The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-16
GAMBE1TA AND HIS MOTHER.
WHERE GEN MfCMdHON,S OPPONENT
LEARNED MS POLIIICS.
Tho hoy who was Brought Up on II Ncwspn-
How Leon Kan Away from Home.

| H'nfcfnnt BtsfIcusure
How Leon Kan Away from Home.
Soon after the opening OF the Languedoc
Canal. the Gambetti established Gcnocsc
Bazaar in the town Of Cahors. The link of SYM
patty between the town and Paris was tho
National newspaper. founded in 1927 by NM
Theirs and Armand Carrall. II was taken ut
the Bazaar and eagerly read by the young wife
Of the head OF the establishment. Their chill
dren grew up instilled with the doctrines an
nOunced aud debated In the journal. The first
Of the boys TO seek wife In France was Leon
Gambctta's father. who was also the last TO carry
on the old business. His bride belonged to a
large family. had been orphaned in infancy.
and had been reared 10y an elder sister Upon
settling at the Bazaar she soon evinced quite AN
absorbing passion for the Nd'ional and after
Icons birth tOct. 30. 1889 she used 1t in teach
ing him how to read.
A. "a boy Leon was self-willed. frank. bolster
ousiy mrthiul. and much given to breaking
loose from the patcrnal restraint at the Bnntr
and rambling about the old town. When these
ramblcs were forbidden. as happened very fire.
lucntly. he sought his mother and begged her
toread again and again the speeches Of Theirs
and Guiaot in the National. In his seventh
year he was sent to the Jesus' preparatory
school at MonfaucOn. the father being per
suaded that Leon was filling his head with
frothy orations when he should be learning az
counts ana writing. Loon was u diligcnt pupil ;
his copies were Of remarkable neatnoss. and
the priests were proud of him. At first they did
not attempt to suppress his readings nor find
fault when he detained TO the other children
the speeches and leading articles published in
the favorite paper OF his family. During the
exciting months " 1s4s. Mime. Gnmhetia re-
warded her son when he had won good marks
by smuggling into the seminary the papers re-
Al Its Ia "a
d"rlhim The incendiary articles unchecked by
the priests.
Bat when Louis Napoleon became President
young Gnmbeita was taken To task for his re-
puhlicHnIsm. He was scpldcd. locked up and
severely punished: worst Of ALL his fayoriie
Ndt0Hd' was coniscated. Learning OF this.
his mother cut the most remnrkablc speeches
from me paper ana surrepiitiqusly sent them
e. him ia cakes. pies and articles of clothing.
Finally the priests rcsurted to the extreme
measure OF expulsion. informing his father
that Leon was forming the school INTO u club OF
Accordingly he was taken horne in disgrace.
His father met him with "A frown hi- mother
blamed herself for stuiling his head with the
Ndli0n9i; whi,e The neighbOrs prophesed that
In this year us4al agents OF the Governments
wcr" sent into the departmental towns 10 intini-
datv III" weak. and make out lists OF those who
might OPPOSE III" revstablishment OF the "ui-
prc. scarcely mad the agent begun his work in
Iahurs wien Icon > father shut him up in the
.'uil "n.lo ne r'HHiIc,l' 1ut ON uucrly
from the outer world until lie had completed
In" cour-" for bachelors degree. Then Leon
was taken home again. His father mt once told
MN ne had enough OF boOks. ana must Apply
himself 10 trade. II was USELESS Tor him 10
plead the want of taste for buyin.. and selling.
the father said he must acquire II: be- idos the
rs'ahlishmrnt was an Oil and honorable one.
and must Dee kept IN the tam ~. The mother,
with decidedly III grace cOiucidrd Leon = la.t
h pe died away.aud he settled down mthe Bazaar.
The Nd't'nGi had been stopped; nc.ghhOrs
ceased 10 b. friendly few dared utter their con-
lie determined 10 10 TO Paris where he hoped
20 suHIori uihsrlf, i9r 4 while ~ least. hy
70 Tor advice. know no one i'll the capital. aud
had no money 10 get there. 1t was in this
emergency That his mother came 10 the relief.
Having noticed his perplexity for several
weeks, she ono day beckonad him To- her side
aud gladdencd his hear, 10y telling him she saw
II Wac u no use forcing him IT, continue IN an
irk some bus in s. and that she had resolved to
hclr aim seek out the vocation nature Ind pro
pared ior him. Pacing IA Gag Ut money when
~, had secretly ainassed in his hand. shc said:
rms. my boy IL e. pay your way for II year.
trunk iull Of clothes Is ready for you. Try
ana come hon" somebody. Start soon. and take
rgrc 10 let nobody suspect you are going away.
Do not say good ov 10 single soul. want 10
avoid So ne between YOU and your father"
On reaching Paris he went al once 10 the IA
iIHuS Soroonne. and hired the cheapest room.
Ih'n hc wrote 10 his mother. She replied al
most by me next mnil announcing the cxces-
siNc anger Of GHmbetta p,re. ana expressing the
iear nat he Would never pardon her boy for
sarihcinr good position for a wild-goosc ad-
venture, Ia the law school Prof Naletle was
aiirAescd To- tie slender boy By his aSsidulty.
his history and aspitsiions. He issuadcd Leon
from becoming a law teacher. urging him not
- throw away hi- remarkable voice in a class
room, but o. prepare iol the lar. At the Samc
time he wrote 10 his father. demonstrating with
nm Tor nursing anEeracanst his son. aud sue;
costing that i,ttle money spent on him would
prove the best Investment the family had ever
made
This letter If said T. have produced an intense
sensation IN little Cahors. Nine. Ganbettl was
delighted. The neiEhburs took the boy = purt,
ani the rather Ma forced 10 rcent He gave
III son an allowance. In less than two years
Leon pass n AL his law examinations with dis
tlnN IN. IA" hHd mustered tine civil. criminal,
military. forest ana maritime cod,s, and the
commentaries un them OF the standard uuihori-
ties. In 1850 hc was called 10 the bur. and after
arguing ms ufst cas' WINS begged hy VI. Gro
micGN. the leading Juri-cOnsult. to hecune his
private secretary. which he did From that
tim" tho only qu stion with his contemporaries.
- with ms elders. was how iast and how high