The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-08

10 Try and escape tlloir punishmcnt,
ANA all tho time our little man, with
hia palo fact and hi, cold gray Dyes.
WIS riding to tho hunt oyory morning.
slIGht and broOding, all OF thcm fol.
lowing In his train In tho hopo that
como word would escape him. And
than whom tho lumor seiE9d him ho
would throw Il hundred square milos 10
TINT man, or sni p a, much OF tho 9th.
or. round of II kingdom by q river, or
curtail another by q chain OF mountains.
That was how ho used TO do business,
this little a%rtiIloryman whom wa had
raised 40 high with our sabros aud our
b%ayonets. lilo Was very civil TO us al.
ways, for he know whore his owe
came from. We know, also, and showed
1t by tho way wO carried ourselves. w
woto agreed you understand that he
was tho finest Loader In tho world, bnt
we did not forget that no had tho finest
mon to load.
VOL, quo day | was seated In my
qnartors playing cards with young Reg.
NOR oil tho Horse Chassours, when tho
door oponcd and In walked Laaslle, who
was III colonel You know what a fine,
staggering fellow no was. and tho sky.
blue uniform OF tho Tenth suited him
to q marvel. My faith, VIZ youngsters
were so taken by him that We all sworo
and diced and drank and played tho
dOvil. whether VIC liked 1t or no, Just
that We might resemble our colonel!
Wo forgot that it was not because he
drank or gam blod that tho emperor was
going to make him tho load OF tho light
cavalry, but because no had tho surest
eyo tor tho nature OF a position or tor
tho strength Of n column, and tho best
judgment rs 10 when infantry could DO
broken, or whother guns were exposed,
OF any man In tho army. We were too
young to understand all that. however,
80 VIC waxed our mustacbes and cliuked
our spurs and let tho fcrrulas OF our
scaboards wear out by trailing them
along tho pavement in the hope That
wG should all become Llsallos. When
no came clankinG into my quarters,
both RccniSr and | sprang to our feet.
My, boy" said he. clappine mo on
tho shoulder. Tho emperor wants 10
SEQ you At +o'clock."
Tho room whirlcd around me at tho
word,, and | had 10 lean my hands up
on tho edge OF tho card table.
what" cried |. "rhe emperor"
Precisely" said |, smiling at my as
constituent.
but the emperor does not know OF
my existence, colonel" l repeated.
why should he send for MOP"
well, that's just what puzzles no."
cried LasaIle. twir!ing his mustache.
al no wUnted the help OF n brave man.
why should no descend to one OF my
lioutcnants, when no might have found
all that he needed at the head OF the
regiment. However" ho added, clap.
ping me Upon tho shoulder again in his
hearty fashion, every man has his
chance. ! have had mine. otherwise |
should no. DO colonel OF tho Tenth. l
mus. not grudge you yours. Forward,
my boy, and may it be the frat step
toward changing your busby for .
cooked hat"
It was but . o'clock, 80 no left me.
promising to come back and TO accom-
pany me 10 the palace. My faith, what
Il time l passed, and how many c~onjec-
lures did | make rs to what it was
which the Elm pcror could want OF me!
| paced up and down my little room, in
a lover OF anticipation. Sometimes |
thought that perhaps he had heard OF
the gun which We had taken ut Aus
terli,z, but then there were 20 many
who had taken guns at AusterlitZ, and
two years had passed sinco the battle.
Or it might be that he wished 10 reward
mo for nv affair with the aide.de-camp
OF the Russian emperor. But then,
again, n cold fit would seize me, and |
would fancy that no had sent for mo
10 reprimand me. There were q few
duels which he might have taken
in i'll part, aud there were one or two lit.
Ito Jokes in Paris since tho peace. But
no! | considered the words OF Lasallc.
AT ne had need OF n bravo man," said
Lasalic. It was obvious that my colonel
had some idea OF what was in the wind.
Ii no had moi known that it WIS to my
advantage he would not have been 30
cruel AS to congratulate me. My heart
glowed with joy ms this conviction grew
upon mo, and | sat down to write 10 my
mother and 10 tell her that the emperor
wns waiting at that very moment to have
my opinion upon q matter OF impor.
lance. 1t made mo smile as I wrote it
10 think that, wonderful rs it appeared
to mo. it would probably only confirm
my mother in her opinion OF tho enpe-
ror's good sense.
At hall past 3 | heard n sabre como
clanking against every step Of my wood
en- stair. 1t was L~.asa!lc, and with him
was u little gentleman very neatly
dressed in black, with dapper ruilIns
and cuffs. We did not know many civ
~iIians, We Of the army, but my word.
this Was ono whom We could not afford
to ignore! | had only to glance Mt
those twinkling eyes, tho comical up-
turned nose, and tho straight precise
mou, tn to know that | was in tho pres.
once OF the one man in Franco whom
oyon tho emperor had to consider.
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