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forward and regarded the figure atten-
lively.
So" he said, this was to have been
my successor"
II is scarcely necessary to add that the
clock proved, on examination, to be an
internal machine of the most ingenious
and deadly description. Concealed be-
meath the metallic slab, which formed
the pavements Of the mimic chapel, and
which was constructed to fold back at
the proper moment, was found a triple
row Of small wrought iron barrels,
loaded heavily with slugs and balls, and
arranged to cover an arc Of forty-fye
degrees, at distance of twenty yards
from the machine; no one within that
range could possibly have withstood
their discharge, exploded simultaneous
ly, exactly when the hands on the dial
indicated the hour Of noon; but a spring
on the outside of the case gave the
manipulator power to alter the set Of
the works, and discharge them sooner If
necessary. af
A few months after the occurrence of
the incident narrated above, Fouohe
received letter from Chavarri, then in
England, written in the vein in which
men who have played desperate game
and lost occasionally write to those who
have outwitted them. The writer stated
that the clock was entirely the work Of
his own hands, and that he and his
daughter alone were concerned in the
plot, which had been frustrated by
Touches promptness.
As for himself he had little expecta-
ton for escaping, having freely resolved
to involve himself, if necessary, in the
destruction which should overwhelm the
Emperor. His daughter, however, who
was the only person on earth for whom
he retained any affection, he could not
afford thus to sacrifice. He had made
provision elsewhere for her future sup
port and according to the original plan
she was to have left Paris some thirty
days before the consummation Of the
plot, thus having abundant time to pass
the frontier and reach place of
safety.
This had been foiled by an unforeseen
event. On the evening before the final
fasco at the Tuileries they had received
to the effect that Napoleon
was on the point of departure for the
and everything being in readi-
ness, and the period of his return be-
ing uncertain, it was determined to
make the attempt at once. On the fol- |
lowing morning accordingly, the daugh- |
ter had departed at as early an hour as
possible, trusting for her escape to good |
fortune, and he, himself fortified with |
letters from prominent officials, had
proceeded to the palace at eleven, hav-
ing given his daughter all the time it
was possible to spare.
Fouche himself knew the rest.
No personal danger, no promised
honor, nothing, in short, but the cum
ningly devised falsehood regarding his
could have induced him, Cha
varri, to stop the hands Of the fatal
clock
He also confessed that it was he who,
two years before, had fired the shot in
the Rue de Rivoh, and stated it had long
been the sole aim and purpose of his life
to assassinate Napoleon. He added,
however, that they need have no fear of
his repeating the attempt, as the mag
nanimity of the Emperor on the last oc-
casion had completely disarmed him.
Chayarri subsequently died in extreme
poverty in London. OF the after fate of
his daughter nothing is shown. His
clock, despoiled of the murderous por-
ton of its machinery, was preserved for
several years in the Tuileries, and was
finally destroyed by an accidental fire
and the falling Of wall.