The morning times., 1895-07-11

be should begin to lay the foundations
of his future career, unless, indeed, he were
to end IL too early upon the gDdiron
with garlic and turnips, after the Corsican
fashion. His father had determined to
send him away TO school, where, as he put
IL, he might win hls spurs while getting
some sense knocked into that oyergrown
comb of his.
Dame Letitia shed floods of tears, and
there was even a suspicion of moisture
upon the venerable beak OF the Sieur
himself as he called his son TO him and
delivered n few last words OF advice
advice suggested by his practical and
ambitious wife.
My boy" he said, "you are going
forth among strangers, from whom you
can not expect the tenderness and con-
sideration you have received from your
mother and me You must hereafter
scratch for yourself, and you must be
prepared 10 submit To many restraints and
inulg .iiles which your proud spirit has
hitherto resented. But let two words
guide you N your way through life; namely,
patience ANA policy.
The annals. written in bird-Latin, and
often with spluGerlng quilts pulled from
the wings of some captive goOse-are not
easily read, but we gather that while Nappy
was wandering about Paris, roosting in
trees and scratching living out of garbage
heaps, an old tutor Of his, a parrot of
Yehera be age, and wise old fowl, met him
one day, and learning his situationgot him
a post in flock OF Gallic cocks, Burgun-
dian ravens, Breton geese, and Gascon
brakes, together with n great number or
Partisan looms, gulls, snipe, slorks, spar
r0ws and what not. 1t appears that
vast number OF hawks and crows, many of
English breed, had established themselves
in "A place where they defied the utmost eff
g-n q1r n
Here II was that our hero's military genius
first showed itself.
Now Al should be known that the COM
mauder OF the forces was a certain Major
General Gandcr. miserable old rascal, if
the etruth must be told. one-sided from the loss
of a wing, lame from foot deformed by
being frozen, vain and stupid withal, and
convinced that the fate of the whole nation
lay in his paddles. ;Nappy Leon, with the
adventurous and unquiet disposition which
went so far toward his after success, and
also 10 his final overthrow, being dsSatis-
fled with the slow and fruitless tactics OF
Gen. GandeT, one day flew into an elm tree
which overlooked the enemy's position, and
from thence devised n plan for the expulsion
OF the defenders of Toulon He laid his
scheme before Gander, who hesitated,
quacked, hiSsed, nibbled at lis only remain
ing wing billed his unlaundered shirt-front,
took a sip from the mud-puddle before
which he had established his quarters, pulled
out and ate a very large earth worm, with
a profoundly reflective aspect, and-con
sented.
Nappy Leon proceeded at once to his
quarters. Doubtless there might have been
seen a laughter carriage Of his head, a
more brilliant CLEAN of his eyes, n loftier
pOise OF his comb, as he summoned his
flock for the assault Be this as il may,
he selected his storming party with great
great dispatch He chose Brjenne's
"Heayies, = uniformed in yellow and black;
Thibault's Whites - in snowy vests and
green jackets. every fowl Of noble family;
DeVergne s charge: and finally, Chambord's s
.Sparrows," hardy, reckless little fellows,
before whose iron bills even the Royal
Eagles" had more than once taken flight
We need not pause TO describe the event
It viii suffice if we say that Nappy, at
the head of his gallant flock, swooped
down upon the surprised and demoralized
foe. and after a short but desperate battle,
drove them, pell-mell, out of their works.
with terrible cluckings, squallings, screech-
ings and crOakings, in cloud OF torn
feathers, wings, beaks, gills, combs and
top-knots, Nappy himself had a desperate,
though brief, combat with Major Flemish,
the conmandant. Those who witnessed the
struggle declared afterward that the sight
Of fl was worthy of poem.
The further history of Nappy Leon is
one long tale OF bloodshed and victory
over his enemies His grateful followers
and he was declared TO be the emperor
/ fowl of the whole country. But there
/ came a time when Nappy had TO 2bdiCate
/ He could do nothing else if he wished ia
4 save his life; for he knew that he must
] otherwise get It, to use a bit of slang