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near the Pyranees, belonging to one of
her relations. The roads to Switzer-
land, she said, were so closely watched
that he would be likely to be taken if
he attempted to cross the frontier.
The advice, which he adopted, prov
ed fatal to him. Arriving safely at the
chateau, he remained concealed for sew
eral days. Almost the only article of
value which he had brought with him
in his fight was curious and splendid
sabre. which General Bonaparte had
given him, many years before, in Egypt,
him to wear it whenever he
went into action. One day he careless
ly left this snowy weapon lying upon
a sofa in the great drawing room of
the chateau. While it lay there lady
of the neighborhood called at the cha
teau, and her attention, on entering the
drawing room was attracted to this
sword, which she examined. The next
day, while visiting another lady, she
spoke Of it and described it. It was
we'll known in France that during his
Egyptian campaigns, Napoleon pre-
sented to each of his favorite officers,
such as Dessaix, Kleber, Murat, Ney
and others, one of the sabres captured
from the Mamelukes, accompanying
the gift with the request to wear it on
days of battle. Hence, it was known
that few of the oldest generals of the
Emperor possessed such sabres.
Suspicion was aroused. The tidings
brought by the lady from the chateau
found their way to the ears of the Pre-
feet, who dispatched fourteen soldiers
to arrest the owner of the Egyptian
sabre, whoever he might be- At the
moment of their arrival in the court
yard, Ney happened to be walking a.
bout in it, and it was to him that the
officer in command first spoke. Four
teen days after he was in prison at
Paris awaiting his trial for treason
His wife hastened to meet him, and
when they met, the warrior, to the as
tonishment of the guards, bursted into
tears.
"Do not be surprised" said he, 'I
have no courage when my wife and
children are concerned" l."
7--seei4fFee Y if4fFee months after he was summons
ed for trial before military commits
sion, composed of distinguished mar
shals and generals, many of whom had
served under Napoleon. Unfortunate
ly, Marshal Ney declined to be tried by
this tribunal and asserted his right, as
a peer Of France, to be tried by the
House of Peers. There is no question
that the military court would have
dealt with him most leniently; proba-
bly, would have deprived him of his
commission, and sentenced him to some
trifing, formal punishment. The peers
were of different temper, and he had
already given them ofiense by his de-
meanor after Waterloo. The trial last
ed fifteen days; at the end of which, in
the absence of the accused, one hum
dred and twenty-eight members voted
for the penalty of death, seventeen for
banishment, and five refused to vote at
all. The prisoner was brought in and
the President Of the House pronounce
ed the sentence, which condemned him
to die on the morrow and to pay the
costs of the trial. Upon his return to
prison that night he slept soundly un-
til five o'clock in the morning, when
his wife entered, and they had an in
terview of the most touching charac-
ter. Soon after nine o'clock he rode
with. two officers and priest to the
place of execution. He was executed
in the usual military manner. To the
last moment the wife of the unfortu-
nate soldier continued her efforts to
save his life. The officers of the court
put her off under various pretexts un-
til they knew that the execution had
taken place. Then one of them ap-
preached her and said:
''Madame, the audience which you
ask of the King would now be without
object