Excerpt from Master Thaddeus, Vol. 2: Or the Last Foray in Lithuania Master Thaddeus. In Matthew's absence he was usually The president of council. "This is not - Sir Matthias, my brother, and good father Of all of us - this is no empty promise; I'd count upon the French in time of war As on four aces. 'Tis a warlike people, And since the days of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, The world has ne'er seen such a martial genius As the great emperor Bonaparte. I well Remember when the Frenchmen crossed the Warta. That time beyond the frontier I was staying, During the year of eighteen hundred six. I was with Dantzig trading, but I have In Posen many relatives; I went To visit them; and therefore with Pan Joseph Grabowski, now commanding officer, But who at that time in a village lived Near Objezierz, I hunted some small game. Peace then was in Great Poland, as is now In Lithuania, but a sudden rumour Spread all at once of a terrific battle. An envoy sent by Tod wen came to us. Grabowski read the letter through, and cried 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.