ONE OF NAPOLEON'S MEN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 16, 31 December 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)

ONE OF NAPOLEON'S MEN.

O.i the (••,•■ ning ni June 15th, 1815, I mi officer in the uniform of the 7th j Hussars rode into a little village near I Wat.-rl >o. in which some British regi- | i.yonts wire qmi.tered. Checking hi-: I In rs’ (Hiis’di an inn door, he called i to .am:.? artillerymen, who were loung- [ mg rear, and demanded to see their < . flicei. Jiao;- Lenthes. He ".as inform- • cd that the ofliw'r in question was not lin the village. He then thoroughly I’ati-elns'-d the gunners as to their . strength in horses, men, and guns, in ' c.rder that he mi <ht determine whether : Lord Uxbridge c.ilid stable there an additional 2CO horses for the night. After bullying the loe-d mayor and ordering the men right and left, he I gracefully rerm tinted his pony and rode | out of the village, just as Major i Leathrs c:.t ■.< <1 it from the opposite ! dirc-'tion. | Eventually it transpired that ho was I a memb-.T r.f Napoloou’.-; celebrated soei ret service. But. fo boldly had he 5 p’ayui ids p.-irt. that none felt mor? ; pleased at his escape than the Tommies j he had so cleverly hoaxed. Those who fi.ive read Eonimore Cooper’s fictitious ‘Spv.’ ; and have followed the fortunes pf the gallant young British spy, MajorAndre. who was shot by Washington's •rder. must lie numbered by niillio'is. Lilt it is a cirrir us fact that the most is-t-ful spv ever employed by a British i genor.'.l died in poverty, praetieally nnI known to the nation no l ad benefited.

j A SCENE IN COURT. I Mr. James Pain us.d to tell of a ! friend of his who had avoided jury duty f->r some time bv the assistance of a | Covernment effiei;. 1. in acknowledg- ; men- of a 0.-rtain douceur: but he got I tired of paying an annuity, and wanted j it to be don? with for good and all. “For ten pounds," oil the official, ’ •'! will gurranree that vou sh.ill never ; h ■ troubied again." and the money was I paid. i M hen the d-iy came for his atr-end-

' ,-r e :.t the court. John Jo.-.es. Jet us * <-a’l him. ecrild i -»t resist th? teinpta-t-o’i of <ei v iii x how his mo<-ev had Igwn ■ invested. H * de erib.’d the sensation <<f h'-ering "John J'n. s” r r.ih'd on: as I lather ; e.'iiliar : it was called out -t I .o-. oiei line, anil he c mi l 1 i’y nsist i ai' -v. m i"g to hr- ram?. Wi: m it w: s ce'hrl <>••• for a f ird tree, he felt ■ ui’e em-ie. and nr.ic-h iv..!--? si at whr . took j lace in eonA p.'i-'on in <!>.’• n mourning st?ppe:l i for”, art! fr. m th - b-'<-k of the court. [ arid I'lt'i n von ? broke:i with emotion, I i. r.■?l?-"tned ; -. •■John ..Liv ; '< is dead, mv lord .Ipd pis 1 i-i-k : t'. w ; t'’ n li’i’c ’•■>- P?i;d in l.i mI: d■' in hi> t nr <n>'?r-,--s watch hi> i;;t :g cut. Tin • r v.de-lares i - :<.-■■• :•