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me intelligence Of her nature; hss dbodey and hlf
circumstances. Il will bo better this yoorssft
would not have the police TO interfere. Haveyolt
taken care of the bomb and removed itfns=.@ss
~ have, eilizep-consukrss -rl- r,Yre4 r. xrP
..Come, them let ts again drive m thS park /,
said BOnaparte hre t.at :, srs -
The drive ives resumed, but on this occasiodths
coachman was allowed 10 resume his own duties,
/ On t6e morrow the eyes Of more than 90 per.
son were turned to the window 10 the galIerys
But the jealous Josephine sought 10 vain lof th5
elegant figure Of the young girl She was not there.
The inpatient First Consul; With his conldbntN
Duroc, were greatly ann6tcd at her non.appeaF.
ance, and small was the. attention paid BY them
to the services that day. Their nnxiety was fruit
less. The girl was seen At mass NJ more.
The summers Of Napoleon were chiefly spent
at Mamaisen; the winters At ST cleHs and ,the
TuilC,is Winter had come on, and The First
Consul had been holding Court III the great
apartments Of the last Of these palaces. Il was
the Sd Of the month, which The republicans well
called nivOse, and, in the evening, Bonaparte en-.
tered bis carriage to gp 70 the opera, accompanied
BY his ald . camp, Lauristn, and GensFnlf
Lannes and Berihier TIE vehicle was about Ia
start when female; wrapt n black mantls'
ruahed out upon the Place cArronsel, made her
way into the middle Of the guards about 70 40;
company Napoleon, and held iOrth papert6 thSd
latter. saying -
"Cilizen-eOnsuli eitiSep-consuil resd-feadl"
Bondparte, with that smile which Bourienno
deScfibts a SO iFfgsistbe, saluted the ;@liiOpeg
and stretched ou. his hand for the ,nissYe. -,
"A petition, madame Z" said be inQniringIy;
and then continued, I" Fear nothing shall p6.
ruse i, and see justice dom" 6 A7sN ais iotse9
.Gjtiseh-eonsulr cried he woman. impl6rse
ingly ioinihg hef hands. fssss stlia a,s,n AT
What she would have further said was lost,
The cOachman, who, Il was afterwards said, vas,
intoxicated, gave the lash to bis horses, and on
they sprung with the speed Of lightning Ma
pOleon; throwing into his hat the paper be hada
received, remarked 70 bis companions: s1,s su.sg
III could not well see bet hgpre, but ] think,
the poor woman e young. Z
The carriage dasIiSd rapidly along; tvsa jasi
issuing from the street Il Shint Nicholas, when
afightiul detOhation was heard. mingllng with
and followed by the crash Of broken windowsll
The internal machine had exploded Uniljufed,
the carriage Of the Consul and rs inmates were
whirled with undfniniShed fapidily 70 the opefnii
Bonaparte entered his box with serene brow and
unruttled department. He saluted, Is usualh
the assembled sPectators to whom the news o.
the explosion came with I'LL the speed which fut
NOR e1ercises upon such occaaiona An wore
stunned and slupeiied; BOuaparts alone vad
perfectly calm. He stood with crossed arms, lis-
tsnng attentively 10 the oratofio 81 Haydn, uhicb
was executed on that evening. Suddenly. how
ever, he remembered the paper put into bis hands
He took il out, and read these lines F4ANs
" In the name Of htaSth. Citlzgh. Conanl, Id
not 60 10 the opera tonight or if you DO 60
pass not through the street ST. Nicholakn
The warning came, in some respects, tno late.
On reading these words the First Consul
Glanced 10 raise bis evea Exaetly opposite tol
him, in boz on the third tier, sat the, yonngl
girl Of the chapel Of Saint Cloud; who, with
joined hands, seemed 70 utter, prayers Of krati-
iude for the escape hiclI lad taken place. Her
head had no covering but her flowing aud beauf
tiiul chrsnut hair, and her perscn Was wrapped
IN dark mentlr; which the consul re- ogniEgd IS
hlentical with that worn by the woman Who had
delivered the paper 70 him At the carriags DIOR.
" Co." said Bonaparte, quietly but quickly o.
Lannes, ~go to the box exactly opp0sie % us
on the third tier. You win iiHd young gif N
. blacH mantle. Bring her to the Turfies I
must see her; and without delay" BoDaparte
spoke thus without raising his eyea&bfIt % nnka
Lannts certain Of The person, be took the eeht
sraIs arm; sYd said pointing upwards, ''sss
B0mpdrIs stopped suddenly. The gtl lYas
gone; no black ! ante was 70 Be seen. AM
noyed at this beyond measure, be hurriedly sSIIg
oG hannes 10 intercept her. Il aes n vain
The boxkceper had seen sdch an Individual bnf
knew nothing about her. BonapaFto applied 70
Fouche and Dubois; but al tllo zeai 81 thsso
fIncliOnAFics failed in discovering her ahsH
Years ran on after the e1plosi9n Of The inllrS
nal machine, and the strange accompanying cir.
cunstances tended to tnaketh occurrences maFS
remarkable in the eyes Of Bonnparla. 10 The
Consulate sneeeededo the Empirt and victory
after victory marked the career Of the great Cor,
sican. AZ length the hour Of change came.
Allied Europe poured its troops into Ftanco, and
c mpelled the Emperor to lay down the scepifo
which had been ~ long shaken in terror over
half the civilized earth. The isle of Elbai be.
came for day the most remarkable epoi on he
globe; and, finally, thg resuseiiated eInpifs IN
TO piec anew on the iield Of Waterloo.
BouaIarte was about to quit France. The
moment had come lor him % set foot IL he
bnrqne which was TO convey him 10 the English
vessgl. Friends who had followed the fallen chief
| 10 the very last, were standing BY 70 give him .
| iinal adien. He waved bis hand 70 those Aronnd,
aud smile was on the lip which had recently
given the farewell kiss 10 the imperial eagle. At
this instant q woman broke through the band
that stood before Napoleon. She was In The
prime Of womnnhOod I not eirl, but yet young
enough to retain unimpaired that beauty lof
which she would at any time have heeh remark.
able among q crowd Of beauties Her leatnItS
were full Of anxiety and @dnesz; nddine interest
TO her appearances even n that moment, Sref
sire !" said she, presenting paper at that mo-
ment, "ryadi rsadH Tie EmpsrpF took The
eplSue presented 10 him, but KEPT DIS eye upQn
the presenter. He seemed, it may Be, 70 lesl q
that instant the pprfdsued breeze Of the park q
ST Cloud or tnhear the cborisiers chanting plelo-
diOusy in the ehapal as be had heard them in
other days 5Oscphine, Duroc, and all his friends,
came baply before him, and among th=sl tlis fAes
which he vas wont 10 see at tho fourth window
In the gallery. His eye was nov on shat c1un-
tsnaaee In reality Uttered, jet he mns. These
illuSOfy recollectionS wsro OF short durniipD.
Napoleon shook Bis bead and held fhl paper "
to his eye; AAsr PsrssHs iiS eehlsn.s b .ook