. St. Nicholas [serial]. too, had a story. It was saidto have belonged to Charlemagne. At St. Cath-erines they knew nothing about it when Jeannesmessenger went for the sword. But search wasmade, and it was found buried back of the altarand covered with rust. They polished it andmade for it a splendid sheath of crimson citizens of Tours gave another scabbard ofcloth of gold. But Jeanne, meaning to carry thesword in battle, laid these showy coverings asideand had a plain leather one made. She wouldnot have the blade sharpened, saying that shewould never kill any one. Indeed, once only
. St. Nicholas [serial]. too, had a story. It was saidto have belonged to Charlemagne. At St. Cath-erines they knew nothing about it when Jeannesmessenger went for the sword. But search wasmade, and it was found buried back of the altarand covered with rust. They polished it andmade for it a splendid sheath of crimson citizens of Tours gave another scabbard ofcloth of gold. But Jeanne, meaning to carry thesword in battle, laid these showy coverings asideand had a plain leather one made. She wouldnot have the blade sharpened, saying that shewould never kill any one. Indeed, once only didshe use it, and then to strike a wrong-doer withthe flat of it. Jeanne dArc was not only a great general andthe savior of her country; she was all that waspure and fine, noble and lovely. With her, loveof France was not a sentiment, it was a slender girl in her first young bloom, in herhand the sacred sword that shall sever the bondsof France, this statue represents to all the worldthe spirit of THE BOYS LIFE OF MARK TWAIN BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE Author of Mark Twain, a Biography, etc. Chapter XVI THE SOLDIER When he reached Hannibal, Samuel Clemensfound a very mixed condition of affairs. Thecountry was in an uproar of war preparation; ina border State there was a confusion of sympa-thies, with much ignorance as to what it was allabout. Any number of young men were eager toenlist for a brief camping-out expedition, andsmall private companies were formed, composedabout half and half of Union and Confederatemen as it turned out later. Missouri, meantime, had allied herself with theSouth, and Samuel Clemens on his arrival inHannibal decided that, like Lee, he would go withhis State. Old friends, who were getting up acompany to help Governor Claib Jackson repelthe invader, offered him a lieutenancy if hewould join. It was not a big company; it hadonly about a dozen members, most of whom hadbeen schoolmates, some of them fellow-pilots, andSam Clemens was n
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