. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. ror. Louis Napoleon, I suppose, expects someday to occupy one of them. We went down aflight of white marble stairs to the entrance ofthe crypt, or basin, where the Emperor entrance, with great, bronze doors, is per-manently closed — sealed forever. No mortalmail must lie beside the Emperor. Two of thegenerals he loved best. General Bertrand andGeneral Duroc, are placed near the entrance;but within, he lies alone in his glorv. Over theentrance the following sentence, taken from hiswill, is cut in the solid stone: OLD
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. ror. Louis Napoleon, I suppose, expects someday to occupy one of them. We went down aflight of white marble stairs to the entrance ofthe crypt, or basin, where the Emperor entrance, with great, bronze doors, is per-manently closed — sealed forever. No mortalmail must lie beside the Emperor. Two of thegenerals he loved best. General Bertrand andGeneral Duroc, are placed near the entrance;but within, he lies alone in his glorv. Over theentrance the following sentence, taken from hiswill, is cut in the solid stone: OLD SOLDIERS AND THEIR GENERAL. ^t •I wish that my ashes may repose upon the banksof the Seine, in the midst of the people I have lovedso much. The wish has been granted. From the islandof St. Helena, where he died, twenty years afterhis burial there, he was brought here, and thismagnificent tomb assigned him by the Frenchpeople, to show how much they adore the mem-ory of Napoleon the First. There will be something more about this inthe next letter. Uncle
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