The weekly Butte record., 1863-06-27

by them to the service that DAY Their anxiety
vas fraiiless. The girl was seea Al mass no
more.
The Summers Of Napoleon were chiefly spent
at Malmasion; The winters at s.. Cload and
the TalleF;es. Winter hai coma on, aod the
drst consul hal been holding court il the great
apartments Of the last Of these palaces.
1t was the Sd OF the month, which the re
pubicans well called niross. aud il the even
iag, BonapaFte entered his carriage to 90 TO the
opera, accompanied by his aid ie-camp. Ian
riston, and Generals Lannes and Berthier The
vehicle was about to start, when female
wrapped 10 a black mantle. rushed ont upon
the Place Carrousel, made her way into the
middle Of The guards about to accompany Ma
poleoa. aad held forth a paper to him, saying :
Citizen consul. Citizen consul. read
read =
Bonaparte with that smile which Bourrien-
ae described as SO irresistible saluted the Pc
titioaer, and streached out his hand for the
missiye.
A petition, madame p said he inquringly !;
aud then continued, Fear nothing shall
peruse it and see Justice done"
/" Citizen consul! cried the woman, implor-
ingly joining her hands.
What she would have further said was lost.
The coachman, who, it was aiterward, said was
intoxicated gave the lash 10 lis horses, and
of they sprang with the speed Of lightning.
Napoleon throwing into his hat the paper he
had received, remaTkiug TO his companion:
Il could not well see her figure, but think
the poor woman was young"
The carriage dashed RAPIDLY along it was
Just issuing from the street ST Nicholas, when
a frightful detonatou was heard mingled with
and followed By The crash of broken windows.
The Internal machine hal exploded.
Unini1red, the carriage of the consul and
lis inmates, were whired with uudiminished ra-
nidity, to the opera. Bonaparte entered his
box with serene brow and unrufiled deport-
ment He saluted, as usual, the assembled
spectators, to whom the news Of the explosion
had come with the speed which rumor exerci-
ses upon occasions. All were stunned and stu
pifed Bonaparte alone was calm. He stood
with crossed arms, listening atleutively TO the
ora'orio of Hadyn. which was executed on that
evening Suddenly, however. he remembered
the paper put in his hands. He took it out
and read these lines:
Ia the name of heaven, Citizen consul, DO
not goto the opera 10 night if you do go. pass
not through the street St. Nicholas
The warning came, in some respects, too
late.
On reading these words, the first consul
CHANGED to raise his eyes. Exactly opposite
him. in the third tier. sat the young girl of the
chapel Of St. Cloud, with joined hands, seem
ing to utter prayers Of gratitude for the escape
which had taken place. Her head had no COW
ering but her flowing ard beautiful chestnut
hair, aud her person was wrapped in n
dark mantle, which the consul recognized as
Identical with that worn by the woman who
had delivered the paper to him at the carriage
door Go" said Bonapar;e, quietly bat
quickly TO Lannes, q" 60 to the box exactly op-
posite to Us on the third tier You will find q
yoang girl in black mantle. Bring her to
the Tulleries must see her" And without
raising his eyes, but to make Lannes certain
Of the person, he took the generals arm, and
said, pointing upward, see, there-lool.'
Bonaparte stopped suddenly. The girl was
gone no black mantle was to be seen. An
noyed at this beyond measure, he hurricdly
sent Off Lannes to intercept her. 1t was in
vain. The boxkeeper had seen such an indi-
vidual, but knew nothing about her. Bona
parte applied to Fouche and Dubos, but all
the zeal of these functIona-es failed in discov-
erng her.
Years ran on after the explosion of the in
fernal mechine, and the strange accompanying
circumstances tended to make the occurrences
more remarkable in the eye of Bonaparte. To
the consulate succeeded the empire, and VIC
tory after victor marked the career Of the great
Corsican. At length hours of change had
came. Allied Europe poured its troops into
France, and compelled the Emperor to lay
down his scepter which he had so long shaken
in terror over half of the civilized earth. The
isle of Elba became for day the most remark
able snot on the globe: and finally, the re-
susciated empire fell to pieces anew On the
field of Waterloo.
Bonaparte was about to quit France. The
moment had come for him to set foot ia the
bark which was to convey him to the English
vessel. Friends who had followed the fallen
chief 10 the last. were staadiDg by him to give
him final adieu. He waved his hand to
those around, and smile was on the lips which
had recently given the farewell kiss to the i'm
perial eagle. At this instant woman broke