THE FIRST CONSUL.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2

THE FIRST CONSUL.

Just before the review began "we saw- 1 several uniforms ascend the stairs, one of whom, whose helmet seemed entirely of gold, was Eugene de Beauhamafs. A few minutes | afterwards there was a rush of officers down the stairs, and among them I saw a short, pale man,: with his hat in his hand, who re-" sembled Lord Erskine in profile. But, though my friend whispered, ' O'est lvi,' I did not comprehend that I beheld Bonaparte ] till I saw him stand alone at the gate. * i In another moment he was on his horse, ] while I, trembling with emotion, gazed onhim intently, endeavoring to commit each expressive sharply-chiselled feature to memory, contrasting: also with admiration his Bmall,~aimple hat, adorned with nothing but a little tri-colored cockade, and his blue coat, guiltless, of gold embroidery, with the splendid adornments of the officers who followed him. At length the review ended, — vtoo soon for me. The First Consul sprang from his'horse. "We threw open our door again, and, as he slowly reascended the stairs, we saw him very near üb, and in full face, while his bright, restless, expressive, and, as we fancied, darkblae'eyes, beaming from under long black eyelashes, glanced over us with a scrutinizing but complacent look.