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DES C Es I l y 111V I A X U 1.1R A A [ A T 1C RE A DING S.

:ad of the column of cuirassiers reared with frightful clamor, and there
a opca.ec three tin01:sand faces with gray mnsraehcs, cryingj "
i ' E'.r.t'. v xn r : (J1:111a: 1 agea b le, I a 11 o f fi; f y and bent on ox t c mi i n at i on

of the square and cannon, the cuirassicrs saw between them and tlie
English. " ditch— a grave ! It was tlie sunken road of Ohain, It
*.v:,s a fnrfctrV. rnoniLiit. There was a ravine, 11 ii looked for, vawnintr
k_-> ' ’ J l s
at v feet of the horses, two fathoms deep between its double
<! T.k: road rank pushed in the first, The horses reared;
rr.rr-"- ever j fell upon their hacks; struggled with their
f-jt: :a : 1 air, pihag itp and overturning their riders. VVilhout power
:>:= ra.ria.. the ■.■.hole column was nothin'’- but a projectile. The force
i c ; air id lo eru-di the English crashed the French. The inexorable
c.:uld ra t vic’ d until iL was filled with riders and horses rolled
to o th e r, grinding one another, making common flesh in this dread-
gt-Y; and when this grave was full of living men, the rest marched
OV ' r.rie sc cl Mi.
Y\"as :: tjos ab 1 e that X ap01 eon si:ou 1 d win th« 1 >att 1 e of W ate r1o n ?
We h.r t Mo r W h y ? Because of Wellington ? Because of
la . v s r iw., because of G od! loir lionaparL: to conquer at
■s'averW.. v.y.'. no'.: i,n the lav/ of the nineteenth century. It was time
v - v man should i;dl. lie had been impeached before the
Tnfh.hf ! I [e bad vexed God ! Waterloo was not a battle. It was
ti\s chfere/e of front of tire Universe.— V ic t o r H

A S L E E P A T T H E 5 W S T C H ,

: i L r e. Slvng lhat I remember was Carlo tugging away,
J_ Whh the sieeve of my coat fast in his teeth, palling as much as
to say" 2
*' Core a, rrartca awake, and tend to the switch, lives now depend upon
yo-.l,
fbinb of the eonb; in the coining train an el the graves. yo u ’re sending
them to ;