And soon afterward, in the month of May, the treaty of peace having
been ratified by the Mexican Congress at Queretaro, the American
army evacuated the city and territory of Mexico.
And our brave soldiers, their "brows crowned with victorious
wreaths," set out upon their return to home and friends.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE FORTUNATE BATH
Heaven has to all allotted soon or late
Some lucky revolution of their fate;
Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill
(For human good depends on human will)
Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent.
And from the first impression takes its bent.
Now, now she meets you with a glorious prize,
And spreads her locks before her as she flies.
--DRYDEN.
Meanwhile, what had our young adventurer been doing in all these
months between September and June!
Traverse, with his two hundred dollars, had set out for New Orleans
about the first of October.
But by the time he had paid his traveling expenses and fitted
himself out with a respectable suit of professional black and a few
necessary books, his little capital had diminished three-quarters.
So that when he found himself settled in his new office, in a highly
respectable quarter of the city, he had but fifty dollars and a few
dimes left.
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