The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
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Reign Of Terror, and her population as .
whole had been Indifferent lookers-on at
the rise and fall of each successive
regime. She only shrugged her shoulders
and smiled as a mere clacque acclaimed
the empire, the marriage Of Marie Louise
and the birth Of the King OF Rome And
the downfall OF the Emperor was ap-
plauded by but q mere clacque of time
servers aid Bourbon mobiles under the
leadership Of Talleyrand. the bishop who
had blessed the pixies Of the revolution.
who became a prince OF the empire and
who was now waiting in the doorway Of
him to offer its hospitality to the Gar
By his side stood Bourrlenne, his lips
puckered to kiss the hand that had over
turned the empire Of his old schoolm3te
Of Brienne, who had kept him on his
payroll as minister at Hamburg even
after he had betrayed his confidence In
the post Of private secretary.
The compliant Senate as readily voted
the dethronement Of Its former master
as II had registered his every win for ter
years, and even the marshals, anxious to
save their batons and their ducal pal
aces and estates, hastened to change
to the new rule. Away with Bona
partep' was the watchword now. and
thus In q day the reign Of Napoleon van
ished like q dream .-r
aries of Paris far more prompt to agree
with them than they were to aRree
among themselves As the pursuers had
drawn near their goal, the Teutonic
Prussia in q secret treaty designed to
prevent the autocrat of all the Russias
from taking the place Of the Emperor OF
the French as the sole arbiter Of the des-
TIMES of-nations.
Yet the sIav, although he stood on the
banks of the Seine, was thinking only
OF the Vistula- All the Gar wanted as
a reward for his benevolence as the lib
duchy Of Warsaw. and whatever else Of
Poland he could get The Prussians, how
ever, wished to regain Thorn and the
Austrians wished to keep Cracow, but
he. had an army Of $4,000 men ready for
action.
AsSfor the succession TO Napoleon. Aus.
kStria naturally would have liked to see
crown Of France, under the regency OF
Marie Louise. But Alexander would
have none Of the Bonapartes. and his
determination was fed and furthered by
Po5so d Borgo. who; with hatred
revenge upon the second generation Of
bis lifelong enemy PozEo inveighed
sainst the suggestion that the crown
should pass to the King Of Rome. Let
hths empire fail with the man who made
England heartily seconded that SEN
timent. she had not hunted Napoleon for
Lourteeu years TO let MIN SID through
her fingers now. and the English and the
Prussians united in advocating the res
toration Of the Bourbous. The Czar
amused himself with the thought OF call
ing Bernadotte to the French, throne.
but ralleyrands who had assumed charge
Of the provisional government was plot
ting for the BourbonA sire" he said
tn the Russian monarch, we must have
either Napoleon or Louis XVIII We will
not have another. soldier IN his stead For
II We wanted a soldier. We would keen
the one re have; he Is the first In the
:, NRDoleOn at FontaInebIeau.
And the first soldier in the world!
Where was he7
While the Parisians were cheering theIr
conquerors Apd supple coGrtiers were ad-
ministering on his estate. Napoleon was
sitting IN the deepening gloom that hour
by hour gathered about him IN the Old
chateau OF Fontainebleau, whose shad-
oWs today. crowded though they are WITH
the spirits Of the sceptered dead stflI are
ruled by his stubborn, unlaid ghost n
rises before the visitor as he enters the
palace gate. He sees It walking down
the horseshoe stairs on the way to the
EIban exile and pausing to bestow a
parting kiss on the imperial eagle. He
hears the echoed accents Of the eloduent
farewell to the old guard. which have
been treasured these hundred years BY
the gray walls Of the Court Of the White
Horse. or the Court Of the Alden as II
Is sentinentally called.
An the pilgrim passes Into the chateau