Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-03-12

ON ali s;J,. h,. n,cr,,Lclroin,, rr,nhcr. and
b,tr,yc1 Il, lis AVN og;rcrs his s,;rit was
,r,n4rd +, a mitch nc cncrrv eurh ns bc bod
nnycr L,G,r, ryLihitnJ Tbc enthusiasm or
the old da,, Of Indi hridrc and \rcnlo :
m,,-h,. or,, marc stirred hi. .nu1 and tbo
m,r,rls Of thr 1,,li,n r,,n,ni,,n ,rrc rr,.
dncrd ON lar-cr scale and hIoodicr folds.
The rapility of his moycmcnts. the ron,nn-
mate skin Of his combinations. and thc tcrri
Gc energy with which hr dealt his blows. :,
hrwihlrrcd and ar,ulIod hi, foes. that the
allie. u,mod him ihc ro,l-thnus,nd-mcn
m.,,--tL,t h,in,, tL. ,,ur,hrr or soldiers f.,
which they considered him alone +, be coual
In their uanmu,rc. and marches. the ar.
mic. sometime, came 81, near the hamlet in
which lludclt lived. that the roar Of the bat
tie would often make the windows rattle.
Those Ncr, cycitiug times for farmers They
would uuit their work. Gather round in
groups. and talk over the battles in which
thcv had fought under the little corporal. ~
they delighted to call the Emperor.
and as dav after dav fresh accounts came
Of his wonderful nchici cmcnts. the old dmilita-
nv fire wa, aroused. and they talked of form
ing a company and marching to his camr.
But one evening sad news rn,nc-Nlnrmnnt
had surrendered pnri, and thcy now kncw
that the little cornorll'4 doom was closing
around him. tie could ha,, oycrthrowu
hostile world in arms. but how r,ul1 he deal
with domestic trcarhrrv
one evening. after fine knot of noiohbnr.
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After rdridlv'survcvinc the room. Naro
leon -toprod to Pauluc'S id" and g"utly
rinching her check, asked If she remcm
hcred him. and without waiting for an IN
7wor, tlld--
" tindelt haH usd vou we'll, J hope.
Your cousin has done finely, but haH not
married a marshal IT Have You married
4 peasant
Pauline hlushed and exchanged glance OF
embarrassment with Pierre.
Napoleon at once detected thu manocuyrc,
aud again pinching Pauline check said
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have their roots in Your heart Had the
world known Of your choice fow months
sincc, it would have exclaimed How
foolish what insanity But yon were
wi,". Iludct. the independent farmer is
hettar on tonight than Napoleon. tho he
try'd Emperor.
Then folding his arms across orcdst he
strodo imlationtly across the room.
IN short time IIudrlt returned and
spoke in ~ low voice to his commander. who
slid " Very good. " Iiud"lt then went aud
spoke To- the officer iuuu%ing on the IRA. 3,
wHo immediately >irang M and followed
him to the best room in til" house. whore
hH"tliul rustic rrl@st WIS spread, "i which
III" Emperor was already Mrtaking. Not
word was spoken for several minutes. At
last Napoleon abruptly said-
" Nou are iortunai" man. iIudolt. Nr-
cId"nt prevented battl" in this nci@hb'r-
hood else Your farm would lmy" ho"n
spoiled for year. your orchard and crop.
/ destroyed. and perhaps all your lives sacri-
feed Part Of my force j. not very long
march from Your door now. and the enemy
i, everywhere. ! have been rccunnoiterinC
round YOU. hut You may re,t in peace; no
/ shot will bc fired here it would he useless
| waste Of life. ! have been BETRAYED. The
/ rrla,t is oplurtuu'. for we have had but