Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-17


pcror's passion:
''Tortora, June 10, I7o6--My life 10 a per-
petual Nightmares dreadful presentment
prevents my breathing. can no longer
see. ] have lost more than my life. more
than happiness, more than reposc; ] am
almost without hope. have sent
messenger TO thee. He will only remain
four hours In Paris, ami will then bring
me my answer.
write me ten pages: that alone win
console me O little. Thou art 81, thou
lowest me; have worried thee and can
not see thee. This idea confounds me.
have done thee NO much wrong and know
not how 10 expi6te my faults. / have
accused thee OF remaining In Paris, while
thou vert sick there. Pardon me, my
good friend the love which thou hast in
splred In me has stolen away my reason:
shall never find II again; one Is never
cured OF lovc-sickness; my presentments
are so harmful that I must see thee TO
press thee TO my heart for two hours and
10 die together. Who Is IL that cares for
thee? | imagine thou Will answer Hor-
tense. love thee a thousand times more
than that dear child. though / think she
can console thee little. As to myself.
there Is no consolation, no repose, no
hone. no % ,he time ! shall receive. ty
the messenger have sent to thee. a long
letter In which thou must explain what ~
Thy malady. and TO what point IL Is
considered serious. II II Is dangerous 1
warn thee / shall depart for Paris i'm
mcdately have always been happy.
never has my charmer resisted my WILL
and to-day ] am struck in that which
touches me only-without appetite, with
out sleep. without interest In friendship,
glory, or country-there Is naught but
thee. thee the rest OF the world has no
existence for me, no more than II IT
were destroyed. ] hold TO honor when /
hold 20 thee; TO victory only when II gives
thee pleasure; 1 would quit all 10 throw
myself at thy dear feet. Ny dear friend,
be careful 10 tell me that thou art con-
WINGED that | love thee beyond ali that 1t
Is possible to imagine. that thou art per-
suaded that every instant Of my life Is
cOnsecrated TO thee: that never an hour
passes without thinking OF thee; that
there has never entered my mind the
Thought OF any other woman. that they
are all TO my eyes without grace, without
beauty. without mind that thou. thou
entirely, such as I see thee. such as thou
art. can alone please me and absorb all
the faculties Of my soul; that thou hast
touched that soul throughout It's extent;
that my heart has no hidden corner that
thou hast not seen; 10 thought that Is not
subordinate TO thee: that my strength, my
arm. my BRAIN are all thine; and that the
day when thou shalt change. or the day
when thou quittest living. will be that Of
my death: that nature. the earth. Is only
beautiful because thou dwellest therein. II
thou dost not believe this; If thy mind be
not convinced. pacified, thou wilt torture
me, and thou lowest me no more. There Is
n magnetic fluid between persons VINO
love each other. Thou knOwest ] viii not
permit ihee TO see lover, and still less
suffer thee to have one. To destroy his
heart or to see him would be the same
thing for me. After that ] would carry
n rude hand against thy sacred person.
No, 7 should never dare do that. but L
should leave a life where that which Is
most virtuous should deceive me. l am
sure and proud of thy love. Misfortunes
are the tests that reveal TO us the mutual
force Of our passion. An adorable infant,
pretty as its mamma. may. some day.
be EMBODIED in thy arms thousand
kisses for thy dear cheeks and thy sweet
lips. All, adorable woman, what is thy
ascendancy? ! am very III because thou
art sick ] burn with fever! Do not keep
the messenger waiting more than six
hours. and let him bring back 10 me the
letter that / long for from my sovereign
queen. NAPOLEON"
"MARMIROLO, July II. 1850 o'clock
at night received thy letter my adora-
be friend IL filed my heart with joy. l
am Obliged TO thee for the trouble thou
hast taken tn give me news of thee; thy
health must be better to-day ] am sure
thou art cured. | urge thee strongly TO
ride on horseback; that will do YOU much
good Since leaving thee / have always
been sad-even gloomy-my only happi-
ness is 10 be near thee-without ceasing
there passes through my memory thy
kisses. tears. charms and thy amiable
jealousy. All. my Incompatible Josephine.
thy beauty lights up VI ceasingly bright
burning flame In my heart and entrances
nv senses when free from all inquietudes.
business affairs. Would ] could pass every
instant near 10 thee-to have only thy
love and 10 think only OF thy happiness.
and to say and prove all for thee. /
shall send thee thy horse, but hope that
thou mayest soon rejoin me. l thought
loved thee some days since; since then l
have seen thee and feel that ] love thee n
thousand times more Since knowing thee
] have adored thee more and more every
dav: that proves the axiom of La Bruyere,
that love that comes suddenly Is false
Everything in nature has a course and va
rled degrees Of increase. Oh. ! pray thee.
nernit me TO see some of thy faults be
lcss beautiful, less gracious, less tender
less GOOD above all. especially never be
Jealous never weep; thy tears melt my
reason and burn my hearts blood. BtheNe
mo. IL is no more in my power 10 nave
thought that is not of thee or an ldea mat
has NOT TO be submitted for thy advice.
Remain well. or better still, perfectly re-
establish thy health. Come out ana RECON-
me so that before dying we can say to-
cether we were happy for so many Gays.
NAPOLEON"
"CAIDIERO, November Is, 1856 love
.hea not more than all-on the contrary,
7 datest thee. Thou art very mean, very
cruel. very beastly. my Cinderella. Ihou
hast not written me; thou no longer loVe't
INV husband. Thou knowest the pleasure
Inv letters have given him ana theh sehn
him six lines indited haphazard. what
dost thou do all day, madame? what
business so important as 10 Keep thee
from writing TO thy good lover! W nat
. choked.up affection--let US not say love.
Where the tender and constant alteration
,bou nromised him? Who can be- the
,,,ar,,ei the new lover who absorbs all
INV time. tvrannizing over thy days ana
preventing thee from remembering thine
own husband? Josephine. take care some
,,,h, tbe doors will be knocked In, and
,hera I will be- In truth l am dlsquie'eu'
rov GOOD friend, In not RECEIVING iN"s
fron thee-write me quickly. -FOUR pages
az least and put therein those s"ee.
trin,-s that fill my heart with sentiment
a,,d pleasure. | hope ere long TO enclose,
80 nrass thee in my arms ana shai'
oo,.ar thee with million OF burning
49,, not as the sunshine of the eoua-
KISSES "o' =" NAPOLEON"
tor. 40 17as Finally
,. adorahle Josephine. i am rebornahg
- Ga no longer before my eyes: Glory
We, honor are still in my heart the enc
my WAS beaten at Arcola' ,
shou renair the stupidity OF Naupois' wiz
ohandoned Riv6li. Mantua VIII De ours u
.i.,ht DAYS. and soon l shali De III my
80 10 give me thousand proo,S VI
,h,, husbands affection. The instant ! .ai
- shall depart for Milan an
n,-os, tired out. / received a let,er i'oin
1,''',ora and Hortense; they are char iiiins
-. "A all our house seems sva,,
M en-. moment 1 rejoin thee i siai
~" ,ham We took 5,Oo prisoner
SEM ,,I,sd az least 5000 Of our ene,Iliss
anu MI 80 adorable Josephine; thihk OF
me often. IL thou CEASE Ia to him
Achilles or II thy heart Is ~ sur.
,nom art frightfully unjust; put an
49,, viii always be my deai .t a,,,y
~ D., ever thy tender lover D.s a 49,
az hraok the union that sympa,ny' ,o,
can a.,,,,ac, have formed. tno"Sa :,