The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-11-04

a smile to speak his gratitude-to stoI
the storm. There was much to BIZ
done. The fourth artillery was bui
one of several regiments to be gained
If the victory were to be complete
Colonel Lombard was dispatched to g
printing office with proclamations tc
be struck off; Lieutenant Laity hur
ried away to his battalion; detach
ment was sent to hold the telegraph
office: the tumult once quieted, the
ward was a scene of efficient business
for all this had been planned and each
officer knew his work. In a very few
moments the officers of the third ar
tiIlery who were with the Prince had
fastened to their quarters, another had
been sent to arouse the forty-sixth OF
the line, at the, Place d Alton bar
racks, and shortly Prince Louis him
self was on his way to the same place
Through the streets of the city, nc
longer empty, he passed with his Off
GERS, and the people poured from their
houses, and Joined and answered the
shouts of the soldiers.
give PEmpereurl" the soldiers
cried. cit is the nephew of Napoleon
and the citizens threw back, 'Vive
l'Empereur! 1t is the son of the hon
est king Of Holland! 1t is the grand.
son of Josephine!"
They pressed so close about the
small figure in its Swiss uniform of a
colonel that for a moment he was sep
arated from his officers, and Colonel
Vaudrey, smiling for all his military
discipline, was forced to order his
mounted artfllerymen to clear the
road. Every moment an old soldier
broke out of the mass and embraced
the eagle which Lieutenant de Quer-
elles carried proudly high above all
this emotion; the soldiers eyes flash
ed with success; the Princes heart
beat high for joy to know that he had
not misread the heart Of army or peo-
ple. When the column passed the gen.
darmerie the guard turned out and
presented arms, shouting. Long live
the Emperor!" 30 he went through
the streets of Boulogne, Louis Napo-
leon Bonaparte, eight long years be-
fore he came to his own, and march
ed in triumph and reclamation to a
failure.
And close by his side, his look as
radiant as the Princes look was con-
tanned and impassive, marched always
Francois Beaupre. The hard-earned
military knowledge, the patient toll
Of preparation had come into play,
and in a hundred ways the man had
been useful With no exact rank as
yet, but ready at any moment, eager
for the hardest task, never asking for
rest, quick-witted, resourceful officers
as well as Prince had developed
habit of turning to Beaupre for serv-
ice after service. And always they
were met with glad consent which
them to ask more until
the Prince said:
ut is the case of the willing horse;
I will not permit that my right-hand
man be worked to death-it must
stop"
Today, however, Francois had
definite duty of responsibility. While
the Prince marched, gathering
at every yard, through the
town toward the Place d. Alton at It's
farther side, Colonel Oouard of the
third artillery had gone to proclaim
the great news to his regiment and to
hold them ready. In case OF success
at the Place d. Alton, Beaupre was to
go back and bring them to join the
Prince. In case of failure they were
to be his reserve. The Place d Alton
barracks lay between town and ram
town
side only by narrow lanei but the
ramparts commanded with q large
open space the yard where the sol
diers assembled. If the Prince entered
from the town side. from the street
Faubourg Pierre-only an escort could
20 with him. II he went by the ram"
parts the whole enthusiastic fourth
artillery might be at his back ms
then was the route chosen.
But as the Prince and the regiment
and the swinging shouting mass OF
citizens made its way toward the
quarters, suddenly, too late, the OH
GERS about his Highness saw that
some one had blundered. Someone In
the van a man had lost his head, had
forgotten, and the compact inelast1c
had been led toward the
from the Faubourg Pierre,
the narrow lane at the side toward
the city. It was q serious mistake,
vet not of necessity fatal, and at all
events they must make the best of it.
The Prince could not make dramatic
entrance at the head OF shouting
regiment, but for all that he might win
the forty-sixth.
He did win the forty-sixth. Some
thing had happened to the officer sent
to arouse them-another slip in the
instead of being drawn up
In the yard they were getting ready
for Sunday inspection, but they flock
ed to the windows at the noise, they
rushed into the yard at the name or
Napoleon. An old sergeant OF the
Guard ran forward and kiss
ed Prince Louis hand, and the re-
served face lghtened-he knew the
value of a bit Of sentiment with
he was not wrong; in a
the line regiment had caught
up the cries Of give PEmpereur!"
raised by the artillerymen, and the
earlier scene of the Austerlitz bar
racks was being repeated here. Prince
Louis, pale and composed In the een-
ter of the roar of voices, the seeth=
ing sea Of excitement, heard q word
at his ear and turned,
aSire, 1t is success. go to bring up
your Majesty's other regiment" Fran
co.'s said, and the Prince answered
quietly: