Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-20

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 paraon me- he said gravely but should do wrong If I permitted you to remain under any deiusion Patrich MacMahon, duke oi Magenta and Marshal of France. mas nothing to restrain him from yielding to any ccs- but the president ot the French re- public cannot betray nis oath. The lady ol the iilies made . ges ture Of rage.
 Why did you not tell me this in | your garden? she cried passionately.
 You asked me to jet yvu yisi; ne. yc. come here, receive you alone. and after you have compromised me be- yond recall. you tell me that you have been mocking mel
 "Ah. mademoiselle. do not speak so harshly! It is 1 who am compro- missed. on the contrary. by my pres, l ence in this house
 Not at all. Monsieur 1T our meet. ing is not political you are not com. promised at all-and 1 am compro missed unless 1t Is political It was impossible to escape from this cruel dilemma The marshal tore his mustache.
 Listen.' he exclaimed in a year my term of office will nave expired. and shall be free to accept your com. mands'
 The girl waved her hand inpatient ly.
 And when you are no longer president. what assistance can you render to us? Do you think 1t is merely the duke or Magenta whom l have risked so much to She had got thus far when they were interrupted. A nasty knock came on the door. it was thrown open, and the host Of the 'Fleur de Lys' rushed in.
 Pardon. your-mademoiselle Par. don. M. le President. but the chief Of police has just arrived with a body of men to search the house, and they are coming upstairs.'
 The girl uttered a mortified cry The president sprang to his feet. It was necessary to decide at once how he should act
 "A thousand pardons. mademo;. selle. he whispered in her ear. but you see how it is You are masked the French police are gallant men, you will allow me to save my honorr
 She arose to her feet with the dig. nity Of a queen. and. withdrawing her mask, looked MacMahon full in the face.
 Monsieur. am the daughter of your sovereign
 The Princess y gasped the mortified marshal.
 Tho princess bowed. ana quietly replaced her mask, just as the chief of police made his way into the room
 The chief had received his instruc tions two days before. A watch had been set upon the president. and it had been ascertained that he was hold. ing secret communications with a mysterious woman who had been traced to the Royalist hotel. The sole question which the ministry had to determine. before they proceeded to decisive measures. was whether this affair was III fact political conspiracy or mere intrigue. If it should be the former It would become necessary to publicly accuse the president to the nation. If the latter it was a very different thing. and it would be un. necessary to take any step. except perhaps to hint to the head Of the state that it was undesirable to create a scandal at the Elysee. It was in order to satisfy the doubt in their minds that the chief of police had forced his way into the presence of the suspected president.
 Tt was of course his part to fe!gn the utmost surprise at the meeting.
 Pardon. M. le President, but l hadn't the least notion of finding you here.' He glanced from the lowering brow ot the fierce old marshal to the ] shrinking form of the masked prin. 1 cess. It's my duty to inform you, NJ. l ie President, that we believe this lady | to be .conspiring against the republic.
 The president looked at him. I, | was a frightful moment If he ex pressed the least surprise. the honor | of the princess would be reflected on | Without permitting himself so much | as glance in her direction, he forced | himself to say, in steady tones:
 "T know it. The meeting between | this lady and myself has concerned | a question of politics.
 The chief bowed. and replied:
 Tn that case. M le President, it'e l my duty to report to the minister of l justice that you are in communication | with Royalist plotters.
 Do your duty. monsieur. returned | MacMahon.
 And he followed the bewilderet l chief out of the room. not staying to l receive the thanks Of the stricker ! girl, whose rash adventure had brough, him to dishonor in his old age
 The next day the resignation of President MacMahon was in the hands of the president of the senate The national assembly was convened. and NJ. Greyy became president of France" Copyrighted In U. 8. and Great Britain.)
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