The Detroit times., 1913-09-29

pulse might beat harder than this and
not break. He held up his hand. and
rapidly, yet with lingering shouts Of
enthusiasm. the tumuk Quleted The
regiment to Ito farthest man heard
every word Of the strong tones.
'Boldders," he said. II have come
to you first because between you and
me there are great memories With
you tho emperor. my uncle, served a.
captain: with you he won slory 1t the
siege Of Toulon: you opened the gates
Of .Gren0hle to him whon he came
back from Elba. Soldiers, the honor
Of beginning q new empire shall be
yours; yours shall be the honor Of
saluting flrst the eagle Of Austerlix
and WagTam. He caught the stand
ard from an onlcer and held II high.
!, 1T II the sign Of French glory; II has
shone over every battlefield; II has
passed through every capital OF
Europe. Soldiers, rally to the eagle!
I trust it to you've will march today
against the oppressors. crying Long
live Franco"
One who has not heard . regiment
gone mad can not know how 1t was.
With deaaening clatter and roar every
sword was drawn and the shakos new
aloft and again and again and again
the mems deep voices sent up In brok-
On. magnincen& chorus the great his
toric cry to which armies had gone
into battle.
"vive rEmpessurl vive Napoleon"
The souls Of q thousand men were
on hre with memories and traditions.
with . passion Of co0secration to q
cause, and - II the spell Of the name
crew stronger with its repetition they
shouted over and over, In tremendous
unison, over and over and over.
'vive Napoleon! Vive rEmpereur!
1t was necessary at last for the
quiet slender young man who was the
storm-center to raise HE hand
again, and with . word. with the
gllmmer Of smile to speak
his gratitude-to stop the storm.
There was much to BE- done. The
fourth artillery was but one Of several
regiments TO b gained II the victory
were to be complete. Colonel Lom-
hard wAs dhpatche6 10 q printing Of
nee With proc)AmAtions TO be- struck
or: Lieutenant LAity hurried away to
hi battalion: detachment Wa sent
TO hold the telegraph once; tho
tumult once quoted, the yard was a
scene Of emceent business, for ell this
had been planned and each 0lncer
knew his work. In q very few mo-
ments The OlnCors Of the third artil-
lery who were with the Prince had
hastsued 10 their Quartsrs. anothsr6Sd
been senk - arouse the forty%ixth Of
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racks, end shortlH Prince Louis him
calf was on be way to The same place.
Through the streets Of the city, no
longer empty, he passed with his Of
aoers. and the people poured from
their housss. and Joined and answer
q ne shouts Of the sol0iers.
~vlvs rnmpereur!" the soldiers
cried. It II the nsphew> Of Navo.
loou,~ and the cft1senD THEW baok.
WV l'Dmpereur! Il n the con q
the honest hing Of Holland! Il 10 the
grandson u Josephinei"
They pressed % Close shout tho
small figure b IL owiss uniform Of .
colonel that FOR q moment he WAS
separated fsun HE omcsrs. and Col
onel YAu6rey. smiling for al his MILL
tary discipline. was forced 10 ordey
his mounted srtillerymen to clear the
road. Every moment IN old solder
broke out Of the mass and embraced
the eagle which Lleutsnant> Dc Qusr.
Giles carried proudly high above al
this emotion; the soldiers' eyes fash
ed with success; the Princes heart
bea& hlgh for Joy to know that - had
not misread the heart Of army or peo-
pie. When the column passed the
gondarmerie the guard turned out and
presented arms, shouting. Long live
tho Bmperufl" So hs went through
the streets Of Boulogns. Louis Napo-
leon Bcnaparte. eight lo0g years b.
fore he came to hi own, and marched
N triumph and Reclamation 10 .
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