The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-03
NAPOLEOS's EMILIA.
A Gay life Ending IN Misery aud
bgracs.
strange iIOnaparle'- Literally

q he cattle oi bei WnhTunn, IL 10 q WI =
kDeSu Tact that ne emperor resided 10 the
O. tie during tns Auftuaa canpnisu
Emiiia wss NJ IA Time IN ell the .plendoT
a her tNsntieih yraF, Isii aud slender
SHE wss, and Sith her blonde baT f,liins
lik- river II sCld over hsr Rodd'S'.li ks
.hOnldrrs she ~ once made gee. impIsH-
sion on Napoleon, who srlEsd ih- Lfst op,
portuniiy TO make her formal drcisrstion.
SIengr as I, may seem, toe youug giil,
although perhaps somsShas d~zzisd ny
such unexpecied homage, la boslso abau'
doned her sornplo ana na'Vely demanded
o. the emperor uoihlpg iess tn'n marriss'
Napoleon pretended ~ yitlh to this u tim q.
tun and cDe,rln,ly va, through the meek
cry at religious ceremony, at which / =
Comie 10 Moblnolon Tone OF the emperor's
sid de.camp, aud after wards hla mpan'
ION at 81. heiens), 10 said 20 hava assisted.
sumo days after this exceedingly morgan.
atia union M WI, obliged 10 lrayr Tor Au
Dicb where Eugene dc Beagharnsls VA 10
be ,fiianced Ia Bayariun prihc,ss Ns-
poleun brought Enil'a IN hls suite, GU, in-
cogni'o, tor The Enprese josephine, VINO
haI lust come from FCaaor, wAich'd her
husband with irslous anxiety mat Was
out too often jasnlird.
At the end II January, 1906, the beAup-
iul Austrian removed 10 Par :, aud IL said
Ia have Kept herSelf hldds. IN one Ut the
secret GONNA tments of the fuileIies wn.r-
Talma-accordine 20 another apd mo o
uuuDttui l.sruu-ustd Ia sivr The Caesar
oeitsiu famous lessons In Department. H.
Is at least inCoDiesianle That The inir rec
luse condemned nsrstl, with Joy TO hio Of
broken by The yifll- 81 yrry iew OF the
empsrut's irirnub "nen Napoleon acniu
bestrode nj. ba.,ls sterd be wsB accom- pau
fed to the frontier by Josepnina; bat o. O.
upou the otnsr side vi tns irJnder the NOR
gauutc wife resumed her ii hts. She cut
of ner beautiful brisht hair aud assumed
male attire 10 ptder TO attach hefs5lt the
better 10 her lovers destinie-. fhe cattle
OF Jena. the triumphsl entry into Berlin,
the march upon Warsaw, the victories OF
Eyl.u aud Frledland-tinalls, the peace of
iiisit-sll these glorious ana alO0oy epis-
odes OF the Nspoleonic ~pupaeis cast tn ir
splendors spd tbeir Ell ad0ws athwsr5 the
lie o, the Au-'rian miner'a daughter
In July, 1897. Napos on returned rom
Dresden 10 Paris, and Epiiia resnInsd her
lie nnui the bressing ut vi the
Spanish war. Once more sue til owed n =
poieon, thus aovautagrouslv replacing toe
little red man, with wnom, however. the
old camp Legend may VT sa,isfact orily
Identity her. In March, 1919 90 ipd her
again ~ Ausiria anu evel al SchDnbiup M
where Napoleon avs her ia order TO tri-
umph ut Wagran. She hgs abandoned
her military disguisr, ana allowed her
soldsn hair ~ d "a, agatu over her white
shoulders.
IL he month Of October toloslug she 70.
eEt,red Paris sccJm united Nv her Una ter.
The marriage ut Nap ! IN with Marie
l. mise necessarily relegsiet Emf IL 20 OBJ
,Curity. Ihr 6s~iy- Nodded pair lived nj
Compiegne in puoiic spleudtr, Is, St u ud
sad at the Tulanes, ehie tIs rnurgaualic
wife seemed 81 II ave bscnme utiery iurgo'.
IN Her wtereabJut, VS. uIiy kuo4u
Const ,bt, the vaift-is chsmbTs, and 10
K ussnu, the MsmeluHr.
But-curious y enuineBnf scare " bad
'he Russian cam psigr poe tha Euil a
appeared at NapoleoL's side. Step by
, go she followed all the terrible curse II
ha savage war At Smolensko, a. Mos
20 a, IN fnG icy tempests, t1rough IL toot
iismnl route wherein tbn e 4ide srm-e
n. ed away, ,he guarded Win h.ruc
i5,li the post IT, which sne had been CON-
,igusd.
The strange uni n, formed be. ween two
vi tories, and which has become enDonled
md stronger through years Of battle, was
definitely broken only a. Fontaiueb eau.
B.,ore adore sing thai ever memorable t,re.
we'll addr, 8. TO his " ternn guar0s, Napo.
con vent to bid Emtia farewell. He mad
,rested her oaronese Of VOL snerg and nsd
,ssured her Comfort able future by depos.
ting in q. English 0apkIpg house the sun
)f 1000 600 francs, whereof Emilia wss to
receive the yearly iLtere,t The docu-
nrnts relating to the arrangements we,e ill.,
.tusted 10 the keeping If her adopted father,
VINO had in the meantime become a coun-
,eIor In the war office aud q ohevailer OF she
Legion OF Honor.
Emilia did not ses Napoleon again during
The hundred days. Wh,le he wsp piuing
way at 81 Helena. she MARI, Visunese
AMY er named Sct oenauer Bat our Ams-
,ou could not subm easily t. h. prosaic
,ond tiOus Of her lew life L. 1920 she ap-
oiled for and obtained u divorce
From that n.omen' b gan the long mar
rydom Of herlie After Napoleon's death,
he Aus,rian offiueholier % whom the IN sn
.eemeut of Enllis's million nsd been in
,rukted mauseed tn sQuander more than
,wo-thirds Of it. Wha was even worse, be
.efusDd to remember upytoiDg aoo .cl.
ectiun of Jewels That Emilia bad conf I'D 10
Ills honor. The pnor women LIT Vienna,
md, accom- panied b. her mpther snd lister,
might a new home ut B., upon the I. Ike
II Constance where she Dought little cot
age and resolved TO end her days theirs In
peace.
But she had r. ckoned without love, az d
oyn Oh aDged her plans. She became sud-
married. hin nOtwi' hist as.dpg net BILE
Inference 10 age She was then orty AID
ler husband only twenty-five. 10 1889 me
,uryeop died AID poverty eptered tls none
If the Little Empress Sac sold or pawn
I'd her rooes, he, je~ciry, IA d her furoiture.
The ssle OF her house Involved her Ill q
awsult, which consumed her Last resour-
,es. AID when uin had Come al Inst ste
OFT her pr de tn snch q, gee az even to
II "A
ptsrvei tio0 of the arch Dishnp OF Sa zOurg,
VINO declined, aud repl'ed 10 bsr t1a, her
WAS OF 100 peculiar a character
and the scutca of her Tor, unp too i'm ure 10
eHder 1t possible for apy prelate " decent.
Y grant her protection.
The O m es 9 aux Chieps" as sac was
,alled BY ,he people, lid not sal,w herself
o os discouraged She even dared to mate
direct eppl,csi ion 10 Marie Louise, ana
ne widow OF Napoleon actually granted
Ter q pension of 1000 francs, wnicn--it
nay be paren theticsily Observation-Disclosures
trates the historical reality Of the ties
ghich united Emilia 10 the emperor. How
yer IL may hsve DeeD, encouraged by This
irst uccess she beam 10 persecute tue
,riDcsse with her sci fish sap niicatiuns, aud
nus wfested peculiarly assistance from her
IL many occasions. and even tried 20 on-
avn an audience Of her illustrious protect.
ess while the latter WAS on q journey to
,lzourg.
ihis last favor was refused her Without
,eing at all brilliant her eituati0n VS. BY
10 meme desperate. Besides the annual
,eus sion and the OCCASIONAL gratitudes o
vhicL have slrrany spDktn, Emilia had
10 sllovancs Of 30 francs year from the
vidow's und. She still. retHined her pas
ionate love 10 dogs and birds. lived
nth them In sirketipR pfamiscuity 10 a
,,psist I'd Of bed and few chairs.
The authorities t .as took . hand In
his ale Of affairs A guard an Was sp.
,ojnted to take Q. re- OF the ''Comtess3 aux
,hierr." She was indignant x the idea of
aving thus excited pu bic pity, and loudly
clsred that h. emperor should grant her
er r,ehtful sllowapce and enable her -