Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-01
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with you? He is here, then?'
mo, but he will come agaiA; | hoped
! to entertain you with his artful tricks this
evening"
"Fouche will find him"
Without listening any more he tramped
on the apple and Its contents, which were
on the floor, to hurry back to Paris.
Josephines sorrow was Undesirable.
! For the first time she felt that there was
place in Napoleon's heart to which she
had no access. She instituted search in
the vicinity of Malmaison and went to all
imaginable trouble to find the magician.
She wished to give him money and have
him taken over the boundary line by one
of her own people, but all her trouble was
! fruitless. Dinner time arrived and Jo-
| sephine, worried with unpleasant thoughts,
left the victuals untouched. But when
| dessert was served both folding doors
opened and George Marco appeared with
his little table, his fine ebony stick and tin
cups.
ely, sir, fly" Josephine addressed
him, "or you are lost. You have murdered
French soldiers and deserve death. can
protect you no longer in my house. The
Consul has probably given you up to
Fouche and you are helplessly lost"
The magician, on whose features were
east such dismal look yesterday, looked
quietly at Josephine and begged her to
give him quarter of an hour of her time.
He set the table down and brought forth
the cup from his pocket. This time he
offered neither rubies nor diamonds, and
neither did he let flowers rain, but there
tumbled out little soldiers, footmen and
rider
"These," said he, care the Austrians,
these Prussians, and these Russians, and
they all unfold on level. Do you see
their battalions, their squadrons, divis-
ions? Do you see Melas on a horse? He
is their leader, and the horse on which
he is mounted promised the holy Nico-
laus the guns of the French. There is the
| French army. Do you see the General
with flying plume? He stretches forth
| his hand and all the armies attack each
other. Do you hear the thunder of the
cannons and the sound of the trumpets
Do you see the tri-colored flag? Do you
hear the enthusiastic shout of the rejoicing
multitude. Long live the Republic .
| Long live General BOnaparte -
And all the soldiers seemed to tumble
! out of the cups and 90 in order ready for
the battle on the table, where they per-
! formed the movements which George
! Marco commanded. When the battle
was won, victorious and defeated returned
to his pocket, and the magician offered to
show the wife of the First Consul still more
wonderful things, the Egyptian expedi-
ton and the battle Of the pyramids.
Josephine could not enjoy the treat
Believing the man exposed to danger,
she said to him: Take this money and
go away"
Marco, who was more quiet and col
lected than yesterday said: d" would not
sell my art for gold yesterday, much less
will | to-day. Show me favor; open
one of these apples"
Josephine did 50 and found the fol-
lowing letter:
Nldame I have just delivered proof unto the
First Consul that this Marco, who has the honor
| to appear before you, is not the murderer who
! has deserved the punishment of law. The
/ one you protect is an honest man, who
| has taken part in the expedition of Am
| boron and fought bravely, but emigrated
! however, so to England, but to Germany,
and from there has brought with him the
marionette plays, which will probably amuse
you very much. The other Marco is not George,
[ but Joes, and is in England, where his actions
are watched ] am glad to announce that your
| protege is crossed from the list of emigrantS
| FoUCHE.
\ few days later Josephine again i'm
| portuned the First Consul, with the result
that the name of the magician was ex-
plunged from the emigrant list.