Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Little Ten-Minutes or a Pastor's Talks With His Children, 1909
A few years ago a French prince, whose name was Napoleon, joined the English army in Zululand. Like the great Napoleon, for whom he was named, he was fond of war. And as there were then no wars in France, when he heard that the English were fighting the Zulus, he asked permission to join their army. That is how he happened to be fighting in Zululand.
One day he rode outside the camp with a small squad of soldiers. Being a prince, of course he was allowed to command them. All about them in the open country were Zulu enemies: so many of them that it was not safe for the Prince to be where he was. One of the English soldiers said: We would better go back to camp. If we stay here we may fall into the hands of the enemy. But the Prince said: O, let us stay for ten minutes and drink our coffee! So they stayed. But before the ten minutes were gone the Zulus came and in the skirmish that followed the Prince was killed. There had been plenty of time to escape, but he said, Wait a little! And he waited until it was too late.
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