Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-15

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Tho ooneot he disuupeared; and he continued 10 laugh
and said,
expense and trouble of keeping, him. ..
The Emperor during his residence under my iahef
roof, occupied only one room ana a marquee Inc
room was one my father had built for ball ROOM
There was small lawn in front, rallied round, and 10
this railing the marquee was pitched connected with
the house by u covered way. The marquee was divd'
ed into two COMPARTMENTS the inner one forming Ma
noIeon's bed room, and at one extremity of the
ax,e,nal commandment there was small tent bed,
with green silk hangings, on which General Gour-
paud Slept Ii was the bedstead used by the Empe-
ror in all his campaigns between Inc Two divisions
Of the tent crown, when MS devoted servants
had carved out of the turf floor and II was placed
that the Emperor could not pass through Without placing
bis foot on this emblem of Regal dignity.
Napoleon seemed to have no pendant for the plea.
sures of the table He lived very SIMPLY, and cared
little or nothing about what he a'e' he dned al
nins and at that hour Ciprian, the mai,re dhotsl,
made his appearance, and, with profound reverence,
ssid in solemn tone "Le diner de votre majestic est
serv"
He then retreated Backwards followed by Napoleon,
and those of his suite who were 10 dine with him.
When he had finished, he Womb aofuPuy push away
his chair from the table, and quit the dining room, aP
nareny Glad il was over few days after his arrival,
he invited INV sister and myself to dine with him, and
began quzzng the English for their iondness for roast
beef and plum pudding
accused the French in return Of living on frogs and
running into the house, brought him car'cature OF
long lean Frenchman, with his mouth open, his tongue
out and frog on the tip OF it, ready TO jump down
his throat; underneath was written, "a frenchman $
Dinner -
He laughed ut my impertnence, and pinched my ear
as he often did, when amused, ana someu"es wheh
little provoked at my eSPieghcrte.
ia netit Las Cases as he called Las Casess son,
formed one of the party that day. ne was then a
lad of fourteen and the Emperor was fond OF quiz
ZINC me about him. and telling me should be his vile
Nosb;no enraged me so much could not bear to
be considered such child, and particularly at that
moment, for there ball in prospect 10 which
had great hopes of papa allowing me to CO. and knew
that his objection would be founded on my being too
young
Napoleon, seeing my annoyance, desired young Las
Cases TO kiss me, and he held both my hands whilst
the little page snlnted me. | did all IN my power 10
oscar ne but in vain The moment my hands were al
liberty boxed lie Petit Las Cases most thorough
w. But determined to be revenged on Napoleon
and in descending to the cottage TO play whist an
opportunity presented ITSELF which did not allow to
escape.
There wns no internal communication between the
part occupied by the Emperor and the rest of the
house, and The path leading down was very steep
and yery narrow there being barely room for one
person 10 pass at time Napoleon walked frs Las
Cases next, then his son, and lastly, my sister Jane
/ allowed the party to proceed very quietly until
was left about ten yards behind; and then ran with
all my force my sister Jane. She fell with extended
hands the little page; ne was thrown upon his Ia
Their, and the grand chamberlain, to his dsmay, was
pushed agans, the Emperor who, although the shock
was mewhat diluted by the time it reached him, had
still some difficulty from the steepness of the path, in
preserving hIs footing
was in ecsases at the confusion had created, and
exu,ed in the revenge had taken for the kiss; but
was soon obliged 10 change my note of triumph.
Gases ihundersruck ut the insult offered
to the Emperor, and became perfectly furious at my
uncomfortable laughter He seized me by the shout
ders, and pushed me violently on the rocky bank
1t was now my turn TO be enraged. | burst into
tears Of passion, and turning to Napoleon, cried out,
"Oh, Sir, he has hurt me-
"Never mind, replied the Emperor, "Ne peurs pas
Il will hold him while you punish him
And good furnishing he got: boxed the little mans
ears until he begged for mercy; but would show him
nome and length Napoleon let him CO. telling him 10
rum and he could no. run faster than me- he deserved
to be beaten again.
He Immediately started off as fast as he could and
after him, Napoleon cappng bis hands and laughing
mmoderatey at our race round the lawn
Las Gases never liked after this adventure, and
used to call me a rude hoyden.
[ never met any one who bore these kind OF things
80 we'll as Napoleon He seemed 10 enter into every
sort of mrlh or fun with the glee OF cnd, ano,
though [ have often tried his patience severely, l
ne YER knew him to lose his temper, or fall back upon
his rank or age to shield himself from the conse-
quences Of his familiarity and indulgence to me-
looked upon him, indeed, when with him, almost as 6
brother companion of my own age, and all the eau
tions received and my resolutions to treat him
with more respect and ormay, put to iiigh! the
moment came within the influence Of his arch smile
and laugh.
If | approached him more gravely than usual, and
with more sedate step and subdued tone, he would,
perhaps, begin by saying
"Eh ben, gu as tn, Mademoiselle Be,sece Has lie
| (ao nj ia
him TO me-; some other playful speech, which
either pleased or teased me, and made me, at once,
forget all my previous determinations TO behave pref
tily.
My brothers at this time quite children, and Ma
poeon used TO allow them to cit on his knee and amuse
themselves by playing with his orders, &c. More
than once he has desired to cut them off to please
them
One day Alexander took upn pack Of cards. on which
was the usual figure of the great Mognl. The child
held 1t up to Napoleon, saying,
"See Bony, this is you
lie did not understand what my brother meant by
calling him Bony.
exp planned that it abbrevation- the short for
Buona parte, but Las Gases interpreted the word lite
| rally, and said il meant boHy person.
! Napoleon laughed and said "Je ne suis pas osseuS
which be certainly could have been, even in his
thnnest days.
! His hand the latest and prettest 10 the world
his knuckes dimped like those Of baby, his fingers
have often admired its symmetry, and told him
it did not look large and strong enough to WELD a
sword. This led to the subject of swords and one
of the Emperor's suite, who present, drew his
sabre from it's scabhard and pointing 10 some stains
on the blade, said, that it the blood of English
men. The Emperor desired him 10 sheahe it, telling
hun, it bad taste to boast, particularly before ladies'
Napoleon then produced, from a richly embossed
case the most magnificent sword / ever behed. The
sheath composed of one entire piece of mos
splendidy marked tortoise she'll, thickly studded with
gold bees. The handle, not unlike feur de ys in
shape, of exquisely wrought gold it was, in
deed, the most costly and elegant weapon had eve
seen.
requested Napoleon to allow me to examine il more
closely and then circumstance which had occurred
in the morning in which had been much pqued The
Emperor's conduct, flashed across me. The tempta
ton was irresistible, and ! determined 10 punish hin
for what he had done
\ ITO be contiGied.l
MEXICO.