The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-03-28
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Perhaps IL All heaEv there i me-
suzscds - hzrreu q saoeh OF nssEre
IS ws the Sse21I E Frn@ 6rs-
t Last was RET sS ofzzerg-
~ EaaE-v- There wss the
szz Cesar sa5i person with akaack
q uE,srlE JIscl-ias euaveEmg a
w1-a 5Evcr OF rznu-s-sss AZ whAE
tie -4-s1us wEzs5 .1sr sensitive ears
The inner Bs Of the e2Plre WIS 9
szrx-Ee mixture CT raScezaess AMI E2-
I eraehzzv. whas 3 ccurEr The atnos-
pbere Of Colp5agns had 3 confused
z-o-a Of baStar3v, the dznrGozds
the hCzrss. bogus nch1rv, WTrzz-H
IN the dsgra3atlar az prostitution. nall
/ e2zvzs@. hall bravo half Zl3uts & in
-Eu GE 6spE-ts1ess Of Usl-
csrTrw, Of gSsLv koLDwress IL
l. among the RCs1 hunZLEatIg
/ problems Of modern times how long
t nasty g2n3y ~caricar1re OF empire
was able 60 impose On the world Ii Is
q pCcr consolation for the worlds long
a SCI AEEA-24& EAaEN @LEA AAU ~AAL4G&@
vas once resoEutsIv prickedr Il should
have collapsed with sRch keGdloEg
swlt-ess- The humiEating memory
cannot cut Of that eighteen-Fear40ag
IMPOSITION
have seen Napoleon III az the pin
/ u1cIE Ut hlsk9LI0w splandor- From the
German picket line On the 2dCf August,
$50. heard the distant cheering On
/ the SnichEnberg that greeted him and
the lad whom be had brought from Metz
ts receive his baptism Of fire Again
I saw him on the morning after Sedan,
s. the broken man-brokan II power.
IN prestige, In health. IN spirit-sat
with Bismarck On the grass plot IN
front Of the wsaveE's cottage on the
DoucbeEy road Next morning he wit
Messed his departure INTO his WIfhelms-
hOhe captivity / have seen lin dcd-
deEIng abOat brighton and stro ling I'M
der the Beech treesthst encircle ChisLe-
hurst Common And for the last time
OF al / s4w that stolid careworn face, as
II Law On the raised pillow Of the beir In
the broad corridor OF Camden Place;
and when the face was no more visible
/ Witnessed the coffin laid down IN the
little chapel among the Chislehurst elm
trees. i knew the boy ef the empire
When the shack1es of the empire had
fallen from his limbs, and he was no
longer q buckran creature, but a lively,
natural lad NV acquaintance endured
into hrs manhood When the twilight
was falling on the rolling veldt Of Zulu
land, andhi days work In the staff tent
was done, he liked, as ii seemed to me,
10 gossip with q who knew the other
side Of the picture, about the early DAYS
of the Franco German war-a war that
had wrought al once his ruin and his
emancipation. And finally, poor gal
lant I&dl i saw dimly through tears the
very last Of him, Is he lay there dead
on the bA00d-stzInef sward by the
IryCEyosI river. with calm proud smile
On ks hee and his body pierced by
eDrntkesz sSsegz st&ba. Men have
esEAai his death ignobIe- Petty as was
EAe quarrel wreEehed as was the de-
aarss1n that wH0aghs his fate i cali him.
rather. happy n the opportunity Of his
deaxn@ Had he lived what. of artificial
~. w&xt OF hollow unreaIity might
there rot hare been IN store for him!
Al & w4g he k EsFed z tha world 8
EEa ghsss- Better than this, surely,
10 be d dad herD1-to end the Ma
p0Gon5e ser1-my with his young fare
xllaGrfy 60 HIS sssaIants. and his life
bLoad drawn By the cold STEEL
IG9 net moE how the palace Of st.
Fs6n11 E1oKs ncT. bEt when i saw II last
Ii was . gnzsEIF Ers-bIaekened wreck.
A Germsa pekeE Of infantry men were
9zarsersE IN She rUoEess salon. where
EAsT hn1 bEzIE themselves = SHELTER nc a
EBf II seTrEhed fapeasrie, and singed
carpet SCRAPS. "A troop Of Thlan re-
ern weEe prNng t narege On
khe EkSBg herd Es5rdeFed by the stream
"a spot that rad been the empress
Mower garden Gmr1Cnths earlier wh0,
- IKE wTA1eaA speealation Of fancy,
e0ad have InaagTned the possibility of
Ez Gate ~ this for .the beautiful
ehateaug There WH the 1auBs frame
woxiE Cd bow window whose outlook
VIA I'd the Seine In the direc-
tSsn III pmxla- this wxs the
.xE5ef window. 4 WAS told.
81 the rocnz tE2t lad been the pxivate
brTeam-she stn3y, o. We should per-
AapB esEf n--ef the EmperuT EapoIeOn.
AZ that wind1w Be- aat late "a Che after
soon 81 10Th JnJy. 1870 II was : fair
scene that LAP besOse him Out On the
hwn close nne1ev lis ere wac the s0y
railroad track tk4t had been one Of the
fs1e plxysEin9s o< his boy. But Il wzs
hardly ) tfzze fer adrnTring scenery or