Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-15
a WATERLOO GUIDE.
ais Thrilling Recital Of the Gra'
Battle to the T0urists.


The cool breeze comes pleasantly ana
1 little impudently up here at the top Of
he Belgic Mound; men face 1t bare
headed. and ladies control their dis
ended skirts. The guide fans his brown
lace with his crape-bound bowler hat
nops his neck with his red handker.
chief. The guide Il not one OF the uni
:ormed men who wait down at the no
:el; he prefers to give . free lecture
II regard to the affair Of '15 and to
rust to luck.
"En attendant" says the guide, II
gif you my cards. No sharge." The
English leaves something to be desired
His father was employed immedi!
itely after the battle to assist the
wounded. Was thirty-two years has
guide to the strangers"
"They arrive" cries the guide.
A breathless, joyous crowd. They
iwarm up the narrow steps; they walk
oriskly round the four corners Of the
pedestal on which the lion stands. On
y at the guides earnest, almost tear
,ul, request do they consent to seat
themselves on tiers Of the pedestal and
isten
"One moment, mister"
Eat your service. sir" replies the
guide.
''Is this WaterlooY"
II go to tell you. sir. You must gif
Attention, If you please. VIII you
,-bliSe me, sir?" The guide addresses
the humorist with much politeness. Il
ind you leedP seat nere-joost here.
Close to this sharming young Ameri.
.aine. So.'
The humorous youth Is placed near Q
iamsel with amazingly small brown
shoes, and consents to control his spir.
It's. The guide raises his thick stick,
points with sudden excitement south.
and raises his voice:
Il commence to tell you the trut'.
'ell you the gr-r-eat Battle Of Waterloo;
tell you all about it. tell you the
posseetion Of the armies; tell you
everything" The guide taps his nose
with an acute air. Il tell you things
lose oser guides la-bas do not tell you.
be-cause-be-cause they do not know.
Yer WELL"
About this nght?" suggests some
one.
Now you listen. please. l give you
important facts. l tell you the trut'.
tell you what / know give you the
whole trut'."
Let her go. Gallagher" The re.
mark comes from an impatient Ameri.
:an. I'VE CANT stay here many yearA'
Here" pointing with his big stick)
.here we get the twenty-five armee
where you see the white COO what stand
all alone by himself there. Good! Ths
s the centair Of the Anglish armee
D-blige me also by seeing that building
here where my stick point Hup there
hey COON; hup come also the French
irmee General Blucher he come uI
here"
"Who was Blukair" asks q specta'
lied young lady. She Is taking notes.
THE German general"
ooh" Geturning to her note book
you mean Bloosher. Go on"
Here, where l point, you see laty
md shentleman on bicyclette, IL 1t not
That Is where splendid magneefcent
,harge Of what you call 'Schotch Greys
was made. 1t happen toost where he
atty and shentleman is descending
rom the bicyclette. And they aharge
-as they sharge they cry (the guide
waves his hat and shouts with excite
neno-they cry, 'Schotchland foreveri
That's what they cry. 'Schotchland for
sverw
Good old Scotland"
81 tell you the trur. The Scotch they
take two French COLOURS. Also herr
where I point you have the splendit
sharge Of the French Cuirassiers. Tha
IS so. There, where the woman Is beat
ing a CARPET, there vas the depot Of
rl.sten, all Of you-of the Anglish Lif'
Guards" The man falls back a few
steps to watch his interested audience
The Anglish Life Guards. Sho tn,
Life Guardsman kills two, three, fou
men. Sho' did, all by himself. NJ!
fasser he tell me bout it; my fasser h
live in little village over there, cal
Planchenoit"
"Say, now," the American girls faith
er interrupts; "how Is 1t you French
men blow like this bout our soldiers
eh? Don't seem quite the right thing
does it?"
Half the audience says. shyly. "Hear
hearw
"Pardony' The guide draws himsel
up and taps his stick on his waistcoa
majestically. Pardon, am Beige"
The guide goes on with his lecture
There where the two sheep Il, Napo
leon he looked through his glass and b
see Blucher. and he say to itself, That
Grouchy,' he say. But" (acutely) that
no Grouchy. my friends; that's Bluche
all the times. Over there" with suddel
change Of attitude), lover there
where Marshal Ney fight He fgh
well. Marshal Ney. he call himself tn
brahvest of the brahv'. Oh, it wa
splendid fight laties and shentlemau
1t all happen on sunday-the eighteel
of Shune, eighteen hoondred fifteen
I tell you the trut'. The Anglish the,
call it Waterloo; the French they call 1
Mont st. Jean; and the Proosians the,
call it Belle Alliance. That's the uut
sir.
"At eight o'clocks on the Soonday l
was all over. All finish. All settle
Napoleon he say, AL u lose; save VIII
can,' and he 60 away, and Blueher b
follows."
mo dies on old Blucher."
II tell you the trut'. IF You ask o
him, the mems down there In their tar
uniform"-the guide allows his indie
nation to get slightly the advantage o
him-"they tell you not 90 mooch, an
they sharge you two franc. I sharg
you nos.ng; but If"
The fates are kind to the guide. Tn
American girl with the small shoe
takes her brothers soft hat and goe
around.
"1'1l trouble you for . tribe for tn