The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-15


thsy knsv the eo9msns eans som IL nps Of
past master 10 the art of war;
1 An hour later the same aftsrnooa q ~ 10
longer battle. bat mas.aese. save sns The casaal
spausse( muake1fy annag the smnulderinR nuins
q B,seilles and .As loedss sicker Q. Are On Ne
ancs hal died out Yet. proud 'ssd ssubbnrn,
! the army wbhss ancsstoss had cpuqaessd q Jeas
and Ausrst.dt woald show 10 token sf s1rren-
der. Asltke, viih . practic,L eye to the p~y-
Geological moment. gave The word 70 bring up
freah batteries.
GERMAN rHucs osvxsxn.
But King William. soldIer 10 the core and
conqusrM - he wa. would make the nrss Cd
vance, and bade Colonel Bronsarf, VI The general
stan. take nag Of truce Into Sedan and point
out the fntility a further Fsslstases. Brunsart,
at hs steady trot, disappeared within the cut
work 1t Torcy and was no more sesu. TIE
lulid day wss wanine. he sleeping sunbeams
falling s on tie u.nglsd sh.s.li.s.s of .hs ds.d
on the cray inftrsm half maniIsd h . swsrt oi
smoke Of nrss which the she'll APe had ls Ia the
distracted town, ou the broken Freuch array
covering up to ths dime voen ssapanA
The Crown Prince, With his stalwart, soldieFiy
stride, had WALKED scfoas ffou DoucAegy HSd,
whsEce - hAd direoled his shses q ths bassIe.
and s.eod By bio kihsrs camp chair. .talkiag %
his King and sire.
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Ah Al length there b The white Gag wavipR
from the summit Of the Sedan prefecture, and
there b Brousart with his truupe3, and beside
him rSdee m o0lcef 10 unifUSu, which, alAr Cd
we discern b French The little party ride up
the steep ascent at .gallop. Broosart, Q short
disseoce ~, hallD The Frenchmau. and, dismount-
Ing himseif walks up to King William ssd ut
sess = single, short sentence. al which william
stAfts violeoty aud starts to bis feet
DIR KGiasr IT dsr'
Was what Brou1art said, with arm out
strstcAe6 toward Sedan. The King repeated The
words In loud, surprised accents, and they 0uud
surprised echo from every lip, for thsrs had
been no surmise that Napoleon, having i0ss.ken
The fortunes Of Basains's army, Wa now sharing
the fortunes Of MacMshou'a
Bron1ar IVES hidden 10 bring up General
Count Relic, the Preach o6icer who had 40
companied him, and who. !: appeared, was the
bearer ofa special commuuicalion from Napo-
leon.
RETLLB PREsENTs NAPoLEoN LETTER
Strange contrast OF condition. Three years
before Reille had been the oe1cer IN waiting on
king William daring his visit to the TuilsrieA
Now he approached William again - a enis-
sary from: his master on the verge Of uethrcue-
msns and captivity. bowing low wish qniss dig
atty, oeseeminE good soldier and Q gallant
gentleman in the hour of adversity. Relic
handed 20 King William letter from his sein
imperial master. The world knows the contents
Of that epistle:-
= Unabas 70 die At the head Of my army Item
der Your Majesty my sword"
The terms presented "a embarrassmeut and
The King called up Bismarck and Msltke fbr
consultation, while the Crown Priuce with In
stinctive courtesy, soflsued the stringsncy Of
heitie's position By entering into convsrsatioa
with him. The answer was written and Reills
was dispatched with It. The King read Ns-
pnleon's 9 letter aloud and then turned 10 hn son
and clasped him IN o warm emhracs.
A mild babel Of discussion and mutual con-
gratulaions followed, and % the sun went down
King William was on bis way ts aight quarters
IN the historic Chateau de Chemery. Every day
In that mome0tous autumn was full charged
with history.
Next morning the surrendered Napoleon was
In the Chateau Bellevue. surrounded BY GermAa
King William, when the capitulaiioo Of the
French army should be c0nsummAted
Reluctantly Wimpfea yielded when Moltke
showed him the girdle OF held guns surrounding
the beleaguered city. and ready ct Q word - CON-
mence bombssdment which would have been
butchery.
TIE CHATEAU nEsrrHa
DIP 70 the Chateau on black charger, followed
by the Crown Prince and leading members Of
the staR Al he disnounted NapoIoou came
down the sieps TO meet him.
What contrast Il was on which gaxed from
behind fine Rozespalieri rhe GsrnAs. tall, up-
right, square shouldereA, with hush Of health on
his fresh cheek and hush Of victory nom the
keen gray eye sadsr the helmet. The French
man. bent leaden face, eye drooping and lip
quivering, ailing in body and iii at ease In mind
AZ the two claped hasds silently Napolecu's
handkerchief vAs ai his eyes spd Willian's face
was working strangely. Then the "good
ofoehe!s" turned, and snoaniing The steps. en-
GhAf9An
Their interview, which William described
with 50 much fne sinpficiiy Of COED feeling for
the fallen one Who once was his lriend, lasted
tor about twenty minutes, and then William
rode away to visit his victorious soldiery in their
bivouacs By the Mems.
As for the other be spent that night in the
Chateau Bellevue, and next morning went away
into captivity at Wilhelmhnhe
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