Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-31
A GAME FOR KINGS.


I1uGHfS lie i,puN.
/ won't answer for it that the story is
n true ore; but why need a good story
always DC true? My old friend. Lamballc,
believed in it thoroughly and told it with
such picturesque gestures. such cvidcn:
delight, that L asked for nothing more.
He lived in little hunting lodge at the
emo of the park. Among the guns OF the
Old Guard that were hung over his chin
ney-place were branches of trees, laden
with birds nests. 1t was long since Lam
bale had placed them there. Rackcd by
rheumatism and tortured by many
wounds that would not heal, the brave
mans spirit still remained ready for
action. always on the march. with his
baYonet upright over the great highways
of Europe. Surely, at night his emperor
came to him in his dreams Ho talked
of him so often, with so much of the
ardor of love and a ii he were still pres
ent, that,aS a little boy when I ran away
from the chateau to go and see Lamballe
and his dogs, / fastened back through
the covered paths, my heart filled with
| anguish. | felt vague. secret fear lest
! should meet him. tho Man. who still
seemed present in Lamballes little lodge.
even though troops of Englishmen were
| every day visiting his tomb in the In
yalides.
The old fellow was always to be found.
sitting in a largo straw arm hair, before
the open window. Outside the meadows
anu So''i9 cuiNins mus stLetcheu az l"i
"S tne eye couio reach IL was 'herc'
out in that great dis ,Lnce, that the
''oush.S vi tie oin soluier WouIu 10
suddenly, in he midst of his stories.
Sometimes they would wander long be
luie ictuiiinS' anu l. SUING oH III! nlt'c
enaii' MouIu "ot ualc 10 move '"' iieu
away III tuat mysterious past "uu uis-
,s,, M a 'i.'ie o'i'' "''''' 9D'''c hii'u
soiuIei mas met OH ''r ""H ana 'aitleu
'a, ar, 10 'ne camp on ms shoulders
imel A-ln'paite ""u!" continue
naI var ne Atu coHquelcu cN,rs
Mne'e' We n1u le'cho'' .lc Gnu VI Eu-
up oii' as nc "o"''"' III olco, " SUE
NAM wy c"'pc'orS ",u miss
""o ',au ncNt, shown MN an. 'h.i's pu'
.n'H La1hs, ne invites mem 10 ONE III
iu.S 4dSi'oli' aV iHsl'i WHERE ne was
'He men ""o,'i ne cnureeu 10
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WY eTOiHc", 40" &C. t'Ic N1"SS ticin-
"'ou AZ men 9'o'9' "'N Itdird some IN
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80 .,
. 'uill'H 'ho! "llNeu WIN an SUI 70
ol pump anu ceremony Hlountcd escorts
Solole:s' nass, ana even cannon pehihd'
|
pest re was TIE Only one WHO ulu not
| chanee ms uresS; ne wore the same gray
| cio'heS anu ms nat re uld not Neeu 10
oress up IN order TO loon pet'er IMAM the
others
me dinner was served IN palace
nave forgotten "hlch one II WAS some
German puzzle-up ON the top floor Prob
aoiy me guests mad preferred that so
Una. thcy could see on III the "Istahce
ana also "atch Us lheir soidlotS'slat
apout' making friends we had fouGht
lor SO long against each other mat we
were not sorry 10 sciale acquaintance
ana drink glass together before loading
up our guns again
u p there, at the emperor table they
were talking about US. Each man was
noastins OF his own men, II ever YOU get
10 De a colonel, niue one, You VIII unoer-
STAND what mat feeling Is. a man loves
ms regiment better IMAM MS VIC lie
watches its thoughts and its iidel4ty as
truly as IL his own honor were wrapped
IN the folds Of the flag Every ofiicer III
,Ac army carries TINS anxiety III MS heatt
Dut no one ever felt it in the way that
ne Ga ana that was the reason we loved
him more than the sunlight.
i do not know just which one of the
| three IL was that raised the question as
10 "hicn couId pest reiy upon the GeNo-
lioh Oh mas men.
am sure OF mine, SAID Alexander
i'e icp"cu, Every one Oh my soiuicrS
Is READY 10 ole Tor me.
Iheh the hing OF Prussia exclaimed:
Let US put IL 10 the PROOF.
IhlS very moment. cried the En-
peror'
ANU warmed with VINE, he SAID 10 a
footmah:
Sehu UP Nioreau' OF the tuaiu, TO me.
An utter silence followed his words
te was lrowhihg IN terrible fashion,
wheh Moieau entered lie was Nolti-
seur ana ms bravery was famous among
the brlVest-he mad as many wounds as
ne had cheNTohs
ushereu III pS the tootman, he stop
PED LOT u moment on me threshold of
inc door ihah'hS inc military salute, ms
mana at ms temple
Moreau' said the EMPEROR are you
reauN 10 opcy me
cs my emperor
Ni,"o"' uiSCuSS'on
| IS NC spoht' me f-i'ioror looked al
MN, :, 'trn"ic i'Sn' ~ ms Eyes