He amused the children at night with his stories of military life-- "Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won." During the day he carried his wallet from door to door in Agen, or amongst the farmhouses in the neighbourhood; and when he came home at eve he emptied his wallet and divided the spoil amongst the family.

If he obtained, during his day's journey, some more succulent morsel than another, he bestowed it upon his grandson Jacques, whom he loved most dearly.
Like all healthy boys, young Jasmin's chief delight was in the sunshine and the open air.

He also enjoyed the pleasures of fellowship and the happiness of living.

Rich and poor, old and young, share in this glorified gladness.

Jasmin had as yet known no sorrow.