It isa sweet name, Kate; but you must man, change it for another even dearer. And _— or hard hand, it matters not— that brings me to the request circumstances Give me the grasp that is friendly forever. compel me to make, and which, if you love and trust me, you will bless me by granting. Ouare must be a privaie marriage, Kate!’ ‘Very weil,’ answerel Kate, simp'y, but somewhat surprised at the unnecessary con- sejuence which bad been attached to what ‘I do

Give me the hand that is true as a brother;

Give me the hand that has harmed not an- Other ;

Give me the hand that has never forswore it;

Give me tha grasp that I may adore it;

Lovely the palm of the fair, blue-eyed maid-

en; sdemed to her a very trifling matter.

ones who bas unwilling!y caused you so much sorrow.

monthsof the Year 1873, just printed, show that the number of lives lost from wrecks® casualities, and collisions on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom during the first six months of 1873, is 728. more than the number lost in the whole

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Horney the hand of the workman o’er laden; Lovely or ugly, it matters not—never ! Give me the grasp thatis friendly forever.

Give ine the grasp that is honest and hearty, Free as the breeze and unshackled arty ; | comes |

Let friendship give me the grasp tha her, Close as the twine of the vine of the sum~ mer,

Give me the hand that is true asa brother ; Give me the hand that has wronged not an- other ; Soft palm or hard hand, it matters not— | never! | Give me the grasp that is friendly forever.

LITERATURE, =

KATHARINE. ‘

WOMAN'S TRIALS. |

CHAPTER IX — Continued.

Whatever of prudence or scraples of any kin¢, Maurice Du Val had hitherto preservs ed, the sight of Kate’s tears, and the sourd | of her faltering voice utterly destroyed.

No man can bear the sight of a woman’s tears, esp%cially if be loves her, and when | the first large drops fell upon Kate’s cheeks, | Maurice started frow his seat, and, muttering something she did not hear, walked to the | window. ‘There was a great contest going onin the young man’s mind; passion and | principle, the two mightiest antagonists | which meet upon the battle field of the human heart, and rend it piecemeal by their fierce contentions, now strove desperately againet each other for the mastery. And | how it might have ended, which would have | conquered, bad both remained equal, nothing | occurring to strengtben the one, or weaken the other, it is impossible to say, sigce, like

rice seemed to incline to both ; but a sound of grief from Katharine decided the etrags gie.

During the first few minutes after her companion’s strange desertior, Kate sit) silent, but at last,bodily and mental strength, alike enfeebled by the constant strain of the past few weeks, gave way, and funcying that the stay upon which—ali unconscious'y to herse|f—she kad leaned, was breaking from her too, leaving her utterly alone, she bent ber head down like a tired child, end moan- ed faintly.

In an instant Maurice was by her side, at her feet, passionately kissing the hands) which he drew from beneath her veiling hair, and throwing his arms round her exclaimed, | while ber head sank upon his shoulder—

‘ Don’t weep, Kate! dearest Kate, I can- | not bear to see you in this state. Do not | try to leave me, for we must never part now. | Whatever comes of weal or woe, you shall never leave me Kat:. You must trust me with your happiness. You will not fear to confide yourself wholly to me, and do as I wish you?’

‘No,’ answered Kate, lifting her eyes | steadily to his face, although hercheek burns ed with deep blushes, aud speaking in a tone of perfect faith.

*¥You do me justic, destrest. Under all circumstances, doubts and censure, you will trust me? You will never leave me, as I solemnly dec'are Kats, I will never, while J live, leave you.’

A puzzled look came over Katharine’s face as she answered,

‘I do not understand you—I do not quite know what you mean.’

‘ Then you do not love me Kate ?’

The young girl drew back, hurt and mor- tified, end atthe same moment Mrs. (rove’s voice was heard ascending tho stairs. She hod returned for something she wished to show her friend; and as the unwelcome sound fell upon Kate’s ears, she trembled so

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violently that Maurice was compelled to | support ber, whispering, as he kissed her) burning cheek—

* Do not fear love, I will protect yeu!’ |

| your presence will be hiiled with joy?

| which had become so p-ecious to

afrail bark to1s:d on stormy waters, Maus | contemplates the greatest wrong of all, by

| abandoning you to the mercy of strang: rs— }

| very life sink in the etrugzle, I will tempt

| Kate, and let no thought of whet 1 may suf-

not suppose thatit will be of any importance. But you knuw best.’

from the ficor, Maurice did not reply; but upon his face, when fe raised it, was a bright red flush, and passing bis band scross his brow, as if to drive away some int:usive thought, he said,

One thing more, dearest. Your aunt leave: here toxmorrow. After she is gone, this house canxot aay longer be your home. Why net then come at once 10 one where

Why not, darling Kate, give me the right I pray for to-morrow?’ ‘Oh, not s> soon,’ exid Kate, sobbing. ‘Why not? After your relatives gone, you ought not to remain here,

are Before your friends leave this house tesmorrow, do | you quitit. At the end ofthis street a cars | riage shall be waiting, which wil bring you |

to me.

‘?

never, never t) part !

‘But my aun',’ said Katharine, with the | natural ehrinking cf @ fearful women’s heart, | unwilling to teke the desperate step urged | upon her, and yet not daring ta repulse the |

| | | {

| tempter, leet she should cast away the Jove |

her— she

?

hos been very unkind to me, but— ‘ Nay, Kate,’ replied Du Se, thie is mocks | ing my love indeed, when you can weigh 1t |

| and such a woman as Mis. Grove in the same

scale. are free to choose between us.

But I will urge you no more; you | If you think |

| you owe any duty to a person who bas so

robbed and distressed you-—-who even now |

if for her sake you think you ought to cast} aWay your own happiness,and tramp'e upon the heart of a man who would give up a'l | for you,—do so, 1 will plead no more. Be | the cost of your decision whet it nay, if my you tomore, Insure your own happiness, fer interfere.’

Well had Du Val studied the generous nature of hcr whom hs ediressed. Ag -icst entreaties—even the whisperings of ber own heart—Kate m‘ghbt have remained firm; but she must hive been more or less than wo- man who could have listened unmoved to the accents of that proud, manly vcice, struggling, ae it seemed, against wounded pride, end the grief of wronged affection.

‘Forgive me ! she said at last, timidly exs tending her band ; ‘1 did not mean to y;ain you; but lam very young and ignorant. You will teach me and gui’'e me right.’

Late that night Kate cat thoughtfully in her little com/ortless bedchamter. The whole world, everything she thought of, seemed changed since early in the day she had left it to attend her cousin’s summons.

Then she hed a poor, friendiess depends ent, almost without a home, at the mercy of those with whom she lived; now she was a betrothed wife —the Cearest otject upon earth to cne whom ste believed to be the kindest and most honourab'e of men. Shey who had been taunted with her dependence so long, was now to be mistress of a fortane and position worthy the secepiance of the proudest lady in the land, and, through one whom she now knew she had loved unzcns sciously f:om the first, ehe was aga‘n to take her place in the station from which her mo- the:’s death had removed her.

In all this there was but one thought of sorrow, and tLat wes the knowledge of the grief her fight would g.ve to Edwaid, and how unable she wae to explain anything, he might thick of her. Jt was not in human na~ ture not to feel some triumph at the thought ot | her approaching emancipation, and the proof it would be to her oppressors that she wag

year 1872, six months of 1873 were lost in 98 ships; Busied with lifting Kate’s handkerchief 78 of them were laden vessels, ]] were yes- sels in ballast, and in 9 cases it is not known whether the vessels were laden or light ; *2 of the ships were entirely lost, and 16 sus~ tained partial damage. lost, 81 were lost in vessels that foundered, 243 through vessels in collision, and 122 in vessels stranded or cast ashore. maining number of lives lost (179) were lost from various causes, such #s through being washed overboard in heavy seas, explosions, and in missing vessels, crease in the loss of life in such short a period is accounted for the -fact that 119 | nearly insensible, after having been twenty- of these lives were lost in wrecks and casus | alities which although they happened before

] will prepare a}] to-night—our | spective years. | marriage license, Witnesses, all that is need- |

' | fu'—so that when you come to me it shall be

| 5 belonged to British possessions abroad, | involving the loss of SI lives, 14 were steam- | for a brief space, for a few minutes later

became intense. Suddenly a frozen water- spout, called veuwra in the language of the mountaineers, whirled through the air and, whisking up the fresh-fallen snow, en- veloped the travellers. The first column composed of five Italian workmen, two monks, the servant and the dog, disappears ed under a shroud of snow several metres thick, without any avalanche having fallen from the mountain ; the seven others who were following were stricken down by the same cause a short distance from the first. A deadly silence followed. Suddenly the the seven last victims buried in the snow succeeded in emerging from beneath the surface. They were saved and they return ed to their starting place, after having made every endeavour to rescue their comrades from the grave in which they are probably, at this moment of writing, still alive. One of these men succeeded, by the force of instinct and the energy of despair, in break» ing through theice piled above him. It was the monk Contat, from Sumbraucher. He dragged his bleeding limbs about a mile and a half fromthe grave where he had been buried for several hours, and reached the first hut, called the hospital, and situat- ed close to the Velan. It is there the young monk wasfound the next morning

blest aad prosper you, helping you to forget

*¢ Karmaning.” To be continued.

SHIPWRECKS AND LIVES LOST.

The wreck statistics for the first six

This is 138

The lives lost during the first

Of the 728 lives

The re-

The enormous in-

seven hours alone, without food or assist- ance of any kind by his brother of the convent, who had come to look after the victims of the accident. How had they bes come aware of the catastrope? The dog Turco had succeeded in scratching through the sinking of the ill fated “ Northfleet” | the snow and found his way back to the help to swell the nember. |conyent. At the sight of this noble animal, It appears from the returns that 3 ves! with his bruises and bleeding body, the | sels were not heard of after sailing or being | monks no longer had any doubt. as to the spoken at sea, in which 1,025 lives are sup~ fate of their two bretheren, and started at pose to have been lost. Of these missing | once toseek for them. A flask of spirits vessels, 78 belonged to the United Kings | applied to the mouth of the only survivor | dom, involving the loss of 844 lives, and | of this seene--which is here narrated from | his own discription—restored him to life |

1873, are included in the returns, the re- ports having been received too late for them to form part of the statistics of their re- 293 lives also lost through

ships, involving the loss of 341 lives; 52 of) be was a corpse. these vessels sailed from ports in the United Kingdom, 14 from ports in British possessions abroad, and 17 from foreign ports ; 71 were laden vessels, 4 were ves« sels in all ballast, 1 wasa fishing vessel,and|; ss. en, in 7 cases it is unknown whether the ves- The shipments of iron ore and pig iron | sels were laden or in vessels were laden or | from the Lake Superior iron region have | in ballast. Many of the missing vessels | fallen off 260,926 gross tons since last year. sailed previously to 1875, but were not re- Considering only the imports and exports ported until that year. | of merchandise, the balance of trade is not

/less than $150,000,000 more favorable to | luckwood’s | the United States for the year 1874 than |

>: ae ++ oe The December number of the i: aa cone Magazine comes to us in its usual plain | it eng fort eee gia ce style, and shows no consciousness of the ap- | Egypt is likely to become a fashionable | ore re te oe er ee He AP” | retort, now that facilities of communication proach of the Christmas season. Indeed, haye increased and hotels have improved. |

His colleague and six | other companions, buried beneath the revra have not yet been found.”

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MISCELLANEOUS. |

Tore |

| lists.

in its poems, “ Agathon,” and “ The Cato of Lucan,” itis rather suggestive of hea- thenism, but probably when the articles were prepared, the cheering odours of mincespies and plum-puddings had not reached the olfactory organs of the writers.

The story of “ Valentine and his Brother” is not yet finished, and we have another part of ‘ Alice Lorraine,’’ in which troubles cluster thickly round the unfortunate Hi- lary,

In “ The Abode of Snow,’’ we have suc- ceeded in reaching the snow-capped sum- | mits, having attained the altitude of 16,000 feet, but the entrance to Chinese Tartary is barred in the following interesting manner : The travellers were approaching the village of Shipki by a very fatiguing road, and the servants were sent on in advance to prepare the tents etc. The village is on ahill-side, and there is so little teved ground in the vicinity, that the only space available for the purpose was in the narrow terraced fields, and there wasa difficulty about ob- | taining one of them, for ‘‘ a band of hand. some and very powerful young Tartar wor |

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men, clad in red or black tunics, loose trowsers, and immense cloth boots -~ had | constituted themselves the guardians of

Kahn or any of his companions attempted to enter, they not only plaved their bulky persons in the way, but even showed des | termined fight.’ We have come to the last of “ Inter. national Vanities.’’ Like the Fourth of | July exhibition of firesworks, the most | dazzling subject has been reserved for the | last, and we have a dissertation onjthat bril- | liant and intangible thing, Glory. ‘The Parliamentary Recess’’ has been a_ time of such extreme quiet at homé, that |

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The impress of Russia and the Empress of |

Austria expect to pass the winter there. | The inquiry regarding the supposed Nana |

Sahib is still proceeding, but particulars are | strict!v concealed, It is uncertain when the | trial will begin. Public opinion grows | daily more sceptical concerning the identity of the prisoner.

Signor Pollini, who manages the three | great opera houses at St. Petersburg, Mos- | cow and Hamburg, employs 2,610 persons. The orchestra at St. Petersburg numbers

hice is now the best paying crop of the South. LUighland rice yields twice as may bushels to the acre as Indian corn,

it takes the Scotch to make a penny go the furthest—one firm of wire manufactur. ers having drawn it out to 2,700 feet.

A devil fish, with an entire salmon weigh- ing eighty-one pounds in its stomach, was lately caught in the dock at Middlesborough, Eng.

Journeymen tailors in China are striking against the introduct.on{ef sewing-machines on the grounds that they will cheapen labor.

Committees have been formed in Gers many to decorate the graves of French soldiers who died in that country while

prisoners of war.

The government of the Corea has pro- mised to send to Japan the heads of all the persons implicated in the insult to the Japanese government.

* Four hundred different kinds of Berlin

| beer were exhibited recently at an inter»

national exhibition of beer and brewing interests held at Hygenian, Alsace.

A woman living near Humboldt, Mo, accidentally shot her daughter dead, a few days ago, while brandishing a pistol in the face of a man who had insulted the girl.

Mr. Gladstone is engaged on two new Homeric studies, namely: a volume of essays On the writings of the Greek poets and adictonary to Homer. The latter will be a very important book.

The Emperor and Empress of Russia wear pretty good clothes. The latter has

/a red velvet mantle iined with 228 sable

skins and valued at about $20,000. The Emperor has a cloak of biue fox skin worth $24,000.

M. Pazaine’s purpose in going to Madrid, it appears, was to rejoin his wife's rela- tives who reside there, and to offer his sword to Marshal Serrano against the Car- He was formerly six years in the Spanish army, and attained the rank of colonel,

One of the Pohemians of the Paris Bourse recently gave a dinner to some friends at his own house, and in the course of the dessert, by distraction, put a spoon in his pocket. whereupon the oldest man pre~ sent said gravely; ‘ My friend, you forget that you are notat a restaurant.

Ber-

Another tunnel undertie Alps is proposed. It will pass under the St.

/nard and be 20,000 feet ia lemgth. A novel feature is that under the summit, the tun,

nel will be widened out to make a station, and a shaft will be cut, up which the pass- engers will be taking to a hotel on the top of the mountain.-—Lechange.

Robinson Crusoe's island, in the south Pacific ocean, is now peopled by a German colony of about seventy souls, who landed upon its shores in 1862. On their arrive! they found large flocks of goats, thirty halfswild horses. about sixty asses, and a number of other domestic animals. They brought with them cows, hogs, fowl, farm- ing utensils, small boats and fishing tackle.

The latest society sensation in Paris is an application for adivorce made by an Amer- ican lady who thought she was doing some- thing extra nice in marrying ® French Count. She was rich and the Count was poor. Having secured her fortume, the noble gentleman does not hesitate to throw inkstands and other things at his wife's head, or even, on occasion, to kick her down stairs.

The report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington states that the total immigration for the fiscal years from

120, the chorus 100, and the ballet 200, | July 1, 1870, to June 30, 1874, is as follows:

The force at Moscow is equally large Intense feeling is aroused in France by some of the papers read in the Arnim trial. One dispatch especially in which Bismarck says that he cannot but wish to see France weak, and deems it inadvisable to strength en her by contributing to the establishment of amonarchy, causes profound indignation. There are estimated to be 120,000 women in Paris dependent upon their needle for support. The highest rate of pay is not over 4 francs, or about 79 cents per day. There are not over 50,000 steadily employ -

Year ending June 30, I871, 321,000, 1872,

| 404,806, 1873, 459,802, 1874, 313,330, total,

1,499,298, of which 231,830 were from Eng- land, Scotland and Wales, 257,222 from Ireland, 492,501 from Germany, Austria and Holland, 758.089 from British North America.

At one of the gates of Paris recently the collectors of the octroi were not satisfied in regard to a vehicle which came in every day. ‘There was, generally, not much in the cart, but it was always drawn by two enormously strong horses with enormously

ed. Tie average pay when fully employs

| ed for twelve hours’ work is not over 24

cents. Lapy FRANKLIN AND THE NEW AkcTIC Expe- pirion —The Dundee Advertiser announces

on authority that the reward of £2,000 of. |

fered some years ago by Lady Franklin for the recovery of the official records of her husband's expedition still holds, and that

these terraced fields, and whenever Chota | over and above she will be prepared to re- |

munerate any one who may succeed in re- corering them for any outlay to which his research may put him.

There is a curious religious sect called the Zezidis, who, to the number of thirty thou- sand, maintain themselves in Kurdistan, Western Asia. One of their cardinal tenets is that ‘Satan, after having by a long pil- grimage through the world atoned for his ride and revolt against God, has been par- doned and has resumed his place before the Supreme Being, of whom he is the lieus tenant and the ward.”

It is estimated that fully one third of the new Paris city loan of £10,000,000 will be

heavy harness. So an officer in disguise | Was appointed to follow the man. He ob- | tained no. precise information, save that something unusual was done when the | horses were stabled that required at least | two men and two hours’ time. Next day | they examined the horses and ripped open | the harness Im the heavy harness were found 1,500 cigars.

A Srory or Naro.zon,— itis said that one day, when Bonaparte was reviewing | some troops, the, bridle of his horse slipped from his hand and the horse gall off. A common soldier ran, and laying hold of | the bridle, brought the horse to the Em- peror’s hand, when he said to the man : ‘ Well done Captain.’ ‘Of what regiment, Sire ?’ inquired the soldier. ‘Of the guards,’ answered Napoleon, _ pleased with his instant belief in his words, | The Emperor rode off, the soldier threw | down his musket, and though he had no epaulets on his shoulders, no sword by his | side, nor any other mark of advancement, | he ran and joined the staff of the command

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