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The Boy Life of Napoleon

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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It was not the Emperor Napoleon who fought at those places.

That was long after he was dead.

It was the son of Louis Philippe, the Duke of Nemours, who fought at Constantine; it was the Prince of Joinville who led at Ulloa; and, at Sebastopol, the"-- [Illustration: "_Pif! paf! pouf! That is the way I read"-- Napoleon at the Battle of Jena.

(From the Painting by Horace Vernet_.)] "Bah!" broke in the old veteran.

"You are all owls, you! What if they did?
I will not deny either the Duke of Nemours nor the Prince of Joinville, nor Louis Philippe himself.


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