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Show "A Nice Pupil!" Napoleon was a great soldier, but ha could not spell. His handwriting was also so bad as to give rise to the rumor that he used undecipherable characters to conceal the fact that he, the master of Europe, could uot master French orthography. or-thography. In the early days of the empire a man of modest aspect presented himself before be-fore the emperor. "Who are you?" asked Napoleon. "Sire, I had the honor at Brienne for 15 months to give writing lessons to your majesty. " "You turned out a nice pupil!" said the emperor, with vivacity. "I congratulate congrat-ulate you on your success I" Nevertheless Neverthe-less he conferred a pension upon his old master. Youth's Companion. |
