Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-23

Their stories, dealing with the real
ties of the times, are distinguished by
simplicity and genuine descriptive
power, particularly ia battle scenes ami
those of Alsatian peasant life.
MERE was joy unbounded when
Louis the Eighteenth returned
-- in 1914.
Yes, everybody was delighted, except
the old soldiers and the fencing mas
ters.
Living with Father Goulden in
Pfalzbourg, of old Lorraine, | was
happy in the belief that Consumption
was now over, and that at last l should
be able to marry Catherine and live in
peace
So, when the marriage permit came
| rushed at once to her with the news
/ kissed her again and again and
we both wept for joy.
And then, after the happiness of
marrying Catherine, my greatest de-
light lay in thinking that | should be
a tradesman for the rest of my life
All what d nappy life what salts
faction to be young and to have a
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
royalists, the ministers and the princes,
who had rushed back to France after
Napoleon's Punishment, adopted the
most insolent manner toward us. the
people. And as to their treatment of
Napoleon's former soldiers l can still
hear the cOmmandant eXpostulating,
They are starving us; they are treat
ing us like CossacIls; only they are
too c0wardly to shoot us
But. about the beginning Of March,
a rumor began to circulate that The
emperor had escaped from Elba and
had landed in France, Quickly his
advance toward Paris followed; and
the old soldiers, sent out to restrain
him, rushed forward TO Eneel at his
feet Thus it was that Napoleon
again came to the throne
What happened afterward, how
ever was not SO agreeable 20 me. now
a married man, settled as [ had hoped
for a life of peace. For I was called
to the colors. Aunt Grethcl. who had
always been like a mother to me- sob
he'd aloud Catherine passed into a
deadly swoon.
Yet, in spite of al, I needs must
leave for the army with my old veter-
an soldier friend, Zebede, and at once
we We're rushed TO the front.
One day, as we halted. the emperor
came to our lines and the whole d.
vision shouted give TEmnereur"
/ had a good view Of him as he adj
yanced with his arms crossed behind
his back and his head bent He had
grown stouter and more sallow since
the days Of Leipsig He looked much
older and his cheeks We're habby. Little
wonder also, that he appeared wor-
ried-for had he rot lost everybody's
confidence? The old soldiers alone re-
tanned their love for him; they were
ready to conquer or 60 die I'm his be-
half But for my part 7 cared much
more for Catherine than for the EN-
peror OF her ] thought with greatest
tenderness. the more SO knowing that
She would soon become q mother And
I prayed to God 81 preserve my life.
at last we came upon the Prussians
and. driving them back M Iiguy,
marched ON against the British.
7 thought should drop every mo-
ment from weakness, but finally near
Waterloo. 90 mounting a little ridge
we saw the English pickets through
the rain.
In a cornaeld under q beating storm.
we lay like gypsies, our teeth chatter
ing with the cojd-aud yet thinking Of
massacrine our feIl0w men, and es-
teeming ourselves lucky if we had a
turnip. a carrot or anything else to
keep up our strength. Is that a lie
f9r honest menH is &c for this that
God created MS? Is IT not an abom-
nation 20 think that q king or an EN-
reror, instead Of encouraging com
uerce and difusng liberty. should re-
duce US to this state By hundreds Of
-housaud,a ] know that this IS called
glory. but people are foolish 10 giarl-
f. eueA men who have lost an sense
If right ana heart and religion
When I aTCze in the morning, the
church-bella were ringing and
Thought
To-day IS SundGF a dag Of pence