A STUDIOUS BOYHOOD 3 



was taken from her by the conscription in 1811, 

 and, having been assigned to the 3rd regiment 

 of the line, he served throughout the war in 

 Spain in the army of the Emperor. He made 

 a good soldier, well disciplined and intelligent, 

 and he won his first promotions slowly, through 

 good conduct and calm courage: corporal in 

 1812, quartermaster in 1813, sergeant-major 

 and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1814. 

 Returning from Spain, he was one of those who 

 took part in that immortal campaign of France, 

 in which Napoleon expended all the marvellous 

 resources of his military genius to save the 

 country from invasion, yet was powerless in the 

 face of adverse fortune. 



After the Emperor's abdication Jean Joseph 

 Pasteur was placed on the retired list by the 

 new government. He returned to Salins to re- 

 sume his trade of tanner, and shortly after- 

 wards he married Jeanne Etiennette Roqui, of 

 an ancient family of humble station. The bare 

 problem of living was a difficult one, for the 

 brio^e had brought nothing to their union ex- 



