e were their
last words--their dying farewell. Silent and sorrowful, Napoleon put
spurs to his horse, and disappeared from the field. This one square,
of two battalions, alone covered the flight of the army. Squadrons of
cavalry plunged upon them, and still they remained unbroken. The
flying artillery was brought up, and pitilessly pierced this heroic
band with a storm of cannon ball. The invincible square, the last
fragment of the Old Guard, revered by that soul which its imperial
creator breathed into it, calmly closed up as death thinned its ranks.
The English and Prussians sent a flag of truce, demanding a
capitulation. General Cambronne returned the immortal reply, "The
Guard dies, but never surrenders!" A few more discharges of grape shot
from the artillery mowed them all down. Thus perished, on the field of
Waterloo, the Old Guard of Napoleon.

_Directions for forming the Tableau._--This splendid battle-scene
contains forty figures. It can be produced with a less number, but to
give a good effect, it should contain forty persons. The scene occurs
at the time when Napoleon has thrown himself in the square of the
Guard, and is about to press forward to the enemy. Napoleon is seated
on his white horse, in the centre of the stage; we have a side view of
the horse, and almost a front view of Napoleon, who grasps the reins
with his left hand, and his sword with the right; his eyes are fixed
on the advancing troops in the distance; his countenance expresses
firmness and anxiety. Cambronne is on the point of advancing, with
hands stretched out, about to grasp the reins of Napoleon's horse; his
position is sideways to the audience. Marshal Ney is seen running
towards Napoleon, on the other side of the picture, his right hand
extended, his chapeau grasped with the left. In the foreground are
four wounded soldiers, lying in various positions; muskets and other
implements of war are scattered over the ground. Directly behind
Napoleon is seen an officer holding the French standard, with a gilt
eagle at the top. The Old Guard are formed in platoons, one at the
right, one at the left, and one in the background; they should form
with the face outward, and hold their muskets as if about to repel a
charge of cavalry. The rear platoon should stand on a platform two
feet in height, while the space behind is to be filled with soldiers
engaged in fencing. They should be placed on raised platforms, varying
from two to eight feet in he