Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-06-23
"yVhere are they cautioned ?'

"rhey are in bivouac, sire, this
morning between Koniggratz ane
Olmutz. Yesterday afternoon theil
cavalry began forward movement
to Olmutz, and the whole army viii
be there by tonight"
Again the emperor nodded with
compressed lips, and asked:
Anything more? Who is in
command ?"
General Kutusoff, sire, nominal
ly, but the emperors of Austria and
Russia are both in camp"
The emperor touched a spring
bell.
"Tell Berthier / want him." he
said to Roustan the Mameluke.
Then when the Egyptian had
gone, he said to Lenoir emphatical-
ly:
"You have done well, sir, very
well. / seldom mistake my men.
You know that your namesake the
colonel has got brigade ?''
mo, sire, / didn't know it."
''He has. Consequently Major
SOlage, your senior, becomes lieu.
tenant-colonel, and you arc left
senior major. Do you wish to join
your regiment or remain on special
duty? You have your choice"
Gabriel's heart began to beat rap
idly.
'Please your majesty, / would
rather join my regiment. The fact
is, am marriad-"
What!
The emperor's usually marble
face was contorted with passion in
a moment, and his gray eyes shot
out flames.
"Married! You! You have
dared without my leave, monsieur p
81 have" replied Gabriel, shak-
ing with nervous agitation, but de-
termined not to yield before the
autocrat's glance. 81 was married
yesterday night to Mademoiselle
Inez de Real, maid of homer to her
majesty the empires, and did it to
save her from marrying the Prince
of POtsdam."
AS he uttered the last words he
felt as il some one had poured cold
water down his back and he stiffen-
ed up and looked at his master with
a sense of relief.
AS for the emperor, he sat back
i'm his chair staring at the Alsatian
as if he could not believe his senses.
Repeat that again." he said
presently.
Gabriel repeated his story briefly,
and the emperor gave a sneering
laugh. .s.
$50 you think you are competent
to decide the fate of Europe, young
man. You undertake to contradict
my plans. Where is that romantic
maid of honor ?'' ......
MY wife, sire, is in place where
/ am not at liberty at present to re-
veal, even to your majesty"
"Why not?' $500 sa 5.
The emperor's tones were calm.
He did not seem as angry as Gabriel
had expected to find him.
because if / do, your majesty
may declare the marriage null as
you did that of the Prince Jerome,
and am not one of your majesty's
family"
The emperor laughed in hard,
bitter way.
81 should think not. No, you
have the impudence of all the BONE
parties put together. 1t is a lucky
thing for you that you are a brave
man, Major Lenoir, or l IwOuld or
der you out TO be shot. Instead of
that, l am going to make your
death serve France. You will re-
port to Colonel Solage, and rejoin
your regiment. shall take care to
put you in the hottest place to be
found ON the field, and / expect you
to leave Madame LenOir a widow
before one week is out. Do you
understand me, Major Lenoir ?"
Il do, sire. / am to get killed"
"See that you do it as quick as
possible. If you are alive this time
next week / shall have something
further to say to you. Good-morn-
ing"
lie turned to his papers just as
Marshal Berthier, chief of staff,
came sleepily in rubbing his eyes,
and Gabriel Lenoir went soberly
out from the presence of the EN-
peror of the French with the one
thought buzzing in his head:
"He told me to get killed, but he
was not as angry as l thought, and
he did not say he would break the
marriage"
He found Casse Tete standing by
the horses, all, three, man and
brutes, nodding in the early morn
ing sunlight, and he reused up his
orderly, rode down the street and
inquired for the quarters of the
Deaths Head Cuirassiers.
He was directed TO the public gar
dens behind the archducal palace,
where he found the regiment in
bivouac, the new colonel, Soulage,
in his shirt sleeves watching the
men at work on their horses and
every one busy and dirty.
He went up and reported to the
colonel, who eyed him from head
to foot searchingly.
$50 you are the senior major al
ready. 1t is lucky for you that you
waited to join. The captains had
sworn to drive you out, but they'll
have to stand it now"