The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31
TIE PET OF THE EMPRESS HOUSE.
Her Grief i'll Being Separated From Eim-+
HOW HoEaparte Surprised Her.

A writer in the Art journal for January
says the pet dog of Marie Louise, the Austrian vie
of Napoleon BCnaparte was q slim Italian grey.
hound and as far as she was concerned il proved t6
be very wirsome bit of dog flesh 1t twin itself
into her affections by its graceful ways. She had
her other pets, her singing birds and her parrot in,
her boudoir in Vienna, where we read there waJ
scarcely thing, down to the carpet Oil the foorI
which was not the work of some loved hand
Madame Junot says when the archduches5 be.
came empress she had to leave her fawn-coloIed
iavorite behind her at Vienna. In the memoir OF
the Empress Marie Louise by Saint ATnaud, he
says was at Munich ''she was compelled TO sepa.
rate from little dog she loved dearly, which the
countess Gazansky) had to take back to Viennai
with her" The reason of this was that NAPOLEON
did not like dogs. Madame Junot says "the ems
peror used to be annoyed by Josephine's favorte'
pet dogs, with Fortune at their head" The ens
press cried bitterly when she found the plaintive!
faced little hound had TO return with her
grand mistress. Everyone was anxious 10
swell the train of this new empress. She longed 10
keep her coaXing little friend beside her be ca1se
she knew it alone cared 10 be with her. not because
she was wife of the who had so much of E,1rone
in his grasp, but simply because it worshiped hep
from the depth OF its true little heart at was d
cruel separation" writes Madame Junot land the
empress and her avorite parted with q duo OF CONF
plant" THE acquisition of a colossal empire did
not console the sovereign for the loss of little og
says another historian
ing hound was not long parted from the empress.
Berhier told Napoleon of Marie Lorses tears be4
fore leaving her dog, her feathered friends. her
room made dear by cherished association, and Ma
poleon prepared delectable surprise for his wifi. a
strategy 10 win her love- Leading her from tho
balcony Of the Tuileries where he had lrcscnted
her to the people who had thronged below he led
her, III wondcrment to her destination uD DIM
ly-llghted corridor A woabegone greyhound
had been sitting in room there forlon and
puzzled till it he RI a step it knew, and whining
with impaticnce sprang out when Napoleon olcned
the door The phlegmatic empress greeted her re-
covered pet with eGusion. She knew its aiofatiou
was genuine. The tickle multitude that chcerea
her might turn on her as they had turned on her
great-aunt, the queen OF France; but this four
legged courter was genuine ard stauch. IN the
room where her trusty avorite awaited her Marie
Louise found her birds, her music, intact, every
article was there and placed in the room in the
same manner as size had left them on quitting her
paternal roof
Napoleon was well pleased with the delight his
kindly thoughtfulness gave the empire s. ani maybe
honored the overjoyed hound with some notice.
-Four years after this the dog left the Tueses with
the empress and her son. 1t returned Vienna
with her, loving her as .rly as pcns;oner and a
prisoner at her fathers court as when she was em-
press over powerful nation. These historic dogs
Of France were, you see. no timescryers They
took but little heed of reverse of fortune or change
of dynasty, well content if allowed to attend ther
owners in prison OF palace, to the throne or the
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