Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-01-31
Translated from tie German, for the Trisune3
i Trait Of Marat's Life.

On the borders OF wood, near New
Orleans, knocked. in the fal Of the year
1881, a hunter, on the door of u friendly
farmhouse, 10 ask for protection against
the raging storm. The guss,ly poria.
opened, aud the stranger was ushered
into a clean, bur plain furnished saloon
by an elderly woman. 1t was papered
with Partisan Autographs, which rrpre-
sented the most prominent, deeds Of
arms.
II, appears" said the stranger, ",ha,
q good s,ar guided me TO c0uutryueu Of
mine"
You are, without doubt, Frerchm11.
sir" sand the old lady,
Yes. indeed, madam-aul lha; 4 gen
uine Frenchman. l have even relations
in this saloon"
My son is in the garden. viii has
ten % call him. He wiu be glad 10 see
YOU"
Your son IS also Frenchman."
eyes, sir replied the old mother, af-
ter a Slight hesitation. He settled here
number OF years since, and thank
heaven, he rucs ii not THIS farmhouse
is his, and we 1--we unno,ced by the
world, and are happy" At this moment
the landlord stepped in. This gentle
man has shown Us the honor, SAID tie
mother, "to rest with Us for a moment.
and wait till the storm passes over. Hr
is one of ours he is Frenchman."
The landlord greeted him soIdierlke,
aad suffered few polite words. The
features Of The Stranger made an extra
ordinary impression upon hiH, auI lie
was 50 noved that he dld no, reply 10 his
questions. A last, collecting A!naell, h
he addressed hun:
Sir" SAID he, you will perhaps find
NY question i,npuient, but | feel myself
compelled to beg for your name. Your
features"
NV friend" replied the hua;sman,
that : the ouly question cannot answer.
| could, perhaps, deceive You, and tel
you an assumed name, bat / prefer TO be
silent. a person who bears my name,
does not understand how to utter false
hood. Nov. since | have refused 10 de-
nominate my name, | dare not ask for
your ).
The owner of the farn-hJuse smiled,
and gave 10 answer.
II, appears that you. also, have a rea-
son for secretIAg your i!uue, said The
hunter.
Yes, sir, the name which l assumed
in this country Is no; my Own. Nhat use
would it t 10 You II know Il! am
known here By ne name Of Claude Ge-
rard."
"Bes.des ;his." said the old lady, "the
gentleman need not think Iha; my son has
reason 10 blush about his fathers name ;
he has grounds which"
80 il happens to me exactly said the
hunler | :npart my name only to those
who deserve to hear II, and heuceforta |
hold you worthy Of this favor. | an
Achilles Murat am lie son Of the
King of Naples y Like lightning, struck
bv The mentioning Of this great name,
Claude Gerard and his mother fell with
their faces TO the ground.
The prince, now citizen Of the Uni
ted States, seeing them weeping, could
not understand This excess Of emotion
which seized them.
As soon as Claude Gerard recovered
his speech, he pointed 10 the wall where
the hkene1s of the k.a5 Of Naples hung
decorated with laurel ,wlgs, and said 10
the son. See here the p.cture Of your
glorious father; he IS the Lord and Sam,
of this house. Ouce | was doomed II
die, il was he who preserved my lie -
Upon the field Of honor e asked
Achilles NGura,.
"No-upon The field Of shame Ibad
irausgreSscd-m brain WAS on hTo-l