The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-03
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At III, pres present MOI rs mind
lyreverts to the past, and looks 81.
the vista Of nearly.ha off aasS y w 10 Y yenJ
when the, lrererberati. Tsse annoiss getlies
| with the silent voice. iett II mic I. patches,
and the hasty messssc s'iah ss berja scouriers,
announced to all EAtfisSs iM5 soft was born
%analeon more - w5orat as A psann ,han
at that lnonant iwsM ssAs aarin.r that Maria
Louisa's life wasi q 4 arse s;leSssad The voice
Of selfish ambitif site fags 5;s Mast IA ii
answersto the INCA defs,s l. nhys;e;an Nh led
these memorable ats,s save the motheTssr
,ron;, ahy cns5 ! fnted hcrifce which ne
f. fV h;T"a sfh waste kewas not deraa
" t Ia,,. ,n9b nv Of q NM !" into his arlpS
# # t hs,,t t. "A { p ! = sti i4g ssSefeisn, ls y I &.
aaid t h. Nh, I'M \ shed tears Of Joy over tn
helpless e..be whiesalay within his arms. J
juAfaIuD u lGIllS Nt"s ~ - lie
Of March 20, 1911. He was so fN
time Of his birth that it was deemed acta
that he should receive the rite of baptism WIZ
out delay. On the evening of Tint day, was nc
therefore, borne To- the chapel Of the sTuileries,j
whitLer h. CIV, was accompanied, by his father and
the whole imperial family. Upon u white vel
vet carpet, embroidered with golden bees, stood
a granite pedestal, sustaining u richly chased
vase Of silver gilt., This was destined 70 be the,
baptismal font. The Emperor placed himself
at his pyfet dieu, which stood beneath a dais. IN
the center Of the chapel. When he approsched
the font to present his son to be baptized, there
was a moment OF deep silence. The eonqueror
seemed to be subdued into the father. Who
can eress what deep emotions, what shadowy
authorizations, filled the heart of Napoleon the
Great ut that solemn momcntl All within the
chanel was perfectly still, While the a%cclarna-
tons of the multitude without bespoke the
tumult of popular ioyat the birth Of an her
to the throne. A moment it was OF vivid
contrast. aud so living in its historic impor-
tance, that its memory is as fresh as ever
among men, while the actors OF that scene are
one and all passed away from the busy stage OF
this worlds drama .asrta Z
a.Theireparts enacted, and the curtain fallen
xOn lis return to his own apartments, Napo-
Icons countenance beamed with pleasure, and
he was heard to hum some iavorite operate
air, as he often did when in particular good
: thumor ]; although the falsity of his musical
tones made these performances by no means
agreeable to the nearer. &c o.
: his courtiers, he said
" Well, gentlemen,
handsome boy. HS
be sure but thereF
!, 1t was many mo
infant was present
the church Of .Notre
names OF Napoleon
These were the names
$ may still be found in Il
/ and found also engraved ~ LEI
closed above his uncrowned head at the early
ageiof twenty-one years.
Napoleon idolized his son. Ills mode o
playing with him was occasionally rather TOT
II rough for so young a child and then, if tht
infant shed tears, his father would say to him
What, sire you are crying? Q fie, te! a
$ king should never cry" The little fellow wa
usually brought to see his father at breakfast
time and then the Emperor would dip hi
finger into q glass of claret, and make hin
suck it or occasionally he would dip his lin
IS ger" into some sauce, and put it on his son
, cheeks or on the. tip of his little nose. Thi
delighted the child greatly and once he marke'
his desire very emphatically that the sam
should be done to " Maman Quiou," as he Gale
his governess, Madame de Montesquieu.
n The Emperor had shown his usual discern
ment in the selection of this lady as his son
gouucrnante. Noble by nature as by birth
u she united frmness Of principle aud dignity q
manners with all the gentle tenderness OF
: loving woman's heart. Her management {
e her pupil was admirable. He was good ten
peled and affectionate. bat often also wilsfr
and passionate. One day, whe" he ha' -
way to o violent fit of pas
M~ontesquieu ordered all tla
1t in his apartment to be close
lie and the child was astonishef
s. unexpected darkness. He
what was The reason of it
one should hear you
ie never would have you .....
knew that you were Mans
" But they could not hear fa
al fear they must, sire; you were crying $
loud, just now" +,
ic "All, Maman Quiou," said the little kim
y throwing himself into her arms, while he sobbC
aloud, al will not do so any more. ForglN
me this time, and | will be good" The kind
gouyernante needed not to be urged to pardc
Of her pupil, for she never even spoke a seyel
IL. word to him, but with the view TO make hi
dc more worthy Of the noble heritage which the
"a seemed to await him. gen
~ llIhe young princes delight was to make h
or way to the g9ands npGlfements, where he alwa.
es expected to find his father ard, in his imp
9p tience to reach them, he would often run {