Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-27
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lrafle tofr N. 7. Bun.
A curious letter of Napoleor
III has lately come to light IL
the memoirs OF Odilon Barrot
formerly Prime Minister It re-
fers to an incident that took place
at Tours during the visit Of be
oarince president in l849.. While
5lson had contracted lisison
LADY named Nine. Howard,
US. / believe, Miss Mac
Il / OF Baltimore, who beca me
2 sss OF Beauregari under
npire, aud rho finally mar.
an English officer. When
Napoleon was elected president
Nine. Howard came to Paris, .was
lodged near the Elysse Palace,
and 90 ntin ued to live on intimsts
terms with the prince prssidsnt
She went With him u Yonrs.
travelling, II sppssrs. with The
Count do Bacciocchi, cousin Of
the prince president, and = lodE-
ing Vas given her 10 the house of
M. and Nine. Ahdts. who were
absent in the Pyrensss. These
peroons were severe Ptotestants,
~ when shAy heard of the kind
a lkdy who had been lodged in
their house, they wrote ! violent
lstter Of indignation 70 the min
ister. The latter. not sorry ts
give the prince ! hint that be was
no longer free to live the easy
2ifs he had been lending at Lon
Idon, caused the letter 10 fall
under Napolson's eyes a. If by
accident. Napoleon read the
letter and rspiisd ss follows:
Ny DEAs MIxlsrTs:Y Your bro.
Rther has shown me 8 letter OF q
NJ. Andre, to which / should,
have disdsined to reply did it not
contain falsshoods which ii H.
we'll to rsfute. A lady ia wh6.a
/ take the liysliest interest 81.
ooinpanied by one Of her ifien.is
and BY two persons Of my Au,ts,
desired to see the ossroussd
Ssumus, thsnee she came to
sToufl, but fearing 10 And no
|odging here, she asked me to
procure hsf .ote. When I arrived
4 Tours I Asksd : eoslnsellor Of
be Prefecture 70 kipdiy dnd me
ponss for the Count - Bscoiocchi
6hd two ladies' Of bis acqus,nt-
ancs. ChahSs and their evil genius
STATED them - t6s house Of II. |
Andsey uhsls, I kn6Sk not Why,
pSop19 ima6i9od 1hak one 81 tie |
isdiso - H. ehls ne lsdy |
nsvef. took tn eonno, Il kks ekrof |
wAs eomnit1sa, u - b. eessn.
gsrs, i6dtp6h l111f{y bf ~ vii
aud n ~ vi q III isity ID
qasstisa. 1(e& ( uli1uld Ike TO |
know My \, AudfS, without |
taking " tfoabls % inquiss iatoI
the ffuth. vi6hso 10 render me |
Responsible both fsf ess dssigna- |
tion Of his house and the false |
name attributed to person.
Doss . proprietor, whose kftt
care Il b y pFy into the past lifs |
Of the person whom he receives, |
in order 10 dscfy II, make 1 nobis
use of hospitality? How many
v0man : hundrGd Gnes les pure. |
lees dsvoted, iess excusable than
the one Who todgsd st N Andss's,
would have bsSn received with
all possibls henors By this N,
Audrs bssanse they haa aoAs psms
Of thsif hbSband to Ne theI
suilty lisisons : 1 detest that
1edAntic rigofism which alwayS|
III disguisss . dry soul, iudulgent
s0wasas sell, insxorsble toward
,u1ker6. True religion IS not in-
i1o6e1nt; Il does not seek to stir
.up { nps6t IN atespot, to make
scanddl for po(hing, and to
change into cfiGsA simple scci-
dent or "a excussbie mistake
M. Andre, who. am told. is :
Puritan, hss not yet rnsditsted
enough that passage of the Gospel
v,hsre Christ, speaking to souls
A. upcharitsbis - the soul Of N.
Xndrs. eye, on ths subject Of !
vomsn whom they wished to
sio6e: LET him that b without
Ssvlt." 20. Let him prsctics
tEio morality; - for me, ! accuas
nobsdy, and ! avow myself
suiIty 81 seeking ia illsgitinsts
onjs aGeotton wk,ch ~ heart
,eeds. Sfll, a. uP 10 the prevent
- position he's prevented me
n mArsying; - in tho midst
a he earse e goysFnment, /
have. aIsal il ny eoussry. from
vR;eh / have been - olosg sbssnt,
nsiyAsr iutimAls fsisnds, nor
vouthful ties, nor p6fenfp vh0
siyO ne the pleasures Of family
H. l my, I think, b pardoned
- eAlsotion which harms nobody
ma q whieh / do not sssk 10
mako ! PARDON. To return to M
Andre, I he believes, 10 he de-
elarss, be houte polluted BY the
pre6encs Of . woman who is not
married. ] beg you TO tell him
for me that ] regret extremely y
fhat 1 ysrson Of such pure devo. .
3 - ana OF such . sublime char
eskSr should have fallen, by
1Ssnos into . house where. under
~ naik Of religion, there isigns
.Aihini but the ostsntstion Of
cru6isj v:rtus without Christian
charity NAroEros.
Thsprince pr~ident must have
fslt srongly on the meter "a
--.;x~A Ietfar ike the above. The