The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-25
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IN DISGUISE.
A Chapter OF Incidents In the Lilo Of
FTrf y n Napoleon. 1t

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tFrom General Hillaire's History,l
Napoleon was very fond of walking
In the streets Of Paris incOgnito, il
search oGiadyentures. ea ea
| On these occasions Nhe generally
wore a round hat andalong blue great
coat, in which his appearance wa,
not altogether preDossessing. In con.
sequence OF this he was occas asionally y
received With a coldness and inidffer.
tsree.lc which, IN propria PERSONA be
was unaccus olncd,
One morning shortly before Christ.
mas he rose IN early as seven, and,
accompanied by Dnroc, grand mar
slml OF the palace, who wore the same
sort ~ disguise Ms Napoleon, lett the
Tuileries just rs day was breaking.
After II walk through the Place vem-
dome, thence to the Rue dc Napoleon,
where ho much admitted the splendid
mansions which had recently been
erected there. Chatting fainiliarly
with Duroc. lie observed:
'li seems 20 me that The Parisians
IN this quarter are very lazy, to keep
their shops shut at tllisti of day"
Discoursing thus they arrived at
the Chinese bathrooms. which had
bceh recently painted and embel-
lished. AZ they were criIicizing the
decorations OF the exterior the cafe
which belonged 10 the establishment
opencd
"Suppofe we eutcr and break fast
here" said Napoleon to Duroc. "What
do You say? Has not your walk
given sou an appetizer"
"Sirc, 1t Is too early il is only eight
o'clock"
"l,ah ! bahl Your watch "a always
too slow. As for me, am quite hun
cry. Afterward we ceu return home."
And Without Waiting for. dn an.
swer Napoleon cn,ercd the cafe, took
his scat at Il table, called waiter and
ordered some mullon.chops and a
bottle of Cham6ertin wine. After
having breakiasted heartily aud
taken a cup OF coffee, which he pro
tested was better than lie was sup
piled with atthe Tuilcries, he called
the waiter and demanded the bill,
saying 10 Duroc:
/, "Pay, and let us return now
Then, rising and going TO the door,
he began to whistle an Italian recita-
tive, and endeavcfed to apper at case.
The grand marshal rose ut the same
time, but after fruitlessly searching
his pockets, found that, having
dressed III haste, he had forgotten his
purse, and he well knew tnat Napo-
loon never carried money about him.
Nevertheless the waiter came and
presented the bill 10 the grand mar
shal, who stood mute with surprise
at not being able TO discharge II, al.
thoughthe amount was only twelve
francs. 6el R n
Napoleon, not knowing what de-
taiued Duroc, and not accustomed TO
be kept waiting, returned, saying i'm
patiently: n a gY C1r
"Come, make haste. tits late."
The grantlmarshal, now compre-
,ni',.t - 4, ,,lscsd and ,h;nL;nn
H., h ~. Sos, yor IN get on, Of 4, no >
10 ayav ,rSnkiv his inab;ii,v to dis
charge the debt, approached the mis-
tress OF the cafe (who sat silent and
nn,i,cIv bnt coniusedlvaSl>
.Njaaame nv friend and n,vsol,
Ian 1hnme his morniuy Il l;ttIe nro.
L.in;,aroiy - we, noliaT foroot no min a
opr nurse, lint Tive yoS nv worS
1,at T,,ani hour I viii send Won thc
amo,,nt ofyour bin.S
vi NAV be- so. sir" colfltyarcnlicd
tbs lady: .but / know neither of Won.
snd we aro every ,lay taken' m n
ihis manner, 10 yor ihink that--n
"Madnme,p internpted tho grand
marshal reddcning with rare At his
answer eve ara men of bnnor-we
are ,tticers of the guard.n ~
aOh. .lyes fine excuses. truly-ofii-
cers of tho guard. indeed ln n
Al these words. men of honor and
officers of the guard. which NAPOLEON
| Ina overh card he turned ros,'d and
In n voice which had caused heroes
~ ,rcmblc demanded,
.tWhat ia tins all aboutfn IN
But Alta sign from Duroc he rc.
NAMED impatientlv where he was,
The waiter now stepped forward and
volunteered to be nnswernble for M
debt. with which assurance The mis-.