Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23

try and 1 sat with his sister where we
could see the dancing, on landing OF the
stairway. De Chaumonts generous house
was divided across the middle by a wide
hall that made an excellent ballroom.
The sides were paneled, like the walls
of the room in which first came to my
senses Candles in sconces were reflected
by the polished, dark floor. A platform
for the hddlers mad been built at one end.
Festoons of green were carried from
cluster Of lights in the center of the cell
ing, to the corners. making a bower or
canopy under w.--ch the dancers moved.
1t is strange to think that not one
stone remains upon another and scarcely
a trace of tn.s manor. When De Chau-
mont determined to remove to his seat at
lie Rayville, in what was then called
Castorland, he mad his first hold pulled
down.
Miss Chantry was a blunt woman. Her
consideration for me rested on my being
her brothers pupil. SHe spoke more
readily than he did. From our cove we
! looked over the railing at an active
world
MADAME Eagle is a picture remarked
J Miss Chantry So Eagle! What a name
| for civilized people to give a cnristened
child! But these French are as likely
! as not to call their boys Anne or Marie,
and it wouldn't surprise me If they called
their girls Cat or Dog. Eagle or Cow.
she is the handsomest woman on the
/ foor!"
Except Modemoiselle Annabel," the
doctor ventured to amend.
THAT Annahel ue Chaumont," his sis
ter vigorously declared, ''has neither con-
science nor gratitude. But none of the
French have. They will take your best
and throw it away with a laugh.
My master and l watcher the brilliant
fY,or In ha cir NJ was
candles Face after face could be singled
out as beautiful, and the scant dresses re-
vealed taper forms. Madame de Fer
rier's garments may have been white or
blue or yellow; / remember only her satin
/ arms and neck, the rosy color Of her face,
and the powder on her hair making 1t
Waite as down. Where this assembly was
collected from 1 did not know, but IL act
ed on the spirits and went like volatile
| essence to the brain.
''Pheughr' exclaimed Miss Chantry,
| how the French smellr'
| asked her why. If she detested them
so. she lived in a French family and she
replied that Count de Chaumont was an
/ exception, being almost English in his
| tastes. He had lived out of France since
his father came over with Lafayette to
help the rebellious Americans,
| I. did rot know who the rebellious Am
| orleans were, but inferred that they were
people of whom Miss Chantry thought
| almost as little as she did of the French.
Croghan looked quite boy among so
. many experienced gallants, but well ap-
| pointed in his dress and stepping through
| the figures neatly. He was, Miss Chan
try said, student of William and Mary
| college.
This company of gentry will be widely
| scattered when it disperses home" she
| told US. There is at least one man from
| over-seas"
| thought of the Grignon and Tank
! families, who were probably on the road
to Albany. Miss chantry bespoke her
brothers attention.
There he is
''Who?" the doctor inquired.
His highness," she incisfvely respond
/ ed. Prince Jerome Bonaparte."
| I remembered my father had said that
| Bonaparte was a great soldier in a far
! Off country, and directly asked Miss
| Chantry IL the great soldier was in the
ballroom.
She breathed a snort and turned upon
my master. pray, are you teaching this
lad to cali that imposter the great sold
/ ier?'
Doctor Chantry denied the charge and
cast a weak-eyed look of surprise at
me.
1 said my father told me Bonaparte
was a great soldier. and begged to know
/ If he had been deceived.
"Ohv' Miss Chantry responded in tone
which sighted Thomas Williams. We'll!
| 1 will tell you facts. Napoleon Bonaparte
| is one of the worst and most dangerous
men that ever lived. He sets the world by
| the ears and carries war into every
/ country of Europe. That is his youngest
brother yonder-that superfine gallant, in
the long-tailed white silk coat down to
his heels, and white small-clothes, with
| diamond buckles in his shoes, and grand
| lace stock and ruffies. Jerome Bonaparte
/ spent last winter in Baltimore; and they
/ say he is travelling in the north nowto for
/ get a charming American that Napoleon
i will not let him marry. He has got his
| name in the newspapers o. the day, and
| so has the young lady. The French con-
sui warned her officially. For Jerome
| Bonaparte may be maze little king,
with other relations OF your great sold
| ier." /.
The young man who might be made
/ little king was not as large as was my
self, and had a delicate and womanish
| cut of countenance. said he was not ut
| for a king, and Miss Chantry retorted
that neither was Napoleon Bonaparte mt
| for an emperor.
What is an EMPEROR" 1 inquired.
"A chief over kings" Doctor Chantry
put in. "Bonaparte is conqueror and
can set kings tver the countries he has
1 COnQueIeu-
| 1 said that was the proper thing to do.
| Miss Chantry glared at me. She had
weak hair like her brother. but her eyes
were piercing blue, and the angles of her
| Jaws were sharply marked.
1 Mediating on things outside Of my ex-
perience I desired to know what the white
| silk man had done.
Nothing"
Then why should the emperor give him
| a kingdom?"
Because he is the emperor's brother"
But he ought to do something HIM
! sell" 1 insisted. ''It is not enough to
accept chiefs place. He cannot hold 1t
II he is not fit." @
$50 the poor Bourbons found. But they
were not upstairs at any rate. hope
shall live to see them restored"
Here was another opportunity to inform
myself I asked Miss Chantry who the
| Bourbons were.
''They are the rightful kings of
| France"
'Why do they let Bonaparte and his
i brothers take their placer
| Doctor Chantry turned from the prom
enaders below and, with slow and careful
speech, gave me my first lesson In his
|