Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-04-23

you the Emperor, my uncle, served a!
captain; with you he won glory at tbs
siege of Toulon; you opened the gates
of Grenoble to him when he came
back from Elba. Soldiers. the honor
of beginning a new empire shall bt
yours; yours shall be the honor of sa
luting first the eagle Of Austerlitz anC
Wagram." He caught the standard
from an officer and held it high. III
is the sign OF French glory; it has
shone over every battlefield; 1t has
passed through every capitol OF Eur
ope. Soldiers. rally to the eagle.
trust II to you've will march today
against the oppressors, crying Long
live France"
One who has not heard a regiment
gone mad can not know how 1t was
With deafening clatter and roar every
sword was drawn and the shakos few
aloft and again and again and again
the mems deep voices sent up in bro
ken magnificent chorus the great his
toric cry to which armies had gone
into battle.
"Vive l'Empereur! yive Napoleon
The souls of thousand men were
on fire with memories and traditions
with a passion of conservation to a
cause, and as IL the spell of the name
grew stronger with its repetition they
shouted over and over, in tremendous
unison. over and over and over.
''Vive Napoleonl vive lEmpereur!'
II was necessary at last for the
quiet slender young man who was the
storm-eenter to raise his hand again
and with word, with the glimmer OF
a smile to speak his gratitude-to stop
the storm There was much to be
done. The fourth artillery was but
one of several regiments to be gained
II the victory were to be complete
Colonel Lombard was dispatched to a
printing Office with proclamations tc
be struck off; Lieutenant. Laity hur
ried away to his battalion; a detach
ment was sent to hold the telegraph
Office; the tumult once quieted, the
yard was a scene of efficient business
for all this had been planned and each
officer knew his work. In very few
moments the officers of the third ar.
tillery 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, no
longer empty, he passed with his Off
GERS, and the people poured from their
houses, and Joined and answered the
shouts of the soldiers.
'Vive l'Empereur!" the soldiers
cried 1T 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 artillerymen to clear the
road. Every moment an old soldier
broke out of the mass and embraced
the eagle which Lieutenant de Quer.
Giles carried proudly high above all
this emotion; the soldiers eyes fash
ed with success; the Princes heart
beat high for Joy to know that he had
not misread the heart of army or peo-
pie. When the column passed the gen.
darmerie the guard turned out and
presented arms, shouting, Long live
the Emperor" So 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 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 we'll as Prince had developed a
habit of turning to Beaupre for serv-
ice after service. And always they
were met with glad consent which
encouraged them to ask more until
the Prince said:
1T is the case of the willing horse:
will not permit that my right-hand
man be worked to death-it must
stop"
Today. however. Francois had a
definite duty of responsibility. While
the Prince marched. gathering
strength at every yard. through the
town toward the Place d. Alton at it's
farther side, Colonel Couard 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
parts, to be reached from the town
side only by narrow lane; but the
ramparts commanded with a 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
go with him. II he went by the ram
parts the whole enthusiastic fourth
artillery might be at his back. This
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 off,
GERS about his Highness saw that
some one had Numbered. Someone in
the van man had lost his head, had
forgotten, and the compact inelastic
procession had been led toward the
approach from the Faubourg Pierre,
the narrow lane at the side toward
the city. II, was a serious mistake,
yet not of necessity fatal, and at all
events they must make the best of It.