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Gcnoese three
almost incredible cS0l
when news was bronghtW
ton, and the march of Cation
The Genoese would have seized\
so valuable, to make use Of it ash
in the case of the poor infant b.
Gaffori collected some friends in her liftV
and defended herself there for several dan
the arrival of her husband to her rescue.
evening before. many of her companions,
ont in the dreadful struggle, spoke of surrendd
The heroic woman had powder cask placed IN
lower room, and Selling a lighted match.
threatened to set fire to it If they did not hold
out. If we go to Corte, I will show you the
house, Napoleon your mother and | occupied
it some time before our return home ; you can
see the marks of the Geoness balls still in the
front of the house."
NJ. Bonaparte had scarcely ceased speaking,
when Saveria gave him letter, which he has
tily pernsed
" God be praised" he exclaimed.
"What is the tidings ~ said Madame Lettia
"My love, am informed Of my appointment
as deputy of the noblesse of the Corsican do
ninions. This must take me to Paris and NJ.
de MirbGuf tells me that may have hopes of
ne, and for Eliza at the school of st. Cyr. You
know that the government has taken upon it
the gratuitous education in France Of four hum
dred Corsican children ~
"You did not tell me Of your having made
any application, Bonaparte."
alt was useless, while uncertain Of success
But the Governor seems greatly interested in
Napoleon, whom he thinks most promising In
a few days will set out for France with the
two children. The separation is painful know
and feel, but it is necessary Our little proper
ty, tho so well managed by our good Lucien,
barely suffices for the support OF the family.
We shall henceforth be freed from the expense
of the education of one boy and girl"
"Lettia." said the arch-deacon, "cannot but
approve of the step we have taken. am not at
all apprehcnsive about Napoleon's future pros
poets If have judged him rightly, that child
will be the artificer of his own fortunes; he will
be the head of the family But no time must
be lost in giving him good education and
notwithstanding all his mothers care, he can,
not get it here. He is now more than nine years
old, and he does not know word Of French
and hardly knows how to write, in spite of the
pains taken with him by poor Duracc."
In this respect Napoleon never improved very
much. His photography always left much to
be desired, and he wrote an alElos: illegible
hand.-ln the first days of the empire pool
man demanded an audience. ''Who are you p
"Sre have had the honor of giving lessons
in writing TO your majesty for fifteen months al
the school of Brienne.'
"And fine pupil you had in mel cannot
compliment you much upon him y and he
granted him pension.
"Be it as you will" said Madame Bonaparte
who implicitly followed in every thing the ad
vice of the arch-deacon. Il will 90 prepare
be w rIr ohn IF fvo Iapr
On the 9Th of December, l776, Madame Le
titia and the Able Fesch assembled to the tor
of the Greek Church, whence they had view
of the whole gulf, and followed, with tcarfu
eyes, the vessel that carried into France Nj. 30
nararte, Napoleon, and the young Eliza. Ma
poleon saw not his mother nor Corsica again til
1892, and then he was captain of artillery
After remaining some time at the college O
Autun where, at a later period, his brother.
Joseph and Lucien were educated, he entered
the royal military school of Brienne on the 80
/, April, 1873, at the age of nine years and 1
half
Here ends our task. From the period of his
going to Brienne, the history of Napoleon i.
we'll known. Who does not remember the game
of snow balls, and so many other anecdotes
now bccom, popular His boyrlphers have
left nothing untouched but his early childhood
the details have given are accurately true
To aduterate history, even by the most harm
less fiction, is to protane it.
A traveller of very recent date mentions that this
oak under which Napoleon often rested, is still t.
/, be seen.
I Savirea died about Is years ago, in the house o
/, MUM. L,titia, at Rome, and her little abode u
Ajaccio is still standing. Napoleon always retained
his attachment Tor his old lie sent for her Il
the Tueries upon his coronation, and made her pre-
sent OF l. Esposaa, the first OF Corsica, which had
tor long term of years, belonged to the Bonapart
/ family Nopoeon speaks somewhere of a nurse
. Mammusica Catherine who used to have continue
j. disputes with her grandmother perhaps she is tn
= same person.
Every day at Easter, according to an Italian Gus
tom introduced into Corsica every proprietor has nj
house blessed by the poster.
thas been the fashion to represent Napoleon as al
extraordinary child Indeed, it credit late histo
7 rian, Napoleon must have been little phenomenon
for according him. the precocious child, AT seven o
eight years old appreciated the beauties Comeille
AMI could read the tragedy OF Necomedes tuenlly
G without knowing word OF French. tbs thus hlsor
is written.
"A SIN Ill town about twelve leagues from Ajacco
where is yet to be the embrasure to which the III
iant boy was bound.