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/ legs he staggered 10 the curb stone. but
\ had qo strength 10 jump Oh 10 the side
walk, land teIl back faintinginto thetstfeet,
he rough opes HE pillow Of bis bleetipg
4 shoulder. 3P!Jor River! without a friend
( in the hoar3ot his sorest need rot j muir
4 mur, NHot u sigh escaped him + but that,
look is6 Helpless, hopeless. resigned. and
I forgfSiog, hNouid have gone 10 The heart
i,of thy uATdeter thy were be n asiiff Or
4 Bloodhound that dying look Of thine
would have Snbdued and made himla bet.
''sr dog II 2iy-master knew the plight
/ Of hissps1isl, he would shield thee 10 bis
! arms; vert lhon9 the pet Of some ifueut
boy, be would mingle bis teas aiththine;0
hadst thopfa mistress, thou, shonfdst die
in her lap lilo the Stranger, thou arl- no
thing bu.lau unfortunate ~helP.
THE FALE OF TIE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Ii was In st6e early paft OF the fifth cen.
fury that The mighty fabfic Of the Roman
Empire. which had been long totterlng
ia decay ,:fell finally and forever INTO rum
Their lalf extended possessions. which n
thad cost them ages 10. acquire we're in
she course oi a few lnsrumS Asna,ched
4rom them, one after another andApyerrpn
by barbarians, who trampled uader loot
all the institutions and impr1veme nis
which Roman greatness had lntfoduced
into their most dlstapC colonies The
Vandals came from the banks ofahe Elbe
and Vistuia. and passing through Gerna-
Fny, entered Gaul plunderipg. and destroy.
b.A q he hS
came from The banks Of lhe Dneister, The
ftBerysraetes snd mr. Bsns and dividing
in:o-t wo branches, the Osuogotbs spread
over Panpronia, whilst the pisigoths twice
ravaged Italy, sacked and plundered
Rome, aud penetrated even into Gaul
and Spain. The Franks and Niemanps
! came from tie Rhine, the Name, the
I Weser and The Elbe aud joined to swell
the toftent that inlundatedihe country Of
The Caesars. The ASaxoos came from be.
yond the Elber sed keeling CHE fy1on
The sea coast committed ravageS there
similar 10 those which other bafbArans
were busy With in the Interior. Lastly
the Hons, the fercesi 'oi alh came from
| the remote districts Of Northern Asia to
which the Greeks or Romans had nerer
penetrated, and having first attacked By
zaniium and the eastern division oEthe en-
pire, they then precipilate ted themselves On.
The west, under the conduct OF The famous
Attia. Fol upwards oil two hundredyears
all was confusion, bloodshed and darkness.
Not single nation was 10 be found II
Europe, whose rights or boundaries were
ascer;ained or established. The old order
OF things has been swept away al once;
and it Vas not lobe expected that 50 great
mass Of dscordant elements could I'M
nediately arrange themselves INTO a .har;
ddaious and appropriate disPosilisn. II
GsadualI9, however this began to 3D. the
case Much internal commollon s'ilE eX,
i,ted, but out ol chaotic mass, new and
distinct empires sprung up like Islands
rising in The ocean The Franks estab
lished !hemselvesIin Gaul; ihe Alenanns
became masters Of CermanyF theA Fl uns
contented themselves with Russi8 the
yi,isohs Disputed with The Mahotnetsns
from Afnca lie dominion of Spain and
the Saxons crossed over into Britain. and
formed ire political association known
BY ihe*name Of the Hsptarchy. What
ever difference there nigh be in other re
spects there were Two features which
gave. slI these. nations ageneral RESENT
blanceto each other, and increased the
probability Of mutual cooperation 10
wards the ultimate advancement Of civil
cation These were-thg leudal system.
and The christian religion. + both Of which
were now universally adopted, and mate
TialIy tended 70 soften ihe. bArsher char,
acteris,ics ofthe inns (F3Ffton.
n MrRAT.-on tie Ism OF oofober p
wears ago. Joachim MOr4tt Tor attempting
4to TeIssia,e himself on The throne o; Ma
tples, was tried BY Court Martial, and Ahot.
Murst wassof humble origin--the. sdn Of
pastry cook-and was born in III Il
All al very early age, be isl said 70 have
4 been fine horseman, and fond Of militia.
y r. exercises; and, therefore. i Is not
strange that lie escaped from a conYent
where he had been placed 10 sady the3l-
oky. and enlisted 10 a regiment OF dra'
goons. His merit soon raised him tTom
he ranks, and he BEGAN one OF the most
ldaring and heroic cavalry afficers thatIe ever
Fslrode a charger. Noinipg could WITH
\ stand the fuEiobs imPeiuosa'y with whlch
be, with bis hosts. came down, Ike .
l,bnnderboIt unon the foe. Napoleon
Ma sister H. welded. and under whom
The achieved on the battle 6eldlso many
.lbrilI;an, expIoits.-cteased him Grand
Duke or Berg and Cleves. 10 1906 IL
1909 on he elevation Of Joseph 10 th,
throne Of Spain. The Emperor transferred
. The crown Of Naples 10 Murat--and thu
) deprived himself Of one Of his most Chi
! vaitous and efficient lieuienaats, BY rails
ing him 10 station for which he Wss 4