The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-31
NsrolEOn Al BRlEkNt.
He Had Great officially In Learning T.
Sprs.,S French.

sprs.iS French.
On New Years day, 1879, the Bo
napartes arrived at Autun. For three
months the young Napoleon was train
ed in the use of French. Prodigy a. h.
was, the difficulties of that elegant ana
polished tongue were scarcely reached
Il was with most imperfect knowl.
edge Of their lau.uage and a sadly dc
feCtiye pronunciation that he made HI,
appearance among his future school
mates 90. nrianne. There We're 30 OF
them, although the arrangement and
theory vi thu institution had contem
plated only 1870, of whom half were t.
b. foundationers. The instructors wer-
Minim priests, ana the life was as ST
we're a. it could be made with such a
clicrtage under half educated and in.
experienced monks. In spite of all of.
fcrts to tho contrary, however, the place
had an air Of elegance. There was a &c,
tain schoolboy display proPor:ionate f.
the pocke' money of the young noble.
and very keen Discrimination anon
themselves y to rank, social qualiir
and relative Importance. Those familIar
with the ruthlcssTess of boys in the!i
treatment of one another can easily cor
ceive what was the reception of the
newcomer, whose nobility was unknoNu
and uurecognizel i'll France, and who.
means We're u the scantiest.
II Itappears that the journey from Cor
sica through Florence and Marseill,- :
had already wrought marvellous chang
in the boy Napole0n's teacher az AutuGi
described his pupil as having brought
with him q sober, thoughtful character
He played with no one and took h.
walks alone But he was apt and vain.
Of his aptitude. In three months bc
learned the rudiments of French, to u g
common phrases with some fiuency, an"
TO write easy EXERCISES.
The boys nf Autun. says Able Chardon.
ON one occasion brought the sweepin :
charge OF cpwaHho.' against all inhabl.-
ants of Corsica ia order 10 exaspera' o
him. 1T they had been but four =
1ne," was the calm, phlegfnatic answ,- :
Of the lO-yea. old hoy, they would
never have taken tofsiea, but when they
wee 20 To- = "But YOU had a fnS
general-ploli," interrupted the ma
rator "ic~. sire, was tho reply, n,
tered with ;-u air OF discomfort and r.
the very cullpaimeut of ambition. y
wguli Wu.I sc Ia emulate him. Tie
descriptions ,. tHr unta-.rd fauD n.
he tnon app auau i not liattering-his
compicsiou >ailov. hi, hair stiff, h.
figure slight. IN expression lusterlcss.
his TIanner iu,i-uiaoaHt. More over, b.,
spoke broker. + r-uch with au Italian "a.
cent
Duiing hi son preparatory studies u
Autun tine father had been busy at Ntr.
sailles with further supplications, y
among fhera one ior - supplement from
she royal purse 10 his scanty pay AZ dele
gate. the other for the speedy settlement
OF his now notorious claim. The form r
of the two was granted not merely 10
NJ. do Bonapsrte, but to his two col
leagues, in view of the excellent be.
havior' ''-otherwise subserviency - Of
the Cursican delegation at Versailles.
When in addition the certificate of Ma
poleon's appointment finally arrived,
and the father SET out to place his son
with n proper outfit in his new school.
he had no difficulty in securing suf.
ficient money TO meet his immediate
and pressing necessities, bu: more was
not forthcoming. Professor 6loane's
Life Of Napoleon" in Century.