NOTE.--l. Acceptance. When a person upon whom a draft has been made,
writes his name across the face of it, the draft then becomes "an
acceptance." The person who makes the draft is called "the drawer;" the
person to whom the money is ordered paid writes his name on the back of
the draft and is called "an indorser." Paper of this kind frequently
passes from hand to hand, so that there are several indorsers.



LXXXVI. THE SOLDIER OF THE RHINE.

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (b. 1808, d. 1877) was the grand-daughter
of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She wrote verses and plays at a very early
age. "The Sorrows of Rosalie," published in 1829, was written before she
was seventeen years old. In 1827 she was married to the Hon. George
Chapple Norton. The marriage was an unhappy one, and they were divorced in
1836. Her principal works are "The Undying One," "The Dream, and Other
Poems," "The Child of the Islands," "Stuart of Dunleith, a Romance," and
"English Laws for English Women of the 19th Century." She contributed
extensively to the magazines and other periodicals.

1.
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers,
There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears;
But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away,
And bent, with pitying glances, to hear what he might say.
The dying soldier faltered, as he took that comrade's hand,
And he said: "I nevermore shall see my own, my native land;