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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Next
day,
while
with
his
father
in
the
Place
de
la
Concorde,
which
was
filled
with
troops,
the
gates
of
the
Tuileries
Garden
were
suddenly
flung
open,
and
out
galloped
a
troop
of
cuirassiers,
in
the
midst
of
whom
was
an
open
carriage
containing
the
king
and
queen,
who
had
abdicated.
Then
came
the
sacking
of
the
Tuileries,
the
people
mounting
a
cannon
on
the
roof,
and
firing
blank
cartridges
to
testify
their
joy.
'It
was
a
sight
to
see
a
palace
sacked'
(wrote
the
boy),
'and
armed
vagabonds
firing
out
of
the
windows,
and
throwing
shirts,
papers,
and
dresses
of
all
kinds
out....
They
are
not
rogues,
the
French;
they
are
not
stealing,
burning,
or
doing
much
harm.'
[MEMOIR
OF
FLEEMING
JENKIN,
by
R.
L.
Stevenson.]
The
Revolution
obliged
the
Jenkins
to
leave
Paris,
and
they
proceeded
to
Genoa,
where
they
experienced
another,
and
Mrs.
Jenkin,
with
her
son
and
sister-in-law,
had
to
seek
the
protection
of
a
British
vessel
in
the
harbour,
leaving
their
house
stored
with
the
property
of
their
friends,
and
guarded
by
the
Union
Jack
and
Captain
Jenkin.
At
Genoa,
Fleeming
attended
the
University,
and
was
its
first
Protestant
student.
Professor
Bancalari
was
the
professor
of
natural
philosophy,
and
lectured
on
electro-magnetism,
his
physical
laboratory
being
the
best
in
Italy.
Jenkin
took
the
degree
of
M.A.
with
first-class
honours,
his
special
subject
having
been
electro-magnetism.
The
questions
in
the
examinations
were
put
in
Latin,
and
answered
in
Italian.
Fleeming
also
attended
an
Art
school
in
the
city,
and
gained
a
silver
medal
for
a
drawing
from
one
of
Raphael's
cartoons.
His
holidays
were
spent
in
sketching,
and
his
evenings
in
learning
to
play
the
piano;
or,
when
permissible,
at
the
theatre
or
opera-house;
for
ever
since
hearing
Rachel
recite
the
Marseillaise
at
the
Theatre
Francaise,
he
had
conceived
a
taste
for
acting.
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