The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-07
TRUEAS ENOCHARDEN


pAsgg j. Ei4fy weFe gsFeu tAaeE - tlig Tog AZ
armv o. he restored Eseeh King. Ofe,
the intrepid NeY. was ssaoE ard several 9th
ers Bers psas saesl whsse some, foreseelng
the esnsta Il disaster and The bore essGseas
81 a future "a France, tBrned from Size
chores Eeey Bad haE0Ted wiih berOssm and
s0uwbt a. ssyf9na H. foreign lauds- One
Monisr. wso hal risen from ths ranks OF
ssse a$v0sesE DAaa that followed NapoIeoa
Is .vps. sef hls face 10 America and lost
hsfaseif in he 5asy population Of . newer
essaatFg For many years be lIved as
Perth Aushoy. s. j., having szgei from
the Mealfb woa whils following the C0Fsi-
can eylosgeis 81 fortune 70 insure Eini rest
an a8iet 81 death closed his eYes and hid
his boary toess IA the gaFial gi.a strangers.
He was only a youth v hen t3g new repnb-
nc Eaade the army Of Italy tlse invaders Of
Kept, BAT hs bore the part IT hero IN
the neuaurabta baltic 81 the pyramids. lie
won dtstsneiion 81 the siege q Acre aBd
when Napoleon retained - France young
Monie1 sore On his breast the coveted dec
o4sfiou Of lie Logon Of Honor.
Through each successive campaign be
only added lzufels 10 his crown, AID when
ghe grand array invaded Russia be bore the
RANKS made famous by Macdonald. Ney
and Mesaena. While Napoleon vas In ex-
lie nj Eiba MoHier married rich and
handsome young swiss woman, 10 whose
eouatry he had found an asylum, but at
tba hrst touch Of the emperor foot on the
soil &c Cannes he hurried forward anu
Joined the leader at Lyons. When The
hundred days were competed and Ma
poleon Was sent 70 e. Helsns, Moaier eA-
capped aud passing hurFidiy through ssit-
zsrlaud babe adieu to his young wife and
finally reached America. Fearful that the
royal;sts would pursue him. but sustained
in the constant hope that Napoleon would
yet retrieve his fallen fortunes, Monier
never made his identity pubic. Ia 1850.
being then "a years Of age. he again mar
risd. having received no siiings OF his
swiss vile. His second wife was also =
young woman. the daughter Of French pa
rents who had settled IN New Jer-
sey before the founding Of the em-
piFe. In 1870 MeaseE,s first wits. having
spsnt twenty live years searching for her
husband found him in the little New Ier-
sey city. the husband OF younger and
bEnasonasF woman and the father OF a
beautiful little girl. 80 well had she kept
her resources in that long quest that she
still had some wealth. and size purchased a
modest home near the Monier household.
living there without onee announcing her
presence Ia her husband, and preserving
her silence tail he died. she brought with
her enc child. the son OF the tield mar
shal. and with him passed her days in
quiet. only asking 10 watch at a distance
the cherished form Of her girlhood's hero.
Monier died In 1850. At the age of % years,
and ia Toe meantime his unknown son, the
child oE the swiss woman. had marie d
ard was the father at tao daughters. One
Of these. The younger. married carpenter
named Canary. hsIaseI. OF French exlrac-
tiesl. and removed TO lIitne.s The little
family lived al Lincoln. in this state. sew
erai years. hnt IA 1884 they followed the
star ol empire westward, building a home
In Dakota. After perfeellng title 10 an ex-
eellent farm. Canary returned 30 Illinois
for the better education OF hts child
Ten. aud alter brief residence st
80 Linden avenue, near the suburb
station ol Maplewood, he has now removed
% his own home 1T Sixty seventh street.
Icing imam uf some wealth. Mr.. Canary
has from the first supported bis wise's
grandmother. the swiss widow Of Marshal
MonleF, and has given her comfortable
home wherever his fortunes have led him.
The woman, al the advanced age OF ~. Is
stiil bright aud intelligent. q good talkeF.
though her narration Is made somewhat
difficult hy the Swiss aecent which she can
never wholly forget. Her memory OF the
strange days OF the empire the linag over
throw OF Napoleon and the events which
succeeded il are far clearer than that al
tle more recent events In New Jersey oi
which she only Seems 10 recall yividly
those scenes In which M0nier vas an actor.
Indeed. ia her talks Of the whirlwiad aud
earthquake whioh devasiel Europe TN ths
fall Of The en- plrr, she always places her
husband IN the foreground, snd even that
child Of destiny, the emperor Is 4
secondary consideration
lsoahed as its curious dialect, in which
the story could rot vel hs told, Nine
Moaier strange taie Is as follows
Il was really only eiri when ne cams
to my hume az Berne. Tie was afraid O
everyone. Ny father was away and my
mother was dead. he ealmu into the
house dressed i.ke a swiss laaursr. and
was alone We had heard al the terrlhs,
war and that Napoleon was conquered. liz
asked me Zoe le0d, aud shea be ate l sav
his hands were long and Nhitc said
You are not Swiss' Then he said 4 AZ
French soldier am Marshal Moaiee
Oh. hisie me. made hia led ia "a
cellar and be bid tArrc. Next Asy / gol,
nsy father. for was agfas3 before n,
father weHld have driven him away. bar
said wealsi so tso. and he had ulsscl
money. se he ist him stay, Ia tNo month
Ne we're marsiesl. and YES be bad 80 b. kcp
bid. Hut st last BE e0gld - oat wish n5
ana ! vas very proud lie uas SO strong
Macy Frensa soldiers wern h86inw q
Switzerland and gheg sls3 uaa aide al last
eat wgas around ia daytime. When I "a
SETTING supper oao nsshg he same IL ev
cited -gaA8 Nay sBi the aseJ rellct 81 tn
hero hs9ed her ha5y rasse,3 Der bei.
hAnds sa4 tfsta 80 lp,itsts The action q
eae wac Bad heard the susaHsaas ;rca
Caunes
"he sad 'Aaieu. AMI pat his ara.
areUnd ess last - Bssie wsae. then "a
oai aud dsa pos see aisp again amtsl ate
watsFlse. Thsa ore N chs ae came SO "a
hease wish his seAl.sr eoshes. hat Re IA.
e&oAk ever tasm &ssa he eavs SIC naone
sn8 his suosa zE8 Sissssi re. Ue ala ua
wsft ensss ce@la SET hsN sssasi ana Sal
failure ~ mtHssfsr - tse wAngs az he
husband sasiaz stid - psla ,nost AeSne
iAe wsmss az ses Sssa 90 saasaa. "a
nos ug8. assd stas8 nas az Nssh a4as ncs a.
aas him Hat h lie Ns0seF seat Ia Par
aus ssok KS hAav. bas ~ Gee kueN sher
- hsa soas. faea ! sewer weat eauf
ae&ia. hai hasts.A hssa ln aszsx elasss. 0n
French solder I sssa3 IN : aesptai q
Massv,iss as3 As saa M0assE h&k sens z
s.asa4 ebea : ts.es3 tisess tive yea.
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