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parted from him with demonstrations Of
gr1e1. Sayary burst into tears and threw
hlmsef at the feet Of his master He
and Gen Lallemand, for supposed Of
fenses Of their own, had been excluded
from the St Helena party by the LON
don cabinet and condemned to imprison-
my lord, said Las Cases to Admiral
Keith, that the only persons in tears
are they who remain behind" Las Cases
had gained a coveted place by accepting
the group of three officers. who were Ber-
trand, Montholon, and Gourgaud.
BeIore sailing. the members of the
party, like any other prisoners about to
be booked, were required to surrender
their arms and valuables. Ne one in
sisted on taking NapoIeon's sword. how
/ ransacked, there was no search OF the
person. The exiles were enabled thus
to conceal on themselves some so 600 in
goid and as much more in Jewels, be-
sldes large amount in letters of credit
The Last Voyage.
For full ten weeks the Northumberland
and her fleet of lesser\ vessels sailed
southward. As they were passing down
the coast Of France. the French eagerly
watched for glimpse Of their native
land. Several times a vague shadow ap-
-peared before their gaze, but only TO
vanish before II took form. At last the
clouds parted and their eyes were glad
dened by the sight Of the sun shining on
the shore of Brittany. Napoleon took
on his hat and remained with barred head
as France faded and finally disappeared
forever from his horizon.
Although his officials and servants bore
themselves toward him as II he were
stul in the Tuileries and wearing the
crown of empire, Admiral Cockburn and
MS subordinates of the Northumberland
studiously observed the instructions or
their government and took great pains
to ignore the fact that he had ever bet
more than a general
The admiral was a good SOUL but un-
fortunately he had no sense of humor
His hrst solemn purpose was to teach
Zen; Bonaparte his place and to see
that ne kept II. But notwithstanding he
was disturbed by the suspicion that his
pupu was inclined to act the sovereign
occasionally, , and to assume improper
prised to find that on the whole he was
the least troublesome and agEressiye
Pember OF his party, and they got along
together fairly well.
The former emperor, who had sat at
table with nearly every reigninE mon
arch, did not disdain to dine each day
with the admiral and the ships officers.
on all manner of subjects and recounted
MS own experiences by flood and feId
When, at the first dinner, be abruptly
ing was finished, not lingering over the
Walnuts and the wine, the admiral was
momentarily upset; but he summoned
OF British custom
Napoleon walked the deck a good deal.
OFTEN with the admiral. whose arm
steadied him when the sea rolled He
was also in the habit Of sitting on one
OF the guns, which the sailors ehristened
the emperor's cannon" Most Of the
day was passed by him in his cabin
where he at once began to dictate his
recollections to Las Cases. Labor Isl
the. scythe Of time" he said to his
amanuensis, as they thus relieved the
tedium Of the long trip. His evenings
were mostly given over to cards with
the admiral or his fellow travellers in
the general cabin.
The ship paused at Madeira, bur No
one went ashore. Thenceforth land was
not sighted again until one day a dark
speck appeared in the sky. The larger
L grew the blacker II became II was
ST. Helena. And at last the islander
from the Mediterranean was at his jour
ney's end in the wide and lonely waste.
of the South Atlantic.
tcOOyrisht. IsIIIsh. By James MOrSanl