, 1863-02-28

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q Josephine's Ring.
81 Eugenie's father during his service with the
French army, had selected Paris as his home
Sand there, too, resided his brother, who left Spain
with the ex-king, Charles ", and his family
3Among the latter was a girl ofthree years of age
i Ohe circumstance occurred in lSO9) of the name
gof Maria who frequently played in the gardens of
the Tuileries, under the supervision of her nurse.
/. On one occasion, little boy about year old;
E,made her present of plain gold ring, neither
Z of her nurses was aware of the fact. AS the boy
gwas a stranger aud was not again seen in the gar
fdens, no inquiries were made as to the ownership
4 of the ring, and the little Spanish countess kept
it as a valuable plaything. This ring was the be-
gtrothal ring of Josephine, which little Louis Ma
gpoleon, the son of that Hortense whom Napoleon
loved so dearly, had taken off his uncle's finger
s.unnoticed. Napoleon soon after marched off to
fight the Austrians, and the ring was forgotten
but it was an i'll omen for Josephine, who, year
s.later, had to make way for daughter of Haps-
Z sbnrg. Little Maria Montio felt an inexplicable
attachment for this ring on which the word
Josephine was engraved; she took care of it
s.whie child, and when she grew up placed it
gamong her most valued ornaments. She had no
gidea to whom it had belonged, or that it was the
%emperor's nephew who had given it to her. When
9she attained the age of sixteen, she was married
#to her uncle the Duke of Peneranda, and
#French Colonel of Artillery, in order to re-unite
8lhe two branches of the Guzman family, and thus
sbecame the mother of Eugenie who was born on
8May 9th, 1926. 1t was another remarkable coin
Sinedent, that May 5lh was the anniversary of
s!Napoleon's death-the most sacred day to the
4 Bonaparte family.
q Eugenie's mother had the date May 9TH engravI
Jed on Josephines ring, in memory of her daugh-
ters birth, and gave it to her. And it is another
remarkable circumstance, that Eugene, when a
gchd, visited her relation, the Kirkpatricks, in
sLondon; and here, Prince Louis Napoleon, who
chad just arrived from Italy a Carbonaro, form
Jed the acquaintance of the little Montijo. He
,saw the ring among her ornamens, noticed the
8ginscrption, had the date May 9th explained TO-
8him, and now knew that Napoeon's lost ring was
Bin the possession of the Countess Eugene de-
sMonljo. From this day the young fatastio heir
s 5ofNapoeon l. regarded the little Countess Men
atjo. Teba as attached to his house by higher
Sinspiraton; and this really came to pass twenty
years later. Eugene, at that time had no idea of
8all this; indeed it was not till later date when
the mother learned the Importance of the ring,
5and the fatalism which Louis Napoleon attached
@to it, that the Montijo family formed their plan
sIhe old traditional marriage policy of the family
8made her resolve that Eugene must form an all
8liance with the Bonapartes, as soon as a wish to-
sthat effect were entertained by the other Sides
sFor the present. it was merely question of mar
crying pretender; but the pretender might have
said in advancing it. That is the principal reason
gwhy so lovely and rich girl as EUGENE had at
stained the age oftwenty-six, which is douby dan
Egerous for a Spanish woman without being mar
Fried She was chosen to fulfill destiny )" and
Gin 1914 the family were doubly ambitious to fulfill
sit, because Napoleon had, in the meanwhile, at
staned supreme power in France. Even before
4 his period, the predestined couple had met at
swatering-p places, and calumny had already begun
Ito adhere to Eugene, because it was deemed i'm
possible that Spanish girl should have attained
s,such ripe age without some gallantry. Hence,
ztempters and spectators swarmed round her; but
/ the fools did not know Eugenie who was true
9sMontijo; they did not suspect why this glorious
swoman allowed the freshness of youth to fade,
without accepting one of offers that were daily
] made her. .r
Eugene attracted Napoleon by her charms
s. but not for the sake of being loved by him, SO
smuch 40 to satisfy the ambition of the Montjos.
sShe promised him Ter hand; but he must become
"a real power in France-EmperOr. Still she la
sbored zealously in order to attain this object She
gagiated gained men wao admired her over to
the Napoleonic cause and under the mask Of an
energetic woman made all the preparations for the
] coup d'etat with the chief leaders. On that De
1cember when it was carried out, she sat with Ma
epolen at the telegraph instrument Hence she
worked with her own hand in restoring the Ma
spoleon dynasty and Napoleon never for a mo
/. s.ment overlooked the fact In the case of any
zeventualities he appointed her regent, for he
knew her energy, her -sightedness, her pres
7ence of mind, her political foresight, which were
s.eminenty displayed during the Italian campaign.
{ He allows her to preside at the council of State
for no one understands SO well as she does Napol-
ICONS inmost thoughts, or can judge so well the
consequence of events. There is something pro-
#phetic about her and the emperor regards her
as portion of his fate. She is the head of the
#clerice and lcgiimst tendencies in the Napoleon
ic family just as Prince Napoleon is the head Of
.!the revolutionary ideas.