THE SWARMING OF THE BEES napoleon regained ills empire twenty days after leaving elba at nine a mighty shout is heard without the the emperors emper orl the palace echoes the cry as across the bridge of the palace and along the seine embankment in through the tuil ceries gate thronged thron ged about by a clamorous crowd and surrounded by his soldiers and his generals napoleon enters the courtyard paris is wild with joy the veterans fling themselves upon the emperors carriage they seize him in their arms they drag him out and bearing him on their shoulders they rash with him through the doorway even to ohp foot of the great staircase the palace rocks with the shouts of welcome the bowd bearing the em perur and the throng pouring down the staircase to greet him block the way progress is impossible people are everywhere and philip standing at the top of the noble stairway of honor laughs aa he cheers to see corporal ceyrolles peyrolles Pey rolles sitting astride the great silver statue of peace his chapeau on the nd of his cane his face red with shouting and wet with tears of joy at last a passageway is broken through the crowd philip and M de lavalette back their way aloft to keep the passage open and so up the clamoring bt airway along the gallery of diana through the blue room and into the emperors study amid tears and cheers and shouts and tossing of hats and waving of handkerchiefs the emperor ahmea jo his own again in twenty days after leaving elba napoleon has regained his empire with but a thousand grenadiers grena diers he has conquered thirty millions of people the swarming of the bees ends in a carnival of joy elbridge S brooks in st nicholas