<TD></TD></TABLE>
rpsrchedtothecathedral;
assonpreached,andablessing
solelyprayedforforthetheboyshadaskedtheirfatherifhe
hadanyobjeonial,ina
roncatholicchurch;butcaptainbarclayhadatoncesaidthat,
uponthentrary,heshouldtodosoprotestantsght
notapproveofnythingsinthecatholicchurch;butthatuld
benoreason,ever,againstaprotestanttakingpartina
soleprayertogod,ightbeofferedup
theyoungduburgsefortheir
departurehade,forthenththathadpassedhadbeenast
unpleasantoothetheirtherhadinvaintriedtopersuade
theostay;firstbyentreaty,andthenbyangerand,finding
theseansfail,shehadpassedhertieitherinsullensilence,
orinreininginbed;declaringthatheervesterly
shattered,andthatsheshouldneversurviveitshehadrefusedto
seesbarclayhelattercalled,adayortertheir
visittothettage,andshehadnotbeennearhersincejulie
andjustineillyand,altogether,
thereentbetilies
theboyshoonsieur
duburgcainasusual,everydayorthcaptain
barclay
septeerthefifteenththedayofseparationarrivedtheywere
tore,therefore,at
seventhiseforthe
painfuladieuscaptainbarclayhadalongtalkhtheboysthe
nightbefore,repeatingallthehintsandinstructionshhehad
beforegiventhe
itisnotney
readersselveshoilly
sobbedaloud,inspiteofherefforts;horsbarclaykissedher
boys,andthenranuptoherotocryalone;hoheir
fatherhisblessing,
tuedhastilyaightnotseethetearshhe
uldnotkeepback;andho
andtheirdignityassoldiers,doylehadgoneonan
hourbefore,takingtheirblankets;sotheyhadnothingtodobut
tosnatchuptheirgunsandhastenahtears,
tohetojustasthebuglesoundedthe
asselybythistitheyhadsteadiedtheelvesand,inthe
hestart,soonlostallfeelingof
despondency
itoreanlikelittlerpsthan
thefranctireursofdijonas,hthebandofthenationalguard
attheirhead,playingtherseillaise,theyrchedthroughthe
oldsrolled
uptightandcarried,likeascarf,overoneshoulderandunderthe
otherarandgaiterswereofbuff
leathertheircapshadflatpeaks,toshadetheireyes;butround
thecaphfur,dohe
earsandbackoftheneck,tyingunderthechinontheouterside
ofthefurhinindiarubber,tothroherainoffdownover
thelightancarriedinasll
case,slungtohisbelttheerproofonthecaps,whenrolled
up,didnotshohecapsthenlookinglikefurcaps,hapeak
slungovertheshoulder,ontheoppositesidetotheblanket,wasa
haversackorstoutcanvasbagbroherestofthe
equipntseachbagpartnts;thelarger
oneholdingaspareshirt,afeksandhandkerchiefs,
ab,andothersllnecessariesintheother,bread,biscuits
orotherprovisionsuldbecarriedeachnhadalsoaer
bottle,slungoverhisshoulder
oneithersideoftheaunitionpouch,behind,rappedanew
boot;soplacedthatitinnoerferedhthebearer
gettingatthepouchnextenedthetinbox;thelidof
saplate,thebottosaucepanorfryingpanonone
sidehungthebayo;upontheotherahatchet,apick,ora
shorthandledshoveleaplent
ithatthisthearticleswere
allnecessaries;andtheoverandabovetherifleand
aunitionorethan
halfthatordinarilycarriedbyafrenchsoldier
attheheadoftherpsrcheditsndantthefrenchterbr >
ndantansajor,andhehereforein
futurebeterdjorteeeachofthefourpanieswasalso
headedbyitsoffipehadchosenforthesepostsfour
nself,hadservedthreeinthear,andonein
thenavyhehadassoonastherpswas
organized,andtheyhadarrivedtendaysbeforethestartoneor
thefranctireursertainedahopeofbeing
deofficersfirstalittledisntentedbut,asitwas
evidentlyvastlytotheadvantageoftherpstohaveexperienced
offientsgavegreatsatisfactiontotherestof
thenfortunately,thereenwhohad
servedasprivatesoonssionedofficers;andfrohese
jorteeselectedasergeant,andarporal,foreachpany
behindtherpsfollohecart;loadedhthestoresofthe
rps,ansiderableauntofaunition,threecasesof
gunttonforbloallbarrelsofpowder,
alargequantityoffineironhreeorfourcrowbars,bagsof
ffeeandriany
largesaucepans,togetherhallsortsofoddsandendsbythe
sideofthehorsedoyle;dressedintheuniforfthe
rps,butents,andhalongblousewoover
histunicheeerof
therpsthishefirstplace,athiso
request;anduponthepleathatthusonlyuldheescapethe
ontbe
separatedfroherps;andalsothat,unlesshehadauniforbr >
liketherest,hoakeanyvacancyintheranks,even
shouldoccur
jortee,inexceedingthehundredandtinedupon,
ents;butrebythefactthat
difficultiesfood,oking,andvariousother
points,ifthedriverefootingastherestof
therps
therchalongoneonlytotherailationafew
carriages,hatruckforthecart,andahorsebox,weredrawn
upalongsidetheplatforeadiness;andintennutesreall
heirplaces,thecarriagesattachedto
... </P></TD>
rpsrchedtothecathedral;
assonpreached,andablessing
solelyprayedforforthetheboyshadaskedtheirfatherifhe
hadanyobjeonial,ina
roncatholicchurch;butcaptainbarclayhadatoncesaidthat,
uponthentrary,heshouldtodosoprotestantsght
notapproveofnythingsinthecatholicchurch;butthatuld
benoreason,ever,againstaprotestanttakingpartina
soleprayertogod,ightbeofferedup
theyoungduburgsefortheir
departurehade,forthenththathadpassedhadbeenast
unpleasantoothetheirtherhadinvaintriedtopersuade
theostay;firstbyentreaty,andthenbyangerand,finding
theseansfail,shehadpassedhertieitherinsullensilence,
orinreininginbed;declaringthatheervesterly
shattered,andthatsheshouldneversurviveitshehadrefusedto
seesbarclayhelattercalled,adayortertheir
visittothettage,andshehadnotbeennearhersincejulie
andjustineillyand,altogether,
thereentbetilies
theboyshoonsieur
duburgcainasusual,everydayorthcaptain
barclay
septeerthefifteenththedayofseparationarrivedtheywere
tore,therefore,at
seventhiseforthe
painfuladieuscaptainbarclayhadalongtalkhtheboysthe
nightbefore,repeatingallthehintsandinstructionshhehad
beforegiventhe
itisnotney
readersselveshoilly
sobbedaloud,inspiteofherefforts;horsbarclaykissedher
boys,andthenranuptoherotocryalone;hoheir
fatherhisblessing,
tuedhastilyaightnotseethetearshhe
uldnotkeepback;andho
andtheirdignityassoldiers,doylehadgoneonan
hourbefore,takingtheirblankets;sotheyhadnothingtodobut
tosnatchuptheirgunsandhastenahtears,
tohetojustasthebuglesoundedthe
asselybythistitheyhadsteadiedtheelvesand,inthe
hestart,soonlostallfeelingof
despondency
itoreanlikelittlerpsthan
thefranctireursofdijonas,hthebandofthenationalguard
attheirhead,playingtherseillaise,theyrchedthroughthe
oldsrolled
uptightandcarried,likeascarf,overoneshoulderandunderthe
otherarandgaiterswereofbuff
leathertheircapshadflatpeaks,toshadetheireyes;butround
thecaphfur,dohe
earsandbackoftheneck,tyingunderthechinontheouterside
ofthefurhinindiarubber,tothroherainoffdownover
thelightancarriedinasll
case,slungtohisbelttheerproofonthecaps,whenrolled
up,didnotshohecapsthenlookinglikefurcaps,hapeak
slungovertheshoulder,ontheoppositesidetotheblanket,wasa
haversackorstoutcanvasbagbroherestofthe
equipntseachbagpartnts;thelarger
oneholdingaspareshirt,afeksandhandkerchiefs,
ab,andothersllnecessariesintheother,bread,biscuits
orotherprovisionsuldbecarriedeachnhadalsoaer
bottle,slungoverhisshoulder
oneithersideoftheaunitionpouch,behind,rappedanew
boot;soplacedthatitinnoerferedhthebearer
gettingatthepouchnextenedthetinbox;thelidof
saplate,thebottosaucepanorfryingpanonone
sidehungthebayo;upontheotherahatchet,apick,ora
shorthandledshoveleaplent
ithatthisthearticleswere
allnecessaries;andtheoverandabovetherifleand
aunitionorethan
halfthatordinarilycarriedbyafrenchsoldier
attheheadoftherpsrcheditsndantthefrenchterbr >
ndantansajor,andhehereforein
futurebeterdjorteeeachofthefourpanieswasalso
headedbyitsoffipehadchosenforthesepostsfour
nself,hadservedthreeinthear,andonein
thenavyhehadassoonastherpswas
organized,andtheyhadarrivedtendaysbeforethestartoneor
thefranctireursertainedahopeofbeing
deofficersfirstalittledisntentedbut,asitwas
evidentlyvastlytotheadvantageoftherpstohaveexperienced
offientsgavegreatsatisfactiontotherestof
thenfortunately,thereenwhohad
servedasprivatesoonssionedofficers;andfrohese
jorteeselectedasergeant,andarporal,foreachpany
behindtherpsfollohecart;loadedhthestoresofthe
rps,ansiderableauntofaunition,threecasesof
gunttonforbloallbarrelsofpowder,
alargequantityoffineironhreeorfourcrowbars,bagsof
ffeeandriany
largesaucepans,togetherhallsortsofoddsandendsbythe
sideofthehorsedoyle;dressedintheuniforfthe
rps,butents,andhalongblousewoover
histunicheeerof
therpsthishefirstplace,athiso
request;anduponthepleathatthusonlyuldheescapethe
ontbe
separatedfroherps;andalsothat,unlesshehadauniforbr >
liketherest,hoakeanyvacancyintheranks,even
shouldoccur
jortee,inexceedingthehundredandtinedupon,
ents;butrebythefactthat
difficultiesfood,oking,andvariousother
points,ifthedriverefootingastherestof
therps
therchalongoneonlytotherailationafew
carriages,hatruckforthecart,andahorsebox,weredrawn
upalongsidetheplatforeadiness;andintennutesreall
heirplaces,thecarriagesattachedto
... </P></TD>