A GOOD BREAKFAST.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 7 May 1891, Page 4

A GOOD BREAKFAST.

' The lata'Duc do MaiiiJcc/f/, . as Marshal .Pelissicr. liaa the reputation of be'in^ violent and stcnv wlien ] his 'temper was -°.cl; but buacrah this exterior was n Itrou^ vtl nni^ n0 nian was swifter t( > take >arnfe*. ' ™!' L One da >'. whenWice of ttc > or a review, he saw Wyins fit Toni .. . ""R j>y. On the poor ttitiird f»Si.- of -a' Sfergeant-J 'coflin v/as tli« ; iftvi'fo^m "fi old manmajor of ChasseiWs.a-tilM '■ •*.,- ''' small v/alked wearily behirttl 1 i^, r t ud>**»j ~<.rhandful of friends followed; liiml- 'JM»>h.. Bhal sent one of his general tb'irinbil'^ißW' x liculars, and learnt that th^ soldier. be;nT borne to his last oeeV' 'severely wounded "at MagentaV* arW^WOi^f 1 . sufficiently recovered to gob'actt to Ir^llWWie for change of air and rest, had M?#Pl 'debility. His eldest brother had been^lf ''in the Crimea, and tiieir old father .was s*» retired lieutenant/ vho starved father thanlived on a pension c c ahcut seventeen pounds a year. A month alter tl. ; s the marshal returned to Tool, and invited the old lieutenant to come and take Iwaklast with him at eleven o'clock. Covers were laßlor, two 4. tbe marshal sat do^ briikly^ndyjis guesd followed his example. Bof*i»o sooner did the old man rnfold his tabie-napkinllian^hKi ut.ered aery, for brneath it was Uje Cross of the Legion of .Honour. *ts , re> ribbon, and two larp.e oificial 'BWftojpw. .The veteran sigheJ. hfs' hands shook; ftc could neither rise ji or speak, but. looked at his host, who took thb decoration, Jas»e»ed it to his biittorhole, threv the envelope* on the table, and said, " Tins lb your breyet as Uqiounalre, and this is a per^io^ oHorly ponndti a y-iv. Kow Wt. m s t^e omelette, fo; . am in ft great liiirry."