The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-07-10


and cowardly rivals Living, he was
specter present at all the royal banqucts of
Europe Though coopcd up in faroh
Eliza, he still haunted the palaces of his
imperial foes. more dreaded than an army
with banners England declared that he
must DC isolated from the civilized world
upon the barren, lonely rock Of st Hell
ena, while the French Bourbons wanted
to turn him over to the mercy of hired as
sassins and he done with it, All this Ma
poleon well knew. Reports were also
brought to him at Elba by his sister Pau
line and by the agents of his personal
cause remaining in France that the Bour-
bon king whom the bayoHets of the allies
had foistcd upon the throne, was drawing
upon his reign the hatred of the French
people, that the republicans were on the
point Of revolt, and that the old soldiers of
the empire remembered the absent man
of destiny with undisguised admiration
and regret. In the crisis he decided to es-
cape from Flba and return to his throne
with no following but his bodyguard,
without an elaborate conspiracy or any at
tempt to summon force to his aid
The knowledge that he would escape
was impaired to few, but the details of
his plans remained locked in his own
breast On the night of Feb. Pc, 1914, the
Princess Pauline gave a banquet at Elba,
and Napoleon chattcd freely until late
hour, then retired to his chamber with
two Of his intimate counselors, Bertrand
and Druot. I'VE leave the island tomor-
row" said he when they were alone. He
then commanded that all vessels in the
harbor should be seized during the night
and the guard embarked in the morning
At that moment the British naval officers
were preparing feet to patrol the sea
around Elba, and Talleyrand was conspir-
ing with Austria TO have the terrible pris-
-oner abducted and carried to some distant
land whence return would be impossible.
Napoleon's private brig the Inconstant,
and three small merchant vessels were
filled with the guard, who knew nothing
of the enterprise before them.
When the little flotilla was out of sight
of land, Napoleon called about him the
slender bodyguard which he had selected
to save him on the landing from being
collared by the gendarmes and said to
them, I'VE are going to France we are
going to Paris" The soldiers shouted:
"Vive la Francel Vive lempereurl" That
was tho first test
The day following this announcement,
when hundreds were in the dangerous Sc
cret a French man-of~yar was sighted
bearing down on the meager tlotilla. Ma
pOleon ordered his bodyguard, the Poland
ers and grenadiers to dotf their hats and
crouch behind the ships bulwarks out OF
sight. He remained beside the commander
of the Inconstant, and when the stranger
drew Eear enough the captains of the two
vessels exchanged news through theil
speaking trumpets. The last question OF
the Bourbon captain was after the health
- . h -fa1 90 1hn lie
Napol1O snatched the trumpet from its
owner and called out, He is marvelously
we'll
The next day a "A gun ship was sighted,
and some of Napoleon's Jealous followers
wanted to draw her into ambush and seize
her for future use. This temptation the
emperor frowned upon at once. His plan
was fved He would not swerve from it.
The landing of Napoleon upon a lonely
beach in the gulf of Juan was simple
enough and devoid of thrilling incident.
Before embarking he ordered the guard to
replace the cockades Of Elba in their caps
by the tricolor, which they had retained
upon their persons as relics since the ban
ishment. He also indited a short appea
to the garrison soldiers in the departments
through which he was to pass 1t was in
the name OF the guard, not of the en-
peror, and ran: SOLDIERS, the drums are
beating to arms We are on the march.
Come and join us-join your emperor and
our eagles. You are summoned to the
honor of setting the first example. March
with us to win back the throne the palla'
dunn of our rights"
A bivouac was laid near Cannes, and
the peasantry was startled with the ap-
partition of the emperor again In France
One Of them, a veteran of the wars, in
listed upon being taken into the service OF
his old general.
All this was apparently child's play, a
holiday parade TO end In n bombastiC
show of valor and recapture of the whole
party. There was the dethroned and dis