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The Guide.
to the extreme rigour of martial IaAV if , by a blessed chance , AVC . had not discoA'ered that he was a Freemason . The marshal who commands our army , and who is also one of the Craft , granted him his life—you Avill soon see him once more ; come Avith me , and I will endeavour to have you sent to Truxillo . ' "I conducted him to our ambulatory hospitalwhich was
, about to start for that city ; and among the wounded I recognised one of my comrades ( M . cle Turckheim , an officer of the 2 nd Hussars , who was subsequently aide-de-camp to General Rapp ) . The carriage upon which he was to be conveyed to Truxillo , and which formed part of the convoy , was not yet filled , and to his care I consigned the young soldier .
" Some months subsequently I heard of my two prisoners . They had reached Madrid , and had obtained , through the intercession of one of the king ' s aides-de-camp , their liberty on parole . Need I say that it ivas never violated . " I was not fortunate enough to meet them again ; and was utterly ignorant as to what had become of Santa-Croce , when
some years afterwards I read the folloiving paragraph in an Englisii Journal : — "' Among the Spaniards who rendered the greatest services during the war , and who were subsequently imprisoned in the citadel of Ceuta , was the famous Santa-Croce , ivho succeeded in effecting his escape . This extraordinary man has just arrived in London ; and is beyond all dispute one of the finest models of human symmetry upon earth . His superb appearance excites universal admiration . '
" Vague as was the information contained m these lines , I read them with the most lively interest ; and the rather as they conveyed the only intelligence which ever reached me of an individual whom I Avould have given a year of my existence to have embraced once more . Was not this a romance , Mademoiselle ? Ancl clo you feel inclined to deny that old Captain
Jules Marnier , of the Light Company of the gallant 24 th Infantry , has had one pleasant adventure in his time ? " " Monsieur le Capitaine , " I asked in my turn , as I wiped away my tears , " will you make me a present of that story ?" " Bah ! " said the brave veteran , sweeping back his grey hair from his broad forehead , " AA'hat can you want with it ?"
" I Avant to tell it over again . " "A quoi bon ?" " You shall see ; " but , alas ! I could not fulfil my pledge , for I now relate it for the first time ; and the warm heart that was once so keenly alive to the sufferings of others is laid to rest for ei * er ! 2 x 2
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The Guide.
to the extreme rigour of martial IaAV if , by a blessed chance , AVC . had not discoA'ered that he was a Freemason . The marshal who commands our army , and who is also one of the Craft , granted him his life—you Avill soon see him once more ; come Avith me , and I will endeavour to have you sent to Truxillo . ' "I conducted him to our ambulatory hospitalwhich was
, about to start for that city ; and among the wounded I recognised one of my comrades ( M . cle Turckheim , an officer of the 2 nd Hussars , who was subsequently aide-de-camp to General Rapp ) . The carriage upon which he was to be conveyed to Truxillo , and which formed part of the convoy , was not yet filled , and to his care I consigned the young soldier .
" Some months subsequently I heard of my two prisoners . They had reached Madrid , and had obtained , through the intercession of one of the king ' s aides-de-camp , their liberty on parole . Need I say that it ivas never violated . " I was not fortunate enough to meet them again ; and was utterly ignorant as to what had become of Santa-Croce , when
some years afterwards I read the folloiving paragraph in an Englisii Journal : — "' Among the Spaniards who rendered the greatest services during the war , and who were subsequently imprisoned in the citadel of Ceuta , was the famous Santa-Croce , ivho succeeded in effecting his escape . This extraordinary man has just arrived in London ; and is beyond all dispute one of the finest models of human symmetry upon earth . His superb appearance excites universal admiration . '
" Vague as was the information contained m these lines , I read them with the most lively interest ; and the rather as they conveyed the only intelligence which ever reached me of an individual whom I Avould have given a year of my existence to have embraced once more . Was not this a romance , Mademoiselle ? Ancl clo you feel inclined to deny that old Captain
Jules Marnier , of the Light Company of the gallant 24 th Infantry , has had one pleasant adventure in his time ? " " Monsieur le Capitaine , " I asked in my turn , as I wiped away my tears , " will you make me a present of that story ?" " Bah ! " said the brave veteran , sweeping back his grey hair from his broad forehead , " AA'hat can you want with it ?"
" I Avant to tell it over again . " "A quoi bon ?" " You shall see ; " but , alas ! I could not fulfil my pledge , for I now relate it for the first time ; and the warm heart that was once so keenly alive to the sufferings of others is laid to rest for ei * er ! 2 x 2