Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-02


ard DUST, did not recognize me until
we We're inside the Notifications.
''You here, NJ. Roy!" he exclaimed. in
answer to my inquiry after his health.
why not? You also are here."'
''It is true. / wish wasn't. Iwould
much rather be in Paris. I say, mon
ami, you did me very bad turn by go
ing away SO uncere-noaiously from
Boulogne."
1T is well for you tkat did. If I
had not escaped from Boulogne shodld
probably not have conc to Acre; and if
l had not come to Acre your body would
have been left out there and your head
brought in on the point of scimetar.' -
''You are right. My head is great
deal better where it is; and thank
you a thousand times for keeping it
there. I hope / sl,nll have an oppor-
tunity of rcciprocatilg the favor
You are very good, though / cannot
say that share in the hope. / should
be sorry for my head to be in such peril
as yours was little while ago. How
ever, / think we may almost consider
ourselves quits. owed you some
amends for getting You into such 4
sc-ape. Was Bonaparte very angry?"
s'Angry? He was enraged, would not
hear word of explanation, placed me
under arrest, and dismissed me from my
post as aid-de-camp. That was the
craelest blow of all. am now q chef
e battalion Of the vingt-troisieme
legerc-nothing more. The general is
slow to forgive, and I doubt whether
shall ever win back his favor
why not? At the worst. your Of
Tense was merely slight error of Judg-
ment. The escape of q naval officer Of
inferior rank is no great matter"
''Ah, but you were not an ordinary
prisoner. Bonaparte said you deceived
him, that you virtually accepted q com
mission in the French navy, and that
you repaid with base ing-atitude the
benefits which he proposed to confer
upon you"
sit is not true that accepted COM
mission in the French navy. He pressed
me to accept one, and it was agreed tina.
/ should think about it and give him
my answer on his return to Paris It
may be that / acted wrongly, that I
ought to have refused his offer there and
then. My excuse is that had done SO
/ should probably have been sent back
to prison: and was dying to regain my
freedom
81 don't think You acted wrongly. All
the world is agreed that when man is
under duress he is justified in using a
little strategy in order to obtain his
freedom. If the general elece;ved him.
self. that was his own affair. But the
deception OF which he accuses you is
not ALL"
''Why, what is there cisc? Oh! the
duel
1.-THE duel was nothing. No soldie,
could blame you for that"
''What then?'
a"Well, a rrnlor got abroad that Nine.
Bonaparte accompanied you to ST. Denis
on the night we left Paris. It reached
the generals ears, and he was furiously
jealous"
jealous of me? What nonsense.
You know as well as do that it was
Mile. Carrnine who went with me to st.
Denis''
Il know you said so; but you will re
member that had not the pleasure OF
seeing the lady" answered Lacluse,
with q half-skeptical. half-inischievous
smile.
''Do you doubt my wo-do' / demanded,
angrily.
mot in the least. But as you say
that knew your companion was Mllesl
Carnine, it is necessary to point oul
that was not in a position to knox.
Unfortunately, the guard ct the Porte
St Denis reported that on the night III
question Mime. Bonaparte passed the
barrier in her carriage; and Bonaparte
believed it, though Mile. Carmiae was
brought forward to prove the contrary
This is all malicious gossip, Lacluse.
Why. Mime. Bonaparte is old enough TO
be my mother"
''You had better not let her hear yon
say So"
sAnd good woman. She was kind
ness itseH."
'And you are a beau garcon. with
bright eyes and rosy cheeks. Oh, do
notQuestion Mn,e. Bonaparte's goodness
in the least; but when her husband Is
absent she is often singularlv indis-
Greet. And our most distinguished
general can be rs Jealous as Turk. He
of course, Of your flight,
not Of his jealousy that if you fall into
his hands again he will have ron sho:
as descrter; so advise you to clear
ont before we take Acre"
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