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in the conduct of war which he had
The Emperors having arrived at the
raft. stepped upon the deck of the pavil-
| ion simultaneously, when Alexander, in
| the view of the legions Of two empires,
| whom he had ever before refused to sa-
| lutte as a brother monarch. Il hate the
| English as much as you do" he ex-
| claimed. according to a French report
| tions against them
In that case" Napoleon replied
| everything can be arranged and peace
| is already made
| Emperors then entered the pavilion.
| where the two childless monarchs sat
| alone for an hour and three-quarters
while they partitioned the world between
| seemed then to be a melon ripe for cut
| ting. Happily neither possessed any
| thing that the other coveted, their boun-
| daries lying far apart. and the Russians
| in the East than in the West. Napoleon
| craftily diverted AIexander's attention
| and ambition from Europe. Seizing upon
| the timely news that a revolution had
| lately taken place in Turkey. he assured
the Gar it was a decree Of Providence
| that the Turkish empire could no longer
| exist.
Afterward he boasted to a Russian
| OlplOIldt at llSll- as ne pointed TO the
River Vistula on a map Behold the
boundary between the two empires!
Your master rules on one side: on the
| other"
As always. however, when nations sit
| down to feast on Turkey. the two EN-
perors could not agree which should
| have the Constantinople slice. 'I could
have shared the Turkish empire with
Russia Napoleon said in after years.
But Constantinople always saved II.
| Russia wanted 1t and would not grant
it. Whoever holds It can govern the
world
Under Napoieon's Spell.
pavilion and again showed themselves
| to the eager watchers who crowded both
shores, they were apparently on the most
cordial terms. As Napoleon landed In
mand. sent ringing across the stream the
| Russian cheer: "HourraI' .'Hourra, 80
| ''Hourra." Alexander. anxious to re-
turn the compliment. thereupon ordered
preur Napoleon" But the poor Russians,
lacking the ready wit of the French.
| stupidity repeated their own cheer. Hour
rar' ''Hourrar' '.Hourrar" Wild hordes
meath the Cars double-headed black
| eagle. Cossacks of the Don, Tartars. Kali
! mucks. many of them with only bows
| and arrows.
| Inc Gar, an lmpreSSiOna0le, almost
| hysterical young man, had completely
passed under the magic Of Napoleon. 81
| never" he said, had more prejudices
| against any one than against him, but
| they have all disappeared like a. dream
| Would that had met him earlier!" Ma
| poleon could hardly be expected to re.
i ciprocate the Cars enthusiasm, but he
| expressed his admiration of the young
mans figure, calling him an Apollo, and
he said that IL Alexander were a woman
ne would lose his heart to him.
After another meeting on the raft, q
more convenient and informal plan was
| adopled for the further intercourse OF
| the Emperors. Napoleon declared Tilsit
| itself to be neutral ground, his army be-
| Ing outside the town in what IL now q
district of pretty suburban villas. When
| the French came the plain was covered
/ with the cottages of the poor. and those
| humble dwellings were ruthIessly torn
| down and the camp of the soldiers was
| pitched among the still standing chim-
neys. Hundreds of people thus driven
4 from their hearthstones wandered home
| less in the forest or haunted the streets
| of Tilsit begging bread for their children
Napoleon selected and furnished a res
idence in the town for Alexander and an
| other for Frederick william and Queen
Louise. When he showed the latter place
| to the Car he was guilty OF saying some
| thing about having housed the pretty
Queen near him and of asking probably
with a meaning wink, We'll. has your
heart nothing to say to that?"