The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-07
A French Adventurer who Lived
like Monte Cristo, and Died q
Pauper.

way would be reduced to die of huDger,
or appeal, rs blind pauper, to the
charity Of strangers The fame of this
mercurial Pro sencal may have reached
here through an Esypiisn channel. In
Paris his wealth and ostentatiOn were
one OF the wonders of the empire. 1t
pleased him to think the realities Of his
life went beyond the imsginings of
Dumas, the elder in, Monte Cristo."
NJ. Brsvay paved the shoe heels Of bis
Wallets with diamonds. lined his carriage
with gold and silver brocade. aud shod
his horses with an amalgsm of precious
metals. He was . swarthy merrysn-
drew, without grain of conscience. but
good natured when he had no reason to
be otherwise. A service of couriers
supplied bis table with fresh green vege.
tables and garden fruits IN Winter.
Brayay struck up u friendship with De
Morny and Mocquard, who financed
him in Egyptian stocks. They did him
the favor to eat his dinners and to in
troduce him to the Tuileries. De Les
seps found him valuable auxiliary. for
Bravay had studied the weaknesses of
Said Pashs, and ministered to him. His
ministration was rewarded with the for
tuae that he dashed about Frenchmen
were taught by him what mine of
wealth lay in Egypt. whittier he eni-
grated from cobbler's stall at Pont st.
Esprit, in Provence. At Alexandria he
entered ready made boot and shoe
shop. and was sent to take the Pashas
measure In Neasuring Said'e feet he
read his character, and OWNED his ap-
petites. The Pasha was Maze and list
less; Bravay. in his grstcsquc mirth,
drew him from his torpor. Vics-regsl
Said was tired Of the company Of unin-
tellectual houris. The Pont st. Esprit
filed his palace with clever musical
urchins, which were imported fom
the cities of Rome and Naples These
little Italian artists dominated nt Cairo,
and B,avay vas their overseer and ty-
rant. His ostentstion. when be came
to settle here, drew people to scan the
sources of his wealth. Parisians are
not straitlaced. but Bravay's method Of
spelling the Egyptians was too much
for them. He was received for the sake
Of his money aud wealth, aud. very
privately, in some respectable houses.
At Court be was publicly taken BY the
hand. The Emperor sent him down to
Nismss as an onicial &C ididate. Guiz-
OTIS friends there prH ed for Heaven
not to rain down fire birthstone on
the town. Bravay Re bsen twice re-
jecscd. before this h-cpcned. by the
Corps lie .;slatif. to which he has re.
turned. for indigna.ie. That chamber
Was obliged by the Emperor to socept
him the third time he presented hi.n-
self for admission.
Said Pasha Vas prompted by NJ.
Bravay to present to the Empress Q gold
coffee service, inlaid with gems and otn-
er knick- -knacks. Whenever Lord Pal
merston gained an advantage a. Cairo
against Lssssps, the Tuileries ssnt IL
ei-deraat cobbler to countersct il.
Forty five million fran. WAS the resi-
due Of II. BravAy's fortune when he
got tired Of initiating Monte Christie
and went to Piedmont to veGetate With
an Italian lady Of rank. She bad
mania for Bourse and other speculationa.
ard often came to Paris by herself o
indulge in her passisn. He paid her
differences and was reduced BY her TO
the merest pittance-S0, 600 france, or
thereabouts Blindness overlook him:
the contessa died: and Bravay had to
trust himself and the wreck Of mis- fortune
10 4 servant, who robbed him at 6e-
neva. leaving him inssthe direst poverty.
Death freed him. the other day. OF his
misery, - be was on the road to his
natal commune He vas gosng there
10 obtain leave from the mayer. whe
WAS his friend. IA settle down into =
wavside Bartimeua