The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-07-29
A B0NAPARTI'S WIFE.
AN IMTERVlEH WITH the SISTER
!NLAW o. NAPOLEON.
The Story Of Madame Jv:cm, B,,r;s;.
nar.a from H. Own I..,;s.

The following Interesting Charter
| OF historical gossip !l written from
Baltimore '% 4 cnr:rsro!, iv;.t II tic
; Nr" York .S:a.,'1y|:
''Oh! wori,:::t !; D. -..r:oi:. =.
! :,::ve "li ErrHrc how:n. DOWN 70 oiie' :
shrine" said t!!c bright and i,cautitu,
| H.?bctA Patterson. almost seventy.
! rHaIs so. She l.:.:i ji;!,t i.car; tro,.!
u lady friend that the yoau., French
man. Jerome Eo.:arar,c. had arrived
Iii Ha.':lEGrc. Jhe rattcTsuna We're
! ,hrn STAYING ~ :i.cir cp"ntry seat. q
trw l;'i:cs OK: ;rn:n Ia" c:,:: sad t.
nay" !'r"l olo q '..c ,mn:. delightful!
resi- l"nr, s % b. fo;",i IN :! :.y.';; Il.
"t'.! "!.i Cc;i.c ~ tuwu ~ :: tav or
;"o. | suppose. a:.I Ee i:.:-,.iuc...:." ."
! cont;nae'! H.: visitor.
! 'IHdc,i SHALL" rci.!:v,! TIM fair
'i;.i':rI, ANA :aiiy his hear: ~ s.or:..
100, a:;l ,l.cu
Ih" beautiful Betsy cc~j,: 70 no
i:l;i!>r. With an Intuition kccmcr
:..:s" !,"G vi: :,!d more subtle thai:
t"r destinations sil" saw i:":s,!:
s:"nt:ng s:cin-r t!:c nur,ial altar with
%:;!, :i!" h.,:i.i<un:e anl :i,!.,.! French.
::,Hn. felt his :ir:;i around her. an.
heard 'he works: with this ring |
!I:c; weI''
This story from tie lips Of the
! aged wc:Ea,i whv So many wears ago
acted the principal part in th:.
strange and cruel drama. assumes q
weird and aIsn"St tragic inrortancr.
Under less public a.:l notorious Cir,
! cE:ns:ancrs r:"ch coa.d probably be
attributed to the garruiity of age:
bat her friends: the veterans Of Bal
tlnore: suhstantiate most Of the Incl
cidrnts related by her. Her own al
missions prove that she determined to
cap;ivatc this Bonapartc. Indeed.
Napoleon himself, from the battle Of
Monte Notte to Austrrlitx, cnull have
displayed no more strength Of rur-
pose, no more determined ambition.
than did this seltconscious and beau
Gtul maiden in her sci sc ~ the prince
lv heart.
Madame Bonapar:c is now eighty
four years Of age, and retains 10
:"o:: remarkable degree the charms
Of youth. She j.; tribe less than
i've feet in height, syinmetricully
termed and Up to this moment proud
and careful Of her beauty. Her com.
rlcxion, naturally fair, is well pre-
served, and wrinkles, which spoil the
faces OF most persons Of advanced
aEc, arc scarcely to be seen. The
| only signs Of mental combat are two
| sharp lines on each side Of her well
formed and still frequently expressive
mouth, showing more plainl y than
bleached locks and failing strength
the fight this remarkable woman has
wa yed with her pride. The word
love does not seem to belong to this
strange woman's vocabulary. Ambi-
ton had most to do with her Union,
and its disappointment was the great
est cause CT her sorrow. In speaking
Of her husband sho will often stop to
exclaim, "Oh / was 80 proud Of him
Oh! how handsome hc was!" but
never "lIow I loved bim." ner
step is quick and elastic, and has that
telling put your foot down click,
which even before her actual presence
is felt, impresscs one with strange
and really uncomfortable idea Of her
force Of character. This gait seems
to be wholly natural, although it ID
hard to tell where nature commences
and art leaves off with this wonder.
ful woman. Her face, which is decid
edly Grecian in its cast, is the most
variable face possible to imagine. In
tcrested in the conversation and her
audience, five minutes will suffice to
express every shade Of feeling cvel
experienced by woman, save tho af
foctionate, and that never, under any
circumstances, appears. A stranger
with fair knowledge of her history
must, from the great similarity Of tho
cases, compare Madame ..Bonaparte
with the hcart-broken Of Josephine
so cruelty put awav by Napoleon
Only in historical resemblance il
there tho slightest analogy. Jose
phine was plant, sclfsacrifcing, in
tcnsely emotional and devoted wo
man, who cared for naught else in the
world but tho love of her lord. IIit
| victories were dear to her, because
fully understanding his executive and
warlike nature, she knew that strift
was O necessity, and accepted Il al