Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-24

transformed into hussar's dollman. ON. de
Canouviile, he exclaimed, in a voice of thun.
der, 4" your horse is too young and his blood is
100 not De good enough to go and cool him iu
Russia Three days afterwards, the young
man quilted Paris upon his exile. leaving
Pauline, for once, in a state of genuine sfiic,
ton. She sent q messenger once a fortnigbt 4
to see him and to speak with him. as a letter
did not sufficiently trsnquiliIe her. NJ de
| Canouyille behaved we'll and distinguished d
himself in action. He was accidentally y killed
by the discharge Of cannon, aftor a battle
which would have entitled him to promotion.
| The portrait of Pauline surrounded with dia
monds, was found upon his person; il was con
vey,d to Murat, who returned it to his sister
! in-law.
The inconstant princess, who had already
| begun to forget her lover in his absence, for
| got him completely upon his death She soon
resumed her fashionable career. and plunged
| with more ardor than ever into the elegant
| follies Of the court "She was one evening -
| says Madame Junot, "to represent Italy, in a
fancy quadrile, to be danced in the theatre of
| the TuiierieS. She was on that occasion the
most perfect embodiment Of beauty that can
| be imagined. She wore upon her head a light
| casque of FURNISHED gold, surmounted by
small ostrich feathers of spotless white. Her
| bosom was covered with an egis of golden
| scales, to which was attached tunic of India
| muslin embroidered in gold. The most ex-
| qulslto part of her appearance was her arms
| and feet; the former were encircled with
bracelets in viii, were enchased the most
beautiful canoes belonging to the house of Bor-
ghese; her little feet were shOd with slender
gold at each point where the latter crossed
upon The leg, was attached magnificent
cameo The sash which held the as gis on her
bosom was of solid gold, and the center was
ornamented with that most precious gem of
the Borghese collection-the dying Medusa
to all this magrifcence was added a short
dagger, highly embossed with gold and pre-
cious stones which she carried in her hand
Her appearance was that of a fairy appari-
| tlon, almost without su bstarce, and, as it were
celestial.
She was, indeed, an elegant nymph. Her
statue, by Canova, moulded from herself, is
that OF an enchantress. 1t has been asserted
that the artists corrected defects in the leg and
bust l have seen the legs Of the princess,
as believe all have who were moderately in
innate with her, and have observed 10 such
defects indeed, the perfection of their make
may be inferred from her walk it vas slow.
because she was an invalid, but the grace of
her movements showed that her limbs were
happily formed. How finely her head was in
ciined, and how beautifully il turned upon her
shoulders 10
She had one physical defect, however, which
almost amounted to deformity. Her ears
out curl or curve. This caprice of nature was
more remarkable from the contrast with her
lovely features. rival belle and naughty
legitinist, Madame de Contsdes, who would
never acknowledge either Napoleon's glory or
his sisters beauty, once mortified Pauline cx-
cessively, by calling attention in ball room
to this unfortunate disagreement She no
ticed her reclining upon a sofa, under the
blaze OF chandelier. 6" What a pity" she
said aloud, g that such pretty woman should
De deformed. | declare if / had such a pair
of ears I would have them cut off" Poor
Pauline burst into tears, and soon retired
from the room She revenged herself upon
Madame de COntades by calling her May
pole.
Pauline, who had never liked Josephine
like Marie Louise no better. Net long after
the arrival of the Archduchess in France and
her marriage with Napoleon she took occasion
to insult her in manner so public and inso-
lent that she drew upon herself exile and dis
grace In the midst Of a brilliant throrg
present at an official reception, and behind the
back OF Marie Louise, she raised her thumb
and finger to her forehead. forming there a
construction similar to that wcrn by Falstaff
when disguised as Herne the Hunter and
thereby Indicating the treatment her brother
might expect from his Austrian bride Marie
Louise saw this extraordinary piece Of pan.o-
mime in q mirror. The company laughed,
while Napoleon scoWled. He had but lately
repudiated his wife, and he now determined
TO Danish his sister. The order to that effect
was peremptory, and Pauline withdrew una.
Dashed and impertinent, TO her husband s pa.
lace at Rome, where she led brilliant and
careless existence Don Camille remained
steadfastly at Turin
Thus far, vice and excess had been the most
conspicuous features of Paulines conduct; she
now showed herself capable Of heroism sacri-
flee and devotion. qualities which the world
has right to expect of those who, though not
born, are at least bred, upon the steps Of a
throne. She had spent the winter of lSl3-'l4
at Nice, and at Hyeres, in the south of France
On the 10th Of April Napoleon left Fontaino
bleau for Elba, after what has been stigma
tiSed as "a scene of desertiOn never equalIed
in any age of the world-tergiversatious too
hideous to be credible, if nOt recorded by eye
witnesses" Pauline quilted Hycres in order
to meet him near FIejus; while waiting, she
witnessed many Of the fearful tumults which
were excited by the passage IF the "Corsican
tyrant." She saw his statues overturned and
his lie menaced.
The brother and sister met and Luc, at Two
O'Clock in the afternoon, on the 26th of April.
Napoleon entered the chamber Of the princess;
| she extended her arms, bat burst into tears
on seeing that he wore an Austrian uniform
as disguise. "Why this uniform 20 she
asked. Why, Pauline" returned Napoleon,
would you have me dead ?" Pauline looked
at him steadfastly and said, " cannot en-
brace you in that dress Oh, Napoleon, what
have you done? ?" Napoleon withdrew ard
changed his costume. He returned in the
uniform of the Old Guard. Pauline pressed
him to her heart again and again, astonishing
those who best knew her by this unexpected
burst of feeling.
But Pauline COT d act as well as weep. She,
with Madame Mese, followed Napoleon to
Elba in October of the same year. She aban-
doned tho frivolities and gaieties to which for
years she had been accustomed, and devoted
| herself with untiring energy to furtheripg the
plans formed for his escape. She placed ell
her Jewels at ais disposal; Napoleon never
used them they were in bis carriage at Wa
terloo, which was taken by the Allies, and
exhibited for money at London. The dia
monds had disappeared, and it was never
known into whose hands they had fallen. On
the 26th of February, 1915. she gave a ball to
the principal persOnages of Elba, and that
very night Napoleon stepped on board the
brig PInconstant, and weighed anchor for
France Pauline and Napoleon never met