Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23

/ brother might result in reconcilng him
to the marriage, and his young wife
I proceeded to Amsterdam, where
another man-of-war covered the Erin
with its guns, and the unhappy lady,
soon to become II mother, was landed
the next day at Dover, England being
at war with France.
She saw her husband only once again,
if ever-a stony being current that he
met her for a moment after in Florence.
Her child, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte,
was born at Camberwele, England.
July Z, 1905, and her husband, yielding
to his brothers command, was
married to the Princess Catherine, of
Wurtemburg, in March, 1907, the
French Senate, immediately alter the
Baltimore marriage, having passed de-
cree by which any registry was prohibit
ed IN France ''of the act of tbs celebra-
ton of a pretended marriage that Jer-
ONE Bonaparte had contracted in
strange country during the age of mi
norty, without the consent of his
mother. and without previous publca-
ton in the land of his nativity. Napo-
| leon declared the marriage null and
void and the offspring illegiumate. Jer-
ONE was afterward made King of Wur-
temburg, and had three children by his
second wife-one, the Nell-known
Prince "Plou Plon." After the birth of
her child the young wite-then only 20
years old-was advised by Jerome to
return to the United States, Napoleon
directing him to write that on condition
that she did return, and would not as
sumo the name of Bonaparte, he would
allow her pension during her life of
10000 francs year. Sull with the
hope that her husband would prove
faithful she sailed for America three
months after the birth of her son, and
reached Baltimore after voyage of
thirly-two days. 1t does not appear
that she ever called herself anything
but Nine. Bonaparte, but the pension
was regularly paid and received by her
until the fall of the emperor. She re-
ceived about 100000 in all, and this
was the beginning of her large fortune,
for h,r father left her in his will only
few small houses and the wines in his
cellar, the value of the property being
not over $4,000 in all. This remark
able passage was inserted by Mr.. Patter-
son in his will: "The conduct of my
daughter Betsey, has through life been
so disobedient that in no instance has
she ever consulted my opinion or feel
ings; indeed, she has caused me more
trouble and anxiety than all my ether
children put together. Her folly and
misconduct have occasioned me train
of experience that, first to last, has cost
me much money" Almost immedi-
ately on her return to Baltimore,
Nine. Bonaparte began the economic
cal, almost niggardly habits Of life that
with increasing intensity especially
after the second marriage Of her hus-
band abused her indomitable spirit to
provide her son with the means to
prosecute his claims to recognition
were maintained to the day of her death.
Her savings were regularly invested,
not in risky stocks or wild speculations,
which offered large dividends and nigh
rates of interest, but in United States
bonds and other securities, which were
perfectly safe. She was satisfied with
six per cent, and as a consequence was
never carried away by alluring specu-
lations which promised splendid returns,
but generally ended, as she said, ''in
smoke" AS examples of her extreme
penuriousness, it may be mentioned
that while abroad in 1920 she
discontinued corresponding with
one of her dearest friends
in fact, one of her very few friends
in Baltimore in order to save the ex-
pense of foreign postage. While living
in the society of princes and mobiles, she
wrote notes on the backs of letters to
save the price Of paper, suffered from
cold in order to economic in fuel, and
lived on plain fare In order to avoid the
expense of luxurious food. But she al
ways declared that she thus stinted her
self in order to promote her ambitious
views for her son-his marriage into
some one of the influential European
families. For this purpose she lived in
boarding house In Paris and IN lodg-
ings at Rome. For this purpose she
gave her son the best education that
this country could bestow. Economi-
cal in all else, she spared no money
where the advancement of his future
was in question. She wished him to
make figure in the world-to shine in
society--to marry into that high circle
which she believed belonged to the son
Of king and the nephew of an emper-
or
After Jerome had completed his edu-
cation at Harvard, she took him to Eu-
rope, where he was well received by all
the members of his father, family, par
ticularly Nine Letitla and Pauline Bon
aparte, who was at that time living in
great splendor at Rome at the Princess
Borgheses. Jerome was now hand