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And die Genera! kept liis word. Year.? later* when the great wars
were all over, there might be seen walking in the yarden of a quiet
country house in the .south of France a stooping, white-haired old
man. who hau once been the famous Marshal Macdonald] and lie
leaned for support upon the arm of a tall, black-moustached s soldier­
like fellow wllo had once been little Pierre, the drummer.

JOHN MAYNARD.
[Read v.'itti fiiji, tows, I,el tbs tu^user i :k1 ical.s r.d mi ration of tlio litro-
Tht .i.t;1 iroti TCff'f to ^f>]'j'<-=po-nii]bf; in rail i, J
) ^ t U V A S on Lake Erie's broad expanse,J
One bright midsummer day,
The ealtant steamer Ocean Oaeen
Swept proudly on her wny,
Bright laces clustered on the deck,
Or :.earjii:ip; o'er the side,
WatchedJ carclessly the feathery foom,
That ftecked the rippling tide.

Ah, v/bo beneath that cloudless sky,
That smiling bends serene,
Co ii kl dream11 that danger, awful, vast,
Impended o'er the scene—
Could dream that ere an hour had sped,
That frame of sturdy oak
W e i.d d s i n k 1 b en eatb tb e 1 ak e: s b) u e w; ivcs,
Blackened wkh fire and smoke ?

A seaman sought, the captain's side,
A moment11 whispered low;
The c»ntain\s swarthv face *jrew dale.
i. ' * O _ 7
He hurried down below.
Alas, too late ■ Though quick and sharp
And clear ins orders came.