El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
Condensed NoUeI Series-One Il DAY
"WATERLOO"
By MN. ERCKMANN-CHATRIA
Condensation by Charles E l. Wmgate)
(CondensaLion by Charles E. L Wmgate)

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THERE was joy unbounded when
/ Louis the Eighteenth returned in
1919.
Yes. everybody was delighted. ex-
cept the old soldiers and the fencing
masters.
Living with father Goulden in
Pfalzbourg. OF old Lorraine, I was
happy in the belief that conseription
mas now over and that at last 1
SHOULD be able 10 marry Catherine and
live in peace.
So. when the marriage permit came,
rushed al once TO her with the news.
T. kissed her again and again and We
10th wept for Joy.
And then, after the happiness Of
marrying Catherine, my greatest de-
ieht lay in blinking that I should be
a tradesman for the rest OF my life.
An, what a happy life, what salts
faction 20 be young and TO have
simple. good. Industrious Wife We
shall never be old We shall always
love one another and always retain
about us those whom we love
Thus days and weeks went By. But.
later on. we found that the returning
royslists, the ministers and the
princes, who had rushed back TO
France after NapoleOn's Punishment,
adopted the most insolent manner
towards rs. the people And as to
their treat ment OF Napoleon's former
soldiers 1 can still hear the COM
fnandant eEpostularing. They are
starving Us; they are treating US like
CossGcks; only they are too cowardly
TO shoot U.s.
But. about the beginning OF March,
rumor began TO circulate that the
Il
had landed in France. Quickly his
advance toward Paris followed and
the old soldiers. sent out to restrain
him. rushed forward 20 l7neel at his
feet Thus il was that Napolean again
came 20 the throne.
What happened afterwards. how I
ever. was not so agreeable to ne. now /
q married man. settled as I had hoped I
FOR a life OF peace For was called 4
TO the colors. Aunt Grethel. who had I
always been like a mother 10 me, /
sQbbed aloud Catherine passed into a (
deathly sWoon-
let. in spite OF al, I needs must /
leave for the army with my old vet 4
oran soldier friend. Zebede. and at .
once we were rushed to the front.
One day as we halted. the emperor /
came 70 our lines and the whole divi- +
sion shouted f-Vive rempereur.
had q good view OF him as he
advanced with his arms crossed be-
hind his back and his head bent. He
Lad grown stOuter and more sallow
since the days Of Leipsig- He looked
flabby- Little wonder. also. that he
appeared worried-for had he not lost
erervbody's confidence The old
soldiers alone retained their love FOR
him; they we're ready 70 conquer or 70
die in his behalf But for my part
cared much more for Catherine than
for the emperor OF her 7 thought
with greatest tenderness. the more so
knowing that she would soon become
q mother and I prayed TO God TO
preserve my life. 1
At last we came upon the Prus-
slams and. driving them back at Liguy,
marched on against the British.
thought ] should drop every
moment from weakness. but finally
rear Waterloo. on mounting little
ridge. we saw the English pickets
through the rain
In cornGeld. under a beating
storm. we lay like Eypsies. our teeth
gathering with the cold-and yet
thinking OF massacring our fellow
Fnen. end esteemipg ourselves lucky
II We had q turnip- carrot OF any
thing else 70 keep up our strength. Is
That life for honest men2 Is u for
this that God created us9 Is is not
an abomination to think that 4 king
or an emperor. instead OF encouraging
commerce and diffusing liberty. |
should reduce Us to this state BY
y
this is called glory. but people are
-oolish 70 glorifv such men who have
lost al sense OF right and heart and 6
RELIGION
When 7 awolze IN the morning. the {
'kursh -belis were ringing and
.houEht:
Today IS Sunday. a day OF peace
md rest Father Goulden. dressed
IN his best coat and a clean shirt.
IS thinking n me- Catherine Is sit
ing on the bed and weeping Aunt !
srcthel has taken her prayer book
md Is going 70 mass~ As 7 pictured Z
10 myself that Quiet. happy life. Z
.ould have h~rst into tears.
But the drums began 20 beat and L
he trun1nets sounded 0
The first movement was when our -
our divisions we're ordered 70 9
.drance. We were about twenty II
thousand men. marching IN two lines Z
md sinking up to our knees with <
.very sten III the soft mud. Nobody Z
poke a word.
Face 70 face with Us were the Eng ..
lsh. in perfect order. their cannoneers
with lighted matches in their hands I
on all sides as far as the eye could -
each nothing was 20 he seen hut a.