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very pleasant. We enjoyed ourselves
4 great deal. To respected mo and |
respected him. When ho left me it
was to plead with his brother. lie
said he would return, and / expected
him in England %
"Did you over meet Josephine? :" !
said
81 never met Josephine, although,
! She sent mo kind messages. I never
liked her. Sho should never have left
the throne. She did not mako q fight,
and only made fool Of herself. Jc
! rome did not know much Of her, and
She was never in favor Of any Of tho
ho,narart""';; J. presume they wcro
j"alons Of her,
spoke Of the present Emperor,
but she had mover met him, and did
not know him; His grandsons wcro
high in favor, and shc understood he
was very fond of them. She had no
relations with Joseph Bonapartc
when Eo resided in this country.
Madame Bonapartc is very rroud
OF her grandchildren, Jerome Napo-
Icon, born in 1882, now in the French
army, whom phe confidently believes
| will yet be Emperor of tho French.
aud Charles Joseph, ,Iborn in 1852.
Jerome, home on a furlough to visit
his father in his late illness, met his
| brother and grandmother ut tho bed
side. Tho Madame, who is very rich,
and very generous to hor own, hand
ed Charles Joseph n check for $4,000,
which ho thankfully accepted. Then
turning to Jerome, she said ar:hlv:
~ suppose you arc out ut elbows,
/ too7"
eyes, grandmamma," he answered,
"you may be certain of that"
The old lady then passed another
two thousand to the elder, and they
went their way rejoicing.
1t has been currently reported that
Madame Bonapartc's father opposed
her union with Jerome, and took her
to Virginia to break up tho intimacy.
This tho Madame earnestly denies,
and asserts that he wes quito as dc.
lighted with the prospect of tho
match as she was herself, and that it
was not until he found sho could not
be recognized as tho legal wife Of Jc-
rome that he developed any symp-
toms Of dissatisfaction. It is 1uite
probable that the Madamc's conduct
has been tho reverse Of amiablc, for
there has always been trouble in the
family. NIr. Patterson finally cut his
daughter off from her inheritance.
simply deciding her the house in Love
ly lane, near South street.
"l'his was dono to mortify nc"
said the Madame, Gust to remind me
that my grandfather was shocmuk-
cr-as if should ever forget it,"
| The animus She betruys when speak
ing OF this event is really incredible
to ono unacIuairtcd with her strongly
arrogant and despotic disro ,ition.
She is keen, and brilliant, and loriccl.
dcmolishing without tho aid Of cstab.
lishcd premises, everything to her
mind weak or unpopular. She imar
ines every person that visits her to
have as she expresses it, "somo axe to
grind ut her expense, and would
| never allow herself to be interviewed
i'll any way. She is busy writing her
own life, and intends to tell her own
! story her own way, when she "gcts
ready" From 1886 to Ill she spent
the greater part Of the summers at
Rockaway. There, in company with
Campbell and Whyte, Members of
Congress, and some of the Carrolton
family, sho was tho gaycst of the gay;
considered by all as tho fund from
which to draw all that was necessary
for intellectual entertainment.
"Did you ever feel, Madame Bona
parte, that there wcro other mon in
tho world beside Jerome Bonapartc,
and that it was foolish to give up Your
whole life to something of little more
! account than q drcam2" I enqnircd,
desiring, above all things, to get at
some expression Of feeling.
"Stutf and nonsense i was lcr re-
ply. "Was it nothing, thon, to bo the
mother of Bonapartc ? Nothing to
feel that tho rccomponso would one
day como in the establishment of the
right Of my own flesh and blood to
the throne OF France! l trcmblsd to
think what kind Of mon wo should
have, if all mothers were as scntimcn-
tai rs you would have had me-" The
question is, how much is this woman
indebted to the First Napoleon for
her education, and how much to na-
turc? The grandsons aro on tho best
terms with tho present Louis Napo-
leon, and the youngest is said to DO q
great favorite with tho Princess Eu-
genie. This gives tho old lady fnith
in the imperial future Of one Of her
grandchildren at least. Sho lays
great stress on the refusal OF the Popo
to confirm tho order Of Napoleon I,
declaring the marriage null and void,
and the subsequent persistence Of tho
Papal Court.
"There arc the diamonds given me
by tho Emperor" said she, placing in
my hands stomachcr of precious
stones moro beautiful and costly than
any jewels l had ever before handled.
"And here is another present." dis
playing a breast-pin, Tyre shaped,
studded with marvelously expensive
diamonds.
"Then you wcre personally acouaint-
cd with tho First Napoleon pro
badly more than one interview with
him ?"
"Well, tho Emperor YVES very kind
and thoughtful Of my comfort. Ihad
no Little that was all the trouble"
"Did you know much of Josephine.
Madame Bonaparte? and what did
Won fhinly nr ~