The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-16

=5TIiis coIIp;Iny OF gentry will be
widely scattered when it disperses
home,' she told US. There is at least
one man from overseas
I thought of the Grignon and Tank
families, who were probably on the
road to Albany. Miss CEantry bespoke
her brothers attention.
There he is
'Who:" the doctor inquired.
His highness," she incisivcly re-
sponded. Prince Jerome Bonaparte."
I remembered my father had said
that Bonaparte was great soldier in
faroff country, and directly asked Miss
Chantry If the great soldier was in the
ballroom.
She breathed a snort and turned up.
on my master. "Pray. are you teach
ing this lad to call that impostor the
great soldier?"
DR.. Chantly denied the charge and
cast a weak eyed look Of surprise at
me-
I said my father told me Bonaparte
was a great soldier, and begged to
know # be had been deceived.
"Ohr' Miss Chantry responded in
tone which slighted Thomas Williams.
"Well. I 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 car
ries war into every country Of Europe.
That is his youngest brother yonder-
that superfne gallant in the long tail
cd white silk coat down to his heels,
and white small clothes, with diamond
buckles in his shoes and grand lace
stock and rufIies Jerome Bonaparte
spent last winter in Baltimore, and
they say he is travelling in the north
now to forget a charming American
that Napoleon will not let him marry.
He has got his name in the newspapers
of the day, and so has the young lady.
The French consul warned her official
". For Jerome Bonaparte may be
made q little king, with other relations
OF your great SOlOler.
The young man who might be made
a little king was not as large as was
myself, and had delicate and woman
ish cut Of countenance. I said he was
not fit for. a king, and Miss Chantry
retcrted that neither was Napoleon
Bonaparte ft for an emperor.
s.What is an emperor? inquired.
"A chief over kings" Dr.. Chantry
put in. "Eonaparte is conqueror and
can set kings over the countries he has
conquered"
I said that was the proper thing to
do. Miss Chantry glared at me. She
had weak hair like her brother, but her
eyes were a piercing blue, and the an
giles of her jaws were sharply marked.
AIeditating on things outside Of my
experience, I desired to know what the
white silk man had done.
Nothing
"Thea why should the emperor give
him kingdom?'
Because he is the emperor's broth
er."
'.Eut he ought to do something him
self,'' I insisted. 'It is not enough to
accept chiefs place. He cannot hold
it if 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 60 in
form myself. I asked Miss Chantry
who the Bourbons were.
"They are the rightful kings OF
France
s.Why do they let Bonaparte and his
brothers take their place."
DR.. Chantry turned from the prone
naders below and, with slow and care
full speech, gave me my first lesson in
history.
''There was G great civil war in
France called the revolution, when
part Of the people ran mad to kill the
other part. They cut off the heads Of
the king and queen and shut up the
two royal children in prison. The dau-
phin died.
what is dauphin?'
''The heir to the throne, of France
was called the dauphin.'
WAS he the kings son?''
t'The kings eldest SON.
eff he had brothers, were'they dau-
phins too?"
''No. He alone was the daughin. The
last dauphin Of France had no living
brothers. He had only . sister,
''You said the dauphin died.
'ln a prison called the Temple, in
Paris"
"Was the Temple prison:'
eyes"
Nine. de Ferrier had said her father
and some other person did not believe
the dauphin died in the Temple.
Suppose be was alive:' hazarded.
Suppose who was aliye?' said Miss
Chaptry.
The dauphin.'
''Be isn't
did all the people believe be was
dead:''
They didn't care whether he was
dead or not They went on killing
one another until this man Bonaparte
put himself at the head Of the army
and got the upper hand Of them. The