Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-19

| further. Mr.. Huston then told him If he
would suit hiulself to the circumstances
he might remain. The stranger thanked
him and went in. When the. stranger
was conducted in to supper he took
seat at the table opposite Ney, who was
occupying his usual seat. They glanced
at each other, and though not word
was spoken, il was evident to all present
that IL wns glance of recognition. I'm.
mediately after tea these two, taking
their hats, left the house together and
were not seen by any of the company
any more that night. An old negro man,
u servant OF Mr.. Huston, reported that
he saw the two, near midnight, sitting
behind u straw stack IN % field, near the
house, in close conversation, and though
unobserved by them, he could hear them
distinctly, but could not understand a
word they said. They stranger ordered
his horse early the next morning and
left. Mr.. Ney remained in his room all
that day reading and writing.
Ney's conduct when he heard of the
death of Napoleon's son, the Duke OF
Reichstadt (June, 1922, was, to say the
least of it, curious. He first received the
intelligence through aprivate letter from
New Jersey, which was handed to him
one afternoon during school hours. He
read the letter and arose arose from his
seat, threw the letter to the ioor, stamp
cd upon it, took other papers from his
pocket. tore them in shreds, strobe vio-
lently up and down the floor and other
wise acted almost rs u maniac. This
conduct of course frightened the school
children, and Mrs. Dalton, then school
girl, went to him and asked what was
the matter. Placing his right hand on
his forehead and gazing into vacancy he
said in dramatically melancholy tone,
"The Prince Imperial is dead and my
hopes are blasted" He dismissed the
school, saying there would be no session
until the following week. He then went
to his room and destroyed a large mum.
Der of private papers, and for several
days his condnc: was such that his
friends feared he would commit suicide.
Three years later be wrote the following
lines in Mrs. Dalton's album, which |
have been permitted to copy:
"GoNE WITH THE GLoRigs, GONE
Though OF the chosen the choicest
TO fame gave her loftiest tone;
Though mong the brave was the bravcst,
My plume and my baton are gone!
My eagle that mounted to conquest
Hath stopped from his altitude high,
A prey to vultnre the foulcst,
No more to revisit the sky.
One sigh to the hopes that have persisted
One tear to the wreck of the past
One look upon nil have cherished
One lingering look-'tis the last.
And now from remembrance | Danish
! The glories which shone in my train;
Oh vanish, fond memories, vanish
Rpturp not IN sting m npnin f.
May a6, 1885. p. S. NEY.
Although previous to the death of Ma
poleon's son he was frequently spoke of
returning to France he was never after
that event heard TO express either inten-
| ton or desire to do so. Ney left this
section in 1s3S and went to Rowan
county in different parts Of which he
taught school until his death in October
1916. He died at the residence of Mr..
Osborne 6. Ford, in Rowan, and was bu-
ried in the graveyard near country
church called Third Creek Meeting
House. A year or two after his death
some of his former pupils had erected at
the head Of his grave a neat marble slab
bearing this inscription: