New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-11


flavor of wickedness to which IL owes much OF its
pungency, does not suddenly evsporate on change
of form, Here is one of his malicious sketches, IN
which he gives a caricature of English manners.
II is now eight years since journeyed TO London
there to study the language and the people may Sne
devil take the language and the people In the paisn
They take mouthful Of monosyllabies chew mem,
crush Them and spit them out agair and they ear t
speaking Luckily they are by nature rather s ,Sn
and although with mouth agape, they stare AZ one o
spare you long conversations But Woo 20 made the
grand tour ana has studied French on IN practice
the kEowIedSe thus eeGuIred he overwhelms YOU with
questions every imaginable SUBJECT ~ unon Won
with another he it in regard your age our Gnes
or the length of your stay Sn" entertained you
Partisan friend of was not far atu ,S Bregn
said that the English learn their re a. however most
use M able when they carve their colossal o wand
and with most serious mGn Ss oast mutton are all they
have that is good Heaven preserve Nr3 Annr and
from their sauces when cO3asy desire TO vary the mix
tnre Of one-third butter and twothirds nou[i
% thew SIMPLY put in water and then bring 70 me
NILE inst ms God created them. Yet even more terTloe
snsn Ss that follow when the cloth has
Seen removed and the ladies have lett inc
49, for they believe that they can thus
best requte themselves for the absence OF the fair sex
/ saw the fair SEX for the English women deserve the
title They pretty. pale slender creatures But tne
excessive distance between nose and mouth when Is
often during my stay In England rendered some Oh Ie
prettest faces dspeasing to me inns deviation ny I
when the English here In Italy, ana note tne CON
rast between their scantypropor9ned noses WIN tho
mouth and the faces of the Italians, whose features
possess OF antique regularity ana whoso nosos,
not unfrequently too elongated The German traveller
was quite correct in remarkng that the English, whe9
moving among Italians, resemble statues, the ehds OF
whose noses had been broken on.
Heines principal forte as prose writer was, after
all his power of description, which was always
marked by wonderful fidelity to details in spite OF
the irony with which it was seasoned. Among other
good stories we have one OF soldier OF the ola I'M
perial guard.
NV neirhbor. the old Grenadier, is seated at his
trcsbod today lost IN meditation. AT times lie begins
one of his Old Bonapartst songs but emotion chokes his
tS ia felog has been weeping He was at Francons
last night and, while there witnessed the Date O aus
tertz lie explained the faults of the play To me Ior ne
ms fingers froze fast to his musketwhle at FranGOns
on the other hand the heat tnsupportaDe he was
wen pleased with the powdersmOke ana als0 WIN tne
smell OF the horses although he insisted that the cavalry
at Austerhtz had not had such wel'GTooineu fIaSs'
The pOwder-smOke at Franconts was as the ola man
said excellent and affected MS chest so penenSaS aS
asked him. THE Emperor" answered the old man,
bi orsv carat ana his little three-cornered hat and my
heart thrObbed in my breast All the Emperor" the
old fellow added, God knows how mucn love MN.
During life have often gone through fire Tor him. ana
after death shall have 10 20 through hre lOr nun
! again"
the last words IN gloomy, mysterlos tOue, a hH
frequently heard him that he expected TO 80 10 ell
bis frdngt words he told me the following story
AT the time that Napoleon caused Pope Plus VII 10
be removed from Rome aud carried to SayOna bcOu De-
oDgcd TO company OF grenaders WHO weIG PlGeo a.
guard him. The Pope was, NJ hrS accorded many
privileges without hnderance he could leave his apart
nens at any hour and repair 10 tue chapel OF the CASTLE
where lie read the daily When on such occasions,
were on guard. he would bless them But one morning
the grenadiers received positive orders 70 wach te
/ ito
! him from going through the great nall AS ll-iqck
would have It, the execution OF TINS order ie 70 the 9t
OF RcOu, who being Breton, was, OF course an arch
catholic and regarded the captive Pope as the ycefSy
of Christ Poor RicOu standing guard before the
apartment of the Pope when the latter, according TO his
% me mass i'm the castle ehape Ricou however ad-
vanced declared that nc had received orders not TO
allow the Holy Father to pass. Several priests VINO
soul, explain the sacrlege and sin he was COM
hitting and the deep damnaton he would draw
upon his head by preventing the Pope from reading
mass All was in vain RicOu remained firm always
fell back upon the lmpOssibity OF dlsoDeyng orders,
aud When despite this the Pope attempted to advance,
he cried out, boldly: "Au nom de PBmpere,T" and,
with 6ayonet presented, forced the Pope to retreat.
After a few days the harsh order was revoked and the
Pope again permitted to pas th s sc SIe a
Rcou whom he tegaIded WIN Sace 4i
and upon whom he always turned ms BACK when ne eH
nave acted Otherwise the old dnJaiide added when he
mad told me the story Il could not have acted other
wise; had my orders. and il my duty to obey the
Emperor. May God forgive me! But at ms command,
would have my bayonet through the body OF the
Lord bimselfw | assured the poor fellow that the En-
peror was answerable for all the sins Of the Grdde
lee but that this would njuTe him but little, there
was not a devil in hell who would dare lay hands upon
Napoleon. The old man gladly approved Of my words,
and with vOlube enthusiasm, began to tell me OF the
spleudor OF the Empire and of the imperial times whom
ali was houTlshiug aud flowing With gold, while now the
whole world seemed faded and withered.
The lazy reader of Summers day, while watch
ing the breaking waves on the sea-shore, or
stretched at length in the cool of shade-ree, may
find amusement, and even something better, in each
lint tIair M In
outlast the season of tropical heats.