The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-08
THE RED MANS WARNING.
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The General Notified That but Three
Months Remained in Which to Conquer
the worId-The Story Well Backed-The
Little Corporal's Star.


Months Remained in Which to Conquer
the world-The Story Well Baeked-The
Little Corporal's Star.
That Napoleon was remarkable person
age, taken all around, goes without saying.
The geatest general of modern or perhaps Of
any times, yet withal a wonderful combina-
ton OF strongmindedneSs and weak groveling
to superstitious fancies. As some writer has
SAID, 'He was all star and destiny This
star seems to have been the ruling omen of
his entire career. Its twinklingS neryed him
at the Battle Of the Pyramids and oeckoned
him on TO the expedition 10 Moscow; and
even though that turned out to be one OF the
most disastrous moves ne ever made, he never
lost faith in the ornen for q single instant. l
shall never forget how absorbed became in
reading Rapp's accogntof the great generals
abstraction when gazing on his star OF destiny
from his palace window.
Look there; up shere!' said Napoleon.
81 see nothing but the pale, twinkling
stars, returned Rapp, quietly.
"Whatr' exclaimed the emperor, eIcitedly (;
sis it possible that you do not see my star;
! the fiery red one almost as large as the mooni
1t is before yoT now, and Oh, how brilliant!a
Then, warming up at the sight, he fairly
shrieked as he cried out: at has never aban-
Goned me for single instant; see it on all
great occasions; it commands me To 60 for
ward; it is nay sign of coed fortune, and
where it leads will follow"
Rapp said that ne fairly screamed as he ut
tered the words II will follow and that his
face was livid as he seated himself in con-
fusion and suppressed excitement.
''THE RED sPECTERs" LAST CALL.
Whether or not the Red Specter visited
Napoleon that night after Rapp retired we
are not informed. 1t is known, however, that
a spirit dressed in red and shaped like man
visited him on several occasions when the star
was shining with unwonted brightness. The
last time this spectral apparition appeared to
the emperor was on Jan. /, 1914, when he
came to the great generals palace and asked
admission of the guards. Early i'll the morn
ing of that day Napoleon shut himself up in
his cabinet, bidding Count Mole then coun-
selor of state and afterward grand judge Of
the empire, to remain in an adjoining room
and to admit no one to the royal presence.
Hardly had an hour passed before an indi-
vidual, Enthusiastically dressed in red trousers,
blouse and cap, appeared in the hallway. He
was halted by the guard just as Mole appeared
on the scene. When informed that the en-
peror was busy and must not be interrupted
the Red Man grew impatient and declared
that he must see Napoleon, and him alone,
Immediately
81 must see him. Tell him the Red Man is
waiting for an audience"
Trembling violently and awed almost TO
speechlessneSs at the inperious and command
ing tone of the red appariaon, Mole again tip
toed TO the door of the royal chamber and an
nOunced the presence of the Red Man.
Napoleon, "the man of iron" blanched as
white as ghost; his arms dropped nerveless
to his side, allowing a costly mirror which he
was holding in his hands to fall and break
into million of pieces as they did So
Although it was plain that the announce
ment had completely unnerved him he man
aged TO give orders for the unwelcome guest
TO be admitted. After the door was closed
Mole, prompted by curiosity, held his ear to
the door and, as he afterward attested on oath,
heard the following conversation, the most
remarkable dialogue ever listened to in the
history of the world
WHAT MOLE HEARD.
General, y said the Red Specter, this is
the third time l have appeared before you as
" y
at the Battle Of the Pyramids; the second,
after the Battle Of Wagram. On the occa-
sion of our meeting at Wagram l granted
you four more years in which to terminate
the conquest of all Europe or to make gen
eral peace, threatening that if you did not
perform one of these two things within the
allotted time | would withdraw my protection
from you Now, | am come for the third
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three short months of power. In three
months from this hour the allies will be in
vading Paris if You do nos take my advice
and sue for peace A general peace must be
perfected within ninety days, else otherwise
your power viii be confined TO a small, bleak
island of the sea; SO remember. all will be
over with you if you do not achieve con
quest or eccede to peace within that time
In vain did Napoleon expOstulate with this
cardinal specter, who sat with as much ease
in the presence Of the great emperor as the
emperor himself would in the presence of his
most common subject.
"lt will be entirely out OF the question TO
either conquer or make peace on honorable
terms in the short space Of three months, be
said
"Do as YOU please. returned the red man,
"but l viii not change my resolution. Now
l CO. bs saio, as he opened the door and
strobe down the hall, followed By the en-
peror and Mole, who pretended to have been
standing On guard ut the second door from
the room in which the remarkable converse
ton had been held HIS imperial majesty
begged of the red man to stay. but all TO no
purpose. Three months-no longer" shout
ed the specter, as he disappeared at the end
Of the hall
THREE MONTHS LATER.
March 13, 1914 just three months from the
time Of the red ghosts visit, the allies were
in Paris and Napo.eou's abdicacioD followed
four days later. when all MS possessions
were wrested from him and be. the great
Napoleon, made sovereign over the miserable
little island OF EIba, the same the red man
had held up to the mind eye OF the great
general In the prophetic conversation On
Jan. !.
The main points in the remarkable nara
ton IS given above are from oficsai docu-
mentS, signed by both Counselor Ao%e and the
guard. Basil de Migne, the former as one who
had heard the prophetic conversation ana ths
latter as one who lad Attempted, without sue
cess, 20 bar out the Ped Specter whsa lie flrst
applied for admission. The court d1gn2saT7es
az the Freach capital have long 6cen &c
ouainted with the story ot Nspsleon and rs
famous visits from TIE Ped Specter, but L has
never become the property Of the general
public Ice writer believes tals . oe TIE
first account Of II ever Published n Az Amer
lean Journal. and would Dc tGaBEfai 70 any
one abe 70 cite a prior instance.-Jo "
Wright r. ST LOUIS RspuoiI-