In the churchyard of the town of Salins, department of Jura, may stillbe seen the remains of a tomb, on which is sculptured in figures asrude as the age in which they were carved, a representation of asoldier, firmly clasped in the arms of a maiden; near them stands thedevil in a menacing attitude. Though the inhabitants of the town areall ready to swear to the truth of the story, they are not agreed asto the time when it happened; so that we can only say, that somecenturies have rolled away, since a young soldier named St Amand, anative of Salins, was returning after a long absence to the bosom ofhis family. He walked with quick and cheerful steps, carrying withease, in a small knapsack, the whole of his worldly goods. Never sincehe quitted the paternal roof, had he felt so happy; for he hoped erenight, to see his pretty cousin, Ninette, whom he loved with all hisheart, and whom he intended to make his wife.