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have shared my bread. whom I led out
Of obscurityi Ungrateful man, he will
be more unhappy than IT, -..
The desertion advertised the weakness
OF Napoleon among his marshals and en-
boldened the allies, who at once deter
mined upon the determination of the
BonAparte dynasty and the restoration
Of the Bourbons Caulincourt and Mac
with the announcement. that the con-
querors would not accept the King of
Rome. r. ..s
At last, bowing to the inevitable, Ma
poleon seated himself once more at the
little round-top mahogany table by the
window. looking out upon the spring
time bloom In the garden Of Diana, and
scratched his second and unconditional
abdication. After he had written II. he
inserted the words, 'for himself and for
his heirs" With those half dozen words
added. he had signed away not only his
empire, but also the -birthright Of his boy,
whom only three years before he had
heiled with Joy as the inheritor and per-
petuator Of his Iordship OF the earth.
Alone I'm His Gloom.
The King was dead in living death!
Long live the Kingl
One by one the princes. the dukes. the
courtiers, and even the servants softly
breathlessly into Paris to salute the ris-
ing sun Ney. did not return from his
mission to the capital to say farewell to
his old commanded. Berth1er excused
himself for a brief absence. He won't
come back, 1 tell you. He won't come
back" the Emperor predicted, and truly,
for he never again saw his cfref OF stan
and his terminate In all his campaigns
Savary refused to come at all. sRoustan,
who ever since he entered his service at
the Gate OF Victory in Cairo, had slept.
poinard In hand, at his chamber door.
went to fetch his wife and children that
they might help him share his master $
exile, and the Emperor gave him 5000;
but the ulameIule never returned. Nor
did Constant. his pockets bulging with
the Emperof's gold, reappear after leav-
ing to visit his family,
But -Caulincourt, who had honestly and
/ feariessly warned the Emperor against so
many OF his downward steps, stayed by
him until his last duty was discharged.
So. too, did Macdonald, although be had
withheld his baton for many years and
then had left him poor. II have covered
Win favors many others who have now
deserted me-" Napoleon said to the
marshal. you who owe me nothing
loyalty too late when / can. prove my
gratitude only with worcs." AS Macdon-
aid was leaving. the Emperor gave him
the sword OF Murad Bey.
At last the companions of. his glory and
the partakers Of his bounty all were
gone and he was left alone in his gloom.
The allies had drawn their barrier OF
and so9: ana sut him on from his moth
Abandoned and solitary he received his
sentence Of banishment to Elha His
spirit gave way under the burdens that
he turned 10 the old. familiar companion
OF his melancholy moods. This dark
visaged mate had walked with him In
his unhappy youth on the banks Of the
Rhone and the Seine They had tramped
together the SHOWS of Russia when In
the retreat from Moscow he had armed
himself with Frederick the Greats ta-
vurite weapon against misfortune and
carried IN his pocket little bottle as