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Widow and Mother

           

           Osborneputaguineaintothesoldier’shand,andtoldhimheshouldhaveanotherifhewouldbringtheSergeanttotheHotelduParc;apromisewhichverysoonbroughtthedesiredofficertoMr.Osborne’spresence.Andthefirstsoldierwentaway;andaftertellingacomradeortwohowCaptainOsborne’sfatherwasarrived,andwhatafree-handedgenerousgentlemanhewas,theywentandmadegoodcheerwithdrinkandfeasting,aslongastheguineaslastedwhichhadcomefromtheproudpurseofthemourningoldfather.

           IntheSergeant’scompany,whowasalsojustconvalescent,OsbornemadethejourneyofWaterlooandQuatreBras,ajourneywhichthousandsofhiscountrymenwerethentaking.HetooktheSergeantwithhiminhiscarriage,andwentthroughbothfieldsunderhisguidance.Hesawthepointoftheroadwheretheregimentmarchedintoactiononthe16th,andtheslopedownwhichtheydrovetheFrenchcavalrywhowerepressingontheretreatingBelgians.TherewasthespotwherethenobleCaptaincutdowntheFrenchofficerwhowasgrapplingwiththeyoungEnsignforthecolours,theColour-Sergeantshavingbeenshotdown.Alongthisroadtheyretreatedonthenextday,andherewasthebankatwhichtheregimentbivouackedundertherainofthenightoftheseventeenth.Furtheronwasthepositionwhichtheytookandheldduringtheday,formingtimeaftertimetoreceivethechargeoftheenemy’shorsemenandlyingdownundertheshelterofthebankfromthefuriousFrenchcannonade.

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