Show Bou baulanger lauger I 1 the r Re the ot a notary of the town of rennes it is not the lite accident acci Jent of birth that hae has advanced gen boulanger to the highest attainable grade of the french army he ile hae has but to thank hie his breton perseverance hie hia indomitable strength of ft ill hie ills extraordinary audacity in in a word hie ilia own po power er and ability to recognize seize and make 1 the most of the various opportunities TrI port unities bat that tune have come in hie his wa way y though ho ugh by birth a Frenchman I 1 and the son 0 ofal I 1 a frenchman ho lie can still claim som e kinship with england his mother moth er beng being an english woman of A hose comely features lier tier eoa son iq 14 baid said to inherit no email small share things did not prosper with tile rennes solicitor and shortly alter after the tile I 1 of april 1837 he be sold his practice and removed to Nat nantes ites m where here ho lie obtained employment as ag an inspector of the insurance company la br re I 1 agne it will 11 ll be understood then that the subject of this sketch was not brought u up p in enervating luxury indeed as the breton phrase I 1 I 1 ram goes there was more bread nian than buttwin butter in that family the early schooldays of the youn boulanger AN were anere ere on british isair noil at brighton m where here lie was u as placed under t tha the care of his maternal unties uncles it is is open to doubt whether his of the few veara years spent in england landa aro roof of the lite brightest description for the young french Freni frenchman hman man was was creao treated in no tender manner by hia ilia british schoolfellows school hool fello fellows ato to whom ins his national nationality ity appeared to offer every excuse fo for r various descriptions of bullying bull ing I 1 his lis appeals and nod corn plaints to his relatives reli tives 3 passed unheeded com tor for they had bad appa renly resolved hat that even at a that early date he tie should learn to li feht ht hid own battles it cwi wwi w doubt lem a bird hard lesson for he the young I 1 french boy in a foreign laud and away from parents and home but it was one A aich lius has borno home good fruit in his hi after life on jan 15 1865 1855 in ills eighteenth year georges arnest jean marle boulenger Boull nger was wag entered at the famous military arv college of st cyr and 1 it t college was here lere th eliat at his 6 predo minal it qualities first manifested them themselves selve 8 ahou though gh ft it perve persevering and attentive st student lie he way as not negligent in in other matters and as the child is is said bahl to 0 o be father of 0 ilia nai inan so was george bou langere lan gore bouth prophetic of ia ills nu years vears A b tory is told on liia his own authority autarky aut arty which aich indicate indicates the bent of his hia character bettor better than could whole hole pages of argument to the lite effect that on oil liberty days es ea jours de to sortie h lie would content himself tor for breakfast lire alfast with A ith a dish of potatoes pota toce bought at some street stall or unpretentious thop in order to treat blin himself self to a pair ti of light yel v ellow kid w with it the balance balan L v of his dinner allowance allo bill but U lien ell IW bisou 0 o langer is id a I n not ot the tile only owl elj nent dent roan inan to whoso A b 1 account a similar chargo charge might be laid prohibition as she probe waiter ii pah fah gurst guest 11 yes br bring ng me a you know now w winks inks waiter cant do it sall ah dm dis am ant a pro bihun hurt ions fail fl youre a arranger inter aguet what of that Ivi waiter liter ido ie tons mys minks dont voun count for or oa 01 qua lutc wu il lein l harpers 1 1 |