away with the General's carriage and horses in hismouth.
Statuettes of "TomPouce" appeared in all the windows, in
plaster, Parian, sugar and chocolate; songs were written about
him and his lithograph was seen everywhere. A fine café on
one of the boulevards took the name of "Tom Pouce" and
displayed over the door a life-size statue of the General. In
Paris, as in London, several eminent painters expressed their
desire to paint his portrait, but the General's engagements
were so pressing that he found little time to sit to artists. All
the leading actors and actresses came to the General's levees
and petted him and made him many presents. Meanwhile,
the daily receipts continued to swell, and I was compelled to
take a cab to carry my bag of silver home at night.
HYLAND