The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-05-24

CNCiN SlliEStl o"SS ullllSSi ~ HIS COUNTRY,
she calls upon thee,-obcyl Thou art
going to he a soldier; from that moment
thy lie is longer thine own, it is thy coun
try'S. Ii her interests demand it, do not
hesitate To expose it. Ii it should be
Gods will that thou shouldst die before
me, should mourn thee with the bitter
est anguish of my soul; but | should say:
The Lord gave and the Lord halh taken a
way, blessed hc the name OF the Lord y
o. have often treasured up the word OF
this holy woman. DO thy duty, she
said, n soldiers duty is to obey ALWAYS
and evervwhere;' always and everywhere
have obeyed. Furthermore, it consists
in cncountcring peril, without hesitation,
without reflection; this also have done.
Those who saw me thus needless of the
euemy'S fire said, There is brave fellow
With more reason might they have cX-
claimed, There is man who loves his
mother"
"One day 4 letter reached me, inform.
ing me that poor mother was i'll. wish
ed to 60 to see her; asked for leave, it
was refused. remembered her last words:
If thou lowest me do thy dutyn did
not murmur. Shortly after, heard that
she WAS dead. Oh then | lost all COM
manl over myself At all hazards re-
garaIess of all consequences / wished to
return home. Whence came this lively
and irresistible desire once again to be-
hold the spot where my mother had just
Jrcathed her last! will confess it to YOU.
and as you have mother, as you love
hnr & hn .l,,
stand me.
We, peasants of Morvan, are sim
pie and credulous people; we have Meth
er the instruction nor the enlightenment
which, they have in towns, but we have
Our beliefs, which the town people call our
supcrstitions. What signifies the term?
Be they superstition, or beliefs, we have
them; and able, indeed, would he be who
could eradicate them from our minds
You must know that one of the beliefs
which has the greatest hold on us, is that
which attributes to the first flower which
blows on a grave, n virtue which beStows
Oh him who plucks it the certainty of
never forgetting the dea |, and of never
being forgotten by them. With such a
dear and delightful belief, death is be.
reFt of its terrors; for death without ohliv.
ion is but calm sleep; it is only repose
after long fatgues.
81 longed to see this flower spring up,
longcd to pluck it. started off After ten
days long and pair tul travel arrived at my
mothers grave. :, nc earth seemed to have
been recently turned; no flower had sprung
up waited six weeks, when, at the dawn
OF beautiful day little flower of IN az
ure blue expanded 10 my longing eyes. 1t
WIS one Of those flowers to which towns
people give the name Of mynosots; and
which We in tho country call Forget-me-not
In plucking ii, shed tears of JOY, for | b.
heved 1t to lie the soul of my mother, who
feeling that WAS beside her grave, returned
to me in the form Of this fiowret.
No ties retained me at home, for my faith
er had soon followed my mother to the grave
having plncked my precious flower " hal
could Want! | remembered my mothers
council: Do Thy duty" | sought ought the
gendarlncs and said 4 am desertcr. arrest
mer"
Now, | am going to die; and If, rs you
have assured me, have in you n friend, |
shaI! die without regret, for YOU will render
me.the service which expect at your hands.
This tlowrct which | went to pluck on
her grave at the ieril of my life, is here in
in this locket which wear next TO nv heart
Promise he 10 see that it is there, in nv
grave. 1t is the bond which unitcs me TO
my mother; and did fear that it would be
broken. should die without courage. Say;
will you promise to DO me what ask? :"
81 promise"
ooh, give me your hand that may press
it on my heart! You are so kind to me.
love YOU and if God in His omnipotence
were to restore me my life, would devote
it to you alone"
They parted. The next morning, Pierre
fitois was led to the place of execution;
and just as the fatal sentence had been read,
suppressed murmurs, then loud cries, ran
through the crowd-"The Emperor!
1t is the Emperor! Long live the En-
peror E"
He appeared, dismounted from his horse.
and with mis- his short, quick step, walked
straight up to the prisoner:
"Picrre," he said. Pierre looked ot him.
ne seemed rs though he were going to
speak but he vas struck with an indescri.
babIe stupor.
"Pierre," continued the Emperor, "rocol-
lect the words thou ddst speak last night;
God does restore thee thy life; ; devote it not
to me, hut to France She is also a good
and worthy mother! Love her as thou hast
loved the other"
lie was gone; and the enthusiastic accIa-
nations of affection rent the air.
A few years afterwards, Pierre. then n
Captain in the old guard, fell in the battle Of
Waterloo and though mortally wounded,
still found strength to cry out in a firm
voice, "Vive lEmpereur! Vive Ia France, ,
Vive ma merep
THREE DOLLAR GOLD PIEcEs--We saw
this morning in the hands of Mr.. DeMartin.
OF Harden's Express, one nf the new tbree