The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-04-27

seasid for We shali vvmain here lie whole;
winter Not on accoent Of the siege 81 Paris
yT-oh, no! Paris Will be taken Ia five or six,
Idays-the lat Of November, a the latest But
about the re-. eeta blisliment Of the emperor,
The blishment Of the empsrorl'
'Certainly; you can readily see that, for
your own interests, we shall be obliged to dis q
embsrrass yon Of your absurd republic Be-
sides, the emperor has received . good lesson;
he has become reasonable; no will no more
disturb the peace Of Europe; while, with your
republic, one could be sure Of nothing Yes,
We will restore you your emperor, despite all
the bsMling Of your beastly Journalist
other burst Of laughter from The colonel fol-
lowed BY another general explosion. It must
be admitted that admirable discipline reigned
in the German army All those men laughed
in military fashion, IN the Prussian way, as if
sides, 50 long the Officers. With remarkable MARKS BE
unsnimity, twisted with merrinlent; but all the
bursts Of laughter stopped short with the last
burst Of laughter from the colonel, as stops
the roll of the drums when the drum-major
these rough 6ts OF laughter while the colonel,
speaking with German enthu-iam, reconstruct
ed the map of Europe look provinces from
Austria, invaded England. etc (; but the hilari-
~ grew absolutely furious when he began
series Of jokes about the Bavarians. evidently
'Ahl you are Fortunate said he to me, in
having to deal with Prussians-real Prussiaus
for we are real Prussians Now, il you had
Bavariansl What ugly things your beastly
Journals could say in regard to the Bavarans.
Our king is too kind to permit Bavaria is to
fight beside US Prussisns. The Bavarans
| should be authorized to serve only as musicians
in the Prussian army. King Louis should be
field marshal of all the German music, etc.
"lhis odious breakfast at last came to an
In Nn1o lori I'D
aud. approaching, me, said: Now, I wish to
conduct you myself to your greenhouse; i wish
/ to show you your cameliiasP
"'My camellias!'
Yes, yes; know your passion. Madsmela
baronne had the goodness to inform me that
you adore your camelias; therefore sent for
your gardener and explained to him that he
would be ehot, IN front Of the greenhouse, if
he allowed single came lila to die! That was
joke, Of course;' I would not have had him
not have hesitated to order him tied to tree
for twenty -four hours, without anything to eat
or drink. That. however, has not been neces-
sary. Your camellias are in perfect health.
Come and see them
1--WE went out all three-the colonel, Antoir-
cite and myself. Tho Prussian did me the
honors of my park. was choking with rage.
Ten times was on the point Of bur-ting out,
but Antonete had put her arm in mine, and
she made me such droll little suppllcating
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the trees, in the nom sunlight, with her assort-
ment OF diamonds and jewels, that restrained
myself and bridled my tongue.
1--WE entered the greenhouse. 1t was ba!my,
gay and blooming. MY camellias had been
petted, hammered and much made of. They
were wrapped up in cotton.
"'Weil, said the colonel to me, trlum phnntly,
you see that we are not vandals! Now, au re-
voir, will Lave you t., talk over your family
matte 9 Of course. you will dine with u.s.
'sHe invited me to dine at my own housed 1
could not find a tingle word with which to reply
to him. He took his departure; that Was all I
desired. l was alone with Antoinelts, and sha,
witt out wait ng for my questions. cried out, as
eoon as thu colonel had gone:
cob! monsieur, did you notice how he
looked at me as helwent AVA? 1t is horrible,
monsieur: it is horrible! That Prussan is in
love witt, me! You must not scnld mo, mon-
s.eur. You must pity and hank me- de-
voted myself to saving your hnusc, and that's
the whole of it When that colonel arrived,
on the l6'h, he flew into horrible rage learn
cried outs "Ah! that's the way it u.s. Is it.
/ All! they take us for bartarians! Wei, I'll
see what can do with this barracks! will
stable my horses in the sal nj" Then mon
sieur, ms hau crouched away in corner and
as the colonel had not seen me. shot up the
stairs four 1T ps at time, Slipped on one of
m DANES dresses, hasrened down again aud
said 1 was mon.ieur's necc, Mad me Ia
Baron de Barnevi,le, Understanding
effect You must acknowledge That have not
been awkward, rs for moro than q month I
have led tn. colnnel by the tip of the nose, and
that too, without 1t sting mo anythirg,
sure you. am too good Frsnchwoman to
al ow myself to be touched with the end of
finger Of such a creature! Besides there are
riousa I'd drngoons and hussars here VII m I
RUE like despot. have savel yolr silver
Ware, your horses, your carriages and yonr
cam llias. AS to Madames dlamo ids. if wear
thom all, it Is not for the pleasure Of looking
hike jewel case, but because they are safer
| upon my person than in the drawers.
know not what the Bavariars amount to,
but the real Prus- ians do not amount to
much, 1 can tell you! Aud now, Monsieur, if
you wish to do nae favor, you will leave this
place Immediately, for, i'll such little game as
am PLAYING, men arr absolutely uoud for
nothing! During breakfast WAS obliged 10
tread on your TOES two or three times t., prevent
you from bursting out, and a femme dc cham
bre ought not to tread on her masters toes
under the table! will got you good Prus-
sian pass, aud you can take with you all
uada Tes diamonds I will put them in q
little box and Pierro will drive you away in the
break. Az for me, will remain on guard.
After all, it amuses me greatly to deceive these
+, ussians and make them believo I am
woman of rank.
'Antoine:te spoke her little speech with so
much energy anu conviction thas I could not
help admirng her.
':'You are a brave girl, Arithmetic said, "a
brave girl and girl Of spirit want you to
give me somc.hiug and then will depart as
you de-ire.'
"'What is it, monsieurt
"tPelms ion IT, kiss you
"tAs niece or as femme de chambre!
"'As femme de chambre, Autoinette.'
"'Well. so ahead monsieur. go aheal.'
II gave her q ronsing smack, aud then Fail:
"'Now, get ready tbs little box, Antoinetta,
but do not put that bracelet in it. Have the
kindness. to keep that for YOURSELF
"'With pleasure. monsieur. Wait fer ms
here; will be back in fifto-n minutes. but do
not commit any inprudence; do not quarrel
with the Prussians.'
"She ran lightly away. No sooner was she
out Of sight than recollected that my daugh-
ter had requested me to bring her two photo
graphs which were upon the mantel- pece on
lite easol.. returned to the chateau. I
mounted the st'irway, and near tho door
stopped in great surprise. Some one was
playing the piano in my daughters chamber!
knocked very mndestly Come I went in.
One of the officers Of Dragons. o tall, blonde
young man, with eye-giass in his oye, was
playing one of Chopln's waltzes upon my
daughters piano!
"'Ah! it is you said he "Monsicur, the
proprietor. Make yourself nt home, make
yourself at home, beg of your
"I camo to look for something in this cham
ber'
"'Look for whatever You want, Monsieur;
look for whatever you want!'
"He resumed his interrupted waltz went
to the manteipiece, aud on tho two 1t 10 eassls