The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-31
NaDOleOn and Miss Howard.


The death of Napoleon has brought to
the surface number of stories con-
nected with his life A melancholy inter
est attaches to the fate of Miss Howard
whose name is better known than the
circumstances of her life. The story, az
given i'm detail by Griscelli, assistant chief
Of the Paris police, is as follows "On
night of such fog as they have in Lon
don man was walking up and down the
Haymarket. His height was Owe feet and
several inches he was thick-waisted,
short-legged, with pallid face, small
ewes, mustaches, buttoned 10 the neck and
carrying i'll his hand a loaded cane, with
out any hat. The passers-by might have
taken him for "a policeman. Suddenly
door gave entrance to lady elegantly
dressed. The man exclaimed, Halo
madame, alone 80 late, and In such bad
weather 2
"Without any invitation he followed
the lady, who, arriving IN her parlor and
thinking him civil policeman, offered
him two shillings.
- Madam Money to me !?
80 And who are youY
- am the Prince Louis Napoleon.
Next day the conspirator of Stras-
burg and Boulogne, the escaped from
the fortress of Ham, recalled himself to
the memory of of his followers by send
ing them some English gold with which
to conspire against the Government that
had twlce left him his life. From this
day the misery which had overwhelmed
the son of Admiral Verhuel was driven
away by the bank notes of Miss Howard.
While he was President he had called
Miss Howard to Paris and had taken for
her a house, No. II Rue de CRY. Miss
Howard, who had given 5000, 900 (of
francs) to Napoleon at the moment Of his
elevation, was considered and considered
herself as the future Empress. But the
daughter of Albion counted without
him who when he speaks, lies when
he is silent, plots.
Gone day Napoleon sent Miss Howard
To Havre III company with his accomplice,
Mocquart, promising to come and see her
upon the next Sunday. Saturday he mar
RED Mdile. de Montijo. Taking her tea
the morning of the day when she should
receive the visit of him who owed every
thing to her, Miss Howard read of the
marriage III the MOnitcur OHiciCi. Pre-
cipitately leaving the Hotel Frascati, she
engaged special train and reached her
home i'll Paris, where she saw the strang-
est spectacle. Furniture, cushions, pa
pers, notes, letters, on tracts-some were
broken, others emptied, and others
stolen. Pietri, warned by a dispatch
from Moquart, had gone to No. IA Rue
de CRY. He was able TO hear, and others
heard like him, the insulted English
woman call Napoleon assassin, swindler
and rObber. Next day upon her awaken
ing Miss Howard was saluted by Mines.
Fould and Fleury with the title Coun-
tess of Beauregard. At the same time
they gave her the deeds of ownership To
property bearing this name, situated
upon the route To Versailles. Several
months later the new countess left France
and established herself in Florence,
where she built splendid palace upon
the banks of the Arno. But ten years
after ennui seized her, and she wished TO
see Paris. Every day, at the moment
when Napoleon and the Empress came
from the Iuileries, Miss Howard showed
herself III II superb equipage and daz-
zling toilet. Rumor said that the En-
press was furious. Some days after Il
performance at the Italiens, during which
the Englishwoman, covered and occupied
box directly in front, had amused her
self byeyeing through an opera-glass the
woman whohad stolen her 'Poleon. Miss
Howard was found suffocated in her bed"