The record-union., 1898-01-30

Il hope that you Will soon bring Nine.
Rivet here, too We lead a most charm
ing life here. Your niece will tell you.
We are not all such savages as your
idiotic newspapers would make us out -
and the Colonel burst into one of those
roars of coarse laughter which but a
moment before had so Jared upon my
nerves. At once all of his officers to-
gether, as if obeying the word of com
nnand, abandoned themselves to violent
laughter. There is a light and viva
cious gayety which is French gayety.
There is another, heavy and brutal,
which is Prussian gayety.
No We are not savages," continued
the Colonel, "and you need not condemn
Nine Rivet to pass the entire winter in
some hole of a town on the seacoast.
because we are here for the whole
winter. Not on account of the siege
of Paris Oh no; Paris will be taken
in five or six days-the 1st of November
at the latest But there may be some
difficulties concerning the re-establsh
ment of the Emperor"
The establishment Of the En-
peror?"
Yes, certainly You must under
stand that in your own interest we shall
be obliged to disembarrass you of this
absurd republic, and then, you see the
Emperor will have received a lesson he
will have become reasonable. He VIII
not attempt to trouble the peace of
Europe while with your republic we
can be sure of nothing. Yes, we will
re- establish your Emperor despite the
howling of your idiotic newspapers,
and the Colonel burst into new roar
of laughter, followed by a new general
explosion. An admirable discipline, it
must be admitted reigns in the German
army All of those officers laughed in
the Prussial way. as if at maneuver.
AS long as the Colonel doubled himself
up and roared, just so long did the Off
GERS double themselves up and roar.
Then. with a last howl of laughter from
the Colonel. the howls of the officers
stopped suddenly as the drums stop
when the drum major lowers his staff
There were eight or ten of these bursts
of laughter while the Colonel was re-
casting the map of Europe, taking the
German provinces of Austria, landing
in England and seizing the British Isles.
etc, but the hilarity became epilepsy
when the Colonel began a series of
pleasantries about the Bavarians.
"Ah." said he, you are lucky to have
had to do with Prussians. If you had
had Bavarians here, you would have
had hard time Our Prussian King is
altogether too good to permit Bavarians
side by side with US Prussians. The
Bayarians should not be allowed to
serve in the Prussian army except as
musicians King Louis of Bavaria
ought to be Field Marshal of all the
German bands.
At last we arrived at the end of this
odious breakfast. The Colonel arose
and dismissed his officers, and. aD-
preaching me. said. And now / shall
conduct you to your greenhouse |
wish to show you your camelias."
My camellias,
Yes. yes. / know your passion. The
Baroness has been good enough to tell
me you adore those cameliias. So
sent for Your gardener and explained to
him that he would be shot in front OF
the greenhouse door If he allowed a
single camellia to die This was a
Joke. yon understand / would not
have had him shot We are civilized
people. but / would not have hesitated
about having him tied to tree for
twenty four hours without anything TO
eat or drink. But it has not been neees-
sary Your camellias are in perfect
condition. Come and see them
We went out there. the three of US
the Colonel. Antoinette and !. This
Prussian did me the honors of my own