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however, had been complete ; they had brought home neither arms, 

 ammunition, nor baggage. But, in default of these, they had brought 

 abundance of exaggerated stories of the nmltitude and ferocity of the 

 enemy. De Talmont soon returned with his corps to France. He found 

 the passes open, and the King of the Mountains true to the laws of hos- 

 pitality. But it fared ditierently with his successors ; his Majesty con- 

 tinued the wonder of Carniola, and the horror of the French, for years. 

 He continually surprised and defeated the corps that attempted to beat 

 up his quarters, until the idea was utterly abandoned in despair. His 

 last exploit was cutting off the rear division and the whole of the baggage 

 of a French Marshal moving on Italy. Who the mountain king was, 

 nobody knew, he had a hundred histories ; he was alternately supposed 

 to be Hofer, who had escaped from Mantua ; Steinfort, the famous 

 Austrian general of Light troops, whose body had not been found after" 

 the battle of Austerlitz; and a multitude of others. The countrypeople, 

 however, fairly believed him to be neither Tyrolese nor German, but a 

 good incarnation of the Devil — a benevolent prince of the power of the 

 air — to be touched by neither ball nor bayonet, and, in the fitting time, 

 to lead his mountain spirits to the liberation of the empire. 



At length the aggressions of France (Compelled Austria to try the 

 chances of war again. On the first order to levj' troops. Lieutenant 

 Stauenbach appeared at the court of Vienna with the offer of a regiment 

 of three thousand sharpshooters ! A deputation of his companions in their 

 mountain costume, long-bearded, and with buskins and caps of wolf and 

 bear-hides, attended him. The offer was gladlj' received. He was 

 placed at the head of his " Free corps," and distinguished himself by 

 remarkable gallantry in the campaign of Wagram. At the battle of 

 Leipsic he was a general officer, with the " Free corps " in his division ; 

 and the mountaineers of Carniola, and their general Stauenbach, will 

 be long remembered by Germany, and by her enemies. 



LOVE S LIGHT AND SHADE. 



Light are the troubles 



That sadden Love's mirth. 



As the smooth water-bubbles 



That break in their birth. 



The shade on his temples 



His bright locks impart; 



The tears in his dimples 



Are dews from his heart. 



The weight on his wing 



Is a world of delight : 



His darts may not sing, 



But are ever in flight. 



The slightest thing made. 



Though fragile and tender, 



Hath always a shade 



To await on its splendour : 



And how should Love's tone 



Have exemption from grief. 



When a shadow is thrown 



From the lily's clear leaf? 



As a rose-leaf may tincture 



The breast with its hue. 



So Love's golden cincture 



Shall darken it too ! S. L. B. 



