Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-30
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-. ,"'.Wbhy, your Majesty exclaimed
Paullagghing, 81 fancy that is as much

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you were good enough to give me credit
for" l'.'' 7@l''is5 2l1l1 oii379oms1 shj sn
"a WHAT" exclaimed Mayer conf
founded, astounded. IT was your Ma
jesty2 'I-I-I---e' - '''s'Ia9 ST; ~
1t was Lieutenant Bonaparte, said
/ Napoleon, smiling, to whom you
would, but for your good-nathred little
daughter, have refused credit nF77 q Y9Ss
"What your Majesty wore my boots
on your first campaignt II enjoyed the
honor !" began Mayer.a@.4I-am almost
lost in amazement'Is That. young man
who accompanied Paul, and who talked
of taking boots from dead Austrian
was-To think of the Emperor Ma
poleon making his first campaign in
deadTp Gossack's ugly 'shoessi' si'lisOh,
Raterina, what an IeyeQyou shaye4got
Your Majesty I,implore You, VII I'll allow
me TOTO" -
,,"To, call yourself bootmaker to his
Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, said tie
ex-Lieutenant of artillery, smiling. .'-SFoE
n"0h, your Majestys9 Fam ovsrwheln-
! ed.'' --- .sii4IseuA
sa"Very well, Raul;ib shalls sign the
contract of marriage betweenssy yeuxseE
and .Clelia. 2suidz!Jdlsgs 10 alsi Al sasgr
"Clella! ]! cried Paul. .f1o5sj.I ,saH 81
at appears so. And now, Paul, run
away, send Gaulincourt to me, and d6nPt
be carried away by the women to negl'
lect your ddty."sauoI o. a1.sa2x1Tw5
/ e Paul, Katerina and Mayer went out,l
afteragainsexpressing their thanks, and
adjourned to the apartments of the Com.
mander,in- Chief, where, again, at full
7 length, and over a, dinner, they talked :
+, over the past. Mayer was lost in s9edc?9i ec?9
/ stacies at having furnished the r'fatafe
! Emperor and his friend, on credit, ,i~ithh
boots; but this delight was saSdfttles b
/ abated when Paul Insisted onIMayer,
: the epoch of his marriageuwithEK Katsripa, =:
shutting up shop and retiring from. bpsirs
ness, The sgsad German man {, gg,rpmbled esl, s9-
/ cessiyelyii but a smile from Katerins.
soon set aside all his scruples, while the
|. old man himself Smiled grimly alta
thought which illuminated iBisl bfaihd
suddenly. 'a~a1I1sT~
"A month later, Napoleon bsiag'ab6nt
to leave Paris, the marfiagsitookgplaced
and Katerina became a Generals wifeao
Paulsathornugk soldien a phrayesa4d
| noblss characfer-rose0din bhis1oprofss7,
sion even higher, and proved "a, good
husband andFan excflleut father, Neither
henor his, wife ever changed their priin5,
ciples, serving Napoleon only from the.
| CONVICTION that, after the Revolution and
i the Coalition his reign was infispefisa
Il BE. When he died, they remaineP
Il faithful to his memory, and refused it6o
i serve the Bourbons! vsi sly53 Oiao zHT
oitAIofew months afterItheg marriage off
i Paul and Katerina, theu grimgsmile
Mayer wasY explained. The -ex- shoe
maker hadretired0 from business, as be-,
promised, and had purchased a cottage,
on the road to St, Cloud. One day
4 Pauloend Katerina, in, an, open, carriage,
1 with the Emperor and the Empress
Josephine, stopped to speak with him a,
I moment, as he. stood smoking bis pipe
!. on little, eminence, overlooking the
4 road. Paul and Katerina bfushed iidpl
to the eyes, and looked confounded and
confused, but both Napoleon and Josses-2
i phinei laughed iheartilysf1sg al aazHT
4 On large brass plate aonH the Noofi
Il Was engraved :sstLsbpold iMayef, tIdses
Shoemaksrto His Majesty the Emperor
Napoleon."ad PAL .aSazIA a zoAozO
i 4oA,W WISE REMARK, I'd" Having in NY
l youth,''iI says. aneelebrated, Persian,
!, writer, g |" notions of severe piety, LusedI
to rise in the night to watch. pray, and
to read the Koran. One night, whilst
i deeply. engaged in these EXERCISES, a
man Of practical. virtue awoke whilst I
was was reading sBthofd,s said Il to Him.
i THY other children are lost IN irrreeIf.'
i gious slumber, whilst ! alone hawakelso
i praise Cod Son of my sont,' he ans
swered, sit SIS better to sleepathanTto
wake to remark the faults of thy brsthe
fen.i"J OF syOGfsr OF emit sifI 3g ssiE
| AMONG betopassengers slnt'a bstagge
coach was a little gentleman YhoI had
possibly seen five summers. The coach
being quite full, he sat in the. lap of an
other passenger. While on. the way
something was said about pickpock cts,
and soon the conversation became GEN
eral on that interesting subject: The
gentleman who was then. holding our
young friend, remarked :" My fine feH
low, how easy 1 could pick your Pock-
et.'' "No, you could Mt" replied he,
s"Is've been looking out for you all the
time !"'i q -,D7a5tia5iii g -7taoJ i9iI;sid
al 70 gEs---- : - rs ssv 81 SO
IA DRUNKEN Englishman, Ssaid ,sto
Judge Ledwith, of New York, tue other
day . "Yourl honor, I'm maanoblemansin
disguise.' rsSuI perceive, - 3srephedsthe
Judge ;aT You ire disguised, i'm liquor,
and as drunk as a1ord. "s>ald 1sJos1sds
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