Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-03-07

N the hcst effurts of Homer god.
great l"krrs ~ eYcryhody knoNs The
army mutini"d IN vain did the general
cry. like Henry. ~ Navarro, whose his
tor, lac hai read SOLDIERS. rally un
my white plume They ans~ -eed that
q plume Was not worn there. and one
could not, without in.ult to ,ha french
colors. plant them In a like hresch, o.
that tho poor general broke h,s com.
mandor's baton over q mutine.rs
back, and vent homs sci
and detected ne the English
when thcy landed ~ Dpvsr
after th" battle II fontenoy. Thm
uamo recalls a circumstance l would bs
wrong 90 omit \ psor old soldier Who
cam" from time d. time to Marthas
house to smoke his pipe In tho chimney
corner, aud warm hrs heart with
glass ~ cherry bounce, had not Tor.
gotten 10 relate NJ length how he aud
Marshal Sa,e had Won the celsbtated
battle l leave ven to think wh.,hes
thus inaccurate In, warm recital could
have influenced the imagination ot the
young listcncr From that time, asleep
or awake, u" heard wi,hout cessation
'ff N'fiNhk sNstUHt ttS@ ftftf Nt8
bullets whistllng aud the cannons rear.
ing and more than once. alone In his
little room. he thought himself an acsor
in the grand military drama
Then you should have seen him
stamp. leap and cry
"Iirc first, Me-sieurs les Anef ais
Marshal our cavalry ha. been repulsesii
Tho enemy'a colnmn IL unshatt~ralllsi
Forward tho kings guards Pif, pafi
boom boom Bravoi the Fnglish
square IL broken The victory 10 oars
Long 1.-Two the king!'
Poor Lazarc believed himself at least
esquire of Louis XIV. or colonel. such
an exhibition doubtless mske. ron
laugh II would have been Q miraels,
would u not. II the fruit woman's
nephew had risen 81 hishf Yes, hue
remember that we approach 1850. an
epoch fruitful IN miracles. Listen
Ia,nre first entered The French
guards. despite his aunt's tsara, whom
he endeavored ON parting To console
with his cares@es. aud soon became ssv.
geant Then the age marched onward,
and the fortanc of many .ergeants also
In brief, from grade 10 grade, he be-
came fnes- colonel. There we're no
longer any colonies. The kings equery.
There no longer was any king. You
cannot guess. Well, Lasare, the cooh's
son. La,arc, tho fruit woman's nephew,
became q general. no moye Q make
believe general with paper hsl.
met, but general for good, With Q
plumcd hat aud q coat laced With sold,
general In chief. general of . Grsae
French army. nothing otherwise; and,
II You doubt II, open tho modern HE.
tory, and there yon will resd With emo
tlon the beautiful and grand feats u
Gen. Hoche. Hochs was NE family
name 81 Layare. Let NJ hasten 10 cay
to his praise. that HE victosiss. this
time 40 serious. left him ~ modest and
as good o. his infsatile victories %
Montrcuil. No, when On q review day
he passed at full gallep aicae ~
army's front. there wss yet st . via.
dow near by y fine old woman, Who
covered the splendid general With her
breashlesa from pleasure and
fear. and repeating - twenty years
before. Mon Disn, mon Disul He
will fall" A for tho erumbles eook
Of Versailles was there too. ssADa.
ishcd ut having given . hero 10 the
country. repeating With cestai, cir Of
ssifiiciency 10 those Who lclictsased him
thereupon You dsp< know how
much trouble I had 10 raias that hoyi
just imagine, citoyens, 81 Q ysass q
age he could nst shin p04.s