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preceding four days, indicated to every soldier
that, on the morrow, these harassing and, to
them, unsatisfactory displays of generalship
would be terminated, and on the affair being de-
cided they would obtain a brief respite. I felt
no inclination for repose, and having visited the
outposts, slowly wandered to a short distance
from the camp. The larger stars only were vi-
sible. The scene was as tranquil as a church-
yard. The piles of arms, groups of men, and
scattered tents were dimly blended to the gaze.
At this moment a murmur fell upon my ear.—
I approached the spot from whence the sound
proceeded ; it was of two voices, of a youth and
a full-grown man. A few steps farther brought
me in sight of the latter. I looked on them at-
tentively. Two figures were on the ground
kneeling, an elderly man and a youth of sixteen.
Their faces were close together, their hands ele-
vated in the attitude of prayer, and their heads
directed upwards ; their words now dropped dis-
tinctly on my ear ; I recognised the elderly one,
a most meritorious soldier, who had risen from

the ranks to a lieutenancy. Two days before his
only son had arrived from England as an ensign
in the same corps with his father, who was justly
proud of his commissioned son, a fine promising
lad, fresh from school, and from the quiet home
of his boyhood now all at once cast into the
arena of death. Could it be wondered at if his
young spirit quailed at the prospect before him,
when he compared it with all he had left behind
in his native land ? That night he had with-
drawn with his parent into the solitude of the
encampment, where I beheld that father and
that son, unseen by them, invoking the Father
of All at that midnight hour. The prayer of
the son was interrupted by many a sob ; his
father's low but earnest voice in vain whispered
consolation ; the youth felt awfully oppressed by
the sense of his new and startling position in
commencing his perilous career. Distinctly I
heard his young heart unfold all its latent appre-
hensions, and utter all its doubts and dismays,
and then he sobbed bitterly, casting himself on
the arms of his kneeling father, whose voice rose
louder as he appealed to Heaven to strengthen
and shield his boy in the hour of combat. Down
he turned his face on his son's and kissed him,
with a low whisper. To that son the glory of a
soldier's fame and a soldier's death appeared
vain and unenviable ; he wished to forsake his
dismal trade to pursue an humbler and unaspir-
ing course in the midst of civil life, and in the
absence of peril ; but the old soldier would not

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listen to these requests ; he did not chide or up-
braid his son, he knew that nature was strong,
and must hold her course uncontrolled. A long
silence ensued, the sobs of the youth became less
frequent, and at length both arose, the son with
a lighter and bolder heart, fortified by the spirit
which had regained the mastery, and by the
prayers which had not been unheard or un-
heeded. The father placed his arm round the
youth, and both walked leisurely away. The
son did his duty at Salamanca, his conduct was
especially noticed and applauded ; he behaved
like a young lion, and was in the thickest of the
death-storm till the close of day. The struggle
did not end till night came over the field, but then
this young hero's hour was come ; it came as he
was congratulated by a brother officer on the al-
most achieved SUCCENS of the day, when he fell
dead by a musket-shot. His poor father sought
him among the slain, and buried him in a lone
grave near the spot where they had prayed on
the previous night. From that hour that father
pined away ; he still did his duties well ; death
he vainly sought in every succeeding action ; at
last the spirit was vanquished, and he passed
away from amongst us, unscathed by mortal
weapon, but his heart pierced by one of those
unseen wounds which baffle mortal skill.—
United Service Journal.

In Bridgnorth market, on Saturday last, the
average of wheat was 10s. 6d. per bushel of 721 b. ; which,
on that day fortnight, was worth ls. 4d. to Is, 6d, per
bushel more.