, 1912-03-28

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papers. save to dream over them. The
blood OF his great forebear refused to
let him DOW under this unjust stroke
He sought II craft, an interesting one.
The net again closed in on him. BE
began 10 grow desperate. and despera-
ton was what Germany desired Des-
peraiion wouid make a tool of the
young fellow Rut our young Napo-
leon was moi without wit. He Dlortah
Dur so c~Ieverly and secretly that never
u hand could reach out to stay him.
Germany finally offered him an i'm
mense brihe he threw II back. for
now he hnted Germany more than be
hated I'rance You wonder why he
hated France? II Frame had not dis
carded her e%rnpire-l do not refer to
the second empir>he would nave
been a great parsonage today. AT a
this must be one of his ideas.
And there you are" abruptly
"Here we have a Napoleon. indeed.
with all the patience OF his great fore
hear II Germany had left him alone
he would today have been a good Cit
zen. who would never have permitted
futile dreams To enter his head. and
who womb have contemplated his
greatness with the smile of a philoso-
pher. And who can say where this
will endf 1t is pittfui."
"PitifufT" repeated Breitmann
why t~hat?"-calmly.
Nj. Ferraud repressed the admiration
in his eyes II was a singular duel.
when we see a mailman rushing
blindly ove a precipice 1t is q human
instinct to reach out a hand to saw
him"
But how do you know he is rush.
ing blindlyr" Breitmann smiled this
question.
Hildegarde sent him a terrified
chair h must have fallen.
NJ. Ferraud demolished an olive be
fore he answered the question. He
has allied himself with some Of the
noblest houses In F~rance-that Is to
say, with the most heartless spend
thrifts in Europe. Napoleon ~?
They are laughing behind his back
this very minute. , They are making
a catspaw of his really magnificent
fight for their own ignoble ends. the
orleanist party. To wreak petty
vengeance on France, for which none
Of them has any love; to embroil the
government and the army that they
may tell of it in the boudolrs. This is
the aim they nave in view. What is
it to them that they break a strong
mans hearth What is 1t to them II
he be given over to perpetual impris-
onment? Did a Bourbon ever "
France as a country? Has not France
always represented to them 4 purse.
into which they might thrust their
dishonest hands to pay for their base
pleasures? Oh. beware Of the con
spirator, whose sole portion in life is
that of pleasure. l wish that | could
see this young man and tell him all !
know. If l could only warn himr'
Breitmann brushed his sleeve. Il
am really disappointed in your climax.
M. Ferraud"
Il said nothing about a climax re-
turned NJ. Ferraud. "4hat has yet to
be enacted"
"Ahr'
"A descendant Of Napoleon direct!
Poor devIr The admiral was thun-
derstruck. Why. the very spirit OF
Napoleon is dead. Nothing could eve
revive it, 1t would not live even a
hundred days"
LESS thar that many hours" said
M. Ferraud He will be arrested the
moment he touches a French port"
Father" cried Laura with a burst
Of generosity which not only warmed
her heart, but her cheeks, why not
and this poor, deluded young man and
give him the treasurer"
What, and ruin him morally as
well as politically? No. Laura; with
money he might become a menace"
ION the contrary" put in NJ. Fer
raud; with money ne might be made
to put away his mad dream. But I'm
afraid that my story has made you
all gloomy"
at has made me sad" Laura admit
ted. Think Of the struggle. the self
denial. and never a soul to tell him he
is mad"
The scars faded a little. but Brett
mann's eyes never wavered.
The man hasn't a ghost of a
chance" To Fitzgerald 1t was now no
puzzle why Breitmann's resemblance
to some one else had haunted him
he was rather b~ewildered, for he had
not expected SO large an order upon
M. Ferraud's promise. Fifty years
ago.
"Ahl Fifty years ago." interrupted
VI. Ferraud eagerly. 81 should have
thrown my little to the cause. Men
and times were different then The
world was less sordid and more ro
mantle"
We'll. | shall always hold that we
have no right to that treasure"