The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-05-04

| tiAAc Hdu COniFiftu 10 iuugtuS ull scH lh
love, aud to make oil sorts of weighiy vows
OF fidelity to a pretty litIle cousin of my
| own, who had reached her fifteenth year.
Well, | was drawn for the wars, as ! SAID
and, though man enough TO be soldier,
va. child enough 10 cry, with great earnes.
ness aud sincerity, when | come 10 part
with my pretty cousin Marie. We had no
help for II, however, so we promised 10 be
faithful as never Two were before, aud we
separated.
The emperor continued Jacques, touch
'ng his hat as At his living master had been
before him 10 receive the salute)-the EN-
peror was at thsttlme lighting oil the world,
and beating al the world, aud followed
inn for many long day, without ever see.
i ing home, aud without ever hearing a word
trom home that could he depended on
f Through all Italy and Germany | followed
the heels Of my master, liking the occuPa.
+ ton very veil after ! had once got accUs.
toned TO it. The thing that kept US CON
Portable, SIR, was, that We never had any
fears of being beaten while the empe Or
was with US. But though not beaten, one
can be wounded and so II was wllh me,
sometime before the emperor entered Der
lin. | did not 60 into hospital, however,
blt preferred going about With my com.
raGes, concealing my hurt, though suffer.
ed much; but 10 Potsdam all this sort Of
work cane TO an end. was quarlerod in
the town; ard when the emperor moved
on and entered Berlin, | VAS unable TO FOL
low. My Hound-it was 10 The arm, III,
became SO bad that could not move
but ! had fallen into good hands.
The house in which | was lodged GER.
taluy promised little 10 appearance. Ii
as the humble home Of poor woman,
aho, as The widow OF russ,an sergeant,
received small pension, upon winch she
aud her daughter subsls!ed. The widow
vas aged and feeble, aud when vas laid
en sick bad in the house, poor Bertha
had two coUches TO attend. But she Was
born 10 DO kindness she vas the best OF
nurses. iou have had lIlIie experience
Of that, SIR, continued Jacques, interrupt
ing his story to address me. uodded as.
sent, and be vent on. :" ! had no, precisely
forgot Mare by this tine, sir, tEuu.h con
slant employ ment and ebseGce had certain
y done something TO blnish her from my
thoughts. She might nave been dead long
stuee, too, for suah, | knew. Hence It
vas, that there VAS httie 10 stand out
against the Impression that Berthas good
looks and kind nursing we're calculated to
make upon ne. Hosever never told her
that loved Der, though | believe she saw
II. Nor did she ever tyIi ne, N her pretty
broken French, that she loved me but
confess tha! though, she DID. Blu, all
this came TO crisis. recovered the
use OF my arm, and was obliged TO move
on to Berlin. With tears IN our eyes,
Bertha and parted by the side Of her poor
sick mothers couch and With some con.
satescent Companions Who had bren lett al
Potsdam 9Th ire, mounted baggage
wagon for Berl0.
We bad yet some Of our companions left
al Potsdam IN a bad state. The circum.
slabce had an impoHsn, effect az regarded
ne. Three or four days after had reach
ed Berlin one OF IT. 9. Iyshds came % with
Us, and soon aft ought the out. | have
a token for you, sni he gave me lock OF
Ualr, hich | soon saw TO be Bortha's. a
glr came and gave me this ior you cou. .
tInued my comrade, and babe me tell YOU
her mother was dead. THIS information
produced strong eGec, upon me Bertha
vas aoH alone the word she rad no one .
10 protect or csre for her; her rothef's pen
sion would cesse shat would become Of
her These questions, Which esked my. (
sell threw ne 70 a state o. 'nry2nssible sgi.
tatlon and hasI'y 10 be b'irf, sr, mounted
my horse tlor had been early transferred
from foot 10 dragJoa regiment aud
to maze my way back to Pots
dam. | gay conriyed for, had my puf.
pose been known, should have been pre-
r1os' assr,edly. But | did make
ny say 10 Pot-dam and Vhen returned 4
Il was with Bertha, my wife, as had made
her, behind re. Il
had been too long away on this occa.
son Tor NY absence to pass uuuotced. r.
act, vas I'uruedla,ciy siozpJ and thrown {
nto confinement as an intending or actual {
ieserier What, then, did my poor Der.
"a d. sir2 She had the courage to % 70 =
he Little Corporal himself; she found &c. {
,ess to him; she throw herself 81 his feet, r
md told all that had done--ou Of graft. {
ode, she said for her care Of me. And /
H. continued Jacques, again touching his /
1T IT the mention of hls ner9's name he, d
no hsd then ca bis hands the alI'iirs Of q
pPres, tie cordascended 70 listen 10 her ;
TO haar the ~ho,e story Of his poor spl. q
Ter. He sent her away wt,h1ut positive
asseT; and though he spoke IN a kindly p
'ay, poor Bertha VAS dreadluliy frightened !,
'u' on tha, same evening The enporor's .
wn surgeon came 70 examine my arm, md C
ext day received my discharge, with Il
enson. =
IL the hurry and excitement Of my feel. c
lgs throughout this matter entirely for Al
OF poor Mare but a. returned slowly Il
nv native village st'h Bertha, YOU ma "
2 sure that thought Of IHde else, and BE- d
40 to look on myself as something Of a "a
,gcal. dare say Bertha then feared thai
~ had "a. a suIIy baroaIu uc me foy ma a.