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CHAPTER V.
The Emperor had committed himself
to my care. The Emperor was dead.
Those -were the two thoughts which
clanged In my head until I had no room
tor any other ones. He had come with
me, and he was dead. I had done
what he had ordered when living:. I
had revenged htm when dead. But
what of all that? The world would
1 look upon me as responsible. They
might even look upon me as the assas
ein. What could I prove? What wit
nesses had I? Might I not have been
the accomplice of these wretches! Yes,
yes; I was eternally dishonored the
lowest, most despicable creature In all
France. This, then, was the end of
my fine military ambitions and of the
hopes of my mother. I laughed bitter
ly et the thought. And what was I
to do now? Was I to go Into Pontaine
ibleau, to wake up the palace, and to
inform them that the great Emperor
had been murdered within a pace of
me. I could not do It no, I could not
do It! There was but one course for
an honorable gentleman whom Fate
had placed. In so cruel a position. I
would fall upon my dishonored ffword
end so share, since I could not avert,
the Emperor's fate. I rose with my
nerves strung to this last piteous deed,
and as I did bo my eyes fell upon some
thing which struck the breath from
my Hps. The Emperor was standing
before me. s
He was not more than ten yards off,
with the moon shining straight upon
his cold pale face. He wore his gray
overcoat, but. the hood was urned
back and the front open, so that I
could see the green coat of the- Guides,
and; the white breeches. His hands
were clasped behind his back, and his
chin sunk forward upon his breast in
the way that was usual with him.
"Well," Bald he, in his hardest and
most abrupt voice, "what account do
you give of yourself ?"
I believe that If he had stood in si
lence for another minute my brain
would have, given way. But those
eharp, military accents were exactly
what I needed to 'bring me to mypelf,
(Living or dead, here was the Emperor
standing before me, and asking me
questions. I sprang to the salute. '
"You have killed one, I see," said he,
Jerking his head toward the beech. " '
Yes, sire." -
"And the other escaped?"
' "No, sire; I killed him, also."
"What!", he cried. "Do I under
Hand that you have killed thenj both?"
He approaclled me fes he spoke, with a
smile; whick set his eyes and: teeth
gleaming In ftlie moonlight.
','One odfl i Ilea there, sire," I an
swered; "the other is In the toolhouee
At the quarry."
"Then the brothers of AJaccJo are no
more," he cried, and, after a pause:
"The shadow has passed me forever."
Then ho bent forward and laid his
hand upon my shoulder.
"You havo done very well, my young
friend," said he. "You have lived up
to your reputation."
He was flesh and blood, then, this
emperor. I could feci the little plump
palm that rested upon me. And yat I
The Emporor Was Standing Before Me.
could not get over what I had Been
with my own eyes, and so I stared at
him in uch bewilderment that Ma
broke once more Into one of hla miles.
i "No, no. Monsieur Gerard," said he.
"I am not a ghost, and you have not
seen me killed. You will come here
and all will be clear to you."
He turned as he spoke, and led the
way toward the great beech stump.
, The bodies were etlll lying upon the
ground, and' two men were standing be
side them. As we approached, I saw
from the turbans that they were
Roustem and Mustafa, the two Mame
luke body servants. The emperor
paused when he came to the gray fig
ura upon the ground, and turning back
the hood which shrouded the features,
he showed a face which was very dif
ferent from his own. '
. "Here lies fl. faithful servant, who
has given . up his life for his master,"
said he. - "Monsieur de Gondin re
sembles me in figure, and In manner,
as you must admit."
What a delirium of Joy came upon
me when these few words made every
thing clear to me. He smiled again
a he saw the delight which urged me
almort to throw my arms round him
and to embrace him, but he moved a
etep away, as if he had divined my
Impulse, ' ,
"You are unhurt?", he asked.
' "I am unhurt, sire. But in another
minute I should in my despair "
"Tut, tut!" he Interrupted. "Yov
did very welL He should himself have
been more on his guard. I saw every
thing which passed."
"You saw It, sire!"
"You did not hear me follow you
through the wood, then? I hardly lost
sight of you'from tha moment that you
left your quarters until poor de Gon
dln fell. The counterfeit emperor was
In front of you, and the real one be
hind. You will now escort me back to
the palace."
He whispered an order to his Mame
lukes, who saluted in sUence and re
mained where they were standing.
For my part, I followed the emperor
with my pellese bursting with, pride.
My word, I have always carried my
self as a hussar should, but Lasalle
himself never strutted and swung his
dolman aa I did that night! Who
should clink his spurs and clatter his
sabre If it were not I I, Btlenne Ge
rardthe confidant of the . emperor,
the chosen swordsman : of the light
cavalry, the man who slew the would
be assassins of Napoleon. But he no
ticed my' bearing, and turned upon me
like a blight.
"Is that the way to carry yourself on
a secret mission," he hissed, with that
cold glare in his eyes; "Is it thus that
you will make your comrades believe
that nothing remarkable has occurred.
Have done with this nonsense, mon
sieur, or you will find yourself trans
ferred to the sappers, whore you would
have, harder work and duller plum
ape." That was the way with the emperor.
If ever ha thought that any one might
have a claim upon him, he took the
first opportunity to show him the gulf
that lay between. I Buiuted and was
silent, but I must confess to you that
it hurt me after all that had- passed
between us. He led on to the palace,
where we passed through the side door
and up into his own cabinet. There
were a coupje of. grenadiers at the
staircase, anj their eyes started out
from under their lur caps, I promise
you, wheTv, they saw a young lieutenant
of hussars going up to the emperor's
room at midnight. ' I stood by the door,
as I had done In the afternoon, while
he flung himself down In an armchair,
and remained silent so long that It
seemed to me that he had forgotten all
about me. I ventured at last upon a
slight cough to remind him.
"Ah, Monsieur Gerard," said he.
"You are very . curious, no doubt, as
to the meaning of all this."
"I am qul;te content, sire, if it Is
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your pleasure not to tell me," I an
swered. "Ta, to, fa," said he. Impatiently,
"These are only words. The moment
that you were outside that door you
would begin making Inquiries about
what it ail means. In two days your
brother officers would know about It,
In three days it would be all over Fon-
tainebleau, and it would be in Paris on
the fourth. Now, If I tell you enough
to appease your curiosity, there is some
reasonable hope that you may be able
to keep the matter to yourself."
Ho did not understand me, this em
peror, and yet I could only bow and
be silent.
"A few words will make It clear to
you," said he, sp?aking very swiftly
and pacing up and down the room.
"They were Corslcans, these two men.
I had known them In my youth. We
had belonged to the same society
Brothers of Ajaccio, as we called our
selves. It was founded In the old
Paoli days, you understand, and we
had some strict rules of our own which
were not Infringed with Impunity." A
very grim look came over his face as
he spoke, and it seemed to mo that all
that was Frence had gone out of him,
and that it was the pre Corslcan, the
man of strong passions and of strange
revenges, who stood before me. His
memory had gone back to those early
days of his, and for five minutes,
wrapped in thought, he paced up and
down the room with his quick little
tiger steps. Then with an Impatient
wave of his hands he came back to
his palace and to me.
"The rules of such a society," he
continued, "are all very well for a
private citizen. In the old days there
was no more loyal brother than I.
But circumstances change, and It
would be neither for my welfare nor
for that of France that I should now
submit myself to them. Thoy want?d
to hold me to M, and so brought their
fate upon their own heads.
"These were the two chiefs of the or
der, and they had come from Corsica
to summon me to meet them at the
spot which they named. I knew what
such a summons meant. No man had
ever returned from obeying one. On
the other h&nid. If I did not go, I was
Bure that disaster would follow. I am
a brother myself, you remembor, and
I know their ways." Again there
came that hardening of his mouth and
cold glitter of his eyes.
"You perceive my dilemma. Monsieur
Gerard," said he. "How would you
have acted yourself under such circum
stances?" "Given the word to the Tenth Hus
sars, sire," I cried. "Patrols could
have swept the woods from end to end
and brought these two rascals to your
feet."
He smiled, but he shook his head
"I had very excellent reasons why I
did not wish them taken alive,", said
hi?. "You can understand that an os
Baselin's tongue might be as dangerous
a weapon as an assassin's dngger. I
will not disguise from, . you that I
wished to avoid scandal at all coat.
That wa3 why I ordered you to take
no plFtols with you. Tlfat also Is why
my Mamelukes will remove all traces
of the affair, and nothing more will
be heard about it.
"I thought of all possible plans, and
I am convinced that . I selected the
beet one. Had I sent moro than one
guard with De Gondln Into the woods,
then the brothers would not have ap
peared. They would not change their
plans or miss their chance for the sake
of a single man. It was Col. Lasalle's
accidental presence at the moment
when I received the summons which
led to my choosing one of his hussars
for the mission. I selected you, Mon
sieur Gerard, because I wanted a man
"You Cannot Do Thnt," Sold tho Emperor;
"You Wcro u Lieutenant Then."
who could handle a sword, and who
would not pry more deeply Into the
affair than I desired. I trust that In
this respect you will gratify my choice
as well as you have done In your brav
ery and skill."
"Sire," I answered, "you may rely
upon it."
"As long as I live," said he, "you will
never open your lips upon this sub
ject.", "I dismiss It entirely from my mind,
sire. I will efface It from my recol
lection as If it had never been. I will
in sm nut of vour cabinet
at this moment exactly as I was when
I entered it at 4 o'clock."
"You cannot do that," snia me em
peror, smiling. "You were a lieutenant
at that time. You will permu me
captain, to wish you a very BuUu
nl&ht-" ,
(The End.)
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