Itwasonlyoneofthesmallpartsofthetrainingwhichhadquietlymadetheboy，evenasachild，self-controlledandcourteous，hadtaughthimeaseandgraceofboyishcarriage，thehabitofholdinghisbodywellandhisheaderect，andhadgivenhimacertainlookofyoungdistinctionwhich，thoughitassumednothing，sethimapartfromboysofcarelesslyawkwardbearing。
``Isthereanewspaperherewhichtellsofthebattle，Lazarus？\'\'
heasked，afterhehadleftthetable。
``Yes，sir，\'\'wastheanswer。``Yourfathersaidthatyoumightreadit。Itisablacktale！\'\'headded，ashehandedhimthepaper。
Itwasablacktale。Asheread，Marcofeltasifhecouldscarcelybearit。ItwasasifSamaviaswaminblood，andasiftheothercountriesmuststandaghastbeforesuchfuriouscruelties。