The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-25

dow seat there. ana II came IL me that
II would be q Joy to crow ones life lie
later on He stopped mi gazed In
quirangly at the calm eyes which met
his.
Yes" the marquis answered quiet
iy. 1t would be that-the crown OF
our friendship. il some day they might
love each other..'
And with that the general rave a
great shout of laughter and leaned
forward and seized his friends hand i q
q bears grip.
1T is unbeIievable-it is heaven-it
is a dream come true that3you are here,
BA~lessandro. And here we sit, after all
these years. we old soldiers of Napo-
leon, and Instead of talking campaigns
and battles. we plot a marriage like
grandmothers. marriaget Listen to
those babies shouting outside over the
pony! Such thoughts are far enough
from them-sapristi! And there Ii In
deed plenty OF time; they are only
babies yet" His voice stopped, but
his yes fingered on the face Of the
other as II he could not look enough to
convince himself of it's reality. Tell
me about your journey. Alessandro. as
you promised. and Why you should go
that unheard of distance. to that vague,
Just possible country. America, to get
land"
So the marquis. sitting In the French
49, " y NAAo - ~ IL q ~
Ing far off as he lifted his eyes, with
the ummer wind blowing i n at the
window and the children's voices call
ing to each other outside. told at
length a story of negotiations. Of bust
ness arrangements, of a tract Of land
not yet seen which was to become one
day of vital Importance to those care
less children who played. He told. what
the general partly Knew, how many fol-
lowers of the Emperor, including his
brother Jerome Bonaparte, had bought
tracts Of land under that new govern
ment, h United States, n how sew
eral of them had gone out to this land,
taking many things with them and
looking to live there as in France in
~seigneurial dignity. How, through one
of the Bonapartist emigres and through
his connections in America, Zappi had
been offered a chance to buy 5000 acres
in the state OF Virginia; how he had
considered the condition OF Italy-that
1T was torn and worn with wars, that
the Austrians were gaining in power,
that his house was a marked one on
the side of Italian liberty, and sure to
be among the first to be punished IL
Austrian power We're triumphant; that
If such a time came it might mean
everything to him or to his son to have
a homes and domain beyond the reach of
the tyrant's hand. For that reason he
had thought 1T wise to cross the ocean
and take possession of this land; and
to do this quickly, because-the mar
quis stopped and looked at the general,
and the general looked back fercely.
What then ?" the latter demanded
~savagely. TT is well, of course, to do
things at once. when one decides. But
is there any hurry in particular for you,
you hardened old veteran?"
The marquis smiled his gentle slow
smile, "A little hurry for me, Gas
pard," he answered. The doctors tell
me that my heart is not strong; a man
dies suddenly of that trouble some
times"
And he general, impatient, indig-
nant, threw his arm around his friends
shoulder. They now nothing, doc
tors he growled. You will outlive
me. 1t is all villainy. such talk. Come
then, Alessandro, and see If Pietro can
stick on Cog"