The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-11-16

tnouSnI not OF MIN. LII Is singular Una
while the latter died young, without hav
Ii ing obtained the renown he sought, an,
the former ended a long lifei eomparativ,
poverty, it was reserved for their neglected
child to make Europe ring with his fame
and to amass an enormous fortune.
When Charles-Maurice had entered hi
eighth year, it happened that his father.
youngest brother, 1.-THE Captain of a ship-of
war, and Knight of Malta, returned from
a distant expedition. After greeting the
elder members of his family, he inquired
for his little nephews, and felt both shock
ed and surprised at their parents indiffer
ence towards them. 1t was the depth O
winter; the ground was covered with snow
the roads were difficult and dangerous;bu
the warm-hearted sailor braved all obsta
cles, and set out on horseback to visit his
little relatives. 1t was late in the after
noon when he approached the village, and
he bethought of inquiring the way to the
house Of Nurse Rigant. Looking round
he saw on the hill pale, thin child, with
long fair hair flowing on his shoulders; he
was busy setting bird-trap on the snow.
The Captain called him; and as the lit
tie fellow approached, the kind sailor saw
with pain that he was lame, and leant for
support on small crutch
'Hollo! my boy; can you tell we where
Dame Rigant livcs?' "
Certainly said the child, smiling. Il
will show you the way on one condition.
Come, then, make haste, my lad; I'll
| pay you handsomely for your guidance,
Nonsense replied the child, red
dcning: my condition is, that you will let
me ride on your horse to nurses door. /
don't want your money
Mount then my boy said the Captain
reaching down his hand, and watching
with surprise the agility with which the
child, crlpple as he was, managed 10 climb
on the tall saddle. i, 4. r...,.... ........
Holding his little guide carefully before
him, the Captain reached the house of
Dame Rigant. He told the child to hold
his horse for a moment, and entered the
the door: nurse came to meet him. What
passed between them? Probably nothing
very amicablc; for the yonng listener out
side could distinguish sound of weeping
feminine lamentations overbornc by loud
masculine reprimands. Suddenly the sail
or rushed out, seized the shivering boy
raised him, and held him closely embraced
with one arm, while with the other he
made good use of his whip in keeping off
Nurse Rigant, who wanted to regain pos
session of her darling Chariot 1t was
the work of a moment to mount his horse, |
and with the child before him, to retrace
his steps, without permitting the perfdious
nurse even to say adieu to Der charge,
As they rode on, little Charles Maurice
learned that his captor was his uncle, an
honest sailor, who, in transport of indig-
nation against the woman to whose negh
ligence his nephew owed a lifelong lame
ness, would not have him moment longer
beneath her roof In his anxiety about the
heir of his house, he totally forgot his
brothers younger son, who accordingly re-
mained with the nurse. 54-.4 A-fn
From the first town where he stopped,
he wrote to his brothers to announce what
he had done; and on arriving in Paris, he
learned that the Count de Talleyrand was
with the army in Flanders, and that the
Countess was in attendance on the Queen
at Versailles However, she had provided
, person to take charge of her son, and
placed him in the college of Louis -le- Grand.
The Captain had intended to take him on
BOARD his vessel--the st. Joseph-and
oring him up to the naval profession; but ;
lis lameness rendering this impracticable,
he kind sailor took leave af his poor de- /
serted little nephew, and set out for Toul- [
IN. A few months afterwards his vessel {
vas shipwrecked, and he and all the
,rew perish. Had Charles Maurice been {
/ fine stout boy, his history would have n
ermmated here; but Providence reserved i
he poor lame child for an illustrious des-
my. ,.a ,.rl.. S
At college, the boy distinguished him /
elf by his talents and application, carrying
IF the first prizes, and rising rapidly to- $
Yards the upper classes. Yet his life was
,ut sad one: few indulgences, and no ]
-acations passed at home, fell to his lot. Il
lis mother rarely visited him, and when g,
he did, she came accompanied bya cele- {
,rated surgeon, who examined his lame +
eg, bandaged it tightly, dragged it, can S
erised the nerve, and put the child to such +
orttlrc, that he dreaded nothing so much j
S summons to the parlcr to meet his
mother. sah.2 Ae'. {
sYears passed on: his father died, and G
Charles Maurice found himself Court de b
and head Of that branch of his Q
amily. His brother Archmanbauld had /,
aft the abode of Nurse Rigant with better .
ortune than himself; for he had e capped Q
ccidents, and his limbs were straight and Q
4 On the day that Charles a
daurice had successfully completed his o