The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
GENERAL cRoNJE's JA1LER.
He In Lord Bathurst. Whose Great
grandfather ExiIed Napoleon.
lFIom the Paris Matin.

| (fTom the Parl5 Matin-)
| looked at the company. At the table
opposite me were the officers, clad in red
| tunics, and some gentlemen in smoking
jackets. The menu was passed round. Ter
rible moment, know nothing of English
dishes.
"WilI you allow me to help you, sir?
have lived much in France. and / might
be able to tell you to what dishes Of your
country ours correspond.
A harp playing on stormy night would
not cause me greater joy. 1t is my neigh
bor on the left who addresses me thus,
with just that slight lisping SO becoming
to foreigners.
pour out my thanks.
"Ohi the least thing we can do Is to help
you, since you are the only Frenchman
here"
do not repent 1t.
II would wager" says my neighbor,
that you believe In English pride, in their
contempt Of the French, and in British
sans gene"
try in my turn to find some amiable
phrases; then, Are you going to the Cape,
MADAME"
mo, sir: to st. Helena"
Profound astonishment on my part "Ah,
all England, 1t seems, is going to st.
Helena" l say to myself.
"Aud you, SIR"
Il, too. am going to st. Helena, madam"
"Ah, what surprisei'
II am going to see the grave Of Ma
poleon."
You are right to do so. he was such
great figure. I am going to reioin my hus-
band who has command of the island
Oh the hazard Of the voyage, I am
sitting next the Countess Bathurst, whose
husband is in command of st. HeleLa, and
who is descended from the very Minister
that sent Napoleon into exile. The father
OF Lady Bathurst is the proprietor Of the
Morning Post
How odd it is" she says with a smile:
"it was the great-grandfather OF my hus-
band who exiled your Emperor, and ii is
my husband who is charged with guarding
| Cronje. But rest assured that he will be
better treated than Napoleon"
you think, then, that Napoleon was
badly treated?''
"Oh. don't speak of it! 1t is one Of the
| most deplorable pages OF our history. II
was the fault of that stupid Hudson Lowe,
whom they ought never to have selected,
I and who was so little of gentleman. He
wrote lying letters to London. hid the real
state of the Emperor. and deceived all the
world. This unfortunate man has con-
tributed more than anything to give us the
reputation of being cruel.
The countess stopped. Then, excitedly:
1T was like that idea of calling him Gem
eral Bonaparte. It-was stupid. and so
mean and useless Just as II he had
not the right, more than anyone. to be
treated as an Emperor to the end, he who
was so nobly vanquished. That Hudson
Lowe is a disgrace to US. Unfortunately.
Cronje is not the equal Of the other, and
his exile Will be less talked about"
The conversation continues about Ma
poleon, and in the course Of it the countess
reveals to me that the manuscript of the
Memorial Of st. Helena" belongs TO her
husband.
"But how said she. ARE you going to
put up at ST. Helena?"
AT the hotel
But there isn't one,'
She laughed very gayly. We'll. you rust
go and put up at Longwood. Besides,
there you will be on French soil.
WHAT"
Didn't you know it? I didn't before
the Journey. Longwood vas given TO
France under Napoleon III. l wanted to
buy it when my husband was sent there.
and it was thu; that learned the fact
Then l shall still be in France. p
ITO be sure you Will