The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-10-08

: everybody regretted the Empire and tin
administration of Monsieur Pietri. Th
Emperor smiled as I was going out
; Monsieur Pietri came aud shook me h,
the hand and said TO me that had Spokei
like good Frenchman.
My campaign at Antwerp was NOR.
difficult They had sent for ME mt tie pre-
lecture and had told me to go to AI.tweu
and see what was going on there. asked
permission to fix my own day ant! hour OF
| departure and TO be allowed to acf as
| thought proper. They gave me the an
thorizati"h. and it was agreed that there
| should be 30 questions a-kel about NV
expenses. Five or six persons were sent
To Antwerp. | allowed my conratIs to
start. and set out only on Febuarv 22d
The pilgrimage to Antwerp WAS then at
| its prime | arrived in good time ut fl,e
Northern Railway station | examined
the passengers rs they came III. said to
myself: The train starts mt 7 in The
morning and arrives at Antwerp Mt ; in
The afternoon. | must choose NV comnart
mtnt carefully, get into conversation with
my ffllow-pas~engers, aud have some
sponsors when | arrive at Antwerp. For
that have eight hours It is more than
enough
Il was. as you may imagine. irreproach-
ably dressed. | had taken with me as INV
valet VeCSac-you know Versac whom
found at Tours. We arc great friends
no" aud always work together. He is a
clever fellow but he prefers minor roles
where there i~ no responsibility. He was.
too. we'll repaid for his Journey He fell
ia with charming little Legitimist cham
hernaId, aiH' she told him heap of things
about one of the greatest houses in the
ihuhonrg Saint-Gcrmain- Vcrsac is
ma hdSoihe man he won the girls alice
tion. and he found her when she rcturne,!
to Paris. and so we have good door open
there.
LAT the station l saw an old gent. man
with lady of some 30 years Of age not
pretty. but very agreeable. | looked at |
them. said to myself; That is my
affair : aud got Into their comI.arttleit. |
was not mistaken. They were going to
visit the king-once la the train. won
know. we said not the Comte lie ChambouI
out the King At the stat on OF LiIzarche<
W. exchanged our names aud Ties The
Ilo gentleman WAS IIaIncd the Mara Ms de
6otlstaSSon | called myself the Baron de
dartonne de Lu~t:ac. Besides my Bona
'artist story / have LeyititniSt story
which is connected very 4tIroitly and i'm a
cry complicated .;,af,t.er with two names
f extinct families AT Creil learnt the
anne OF the young woman. She was the
anghier of the Old Marquis and widow OF
reil and Compiegne the old Marquis toiti
ne his history. Between Compieyne ami
ergGier 1 related to him mine. | was a
reneliman from beyond the seas, who
id come over tor tiIe war with tie voiun-
ers OF MonFevideo. AT Ier2ncr we ,
reakfeste'l at the same table. the Marquis.
ie Countess and myself. AT Antwerp
g put up at the same hotel, and in the :
'enlng persac took our two requests for
auulenee to Comte de BIacts at the
otel Saint AntOilie. The Marquis in his
Tier had spoken of me aud [ i'm mine
III spoken of him. | was 10 longer alone
fad sponsor and what sponsor A .
arqnis' with long silyery hair aud :
aJestic and venerable air-in short.
sure you, the best tina: was in the train
The following day we were received. r.
three of us. at the Hotel Saint Antoine.
a aseries of twenty TO twenty-five persons. i
Oh were Introduced in patches as at
liseihuFt. When the King entered there
as great emotion. The old MARQUIS. G
pecially. was as i: he had been crushed.
fell ON his knees, and they had all the "a
'nble In the world to raise him up. He q
lntetl to kiss the Kings hand. He began el
ranble In his talk, to say that now ne e
nld die. etc. We brought him back to
: hotel Of the Grand Laboureur where NJ
had put up. He took TO his bed. and Z
Z the Countess passed the evening with 5.