The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Bilboquet, The Drummer

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(source: NIU Libraries)
Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: Good News v. 10 no. 256 — page 4092
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: Good News, v. 10, no. 256, March 30, 1895 (Issue)
Author: Soulie, Frederic
Date: March 30, 1895
First Sentence: In 1812, in the Ninth Regiment of France, there was a drummer-boy only 13 years of age, a child of the troop, whose true name was Frolut, though the soldiers called him nothing but Bilboquet.
Last Sentence: It is upon the shoulders of the other drummer-boys, you can rest assured, that the drum-major now establishes the time.

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