The Detroit times., 1909-12-22

Washington. ID. c.. Dec % 1903
Dear Dad: What was the return
from Elba? I'll refresh your recollec.
ton. | have just refreshed mine, II
was this way.
Napoleon had run up against his lirst
streak or hard luck The king trust
had pooled their forces and put him
out OF business. Russia's Alexander
had managed the campaign. and when
he got through the allies marched IN
triumph into Paris and Napoleon had
TO take up modest quarters Mt Fon-
tainebleau. IL was evident that he was
down and out Even Marshal Ney told
him so.
Abdication was the sentence.
The united kings. after a meeting OF
the executive committee at Paris. sent
Bonaparte n contract To sign. BY its
terms he agreed To quit the emperor
md royalty business In European tei-
ritory and to go and live at Elba. this
being small but comfortable island
in the Mediterranean. The members
OF the king trust promised him "a pen
sion OF 100000 francs a year. which
is almost million dollars In real
money They also said he could call
himself emperor at Elha. and duke or
Parma, Palentia and Guastala. In adj
dtion to which he would be permitted
10 have a guard and an imitation
navy.
The seven years reform admins
tration which the emperor had given
France had made him n good many
enemies right at home and the run OF
bad luck which had dogged his mill
tary operations took from him the rest
of his friends They told him FRANKLY
that he would not do, and urged him
"a skiddoo before he got something
worse. And Boney took the tip.
II was none too soon. On his way
10 the steamer they shook fists and
threw mud at him. and N was only
nv having the coachman take the back
streets that he escaped lynching But
he finally got away and settled down
quietly AT Elha
But before he went Napoleon made
n little farewell speech. He called MS
old guard at Fontainebleau and told
them how sorry he was To leave them.
81 have one mission to fulfill in life,
said he. and that Is TO recount to
rosterity the glorious deeds We have
done together" OF course II made
Great hit with the guard and sounded
real humble and nice 10 the allied
kings. They had no objection To his
writing for the magazines, even II
he made as much as 10 cents word.
The new administration was called
The Return of the BourDons. 1t
lasted 10 months. In its general tenor
II was essentially safe and sane. Much
emphasis was placed upon constitn-
tional law and the party in power set
about 20 undo all that had been done
under the previous administration. The
Lines invited Louis Stanisas Xavier
de France. a rather stout. gOod-naturcd
person. 10 come and take charge OF the
government under the title Of Louis
XVIII He came. He had been living
IN London. hoping for an invitation.
And in his wake came n large assort-
mert or princes. dukes. duchesses end
other folks, members and relatives Of
the Bourbon family, who had been
living i'm exile since "A date close 10
the fall Of the Bastile. Every man or
woman. churchman or layman who
had enjoyed n slnecure previous to
the advent OF the revolution, came
trooping 10 the front again looking for
an opportunity to connect mp again
, with said sinccure.
The friends OF Napoleon were told
where TO get off The new king ahol-
ished the red.whte-and blue cockado.
The changed the numbers of the old
regiments He picked out reaction
ary cabinet tSoven OF its nine mem
hers. az recall. were lawyers, and all
Of them were satisfactory To the
nonrse-i O.. Wall-st And they made
ready To restore the confscated lands.
and to rc-establish the Old system OF