New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-03-26

but you .
s.Sire, I will Immediately make The
Gnae,sde honorable -
(" Yes, do, and let it be done in . way
which will please me; You understand
At the same time let the female politi.
clan be ordered to send her husband
here, with the two vases which I looked
at when I paid her q visit. am some
what in her debt. All! ah! tits my turn
now, and we shall see!'
Duroc having given precise direc.
tons to one of the imperial footmen,
despatched him to the Bains Chinois.
when he thus addressed the mistress Of
the cafe:
Madame, did not two gentlemen
breakfast here about six weeks since,
without settling their billp''
Eyes, monsieur" replied the lady,
very much troubled, seeing that the in.
quirer wore the livery of the palace.
We'll, madame, those gentlemen
were the Emperor and the Grand Mar
shall of the Palace! Can I see the
waiter who became security for themr'
"Yes-certainly-sir."
The mistress rang the bell and felt
very uneasy; she thought of nothing
less than going to the palace to i'm.
plore the forgiveness of the Emperor.
When the waiter appeared, the foot
man gave him roll of fifty Napoleons,
and said to him:
''In addition to this, the Grand Mar.
shal of the Palace has charged me to
say that if you have any favor to ask
for yourself or friends he will be most
happy to grant it."
The name of the waiter was OAR
gems; he fastened to accept the kind
offer of the Grand Marshal, who in
SANITY made him one of the Imperial
'ootmen. He soon gained the conf
ience of the Empress Josehine, and
became her special attendant. After
her divorce he accompanied her to
Malmaison, and-singular destiny of
men of his time!-eventually entered
the service of Wellington in 1914.
After the visit to the Bains Chinois,
the Imperial footman reached the Pass
age des Panoramas, when he entered
The shop of the voluble marchande.
"Sir," said he, addressingethe mas
ter, "you are requested to 90 to the
palace this instant with the two vases
which the Emperor inquired the price
of about six weeks since in your shop.
His Imperial Majesty is now waiting
for YOU"
"Heavens" he cried, II shall be
shot,
Then addressing his wife, who was
torrihlv frirhtono1 or1 ,,ooh1o <o
speak, he said:
81 have no doubt that you, madame,
have been talking politics to the En-
peror, speaking i'll of his Government,
as you always do; and this to the EN-
peror himself! When will you cease
your cursed babblingp Ah! mon Diex!
| am lost man, shall be shot,
Here fright nearly overpowered the
poor man, who seemed shocked that
his wife should have taken the En-
peror for a police spy. However, he
mustered all his courage and arrived
with the vases at the Tuileries, where
he was Immediately ushered into the
presence of Napoleon, who thus adj
dressed him:
$50. sir, I have found you at last
| am glad to see you here"
Then. taking from a drawer in his
desk eight bank notes for thousand
francs each, he presented them to the
dealer, who was trembling with fear,
and with difficulty advanced to receive
them. And now, with that peculiar
sarcastic brevity with which he i,.va-
riably spoke when he wished to re-
proach, he added:
IL went the other day to your shop.
targained for two vases; your wife
asked four thousand francs, telling me
that they cost her five thousand. Well,
although that was falsehood, now
give you eight thousand; take them.
There are four for the vases and four
Tor yourself. But tell your wife that if
she does not attend to her domestic at
airs, instead of politics, naorblem! |
will send her where she will be taken
care of, and you, too, to teach you both
20 be more silent. Go, sir; that is all
have to say to you. Good day.
Zen. HtllGire's History.