The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-07-27

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oIEurope bowling down to one s ssnrlne, p
said the bright and beautliul E ~ oo s.
Patterson, almost seventy years aSo.1 p
Pa1tI.Si inst heard from Il lady friend
she ''. .he Young Frenchman, jerome v
panaparte, had arrived III bai.illioie. 9
Tba Pattersons we're then staying at C
+beir country seat, a re" miles ohis ~ a
then the city. said to have been one OF L
che che most delightful residences To DC q
Sso nu in Maryland. i
lyon will come to town IN day or
tso. suppose, ana be lntroo"ceu' l
Continued her visitor. ,
nTndeed shall, replied the fair NAL ,
don s!and take his heart by storm, too,
any The beautiful Betsy could go no fur {
.har With an intuition keener than
wv. wit and more subtle than her fas-
no' she saw herself standing be-
fore the nuptial altar with the hand
come and titled Frenchman, felt his
s orn, around her, and heard the words,
ssWith this ring thee wed" /
This story from the lips OF the aged
woman who so many years ago acted
the principal part in this strange ana
cruel drama, assumes weird anu al
most tragic Importance. Under less
-nblic and notorious circumstances
mpncl, could probably be attributed to
tbe garrulity of age; but her friends,
.Lo Seterans of Baltimore, sui sta initiate
most of the incidents related 10y her
Wer own admissions prove that she de-
tern,ined to captivate this Bonaparte.
indeed. Napoleon himself, from the
Lottle of Motto Notte to Austerlltz,
conld have displayed no more strength
IF nnrpose. no more determined ambl-
t;op than did this self-conscious and
heantifnl maiden in. her siege at the
princely heart. ~
four wears of age, and retains to most
romarsable degree the charms. She is
triae less than five feet in height,
symmetrically formed, and up to this
1aoment proud and careful OF her beau
4v Her complexion, naturally fair, is
-yell preserved, and wrinkles, which
sno;1 the faces of most persons OF ad-
yanced age, are scarcely to be seen
The only signs Of mental combat are
10 sharp lines on each side OF hel
we'll formed, and still frequently eX'
nressiye mouth, showing more plainly
tbon b,cached locks aud failing strength
4ha fcht this remarkable woman has
waned with her pride. The word love
docs not seem to belong to this stranS'
wopsn's vocabulary. Ambition ha'
most te do with her union, ana It's dis
onpo;ntment was the greatest cause o
her sorrow. In speaking OF her nus
hand she will often stop to eXclalh
nohi 1 WAS so proud of him; On! hoy
handsome he was !"-but never 'Ho'
7 loved him. Her step is quick an
elastic. and has that telling put-youl
foot down click, which, even Ueiol
her actual presence is felt, impress.
one with strange and really uhco'l
Portable idea Of her force OF characte
This gait seems to be wholly natura
although it is hard to tell where maui
commences and art leaves off with tn
wonderful woman. Her face, when
decidedly Grecian in its east, Is u
most variable face possible to lmagln
Interested in the conversation ana ID
audience, five minutes will sufhce
express every shade of feeling ever
pericnced by woman, save the ahe
aionate, and that never, under any c
cumstance, appears. A Stranger WI
a fair knowledge of her history, mu
from the great similarity OF tue Cas-
compare Madame Bonaparte win
heart-broken Josephine, so cr"eiiS
away by Napoleon. Only IN historl
resemblance is there the slightest al'
egy. Josephine was plant, seii,s
rifcinn. intensely emotlonal anu ue
ted woman. who cared for nauShG
in the world but the love OF hef II
His victories were dear to her, oeca'
fully understanding his executive
warlike nature, she knew that ST
was a necessity, and accepted II
snch. put with many mlsSlvlnSs
heortaches. Madame Bonaparte,
the contrary, would have led Jerf
to combat and rejoiced in the neces
of war. Her lamentations over
feat would have been terrible IN
extreme, but victory with Jert
brought home to her wounded or u
would have been ga joy unspeaki
and full of glory"-provided she "
to succeed him in power and the
pect of the people. Napoleon wou
cd and dying was constantly pre-
1 with the loving Josephine. AS sh
/ sweetly said in one of her letters,
| nv lord, could but have you IN
| arms one single moment, long emo
to know that you were not hurC-
sutfering-not wounded-oh wrett
word-not dead could breath ae
but now all is darkness" 1t IS
| possible that such u sentiment as
could have entered the head OF 4
beth Patterson. No one would
moment doubt her constancy
Elizabeth of Baltimore is totally
,cient in that inexplicable, ali-abF
ing tenderness that made up the d
sition of the wronged Josephine.
suffering has of necessity been
much less than that experienced b
woman in whose life much appea
similar.
''Is it true, Madame Bonaparte,
you began tie study of French
you heard that jerome was comb
Baltimore :"
SIT is true" she replied "was
anything wrong shout that? re
not,n with funny little toss
head. ~ was a young, proud, we
and beautiful American girf-wi
accent as beautiful, which, froT
lips of a younger or another VIC
would have been to the last degr
dieulous and disgusting, but, stra
enough, from her seemed emin
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