The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-16

Tell you some very surprising things were
Il discreet TO do so. The facts which [
am about 10 relate TO you tonight were
KEEP. secret by mo during the emperor 3
lifetime because / gave him my promise
that 4hey should be. but / do not think
that there can Do any harm now In my
telling the remarkable part which
played
You must know. then. that AT the time
o. the treaty OF TilsI; / was a simple
lieutenant in the Tenth Hussars, without
money or interest. II Is true that my
appearance and ny gallantry were in my
favor. and that l had already won a rep
uiation as being one OF the best swords
mrn n the arTny. but among the host OF
brave men VINO surrounded the emperor
a. needed more than this to insure a
rapid career. ! was confident. however.
that my chance would come. though
never dreamed that IL would take so re-
narkable a form.
When the emperor returned to Paris
after the declaration of peace in the year
igI. he spent mach Of his time with the
empress and the court at Fontainebleau.
i was az the time when he was at the
very pinnacle OF his career He had In
three successive campaigns humbled Aus
trIa. crushed Prussia. and hurled the
Russian armies across the Niemen. The old
bulldog over the channel was Still growl-
ing, but he could not get very far from
his kennel IL we could have made a per-
pe,uai peace at that moment France
would have taken a higher place than
any nation since the days OF the Romans.
So have heard the wise folks say,
though. for my own part, | had other
things 70 think about. All the girls were
Glad 10 see the army back after its long
absence, and you may be sure that had
my share Of any favors which were go
ing
oar regiment OF Hussars was quartered
with the Horse Chasseurs Of the Guard
al Fontalneb aau. IL Is. as you know, but
& little place buried In ahe heart OF the
forest, and ii was wonderful at this time
10 sec Il crowded with grand dukes and
electors and princes who thronged round
Napoleon like puppies round their mas
Ter, each hoping that some bone might
be thrown Ia him There was more Ger
man than French TO be heard in the
street. for those who had helped us In the
late war had come 20 beg for a reward,
and those who had opposed us had come
10 try TO escape their punishment. And
an the time oUr little man, with his pale
face and cold gray eyes. was riding 10
the AUNT every morning, silent and
tnooding. all of them following In his
train IN the hope that some word would
escape him. And then when the humor
seized him he would throw 100 square
miles 70 that man. or snip as much OF
the other round OFF one kingdom by n
river, or curtail another by a chain OF
mountains. That was how he used 10 do
business. this little atiNeryman whom We
had raised So high with our sabres and
our bayonets. lie was very civil 10 us
always, for he knew where his power
came from, We knew. also. and showed
by the way Ga which We carried our
selves. We were agreed. YOU understand.
ma ~ vas the finest leader in the world.
sni We d,i not forget that he had the
fneS' men To lead.
Wei, one day was seated In NY quar-
YES playing cards With young Regnier.
O me Horse Chasseurs. WHOM Tho door