The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-12-25
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Put It on"
with pleasure
Now 60 to the farther end OF tho
room.
Certainly. your majesty"
Nov. STR" continued the emperor
III De lifted up the musket, II am 60
Ing to Dire ut your breast Are Jon
willing to take the chancesY'
Fire away" was the reply.
Ih- -IDperOr nred. aud. although the
UuiIet did nOt penetrate the shield. the
force ut II knocked Birney heat over
heels and put hin out OF It fol the
next ten minutes. While 1t was de-
ridcd that the vest was lot q success.
the americans nerve excited such ad.
rnlratlun that he was given Y and
some present IN rash and g~Tactously
dismissed he seemed to want to say
something to the emperor before De
left the room. but did not have oppOr.
tunity Early the next day. however.
he bobbed up at the war Office for an
interview with the minister.
1T Is no uSe." said the official as ne
gave him a minute. 1.-The emperor u
decided that be vii, no buy the vest
Il knAw that yesterday. Of course"
replied ;3irney. ~ am not here about
the vest. but altogether another thing.
The fact Is | d. not like Napoleon Q
nose and ( want to improve It.
Mon Dieu. man. but what do you
say" exclaimed the minister as %
sprang to his feet.
Il say that the emperors ose Ia ot
and that 1 a improve It."
THE emperors nOsei rou q it Ia
wrong! You say you can DIX 1T Man.
what mean your
II mean Just what l say" calmly re-
piled Btrney.
Mon Dieu: Mon Dieu" gaspeo the
minister rs ne looked ut the American
with wonder and terror 10 dis eyes.
Then U ave gone crazy! You are
Out of your mind. You know not what
you say
II am all right from head to neel.
my dear sir. n l cant understand
your agitation. What's the 'Uatter
Will NY ~ Ctbb W. ssR kAk ANopeV
Icons nose"
The minister rang dis DELL With nerv-
U hand. aud d minute later Blrney
was out On the side walk With q dea 10
his ear that IL. be was told to take
himself OF u be womb De iO<keO w
as an insane person. It was rathel a
setback for nim. and It TOOK nin' Il day
nm tvrrs k, amt .U.N ~ n.H ~, AM.
came up smiling. II the minister
would not help hiIu out there were 9th
or officials WHO would. de tried two
or three OF them. with the result that
be was eventually haIed before the
chief OF police. That official probably
sized him up correctly. for he said tO
him:
You do not realize what you arr dr.
ing. Don't you understand that you
can be sent to prison for thisi You d.
not appear to have lost your MIND, and
yet you are no foot. and the Dest thing
you can do ia to get Out Ut Paris at
once"
well. I don't want to leave Paris
for a few days yet. but RI keep still
about Napoleon's nose
He vent out of the polite of1,'e
.'ueaning to do It. but scarcely twenty.
four hours had passed away when 10
accidentally met 4 French Doctor who
could speak English fairly we'll. Dir.
ney was naturally asked why he had
visited Paris. and. OF course. be told
OF the bullet proof est Having got
started. be couldn't stop there.
Say, do you know l could tx the
emperors nose IN less than Il month";"
be remarked in u burst OF confidence.
1.-The devil: Why. man. you are IN
sulting the emperor: You ought to be
locked up"
The doctor left him without even q
cold bow and probably went to the
police. as Btrney was arrested an ho,lr
later. According to the story. be was
sent to prison without a trial and de-
tanned for q full year. Then ne was
taken out me day and conveyed to the
wal office snd into the presence ut Ma.
p0ieon
"SiT SaiO n euirGror after giaring
ut him fW nwhiie. ''is my nose out ct
plumb;
'"it ~ p,nm'h NJ u piummet" was the
ready reply .
"ilo+s u need Any liking oveer'
mot a NIX"
And hOv In II With youraf'
hrs out of jofnt your majesty, ont
, think ! ,onId follow Il ont III Frapr4"
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