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N THE DAT .: I
/1N , iMC1f� NT 1F4 THE CAREER OF
,.HEROIC 1,QRq CHARLES HAY,
Leto tete ..taws or d)oatit He strode Al.oie,
and, 101;1144 13 the 11el1rless Chid in iris
�►rtus, C%xcr•ioit it Lin to the Loeuty's
Fro inin Delivered It to the Mother,
''Elsi1101 Wliat's 'Young Salautande;'
up to stow?"
"Mad, t fitney,.or else he wants to get
]cilhsd."
"Awl tat he wilt, whether he wants it
or net,. -if he goes running in among the
bellets like that!"
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was neurd high above the roar of cannon
and musketry from the other side of the
battlefield, burst from the English ranks
as they saw their young hero bearing
the child unharmed across that deadly
space, and scarcely had the cheer died
away when it was echoed by an answor•
in;; cheer from the French, which rolled
along the vast }slain like a peel of dis-
tant thunder. Meanwhile the young
officer. pawing close to. the cruel points
of the Pretich bayonets as coolly as if
they had been only bulrushes, with the
tiny face nestling trustingly against his
shoulder, went straight up to the die.
teamed mother and placed the. child; iii
her arm.
There he kissed the tiny thin little
In truth -Young Salamander" (other- cheek. tenderly,. and was just turning
wine Lord Charles Hay of the First Life away to go back to.his own men when a
(,maid,) did seem to berunuing a fearful stately old officer with a long gray mus
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risk a•itituut any reason whatever, One tache, whose broad breast was covered
of the hardest battles ever fought be-
ttveeu the French and English in Bel-
gitim was at its hottest. The • French
aruly was touch the stronger of the two,
and although the English held their
ground as stubbornly as bulldogs it
seemed very doubtful which way the
tight would go. Just then, in the thick
of the uproar and confusion, the rolling
smoke and the flying slut, young Gay
(whose bravery under fire had long since
earned flim the ufeknanle of "Salaman-
der" from his adoring soldiers) was seen
to step forth from the English line and
advance straight toward the enemy.
& DESPERATE VENTURE.
A .more desperate venturecould hardly
be imagined, for so thickly were the bul-
lets flying between the two opposing
lines that the Little jets of dust which
;hey knocked up from the dry earth
.orated a cloud atiuost as dense as the
Smoke itself. Nothing mortal surely
i,)uld live in such a storm of shot; and
with crosses and decorations, stepped
forth from the French line and held out
his hand.
"Monsieur," said he, bowing cour-
teously, "permit ine to have the honor of
shaking hands with the bravest man I
have ever feet."
An hour later Lord Charles Hay was,
lying face downward upon the earth,
sorely wounded bj a chance bullet which
had hit him just as the enemy were giv-
ing way and beginning to retreat, But
though his wound w as a severe and pain-
ful one, and though he lived to become
one of the richest and most popular men
in all England, he always spoke of that
day as the happiest of his whole life,—
Montreal Star.
Lincoln's Whiskers.
President Lincoln's kind heart always
responded to a child's advances. He in-
dulged his own children, saying, "It is
my pleasure that my children aro free
a hat could he possibly be going to do and happy; and unrestrained by parental
•.there? . I tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to
"Come back. my lord, come back, for bind a child to its parents."
Before his election in 1860 a little girl
of 11 years, seing his lithograph portrait,
thought his appearance would be im-
proved should ho wear whiskers. She
&leaven's sakel" shouted a dozen deep
'voices at once.
"The young fool's mad—stark mad!"
roared the English colonel, recovering
Froin his stupor of amazement, "Come uttered her childish thought in a letter
back this minute, you young idiot! • Do to Mr. Lincoln, and in a few days re -
you want to be killed?"
But Lord Charles still went forward
without a moment's pause, as if he had
not beard them. Then the English
.ceased firing in sheer astonishment: but
3t}st at that moment the flash and crackle
;, '""of a fresh volley burst, forth like a storm
along the glittering tine of French bayo-
nets, and alI'tvus hidden in smoke. When
the smoke oleared again everyone expect-
ed to see the bravo lad lying dead. But
ono—flay was still on his feet. His cap
had been struck off, and some said that
they could see blood on his face, but be
was stilt marching onward as steadily as
ever.
And now the French grenadiers, begin-
ning to descry him through the rolling
Smoke, stopped firing in their turn, sup-
posing that this single man who was
eomiug toward them so boldly from the
English lino luust he the bearer of some
message from the British general, and
the attention of the two contending hosts
was bent upon the solitary figure be-
tween them. Just then asudden gustof
wind whirled aside for a moment the
'loud of smoke and dust, and every one
saw for the first timewhatLord Charles
Ilay was about.
A little to the left of the English line
of battle stood a cluster of Miserable
hovels, and the Flemish peasants whoin-
habited them. instead of running away
when the battle began, as one might
have expected, had stayed where they
were, seeing that the fight seemed to be
•rolling away from them, and not liking
the idea of abandoning their huts, which,
poor and wretched as they were, were
the only home that they had. But they
soon found that they were mistaken, for
a sudden change in the position of the
two armies brought these unlucky cot-
tages right into the line of fire, and the
terrified peasants, finding the cannon
balls falling thickly on every side of
them, took to their heels at once, drag-
ging with them their children and what
few goods they could manage to carry.
In the hurry ofithis panic flight a tiny
}girl, hardly old enough to walk alone,
had fallen or been left behind, and was
now lying on the ground midway be-
tween the French and English litter, cry-
ing bitterly, while her mother could be
• seen in the distance shrieking wildly and
tossing her arms ini the air and strug-
gling to break loose from her husband,
who was holding her firmly, for, comet-
-flag his child already lost, he had no wish
hie aawell; • w
to lose lu t e
APPLAUDED 13Y THE ENEMi'.
Coolly as if on parade the brave young
guardsnan etrode onward to the spot
where the helpless child lay, his fair hair
and bright y ouug face showing, through:
the billowy smoke like those of an angel
iii some old Italian painting. He raised
it tenderly In his ersns, and, :ionic w11e
saw it said aftercvar.l that the poor little
trembler ceased o'ying at once, as if
xdothed and comforted by his gentle
voice and kindly smile. Then, keeping
his own body as much as possible be,
tween the child Mind the leveled muskets
of the Feeneh. he went straight on, as
cannily as ever, toward the Clark mass of
his enemies,
"Don't tire, comrades—don't fire!"
Shouted a tall stern looking l'retich
feldie r, where grim few was black with
dust ind gunpowder. "If he were
twenty times an Englishman, hes es
good Asa saint from (heaven, for all that!"
.&that r}totv.stht a mighty shout, which
ceived a friendly answer, in which he
asked:
"As to the whiskers, as I have never
worn any, do you not think that people
would call it a piece of silly affectation
were 1 to begin wearing them now?"
During his journey to Washington, af-
ter' his election to the presidency, the
train stopped at Westfield, Chautauqua
county, at which place the little girl re-
sided.
"I have a correspondent in this place,"
said Mr. Lincoln, "a little girl whose
came is Grace Bedell, and I would like
to see her."
She was brought to the station. He
stepped from the cars, extended his
hand and said: "You see I have let those
whiskers grow for you, Grace." Then
kissing her, he bade her good -by.
When he stood up at the Capitol to de-
liver his inaugural address, friends were
surprised to see that the president was
raising a crop of whiskers. Vexed at his
spoiling lie face which expressed power
and pathos by wearing a coarse, stiff,
ungraceful beard of the blacking brush
variety, they made inquiries, and learned
that he had ceased to shave to gratify a
very young lady.—Youths Companion.
A Hint for Young Girls.
When your sweetheart comes to see
you, don't be foolish enough to confine
your sweetness to him alone. Rave him
in where all of the rest of the household
are. Let the talk and the chatter and
the music and the playing of gamed be
in the home circle. Then the few min-
utes that he gets with you by yourself
will seem all the more delightful, and he
will think you the most loving little
creature in the world. Men are much
more observant than they aro credited
with being, and the man worth having
as 'a husband is the ono who will appre-
ciate your love for those of your own
people and will see that as you inake a
small part in one home, you aro becom-
ing adapted for the central figure in an-
other.
Never say that you don't expect a man
to marry your whole family. It's vul-
gar. You do. That is, if you are a good
daughter aid a loving sister. You want
him to be one with you in sympathy and
in affection, and as you take his name,
so you assume responsibilities as far as
his people are concerned. You two aro-
the most to each other—your love for:•
each should be the greatest, but you can;
not isolate yourselves and insist that you
have no duties outside your own home.
If you do this you become narrow and'
selfish, and you aro quite too nice a girl
for that. So remember when he conies,
this bridegroom of yours, that his heart
is lxnuvl the tighter to you if the ribbon
used to Rolfe it has written upon it in
);olden letters, "Love and consideration
for those at home."—Ladies' Home Jour -
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napldl Transit to Matrimony.
T. J. Munson, living a few miles from
here in La Crosse county, should be cred•
iced with one of the tthottest courtships
on record- Last week he went to see
the sights, and while eating dinner at
one of the restaurants was smitten with
the waiter girl, whom he engaged in eon-
versation, in a few minutes they were
criends, in au hour lovers, and before
strtdown were man and wife, he return-
lag Saturday night with his bride hay,
ing been gonefrom home but three days,
'— lack River (Wis,) Dispatch.
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Admission, 25 cents ; Children, 10 ce ► ts.
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