The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
HE SA1 ALONE IN THE SnADOw or A CHINESE ScRfEN WATCHING THE BRILLIANT ASSEnBLAGE

the husband of Marie de Meudon. Jo- sephine had applied the same force to the bride as Napoleon had to the groom, andI pale as ghost and with trembling hand, Marie signed the mar riage contract.
 T have obeyed my Emperor, said D'Auvergne kissing the hand of Ma rie. "and now I will obey the dictates of my conscience and take an imme- diate leave of you. It is the only rep- aration I can make"
 Tom, who had been a witness of this strange scene, followed his chief to the army, 1ad at heart and wishing that the first stray cannon ball might take his head off But the old general said: "Cheer up. Burke. You have the girls heart. and when I am dead, which will be soon, you shall have her hand. Such was my compact with the Emperor: In the campaign that followed Tom won great honors and regained the Elm. perors good will, which he had iost through the Chouan business. The sun of Austerlitz' shone brightly upon him. He was one or the officers se- lected to carry back to Paris the cap tured Austrian standards
 One of his brother officers who &C., companied him to Paris with the cap tured standards was the ChevaIier Du- chesne, who attached himself especially to Tom. The chevaiier was one or tne l old Royalist families, but now in the service of the Emperor. He betrayed Bourbonist and Benapartist secrets alike. as the fancy took him, but tnis Tom did not know.
 The two young men frequented the salon of Mime. de Lacostelierie, rel ative of Josephine, and there saw mucP | of her beautiful daughter Pauline A hitter thought came into the head or Tom. He would pay his court to this wonderful creole beauty. Perhaps Ma rie would hear of it and it might make her jealous. Perhaps then she would give some sign that she remembered | his existence.
 But Duchesne had resolved to marry the creole. and surprising Tom and Pauline one night as they conversed together alone in the picture gallery he interrupted them with we'll bred in- science, and as Tom took leave hum- med the fragment of popular song:
 Today for me, tomorrow for thee:
 But will that tomorrow ever be?
 Tom expected a challenge the next morning, but instead he got orders to leave Paris within two hours and rejoin the army. Then came the great cam paign which ended at Jena. and In this Tom so distinguished himself that he was recommended for a colonelcy and was gazetted for the Cross of the Le- zion of Honor.
 ~Napoleon was in Berlin. The na- Itions silent aud subdued, lay around him and kings bowed before him. II was the summit of his greatness. One day Tom was summoned to the palace at Potsdam He supposed that it was to receive the Cross of the Legion. In stead Marshal Berthier handed him q letter which had been seized in the hmails. The letter was from Duchesn' and addressed. to him. It was written as if the two had been in frequent correspondence and was full of ridi' cule of and contempt for the Emperor
 Tom realized at once that Duchesne had written it to ruin him. kpowins
 that the Prussian malls were closely
 scrutinized Duchesne had left the
 army in disgrace. his duplicity had
 been found out and now he wrote tc
 rom as a fellow consp.rator nigh
 write,
 The Malshal. after reprimandint
 Tom severely. said: q shall return tC
 his Majesty the cross you were tC
 have had: and as to the rest his or
 ders concerning you are
 "One momen.." said Tom. T am q
 foreirner. little versed in the habtti
 ana usages of the land for which have shed my blood. know nothint
 of this letter. which Is trick t' ruin me. You know the man wh' wrote 1t and of what he is capable
 have always been true to the Empero
 And to his cause. Have l tho privi leRe of resigning the commission hold?" ,.a, Certainly" answered the MarshsI , Toms passports were made cut To