CORPORAL SPOHN.
The great Corporal Spohn is still well remembered in Coblence; he was one of the most faithful of men. He saved the life of the Emperor Napoleon at the battle of the three Emperors. Napoleon had advanced too boldly, and was in imminent danger of being taken prisoner by the Cossacks; if not, which was more likely still, killed by those wild soldiers. Corporal Spohn having noticed the desperate position of Napoleon, ran up, and an agreement was hastily made, by which Spohn mounted the white horse of Napoleon, who escaped then unnoticed.
The Emperor was saved as a corporal; and the Corporal died as an emperor.
Ever since Spohn has been called the Great Corporal, and Napoleon the Little Corporal.
HENRY AND BERTHA.
Henry was expecting his dearly beloved Bertha to arrive at Coblence; he, therefore, stood watching most anxiously on the old bridge over the Moselle. At last the boat which contained her came into view, and she waved her kerchief to her constant lover.
Alas! before he could clasp her the boat overturned, and Bertha was struggling beneath an arch of the bridge. Henry rushed down to save her, but just as he arrived at the edge of the water she uttered his name and went down.
Marking the place, Henry dashed in and seized on her loosened hair, which floated on the surface of the agitated river: thus he succeeded in saving her life, and gaining from the stream a loving wife.