The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-26
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY JANUARY &C. 1879

flashed, his cheeks were flushed with rage
AT length he Interrupted her by saying
ho 5Mann aga have you husband Where Is
have husband, thank heaven, but he is
gone to seek for money. But what can you
want with him when am here?"
Enough, madame, enoughi l wished 70
tell your husband that-perhaps ! should
He. then left the shop. Disguised with the
| mafchdnde, whose GOODNESS and politics had
SO much ,eaxasperated him. -, u.,,,n.s
Faith said he, when re had reJoined
Duroc II have had sound lecture from q
foolish woman who seems to attend more to
politics than her business. Oh will have
her husbands head shaved; 1t is his fault"
Tho Emperor and the Grand Marshal now
returned TO the Tuilerles, having both met
with adventures. the one with shopkeeper
and the other with waiter.
About six weeks after these occurrences
Napoleon said. one evening, to Duroc:
II have nothing to do now; suppose we go
and see how the shops look. BY the by, how
did you settle that affair at the Chinese
Bathsp'
Indeed, sire, / am glad you have men,
t a sso thG subject for had quite forgotten
THAT is wrong, Duroc very wrong. may
be allowed to forget such trlfles; but you
"sire, | will Immediately make the amende
will please me; you understand. At the same
time let the female politician be ordered to
send her husband here, with the two vases
which looked at when | paid her a visit. 1
am somewhat In her debt. All / ah! It's my
turn now, and we shall seer
Duroc having given precise directions TO
one of the Imperial footmen. dispatched him
to the Bains Chinois, when he thus addressed
the mistress Of the cafe:
Madame, did not two gentlemen breakfast
their bill r.
ayes, monsieur" replied the lady, very
much troubled, seeing that the inquirer wore
the livery OF the palace.
Emperor and the Grand Marshal Of the palace.
them r
The mistress rang the bell and felt very
uneasy; she thought OF nothing less than
going to the palace TO implore the forgiveness
Of the Emperor. When the waiter appeared
the footman gave him roll of fifty Napoleans,
and said to him.
the palace has charged me to say. that II you
have any favor to ask for yourself or friends,
he will be most happy to grant II"
The name OF the walter wins Dargens; he
fastened to accept the kind offer OF the
Of the Imperial footmen. He soon gained
the confidence OF the Empress Josephine, and
became her special attendant. After her
divorce he accompanied her to Malmaison,
and-singular destiny OF men OF this timel-
eventually entered the service Of Wellington
In 1914.
After the visit to the Bains Chinois the I'M
perial footman reached the passage des PIANO.
ramas, when he entered the shop OF the volu-
BILE "marchande."
''Sir," said he, addressing the master, 'you
are requested to 20 to the palace this instant
with the two vases which the Emperor in
quired the price OF about six weeks since In
your shop. His Imperial Majesty Is now
Heavens y lie cried, II shall be shot"
Then addressing his wife, who was terribly
frightened and unable to speak, he said:
II have no doubt that you. madam. have
been talking politics to the Emperor, speak
ing iii Of the government, as you always do;
and this to the Emperor himselfi When will
you learn to cease your cursed babblingl An!
mon Dieu! am a lost man. l shall be shot"
man, who seemed shocked that his wife
should have taken the Emperor Tor 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 addressed
$50, sir, have found you at last am glad
to see you here"
Then taking from drawer in his desk
eight bank notes for 1000 francs each, he pre-
scented them to the dealer, who was trembling
with fear. and with difficulty advanced to re-
ceive them. And now, with that peculiar
sarcastic brevity with which he invariably
spoke when he wished to reproach, he
added:
Il went the other day to your shop. ! bar
gained for two vases, your wife asked 1000
francs. telling me that they cost her 5000
Well, although that was q falsehoOd, l now
give you 5000; take them. There are four
for the vases and four for your
self But tell your wife that II she does
not attend to her domestic affairs instead OF
politics, morbteu! will send her where she
will be taken care of, and you, too, to teach
you both to be more silent. Go, sir; that Is
all have to say TO you. Good day"