Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-03-28
BATH, THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1889.

fore she had gazed on the brilliant ranks
of the contending armies, was now occu-
pied by the dead or dying. Occasionally
a wounded horse dashed wildly among the
the heaps of wounded. There were par
ty employed in stripping theldead-at her ap-
proach they looked up, and for Il moment
snperstitious dread crossed their minds,
Her white dress made them suppose her a
ghost, and when convinced oftheir mis-
take, they let her pass unmoes,ed, obsery-
ing with an oath that she was soaking per-
haps foi her lover. Helen passed on As she
approached the spot described by Grant,
she examined earnestly the faces of the
dead She was alraos! beginning TO des-
pair, when from beneath heap of slain,
an outstreatched arm caught her attention.
On one Of the fingers was ring, one of
her first gifts to him. With trembling
hands she put down the small lantern she
had brought, and removed the slain Ii
was indeed her husband who lay there;
and long fit Of weeping relieved her; she
raised him, and the head fell back upon
her shoulders. Approaching footsteps alar-
med her; they were two men of her hus-
bands regiment. One Of them explained
that they had followed her at Mr.. Grants
desire. Between them was the hody Of
Cant Leslie borne into the inn of Mont
St. Jean.
A surgeon was Their dressing the wound
of mr. Grant, and bis immediate attention
was given to Leslie. Helen stood with
her hush and's hand clasped in hers, with
ealmness which was more affecting than
! than the most violent agitation could have
been. Bruised as Leslie was, there was
no wound to be found. The surgeon pia-
ced glass before his lips-then exclaimed
with a interest he had not often felt.-"He
still lives"
The effects of Joy is often more acute
than that Of grief. Helen gazed moment
wildly round, then sank on the floor in a
state OF insensiolity. Hours passed before
! she recovered consciousness. When she
did, she found that it was not dream.
Leslie still lived. The shot which had
struck him down was found imbedded in
the Bible which he had but moment be-
fore thrust into the breast of his
coat. But had it not been for the timely
assistance of his wife, he must have per-
ished. He was saved almost by miracle
from being crushed to death; fortunately
however, the spot on which he fell was
hollow, and he is still alive.
The incidents Of this sketch are strictly
true. Those who have visited-----
must have seen the small Bible, which Is
regarded by the family with feelings oftho
deepest yeneratien 1t is still kept under
case, and will for ever perpetuate the
heroism Of the soldiers bride at Waterloo.
Robert on the Dome Of 81. Peters, at
Rome.-Transated from f" Memories de
Madame dc la Duchesse 4 Adrantes." One
must have nerves of steel to read without
trembling, this account OF Roberts perilous
enterprise. Robert was an enthusiastic
young painter, pupil of the French Ac-
adeny, sent to Rome to study the trescoes.
Robert was one day at St. Peters The
silent and religious quiet ofthat vast edlfce
was Interrupted only by the footsteps of a
few casual visitors. Robert cast on all
sides his look Of ardent enthusiasm in search
of new wonders. On a sudden he saw
rope descend from an opening at the top OF
the grand cupoa; a. workman having APP
preached, fastened TO il bucket OF water,
and it again assembled. The roof was out OF
repair, and some masons were at work upon
it This gave him the idea of descending the
cupola. II was curious" said he, to ex-
anime as closely as possible the injury done
to this colossus of mordern architecture,
which, shooting up towards heaven, seems
contemptuously to say to the ruined monu-
ments around it'll an eternal. Its pride
seemed to me much lowered. That rope,
that bucket, and that solitary workman,
struck me as contemplate" He assembled
the dome.
On his arrival at the summit, was struck
with admiration and wonder at the mag
nificent prospect before him. 1t was spl-
ended and living panorama, lighted by sun
beams so different from those ofevery other
country, covering nature with bright and
glorious vail Of beautiful colors which float
over the buildings. trees and land Of Italy
alone. He then looked more nearly around
him. and perceived a few workmen repair
ing some slight damage done to the roofof
dome. To obtain water with greater ease,
they had placed across the opening of the
cupola two long planks tied together; over
them a rope was thrown, which descended
into the church. Those planhs might be
two feet and half in width, and as the APP
paratus was intended merely TO support a
bucket of water, no one cared whether 1t
wou,d or would not supper. a greater