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TIE DEAD uIISsAR

I'M DEAD HJSSAR
We never shall forget a visit VIC
made. While 10 Paris, one morning. Ia
the military hospital Of Grand Gallon.
near the famous hotel Of the invalide,.
After the distinguished surgeon, Baron
t'arrer. whose intimacy wilh and love
Tor Napoleon every one remembers.
mad gone through the different wards.
each soldier Of which. however sick.
tenaeionsiy retained his beloved mons.
fde.fS, ana twif,ed them in a more
comeIy shape as the baron approached
his bed, we passed with the eager. adj.
mitInS thrSDg who followed the foot.
steps oi the iilustriuus teacher, To cross
the court TO the dissecting room, TO see.
Is he remarked. wha, OF interest the
last twenty four hours had brouabt
forth; Tor every minute. almost is. preg.
nant with some Incident or event CC
Importance in this great capital. 4
corpse lay stretched upon the table. the
beautiful proportions of which. the fair
skin and the cslm and natural exnrc.
s'on OF whose manly features. smiling
even in death, excited the attention and
remark Of every beholder-stoical a.
medical men are wont TO be in such
places. The gracefully curling mus
,ach'os on the upper lip enabled u
Immediately TO recognise that he had
belonged 10 the army. lie was. We
learned, young hussar Of the royal
gard, who, on the previous evening. ia
II, OF dependency from Gisappuin,-
ed love. had, with the most deliberate
aud soldier like GOODNESS. fallen pur.
Posely. after the romantic custom of
ihc Romans. upon his own sword. I'm.
wiling longer. he said, tn live when
she, ior whom only lie wished tD exis..
ceased to smile upon hin. The mar.
'lai trump" the plumed hc!mer'-
the neigh Of the war horsr-no longer
had charms for him, whom the Idol of
MS heart had rejected in scorn. The
nope OF military giory-,hc din Of bat
tle-the death!ess crown Of victory
wIthered, faded, and shrunk into utter
worthiessness and insignilicance before
that object upon which he had fixed
the affections OF his heart. aud which
he worshippcd with all the absorbing
devotion aud ar,,ar of soldier. Alasi
what were life or death weighed i'm the
balance with her whom he nrizcJ be.
yond all earthly objects who occupied
every thought or emotion that memory
recalled from the past. or fancy paint.
eel upon The future: Call it insanity.
monomanls. or what YOU will. there l..
much as we may dcpreoate suicide.
something Supremacy noble and inspi.
ring IN this utter abandonment OF the
soul. this maddening intoxicaliun Of
passion, which can reckIessly surrcn
der life and all its cndearments at the
shrine Of beauty's image. Nor is il
less proof Of the divinity Of woman's
charms. that such precious oblstions
should be offered up in homage of that
aIl-nowerful Influence which she pos
sesses over the happiness Of the other
sex In these acts of desperate devo
tipn' we read the high pr,ce that man.
I"ih as he may sometimes be TO &C.
knowledge ~, places on TIE eonaneS,
OF her affections. We do not say. in
the instance before US, that the fair
cbarner who was the cause Of this mel.
ancbuly spectacle, vas not innocent;
Or That She had first encouraged. and
then unceremonIousiy spurned from
her, the sutton who had aspired 10 her
band. Bat i, isa lesson which ou sht
to teach others. who are endowed with
The destinations that she must have
bad. the danger Of tri1ing or sporting.
N ever so small degree. even with
ihe iron heart 0f man, which. ma,cu.
line and impcuetrab'e as it may seem
10 somc, Is often made up Of cords 90
sensitive and highly wrought that they
arc snapped asuuder, and forever bro
ken. by The slightest shock impressed
upon them " T. Star.