Show Prized Baby Among the treasures in the Ca- Ca Canadian Canadian Ca Canadian nadian archives at nt Otava Ot ava n 1 i A n a pair r of baby shoes once orn by James Wolfe Most American school chool child children ren have read rend in their histories the story told of ho how General Wolfe WolIe re recited recited recited cited Grays Gray's Elegy in a Country the night before the battle of Quebec and said that he had rather have been the author of the poem than to hn have ve the Uthe gory of beating the French tomorrow lIe Ho did beat the French rench on the morrow on the tho Plains of Abraham at Quebec which victory wrested Canada from the French but Wolfe WolIe died on the field after r be- be betag ing bo-ing tag ing thrice wounded The Tho opposing French commander Montcalm was also mortally wounded in the bat bat- battle battie tic bat tie tle which occurred September 13 17 1759 9 In 1008 1908 the battlefield was made a Canadian national park Wolfe wa was one of the tho most skill skill- skillful skillful skill skill-ful ful and daring commanders who whoever whoever whoever ever wore the British uniform lie He was a commissioned officer at the ago age of ot 14 became a captain at 17 cd major Hj r a ma major or shortly nIter alter He lie was wasa wasa wasa a brigadier general when he yield yield- ed td up his hta life for England at the thea a age e of 31 after executing one of the most daring exploits in mili mill military military I tary annab The rho story of ot that Hut exploit ia 3 too long to relate here but it if our read readers readers ers era will look it up they will under under- understand understand understand stand why that pair of baby shoes i is co so o highly prized and treasured by the Dominion authorities in Ot Ot- Otta Ottawa ta tawa wa |