Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1894 — STILL ON GUARD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STILL ON GUARD.

New York Press.

Napoleon, the night before the battle of Rivoli, found an exhausted sentinel asleep. Taking his gun, the great commander stood guard until the grenadier awoke, v*hen, as he handed the poor fellow his rnusket, he said: “You’ve had a hard narefi. I was awake and did your duty. Somebody must watch, for a moment’s inattention now may prove f»tai "