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diff --git a/37638.txt b/37638.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79a1cd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/37638.txt @@ -0,0 +1,801 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Child of the Regiment, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Child of the Regiment + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: October 5, 2011 [EBook #37638] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILD OF THE REGIMENT *** + + + + +Produced by Larry B. Harrison, and the Archives and Special +Collections, University Libraries, Ball State University +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration: Book Cover] + + CHILD + OF THE + REGIMENT. + + NEW YORK: + P. J. COZANS, PUBLISHER, + 107 NASSAU STREET, + CORNER OF ANN. + + + + +[Illustration] + +LITTLE MARY. + + +Not many years ago a terrible battle was fought between the soldiers of +Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrians, at a small village in Italy. The +Austrians were severely beaten, and the houses of the village were set +on fire by the cannon, and all burned or torn down; the poor villagers +were driven from their homes, and thousands of soldiers were killed or +wounded, and left to die on the ground; the Austrians tried to get away +from the French, but the furious soldiers of Napoleon pursued them with +their bayonets, or trampled them to death with their horses. + +[Illustration] + +In the French army was a regiment of soldiers who were called +_guards_; they were all dressed alike, in blue coats and white +pantaloons, trimmed with crimson and gold: they were terrible fellows +to fight, and their enemies were very much afraid of them, or they +were always in the thickest of the battle, clearing their way with the +points of their bayonets. While this regiment was pursuing the +Austrians, near the burning village, one of the Guards, an old man, +saw a sweet little girl who could scarcely walk; her papa and mama had +been driven from their homes, and her papa, who carried her in his +arms, was killed by the soldiers. Mary, for that was her name, held up +her little hands crying bitterly, as she lay among the killed and +wounded; and the Old Guard, who was a brave but kind soldier, pitied +her, and took her in his arms, and when the battle was ended, carried +her to his tent, and calling his comrades together, told them of the +little girl he had found; and no one knowing who she was, or who her +parents were, they called her Mary, the Child of the Regiment, and +agreed to take care of her as well as they could. Poor little Mary, +she had no mama to undress her at night, and make her a little bed, +but the good old Guard, gave her some of his supper and laid her down +on some straw, for the soldiers have no other beds in their tents; and +after laying his coat over her to keep her warm, and his haversack +under her head, she sobbed awhile, and fell asleep to forget the +scenes of that dreadful day. The next morning the old Guard awoke +little Mary, and washed her face, and combed her hair as well as he +could, for he had never taken care of a child in his life, and was +almost afraid to touch her with his hard and rough hands, which he +thought only fit to shoulder arms or charge bayonet with; and after +taking some dried meat and hard bread for breakfast, he took her out +to let her see the soldiers: they were delighted with Mary, and many +of them ran to take her up in their arms, but she liked the Old Guard +best, and wanted to be with him, for she was afraid of their +glittering muskets, as she remembered how terrible they looked only +the day before, when the noise of their guns, and deafening hurrahs +had almost frightened her to death; but they were kind to her, and she +afterwards loved them very much, for she said the whole of the +twenty-first regiment was her father, as they called her their child, +and took care of her. + +[Illustration] + +The old Guard then took little Mary to live with him, and she learned +to sew and play with her doll, which he had bought for her; and +delighted in filling his canteen with water, and polishing his +epaulettes; she would also sing and dance with him; which pleased him +very much, for he loved no body but her; as he was a great many miles +from his home, and had marched all the way with the army. + +[Illustration] + +At other times, when the old Guard was not with her, she amused +herself by rambling through the fields gathering wild flowers, or +climbing the mountains to see the army in the valley below. + +At length the regiment was ordered home, and took little Mary with them. +She suffered many hardships in travelling so great a journey, for +sometimes she had to walk a long way, or ride on a baggage waggon, which +was no better than a cart; and in crossing the Alps, they frequently +slept on the cold ground, without any fire or even their suppers; and as +the mountains were covered with snow and ice, poor little Mary passed +many bitter nights and tedious days; and often thought of the peaceful +and happy home she had lost for ever; but the old Guard was kind to her, +and often carried her on his back or in his arms a great way: and after +many lone weeks, during which time a great number of the poor soldiers +died from suffering and toil, they arrived in France. + +[Illustration] + +By this time she had grown up to be a fine girl; she always lived with +the regiment, and had almost forgotten her papa and mama, and the +battle. The old Guard had never tried to find any of her friends, for +he thought they were all killed when the village was destroyed; at any +rate nobody had ever enquired for her; and they had no hopes of +finding out who she was or who her parents were. While the regiment +stayed in France they were quartered near a large city, where Mary +used to buy fruit and flowers for herself, and many things to please +the Old Guard. She was delighted with the town, and wished to live +there very much; upon which the regiment agreed to send her to a +boarding school, where she soon became acquainted with many little +girls who were amiable and kind, and much amused with her stories +about the army, particularly the battle and her journey across the Alps. + +[Illustration] + +During Mary's stay in the town she became acquainted with a school-boy +named Rodolph, who was in the same class with her. He was a sprightly, +daring little fellow, and on one occasion threw himself between Mary +and a mad ox that was rushing furiously along the street, and would +probably have gored her to death but for the courage of Rodolph, who +succeeded in rescuing her. From this time Mary became much attached to +him, and they frequently took many pleasant rambles together, and the +Old Guard called him a little corporal, and said he might one day be +an officer. + +Rodolph was the son of a poor widow, who had lost her husband in +battle, and was in consequence reduced in circumstances, and scarcely +able to support herself and send him to school; but more misfortunes +came upon them, and they were at a loss what to do to save themselves +from the poor-house. Rodolph was proud, and could not bear the thought +of poverty and want, and was determined to do something to relieve the +distress of his mother. + +One day, while occupied with these thoughts, the fife and drum of a +recruiting party met his ears, and as a large sum of money was offered +to those who would join the army, and a military life (as related by +little Mary) he thought would be the most likely to suit him, he +stepped forward to the ranks, took his gun, held up his head, and +became a soldier in a minute. + +Rodolph rushed home to present the money to his mother, who was almost +distracted when she heard what he had done; as the regiment he had +joined was ordered into immediate service, and he would soon be in all +the hardships and horrors of war, from which she never expected he +would return. + +[Illustration] + +War is a horrible thing, and Rodolph before long was seen upon the field +of victory; here he behaved so bravely that he was made a corporal, and +afterwards a sergeant; and at another hard fought battle attracted the +notice of his officer, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. + +But good fortune was in store for the young soldier, in a way that he +would never have thought of; it happened that the wife of the colonel of +the regiment to which Rodolph belonged, who had followed her husband to +the field of battle, was surprised one day while alone, by two +stragglers from the enemy who were proceeding to rob and perhaps murder +her; when very fortunately Rodolph and another soldier who happened near +the spot, and drawing their swords, attacked the robbers boldly; +Rodolph's comrade however received a severe wound, and he was therefore +left alone to defend himself and the lady against the ruffians; but +Rodolph was fearless and fought desperately; he wounded the two +villains, and conveyed the lady in safety to the tent of the officer. + +[Illustration] + +The colonel scarcely knew how to show his gratitude; he gave Rodolph a +large sum of money which he immediately sent home to his mother, and +gave him also the command of a company of soldiers, after raising him +to the rank of captain. + +How happy was Rodolph when he was thus raised from a common soldier +and many hardships, to independence and honour, notwithstanding all +the dangers and sufferings he had encountered. Another officer was, +however, very much displeased with the good fortune which had attended +one whom he considered to be so much below him, and took every +opportunity to insult and injure him. Rodolph bore this for some time +with great patience, but at last the gentleman became so ugly and +troubled him so much, that he could not bear it any longer; and the +consequence was, though he knew it was very wrong, that he was forced +to fight a duel, or else be looked upon as a coward by the rest of his +companions in arms. + +They at length met to fight, and Rodolph not wishing to harm his enemy, +fired his pistol in the air, but the other taking advantage of Rodolph, +severely wounded him. It was sometime before Rodolph recovered, but he +did at last, and by earnestly entreating the officers to save the man +who had thus acted treacherously towards him, he escaped a severe +punishment which he otherwise would have met with. The noble conduct of +Rodolph filled him with gratitude; he asked his forgiveness, which was +instantly granted, and they became the best of friends. + +[Illustration] + +After the war was over, the army returned to France, and great was the +joy of Rodolph at the thought of once more beholding his mother, and +to think he had now the means of rendering her comfortable for life. +On entering the town he flew to the home of his parent, for he had +been away a long while; and he was so altered with his splendid +uniform, bright sword and epaulettes, that his mother scarcely knew +him; but her joy at once more seeing him, knew no bounds. + +[Illustration] + +Rodolph had been home but a short time, when the thoughts of his +little companion would not let him remain long without trying to see +her. He repaired immediately to the school, but all were strange +faces, and nobody seemed to know him or little Mary either. He next +visited the camp, but found the regiment had gone back to Italy a long +time since, and Mary of course was with them. Poor Rodolph returned, +with bitter disappointment, and determined to join the army again, and +die on the field of battle. With this resolution, after taking an +affectionate leave of his mother, he returned to tent, and was soon +again amid the roar of cannon and the clash of arms; for Rodolph had +been so long surrounded by danger and the busy scenes of a soldier's +life, that the peaceful home of his boyhood seemed wearisome to him. + +[Illustration] + + +[Illustration] + +We now return to little Mary, who was at school, making friends of +every one she became acquainted with, and carefully studying her +lessons, and most always at the head of her class. On entering the +room one morning, and looking round, she saw that Rodolph was not +there. He staid away the next day, and the next; when Mary heard he +had been seen in company with some recruiting soldiers, and she +trembled for fear he had gone with them. She immediately hastened to +the camp, and almost the first thing she saw was Rodolph, with his +musket shouldered, and the perspiration streaming down his cheeks, +while the rough, harsh voice of an old corporal ordered him instantly +to his quarters. + +[Illustration] + +Mary waved her hand to him, but he did not see her. The tears rolled +down from her eyes, as she turned from him--for she knew the hardships +he would have to suffer--and hurrying home, threw herself in the arms +of the Old Guard, and wept as though she had lost her only friend. The +next day she heard of his departure, and went to her studies, with the +hope that he might return and spend some happy hours with her once more. + +After the regiment had stayed a long-time in France, it returned to +Italy again; and coming to a beautiful village, the Old Guard told +Mary it was the place where the battle was fought, and showed her the +place where he found her. Mary could not remember the spot nor any +thing else which she saw, for it was a long while ago, and she was a +very little girl at that time. The houses which had been burned down +were all built up again, and the little boys and girls were all +playing about as though nothing had ever happened. On the arrival of +the soldiers, they all ran to look at the Guards and hear the drums. + +[Illustration] + +It soon became known that a young lady was with the regiment, and the +story of her and the Old Guard was told to almost every one, and that +she once lived in that beautiful village, and was found on the +battle-field and carried off by the French soldiers. It was not long +before the story of little Mary was told to a lady, who lived in a +beautiful mansion or villa near the quarters of the regiment. Her +husband, who was an officer, was killed in battle, and her little +child lost in the crowd of people and soldiers who were trying to save +themselves, on that terrible day the French soldiers came to fight the +Austrians. The dead body of her husband was found, but nothing was +ever known of the little child. The more she thought of the story of +Mary the more she thought of her own little girl; and ordering her +carriage directed it to be driven to the camp; where she found the +tent of the Old Guard, and inquired for little Mary. When the lady saw +her she was surprised, to see such a beautiful girl with the +soldiers--for Mary was now a young lady, and had been many years with +the regiment. She asked the Old Guard many questions concerning the +battle; and heard how she was found on the field, surrounded by +cannons, and horses, and killed and wounded soldiers; that she was +crying bitterly, and sat by the side of a dead officer. The lady heard +the Old Guard, and wept while he was telling the story, for she began +to think that Mary was her long lost little girl. But when the Old +Guard brought the dress, and a necklace and locket which she had on +her neck, all of which he had carefully kept, and showed them to the +lady, she cried for joy, and clasped Mary in her arms; for it was +indeed her little Mary; and she kissed her over and over again. The +dress was the same she had worn on the morning of the battle, and the +necklace was a present from her papa, the officer who was killed; and +the letters on it were for her name, which was Mary St. Clair. The Old +Guard was surprised and delighted to know that little Mary was an +officer's daughter, and that her parents were so rich and great; but +the tears came in the old soldier's eyes when he thought she must +leave him; and Mary could not bear the thought of parting with him +forever. But Mrs. St. Clair, Mary's mother, was determined they should +not be separated, when she heard how kind the Old Guard had been to +her; and, after procuring his discharge, invited him to live with +them. The party at length set out for the villa, and the soldiers of +the Guards took leave of her with tears in their eyes, and rushed from +the ranks to kiss her for the last time. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +Mary was delighted with her ride, but more pleased with her beautiful +home, and the splendid apartments, and the costly furniture. Mary was +immediately introduced to many young ladies and gentlemen, and soon +became one of the liveliest and most beautiful women in Italy. The Old +Guard dressed himself in his best uniform, which he would never +exchange for any other dress: for although Mrs. St. Clair wanted to +have him dress like a gentleman, he always refused, saying he had +always lived and was determined to die a soldier. Not long after this, +a great Ball was given by some of the nobility, and all the officers +of the army, far and near, were invited. The assembly was brilliant, +and imposing; the bright uniforms and gay dresses glittered by the +light of chandeliers, and music and festivity seemed to delight them +all. As Mary was leaning on the arm of the Old Guard, she noticed a +young captain of infantry continually gazing on her, whose face +appeared familiar. He stepped forward and mentioned her name, and in +an instant they were in each other's arms; it was Rodolph. The wars +were ended, and in travelling about the country, he had accidentally +received an invitation. As soon as Mary entered the room, he +remembered her, and after making himself known, enjoyed her society +for the evening. The Old Guard died at the villa, and Mary and Rodolph +were married, and lived at the village the rest of their lives. + +[Illustration] + + + + + PHILIP J. COZANS, + PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, + MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER OF + VALENTINES, + No. 107 Nassau Street, N. Y. + + * * * * * + + NEW ILLUMINATED TOYS. + + JUST PUBLISHED, A NEW 8vo. 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