The boy life of Napoleon, afterwards emperor of the French . sea. Upon which all the boys laughed loudly ; and Na-poleon, walking off in disgust, went into the school-building, and there vented his wrath upon a portraitof Choiseul, that hung upon the wall. Ah, ha! blackguard, pawnbroker, traitor! hecried, shaking his fist at this portrait of a stout andsmiling-looking gentleman, I loathe you! I despiseyou ! I spit upon you ! And he did. Now, Monsieur the Count de Choiseul was theFrench nobleman who was one of the old KingLouiss ministers and advisers. It was he who hadplanned the conquest of C
The boy life of Napoleon, afterwards emperor of the French . sea. Upon which all the boys laughed loudly ; and Na-poleon, walking off in disgust, went into the school-building, and there vented his wrath upon a portraitof Choiseul, that hung upon the wall. Ah, ha! blackguard, pawnbroker, traitor! hecried, shaking his fist at this portrait of a stout andsmiling-looking gentleman, I loathe you! I despiseyou ! I spit upon you ! And he did. Now, Monsieur the Count de Choiseul was theFrench nobleman who was one of the old KingLouiss ministers and advisers. It was he who hadplanned the conquest of Corsica, and annexed it toFrance. You may not wonder, then, that the littleCorslcan, homesick for his native island, and hot withrage toward those who made fun of it, when he cameupon this portrait of the man to whom, as he hadbeen taught, all Corsicas troubles were due, shouldhave vented his wrath upon it, and heaped insultsupon it. THE LONELY SCHOOL-BOY, 99 Unfortunately for him, however, the teachers atBrienne did not appreciate his patriotic wrath; so,. What! you will not ash Monsieur the Counts pardon? when one of the tattle-tales reported Napoleons actions,at once he was pounced upon, and ordered to ask lOO THE BOY LIFE OF NAPOLEON. pardon for what he had said and done, standing beforethe portrait of Corsicas enslaver. He approached the portrait so reluctantly and con-temptuously, that one of the teachers scolded himsharply. You are not worthy to be a French officer,foolish boy, the teacher declared; you are no trueson of France, thus to insult so ereat and noble aFrenchman as Monsieur the Count de Choiseul. I am a son of Corsica, Napoleon replied proudly ; that noble country which this man ground in the dust. As well he might, replied the teacher tauntingly. He was Corsicas best friend. He was worth athousand Paolis. It is not so ! cried Napoleon, hot with patrioticindignation. You talk like all Frenchmen. Paoli wasa great man. He loved his country. I admire wish to
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