Ball-Of-Tallow, and Short Stories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Ball-of-Tallow, and Short Stories Brethren in Death - passed in their turn, look ing like banditti. Their leaders, former drapers or grain merchants, or tallow or soap handlers - warriors by force of circumstance, officers by reason of their mustachios or their money - covered with weapons and flannel and braid, and with lace, spoke in an impressive manner, discussed plans of campaign, and behaved as though they alone bore the fortunes of dying France on their braggart shoulders; though, in truth, they frequently were afraid of their own men scoundrels often brave without limit, but dishonest and debauched. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.