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siatthews agent acton ont bakery confectionery llcw k t e t wodd mli txita tint ttey hive opened up thttr new bake shop ax tux corner of mill and main sts acton and wilt they will tlwtya be aapplted with a 1 bread betulm bane citei paltry ic art e i lsjice irocs or caoicx jficftaefra huarj frrniiy 15 wett a weeks 10 weefcc aavtnced tit jo vqm- js- prtmiry tjo w oixo and lohii can be naif in baltdlnc or oouii e attjm per week 15 wks oommcrcial trsf nine for 4900 for particulars apptr to j ritiue3du fndltstasnt or u h davtf commerciil muter c t hill for groceries- ifroa wjt cotxi ind cheap artlclo id 7ouff srion jpui blkt or qxz- teasii supers syrups spicea and tobaccos ol all kinds feehh ipid sweet harbwarjb of all kinds pilkts and oils naiifi glass pultr salt by the barrel all cheap for gash ao to- c t hilils t mill street aotoa ilx uut n t lock td from ltouffc tl fee and mo rod ui riwu ju quw f nr a p ruc hiflu mr uv tii4 eteoih urn dlolrrd i if rick him t4 diiialwd with fain wvrdi ui 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fly like iccoads ill it really was i i most have bsen pm- and the time for the setting of the snn wia leued by lome foal nesd 1 1 aw that flo at lu rapidly approtoluog which would happy yoong man kneel downtnd kin her oostunrd deep aigh bejehts guide wqlbe fojnd on head wnieh is ill new tnd fresh oatmeal ooehmeal bttok w h ka t h0 de oeacked wheat tc ilwisiaatoch this wilt be found to be the place rhere the test roods will be kept at the i owelt prices ex ttrus cjltti rts e nic5 oak to legast writing beattf8 gttide eteeiat wkjtikg is a rerfeciliirtnilractor in pekkanship by the aid ot whtell roan people may becama food writers la a very shrt unit it oonstsit of a sooi of tlftyslfh rnfn anmlytli land ax unitlom a irce number of copy blips lor praeuctar a beaaiual ornamental gneet j ft uttflrsle to cog peicep0stpaix1 81 adrares i boblnsan ss jannion ontario business cotlef e x yoana nun heaved a whilst he tenderly kuaed tha iretly hand and arm he extended to him leumtte my darling latreftc when i think that it we had only waited for four dijt they woald hive trreated ifao alone i cannot forgive myself i she leaned over the hammookind ttrok- ed hit hair with both her binds she laughed like a child and slid a number of pretty wotnaniah things to hint whichi can- not repeat then thattmg his month with her little fingers to- that he rat obliged to listen to her i are yon not mnch better cf with yoar wife who lofeyob my dtrlmgf i am ciite content o go to cayenne i thall tee the aarafea and tha cocoaout trees like tiol and virginia andeteh of a will plint one and see which will tarn ot the best hardener we till work all day and ail night too if yoa like and i am ttrong too tnokatmyanns lean tlmist lift yoa nn dont laugh at- me f or i afa a capital needlewoman aad there it tareto be a town where they will want that sort ot thing besides i cut give eaten inl music and drawing and rf they know how to read cat there yon ean write for thenx lie poor ud give a bitter cry when she said this write indeed write he tdud why wsa i ever taaght to write its only fit for atooltodo cbeheved in tiw talk about the liberty of tha press i oaly wrote half t doten liaee which were read by those who liked them and thrown into the are by- those who disliked them tnd only serjed the pur pose of enabling them to persecute as it wit fadeoobi for met but fir yoa my tngel who hid been my wife bat four dayt only wntthadyoa dooet howcaald i hare been fbouah enough to lit yoa come with me 1 dp yott know ifm yoa are my nmr ifffta airt and when jroojroinj tertwejeioyetalovjecwfllpia eutteen hanfired ieagaea from year motjher and sis ters and all for me 1 she hid her face fora moinent in the himmoek ind although titatud at i wit i ooald pliialy see the ni crying it wat impottible ha coold do so very toon the reappeared with a tmila on her fact to cheer hfmup at ill events my darling we are not orerriohjiistinowthe slid nth a shout otuaghterandhoidingupherarse all i hive is a single loots and hof much hive ffecoaldluat resist her wihning wiys and laughed liked a child upon my word i dont know i had awhole crowtt piece bnt i am i frtd i give it to the portot who carried my icrtmanteta aboard never mind one is never bttteront than when one hat nothing beaid there are those diamond ringa that my motaer give me aadthotwoaldfetcfahetptotmoliey do yoa know too i think that goodiatnred cap tain ia pretty well aware what th contents agents wanted- j organs -abtd- sewinc machines harness harnf88 any pcoaiu wrtnt of a god it of hxraeu cither snralfi oe dar ble should ctli it creechs sa ddlery acto where fhey can get bett r rtiue for their money thin aoy pice in the count a good assortment of teottke ahd viilhes on hand all of which wtfl be told chetp lor ct a 0- ilepainng promp iy ai tended to u creixh acton feb ii 1s70 manffood we lm e recen dy pabli ihed a new edition of dt cnlrenr tks oelebrated essay oo the kidicsj ikd pekjoxest amt without medicine of nervous de bility mental tnd pk ysioal incipacity fmpedimentt to marrit ge etc resulting from exceatea aa price iol a sealta envelope only sil cents or ttro postage imps the celebrated autfac r in this admirable eatay clearly damoaw crates from thirty years sotoaastnl practit e that alarming con- ieqntiiget may be ne cilly cared without the dangerous ate of 1 jitemil medicine or thttapplicifaonof thwl mile pointing out a mode of cure at one timple certain and eflectual bymeanttet which every sufferer no matter whit hia- at mdition may be may cure hmsalf cheapty pnrstely and radical ly but lecftre ahead d be in theninda of rery yoatfc and evetj ran ia ihe itad addreaa tna- cntttotu g bfj ietj foitofiebto i probably bring with it a breeze from the westward f dared wait no locger and ruaoing hucily into my cabin and without looking at the seals ton open the envelope at tha last line and read it backwards i felt my legs begin to totter under me and i was obliged fo aft down then a twiehing of the muscles ot my cheeks commenced ai i glued at the letter and i had to tab them with aoms rem to put a stop to it the ooe word duty seemed to bum itself ioto my brsia snd hutily tlufcinir my head in tte waterjug i went oa dock into the fresh air lsara was then looking almost prettier thin lhad ever seen her dressed ia a fresh white frock with bin srms and her ipkn did hair sowing down her back she was amusing herseli with a hook and line with nhich she was trying to catch some of the etweed that was floating around the ship she called to her husband to come and help her snd i watched them for a few minutes withoutspesking and then as i st but caught hisaye i made him a sign to come snd speak to me looking up at ihe moment he chsnoed to detect the gesture snd drop ping the line shw seieed her husband by the arm dont go near him the said lock how pale he u 1 i am rare there u some thing wrong rle toon qaieted her snd came over to me whilst she leanur sgsinst the matt watched at at we pacecf up and dswa iitc poop without speaking a word i lighted t agtrand tried to amoke it but it seemed bitter ud i threw it into the sea and watched it as it boated away suddenly i took him by the arm and is we commenced oar wilk i whispered ia his ear tell me your story my friend snd what youre done to these dogs ot directors that teem like firs bits cf a king these lawyering fellows have got a pretty strong grudge against you whats the meaning of it att and what have yoa done 1 lie ahrufged his ahoulderr poor lad and said with a sort of bitter smile not much captain god knows three silly couplets and very bad ones in a raadeville but they made the people laugh because they were about the direct ory andthafsalll impottible i aid l its lrae i swear to yon the vtres were bad enough as i have aaid bat i was arrested on the i5ih fracbdor and taken to la force i lu tried on the 15th and con demned to death tnd the sentence wss sfter wtrdi commuted to transportation good heavens these lawyers srepre- cion thinskinned 1 do yoa know my friend that letter orders me to shoot yoa heref he made me ao reply tad he took it very well for a young man ouly nineteen years of ige he only looked at his wits and wiped away two or three drops of pers piration that would have fallen from hit fore head i hid some on my face toe and other drops in my eyes for the matter ot laughing in olidsy as ht air and heemed to ing to dive never have robt craine acton isnreparcd to call on persons rerplnnt either fewinc uacbxnes or organs tte has agencies fkou the 1 bestmanallctarerslnuiecoonuyano jiueuarantee satisfaction to purchasers termyvery reasonable orders lea at his residence or addressed to him to acton ro will receive prompttttentloa k cbajke scott fc bownes palatable castor ojl u ktjared ma form perfectly sfiwime u cbfl ieaiairaosienmrsiwsoia jotamimififom ukcropememf lie od list preluce puaiaden- soleamt fa its scaon but ibbloelr astelcb isibisile -lekprs-emmeiillrtlkttiatljxi- se sclffarec laoiadas aremejftlnr cm- sssi t ta a and u deimed u ais lie sice of erode ch vi u erasoc pais an pi- sot roralebudn4r5 tie ccacliaobtt- rthttlletter are and that wi meiiaelr e ferhipa aaid he who x am aare of it yoa are ko good the gorernment have only enled yen for a short time and dent really mean to do yoa any harm i it struck me tha might hire uciaed cor rectly the contenta of the aealai letter that had to poaled me and jumpiig up quite relieved at tha idea i stamped on tae deck to call their attention and ahoated oat an order to extingaiah the lamp it wat blown ont it once tad i heard the the dart like achoolboyt on a i walked the deck in the cool ul thought over thit new idea i either strength mi without ti mto state secrets which i shoul the wit to comprenend i thoaght it lery likely that one of tha five members of the directory hid become captivated with the suthsad grace of the young couple add d thought it deeuible to nnj petty im prudences in the bad by a paaiahment which waa moce apparent than real when i went down to my cabin to tarn in i lookedat the latter ia quite a different tpirit and wit sur prised to find that tha grejt red seal appeared to mile goodnatarsdly at me the last thing i remember befire going to sleep wat beatowisg a cheery tod oa it in token of friendship chittejliil i hive slwsys slept with one of my eyas open at weny tbetrd ship and it nas not tarpntiag that the sudden cegkation of all otion one fine morning about w week after my interview with the priscnerf sent me on deeltat once to sta what hid hlppened it was nothing mote nor lus than s dead calm the sea like a sheet of glass pd thesaila looking is if they were glued to tha masta and inanswertomyjnquiry the first lieu tenant at ouce informed me that we bad reached the first degree north batitade auo the tkcotyseventh degree oj loegitude as tha efficer td tha entry from the lop in a monotonous tone a shsrp feeling of drosd seemed again to pass through jne at i re membered that the tune had now come when the tealed letter must be opened and all doubt and mystery it to its contents for ever cleared up as i have slretdy uid the directors never suowed the sliantest trifling with their orders and i had not even the eiease ot press ot duty daring such weather to eljbrd me a loophole for delay as i paced hurriedly along the deet i tried to raiae my sinking ooarage by arguing with myself that lauras ialerpre anon of the mystery mat be the right one and at my mind became more firmly impressed with this conviction i went down o my cabia and taking the sealed letter from it place of safety behind the glass door of the clock i cased impatiently at the greit centre ml my fingers were under the envelope and i waa about ti tear it open when again a tre mor seised me and i hastily replaced it mattering to myself that therewaa so ohanee knees and feet when the sailom approached her and i ordered them to separate them oh god i see it si now ke stopped short suddenly in front of me itellyoa iwat like a madman sep arata them i cried for we are all a et of scoundrels ihe ee pub lie is dead direct ors directory they ar j nothing but vermin see what these villains ot lawyers hare forced me to do if i had bnt the five wretches here i would shoot them every one i swear i would as the heavens are above me i i saw the men taring at me and evidently thinking i had lost my wits bat whit did i earn for them or for my life i not to much ss for this rain that ia fslling oa me now ad jrtn it seems these good citizens didnt choose to murder yoa oa dry land and thought no one would hear much about it if it were done out here its an twful af fair for me bnt i mast da my duty the seateuce of death is in perfect form signed sealed and initialed dotting is wanting he made me a bow but bit face flushed up i hive ao requett to make to you cap tain aaid he in almost hia usual toae of voice i boald not like to undbetweea yoa and your duty ah i ask is to be al lowed to speak to laura and i beseech yoa to protect her so long u the survives me which i dont think will be very long be sawured o that my poor fellow dont let that trouble you for i wilt take her safely home to her family on my return to france and i will never leave her so long si she wishes to see me but i believe yoa sre rights and that she will never get over it the poor fellow took both my hmdi in hit snd squeeted them warmly my dear old friend i pity yea more fm wait i vn ii fin ik 1 ill iiij l for what i have to suffer i wsatyoa to protect her and watch over ber ontil the it handed over to her mother then in a io w voice he added let me tell yea that her health is very delicate that her chest is at- fected and it is neceury that ahe ahoald wrap herself ap well at times i know that yoa will be all to her that her fithsr and mother could be to her wont yoa oowf it it could be arranged that she shoalikeep the rings her mother gave her i should be very glad but if it tarns ont that they mast be sold i- think that yoa will tnd that they will fetch a good sum if y poor laura how beautiful she it 1 all this began to be more than i could stand aad although i had hitherto spoken to him in a cheerful way to keep up his pints i could no longer do so between brave men there is nothing more to be uid everything else u under stood go and speak to her now snd let as lose no time t i shook hinds again with him as i slid this but is he still retained mine in his grup i looked aim itrsight in the fsce snd added if i might be allowed to give a list word of advice it would be not to uy t word of this to her it shall be arranged without her or even yoa knowing anything about it that is my business ah 1 well yea perhaps youre right farewells are dingerous very dangerous yes yet raid i dont bs a child and all will go well whatever yoa do doat kiu bee if yoa cia help it if yoa do you ate lost i gave mat soother grip with my hand and let him go how hard it all wat to hear i it seemed to me as i watched him that he kepttheecretstwu had arranged for they pseed the deck together for more than hilt in hour arm in arm and then they went over to the aide of the chip and begin fishing up the bits oe oaweed with the enfe ahe had dropped and which one of the cab in boys hadminaged to get hold of gain all ot a sudden the night wis upon us is usual in these latitudes it was the moment i had elected for the fulfilment of my duty but iti mournful recollection hst never since leftme for anhoar and i drag it aboat with me as a convict does anhained shot he tamed from me and strode away mattering to himself and clenching his fista whilst he occasionally struck the mule with the hilt ot his sword as it he tneani to lull the poor animal his face wis so convulsed that his bushy eyebrows fairly met and the weatherbeaten one of his face tamed to ao deep a enmaoa that i thoaght he mast have a fit of apoplexy in his excitement he threw bis cloak from of hit ibooldert ietr- ing his breast fully oxpoeec to the wind and run of which he teemed qaite sxd lhas we marched aloag aide by ride aptd i plainly uw that if i wanted to hear the conclusion ot this sorrowful ttory i must break the silence i i can quite anderstind said i as u he bad fimihed his story that after such an occurrence as that one holds ones duty in abhorrence duty duty are yoa mid it ia not dutyatall ko captain of a ahip ought to become a butcher lad would aevirbe asked to except under the government of a set of thieves and assassins who take advantage ot the habit of a poor fool to obey blindly to obey always in fsct to obey like a ma chine and against all his better nature then he drew a red handkerchief from hit pocket and burst into an ungovernable flood ot tears which he made no attempt jo control seeing which i pretended some thing wat amiss with the girtha of my sad dle and drewback behind the little cart fearing he might feel humiliated it he had me at a spectator of his sfitictiou i had rightly fudged for in littlemore thin a quarter of an hour he rejoinednie and with an attempt at indifference abruptly asked me if i had any razors in my i portmanteau to which i naturally replied that it would be tune enough to get them when i had some semblance of a beaxdj he seemed pleased at the manner in wmch i had an swered him and after a short pause i dare uy youve never seen a ship in yoar life snd doat know the poop from the stern i i n obliged to confess my lgnoraaceind he gave me a long description of each ad ding with regard to the former it if there a man is placed when he it srdered to be shot i anderstind aid i he tumbles in to the sea and there is no mere trouble he made no direct answer to this remark btu feea talking about tbesnniberctboafejl a c generally eairiea and their tevtr- al positions on the deck snd thus he in sensibly gbded back to the subject which evidently occupied all hia thoughta the ttilors eirried laura off intoi aix- oared boat before she had time to cry oat or speak to me bat it is astonishing what a ret of fools there are ia tha world who al ways manage to do what they are ordered in the wrong way poor poor liuri i the pffiocr in command ot the boat waa actually fool enough to row away straight in front of the ship and as forme i bid calculated on the night concealing ihe ork we were aboat totally forgetting that he fiaahof the masketa must naturally light up the scene well to eat it short from the boat she saw her husband fait shot dead into thesea 1 oar merciful god abov alone knowi how much things come to piss u i am about to tell you at least i know that i cant ex plain them bat the moment the volley wu tired ahe raised her hand to her forehead as it a bullet hid atruck ber and there ahe ut in the boat without fainting without scream ing without speaking and returned to the corvette when and as they willed i went f rera aa tmr and aaid what i thought was best her forehead wu a brigbt red whilst her ace wu deadly pale and ahe seemed u if she listened tome and looked ms steadily in the face whilst ahe slowly rubbed her forehead she trembled all over u it ahe were afraid of every one who came near her and that she hu ever since remained xou mar call ber whit yoa like an idiot an imbecile or a madwoman and all i have ever heard her uy dace is take the hall away take it away oat of ray head can you wonder that i have devoted my lite ia the fulfilment cf the promiae i mane to that poor murdered lad aad that my con science has ordered me to cherish and take ore of poor lsara so long as i am spared on this earth when i returned to france i claimed uy rink in the army having taken a dislike to the sea because 1 1 had shed in nocent blood there j and when the arrange ments had been carried oat i obtained leave of absence and left with laora for her old home intending to leave hewifh her fa al ly unhappily i toand that her mother its dead and what dp yoa think her sis tors ssid to me they proposed to pnt her in the msdhoue at charenton and lturned my back to them and hive ever since taken care of het myself j is ha inside there then r asked i point ing to the cart certainly she is and yoa may see her it yoa like and he called to the male to top cnirtntiv muttering w tujm of the ships moving before th evening and that my oaty woald therefore allow me to tarn about and return the evident emotion of the old drficer when he reached this point in hit utmtive compelled him to pauee and when he re sumed it sfter sn interval ot a few minutes it was in a somewhat in coherent train in which a sort ot running commentary wu mutteredto himself on the cbtogisg pliues ot hit ttoiy i called up the second lieutenant on to the quarterdeck and gave him his orders since we are ordered to tarn butchers and executioners launch tha first eatcer without delay put that woman into her and row straight away irom the ship until you heir the report ot six maakats then the wesry mule stopped readily enough and my companion drew aside tho urpinjin and began to arrange the straw at the bottom of the cart whilst lookedii aad uw a very pimfal sight iuwfwoenormoatblaoeyes beaabfully shsped bat apparently out of all proportion to the rest cf the countenance the head was perfectly formed and covered with a world of lovely white hair bat the forehead wu flushed u he had described whilst the rest of the fsce looked like that ct corpse she wu noatlti down in the straw except her knees upon which she wu engaged in playing dcminoea she looked up at us trembled all ever jthen railed at her old protector and recommenced her game see seemoclu if he was playing with her right hand agaiatt bier left it is month and more that he hu played that game the major observed and per haps she will continue to do ao for soma tune knger endthen perhaps she will take up bickgsmmon or something like t 4tis exaaordinary isnt it ana he replaced the oilakm on his shako which the wind and rain had somewhat diaarranged poor laara i replied you ai e indeed lost to this world and than i held out my hand to her which she took mechanically with the ghost of a smile 1 1 observed with astonishment that she had two splendid dia mond nngscn her fingers which i at once indeotined u those o her mother and wondered how they had been preserved through so many vicissitadet for the jau whole world i weald not have dared to uy this to the major but he notioedtliat tar eyta were fixed on the trinkets and said with a certain air ol pride- thty are fine diamonds are they sat j and would doabtlrw hare etched their raj as if necessity had arisen hut i would not allow them to be taken away from tha poor child 8lie cries it any one toiohes them and be nerer takes them oft she oarer oamplaiot snd occasionally she does a little needlework i have kept my word to her poor little husband and to tell oa the truth i dont repeat my promise i hare nerer left ber and 1 tell every one that she ii ray dughter and is mad that tort of thing is respected in the artsy and it more easily arranged than you people ia paris woald think possible she hu bees through all the wars of the empire with me obey a and i hare always managed to get her safe through them t with plenty of straw and this little carriage it wu easier than yoa woald imagine and u i wua magr on tall pay with a pension u sn officer of the le gion of honour and the gratuities napoleon gave his soldiers i have never been pushed for money there isnt a man in tie 7th lights officer ot mas that doemt know poor laara and bre her then he touched her lightly oa the shoul der and aaid t now my child uy a word to the lieu tenant who u taoding there just a little nod of your head she looked vacantly at me and betook herseli acain to her dominoes ah said he hes a little pnt out to day becauae of the rain luckily ahe never- catches cold snd they uy mad people never get ill at the beieaina snd throughout j the retreat from moscow she always went bareheaded oo on my child play away i and dont trouble yourself about u do i just u yoa bko liurette i she took the hind he had laid on her shoulder a black wrinkled hand ud lifted it timidly to her lips and kissed it like a slave it made my heart ache to see it and i called out immediately come major let us go oo or the night will be upon us before we reach bethune he carefully craped the yellow mud off his boots with the end of the scabbard of his ubre then he got upon the footboard ot the cart and drew the hood of the cloak over the girts bead and taking a black i silk handkerchief from his neck tied it amend her he then replaced the tarpau lin started the male and with the custom- i ary hitch of his shoulder we resumed the j march the rain fell heavily tie sky wu dark ind threatening and the weary road stretched away before in a neverending line and even the frightful windmilla which studded the country seemed amble to move- under the universal depreetioo we fell into silence and i watched tha old officer u he atrode along with undiminished energy when the male appeared nearly done op and even my hone began to show signs of fatigue erery sow and then the brare old fellow took off his shako to wipe the pers piration from hia brow or the rain from his thin grry hair from hit white moustaches i or his thick eyebrows he did not aeem to trouble himself in the leut with the effect his story might have had upon me and he had plainly sought to make it neither better nor worse than the reality bat after some time he fell back alongside of me again and began an in terminable story of a campaign he had once gono throagh with m mittens ia spain in which his regiment formed in quire had beaten off three suc cessive charges of cavalry i coold not listen to it although he entered into a long dis- quiaitiaa to prove the snperionty of infantry oreravalry n list the night came down j apon as the mud became thicker aad deep- j er and not a novel ot even the hambleat kind wu to be seen near the road we stopped at last under a dead tree tha only one near the highroad and lie at once began to tend his mule snd i did what i could for my horse then he looked into the cart u tenderly u a mother looks into the cradle t of her infant and i heard him uy there my child pat that mat round yoar feet and trv to go to sleep tnrino to jne he added thata a right shehaant bad a drop of rain inaida snd thea placing some straw under the cart we crawled on to it to get ont ot the rain and he produced a loaf cf bread whieh he shared between us i im sorry i cant give you anything bet- ter for supper bnt it is not so bad u the steak ot horse cooked with powder instead of salt that we had to eatjnbuaaii i sl- wsys manege to have something a little bet- ter for her and ahe likes to hare her meals fay herself for she cant bear a man to come near her since that affair ot the letter j as he finished speaking we heard her sigh ud uy tike away the ballet take the ballet out ot my held i started ap ind he made me sit down again sit tulj sit still uid he thats nothing she hu aaid that all her hie for she alwaya believe ahe feels the ballet is her brain it ia the only sign she ever pvea of all the safferiug she hu gone through and a dear sweet creatare aha it i listened sadly to this without speaking and then i calculated that no less than eigh teen yean had elapsed since 1797 during all which period thit dramma had beea daily minsul anil xaiiinarl m nkin 4k mart seated beside me at list i coold stand it no longer and turning saddanly to mm and aeiziag his hand i shook it warmly youre a downright worthy fallow said l i and why replied hewith anutou- iahedalr yoa mean becaase of the poor rirl tiere doat yen see it it my duty 1- then he went off into another story about miasms the next morning early we reached the little agly town of betnune whers everything wu in the greatest conf usien for boot and saddle had jtst beon sounded and the inhabitants were already beginning to stow sway the white flag to make room for the tricolour drums were beating the auemaly the centgardes were mustering the squadrons of the mounted bodyguard were forming around tha carriage of the princes and the streets wtre filled with the soldiery snd the baggage jwaggoue the sight of my own regiment made me forget my old companion on the march ad joining my squadron i lost sight of bis little cart in the crowd alui i never uw him again often and often had i wondered what had become of him bat 1 had stupidly forgotten to aak hia name and such inquiries u i could make had not resulted ia obtaining any information about him one day how ever i think it wu is i825lwhea i hap- peued to be describing him to an old cap tain of infantry i proved to be more fortunate i remember him well aaid he he was a grand old fellow t a ballet at waterloo tumbled him over he had left a utile cart among the baggage waggons with a sort ot madwoman in it and woes we re treated througffaeiens to join the army oa the loire we left her there i heardjaftere- wards that he died in three day raring mad he did his dnty then to the last i r plied when we answer to the final roll- cill i hope we may be able to give u good an account of ourselves u he will amen murmured my friend thx zsl r3 f a- 1 k lr is a wue man who can accurately name all the ingredients in the sausage he eats trmti kittens hive died of diphtheria in ogdenaburg they contracted the disease from children affected with it the post mortem examination showed plainly the diphtheritic membrane in the kittens throats tar kcisntifie carps icolonel sternly minting to a large cobweb in a corner of tie iublea what dve call that airfi young subaltern fresh from the academy that sir is tb web ot the oraus as- t ovatdna rfoeustita or common hoase spldera we conquer htm during the day air bat be gets tha better of us at night he ia con sidered a model of perseverance 1 of course sir you remember tho story of brooe sna exit colonel hastily muttering something about the ervice going eomewlmre i