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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
ARE UNSATISFACTORY
" Place Vendome!" he commanded, and the coachman, with an exclamation of surprise, drove rapidly toward the heart of the city.
The bell in a nearby church pealed the hour of two as d'Arrienne alighted. He stood at the curb, jingling his sword against his heel, until the cabriolet had disappeared. Then he walked away at a brisk pace — not toward Rue d'Aubigny, but in the direction of the royal abode in the Tuileries.
If he gave a thought to the danger that lay in that direction, there was no evidence of it in the polonaise he was whistling, almost gaily.
It was not until eleven o'clock the next morning that d'Arrienne appeared at 19 Rue d'Aubigny. He found Carre in a distressing state of agitation.
"Well, d'Arrienne, I'm glad you came," he said, throwing himself down in a nearby chair. "My friends and I have gathered together twentyeight men whom we thought, or they themselves thought, bore some resemblance to the Emperor. You campaigned two years with His Majesty, and should be a good judge of his general appearance. I will call the
three candidates who have at all stood the test."
One after the other, the three candidates for a bogus Emperor were shown in. But not a word from d'Arrienne.
"Well— well?" demanded Carre, anxiously, when the third had gone out.
" Oh ! I was waiting for the man who looked like Napoleon. ' '
"You have seen them all."
Then, for the first time in Carre's recollection, d'Arrienne threw back his head and laughed.
' ' The devil— this is serious ! ' ' cried Carre, in dismay. "You are laughing to the tune of fifty thousand francs — lost ! ' '
"But, my dear Carre, those fellows would mean the loss of our heads in the bargain. Send them away!",
"But " protested Carre, with a
gesture of despair.
' ' I, too, have been industrious since I saw you. But I'll wager that my two candidates are, either of them, better than all your twenty-eight."
"Good! Good! Where are they?"
' ' Hard at work, both of them — in a station of life, too, that will make both yourself and the Prince do more than