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come; she was very fond of her
ichild dren, and each one went to her
with an account of domestic trou-
|bles. And what troubles there.was; !;
Napoleon repudiated Josephine;
he tried to break the marriage of
Lucien, he sue eding in rendering
null thatof Jerome and Miss Pat
terson, Louis and Hortense sepa-
rated three times, and Pauline was
unhappy with Prince Borghese.
The mother would have been dis
tracted with all this had she not
taken rsfugesin reading. She liked
novels and religious books, for
Letitia Bonaparte was pious. One
day ahe said:
hat q familyi ny son, the
emperor, is something e1traordl-
nary; he is a marvel, but the lion
has claws, and very formidable
jaws. he should never be irritated:;
Lucien irritates him because Of
his marriage, and jerome irritates
him.. And poor Louis isso badly.
badly married And Prince, Bor-
ighesel Ah, what tears, tears for
mel Do You wish to know which
of children I love the best? The
one who is most unhappy, the one
who most needs my love" !"
And in the end the most un-
happy Of her children was the one
who had been the most powerful;;1,
when came 1914 and the banishss
'ment Of Elba, a ship was seen one
day approaching tho island. Great
was the curiosity, but all were over
joyed when Nine Mere landed and
placed her money 1.-THE feet Of her
son. In spite Of her age and in
56rmities, she had brayed the temp
est in orderto console her captive.
sonand perhaps enable him to re-,
gain his lost position:
Nine. Mere lived to be more tEan,
go years old, but tsat the age of 80
tcataracts comple " destroyed her.
eye-sight. In her old age her.
fayorite occupation was spinning,
but each day all the important.
newspapers were read to. her. She
surrounded herself with al that.
TO Napol lean; her break
fast twas. taken on The tablas used,
:by hnnsaf {. Helena and sItkough
3insher rooms. each of her hlldfen:
was represented by bust or portrait,
Napole icons bust dominated. My
life ended after the death Of the
Emperor. Then I reneunced every
thing forever
Merry, who wrote Napoleon in.
Egypt, said that Nine. Mere re-
minded him of 'Niobe dying on
her dying sons.' And Barron
Larry says: "When I saw portraits
and busts of her children by all
the great artists of the time, I
thought they seemed grouped in
advance about Mime. Mere to form,
at the supreme hour of her obse-
quies, q resusciatated eortege for
this illustrious mother of Napo-
leon."
In. her youth Nine. Mere had "a
handsome profile, broad prominent
forehead, large eyes, long nose, OK,
quisitely chisled lipsand swan
like throat.
In her old age, her eyes, once
black, we're gay, but her cheeks
had very fewwrinkles, and herlips,
although expressing sadness, were
well cut. Throughout her life
Nine. Mere wasin appearance, the
typical Roman empress, but asshe
liked neither balls nor grand re.
ceptions nor the theatres, Nine.
Mere was sdecid idsdly out ofplace at
a gay court like that Of Napoleon.
Princess Mathilde said once; !;
"of course I revere Napoleon; had
it not been for Napoleon ] might
have been selling oranges in
Ajaccio."
I think Nine. Mere would have
been happier woman, would have
lived a life much more in accord
ance with her tastes had she culti--
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vated The vine in her little garden
at Ajaccio and seen her children
established near her in happy
homes.-Post Dispatch.
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