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no government The Mountain" fac.
/ ton OF outlaws. so-calIed on account
OF the fact that they were citizens ov
that portion ov the country lynn in
an near the mountains. sent On,
/ chiefs or organizers 10 spread the
gospel cy concealed politics. that il.
secret political societies, though but
| little effort wuz made 10 run them &C.
cretly. Through the efforts ov the
workers San Domingo, a French do
minion, wuz finally organized. an
the takin' in ov ignorant, vicious
blacks did not add 10 the value ov
dignity ov the organization. Blood
shed. robbery, oppression-every-
thing bad grey out ov hit. an in
creased rapidly. Houchard. French
military leader, had conquered the
English force at Hondcoot Instead
oV addin' TO hiz popularity he WIZ
sent 10 the scafold, az Cuisine had
been. To crown awl other evils in
dustry an trade were prescribed.
acquisitions and heavily taxed pro-
visions soon brought practical fam
inc; the new republic to-be wuz max
in bad start. The entire western
portion ov France wuz soon in a state
ov revolution. unwise legislation be-
in given az the main cause.
About this time a new star arose
in France. A young soldier, Napol
con Bonaparte, bein' hiZ name Small
ov stature, but giant in courage, in
GOODNESS an in intellect, he quickly
rose TO the position ov one ov the
worlds greatest military command
ers an crowned hit awl by becomin'
ruler ov France. He had hiz ups and
downs at times; had but few friends
among the high-ups. But the SOL
him. Bonaparte wuZ a gentleman by
instinct, had high ideals. He never
saw men enough to brighten him an
wuz never whipped when he had any
thing like equal chances. He led the
army oV France into Russia an burn
ed Moscow, the capitol city ov that
country, but the terrible winter eli
mate an the cunning Russians, who
knew how TO fix things for an in
vader, caused him to scamper back to
Paris with only a remnant ov the
proud army he started with. But
moth other military leaders would
hev failed to get back at awl. When
but tWenty-four years old Napoleon
wuz a major an commanded large
division ov the army ov France; in
fact he wuZ in full command at the
seize of Toulon. Two older generals
had failed to conquer the army with
in the city. Members ov the French
assembly, with the army az advisors,
military men, ov course, had failed.
Young BOnaparte did not fail. He
submitted hiZ plans to the advisory
council at Paris and wuz told to go
ahead. Bonaparte, instead ov at
tackin' the main Notifications, decid-
ed to get possession ov awl the good
positions commandin' the harbor an
render hit untenable for warships
then in the harbor or which mite
come later. That wuz a slow, round
great military leaders thought hit
worth the trial. But Bonaparte knew,
an the man who knows liz the man
to do things. Bonaparte mite hev
lost thousands Ov men an then fail
ed. But he didn't. When he plant
along the coast he wuz certain that
no ship could live in the harbors long
an he WuZ just az sure that no ships
ov war would venture into the harbor
after he got clear ov those now pres
ent, therefore Bonaparte had arrang-
ed to capture a great fortified city
protected by warships, an he wuZ 60
in to do hit without losin' man.
Real soldiers will follow a leader
anywhere, if they think it necessary.
But the real soldier heZ lots ov re-
spect for a general who can put hiZ
head to work an win great battles
without riskin' the lives ov hiZ men.
No matter how brave soldier may
be, he knows that he liz worth more
to hiz country alive than he liz dead.
Napoleon laid hiZ plans, hiZ founda-
ton, we'll when he planned the cap
ture oy Toulon. He had men to lose.
Under some circumstances he would
hev lost them willingly if he had to.
But he didn't hev to at Toulon be-
cause he did the headwork needed.
Others had tried main strength, brav-
cry, awkwardness; awl had failed.
Now a great military strategist wuZ
before the footlights. He wuZ not go
in to fail, for he had planned hit so
failure wuz impossible. Yes, a great
military man had been born just
twenty-four years before an lNapol-
con onaparte wuZ hiz name. The
English warships didn't think the
French navy wuZ very dangerous, an
! hit WuZ not But Bonaparte'S guns