Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-22
SUGGESTIVE RETORT MADE BY
THE BEAUTIFUL JOSEPHINE.
CAREER WHICH FOUND IT'S
TERMINATION IN PARIS.
Lion and His Beautiful Girl Mother
Napoleon's Relations With a Young
Woman Who Was Cursed by a
Villianous Husband-Ieon's Career
of Dissipation and Litigation.

vas responsible for the downfall OF
III empire, and who himself, when AZ
rived at mature years, attempted to
aSSaSSinate IN afterward successful
aspirant for imperial honor. The tale
is 4 tangled u of love. ambition, hate,
and intrigue. In connected form it is
also new to history.
When Napoleon returned from Aus
terlitz to be hailed by the French as
the greatest conqueror Of the ages
his cup Of glory held a drop of bitter
ness. There was no son to succeed
him IN the throne he had won with
the sword. Alas! that we are child
less" he sighed one day. But l am
not" retorted Josephine, spiIftedly.
This allusion to Eugene and Hortense
Beauharnais carried with it a wealth
of defense and suggestion on the part
of the empress. 1t had been
made before-not once, but many
times-and to its yelled taunts were
largely due the numberless intrigues
undertaken with loveless persistency
by the master Of France.
ANOG IOAS dlLCl, lHC NAOcC u
January, 1906, the emperor visited the
Princess Caroline Murat, and among
her attendants took particular notice
of a girl still in her teens, who had
large black eyes, a wealth Of midnight
hair, beautiful features and in form
the statuesque perfection Of a goddess.
Her name was Nine. ReYel. Less than
n rnny hnfnpn Chn ha1 IAnJIysinI EpO
the honeymoon closed, charges of fOrg-
cry were brought against her husband.
He was in jail, awaiting trial; she was
under the protection of the Princess
Caroline.
Napoleon changed all this. Revel
was promptly convicted and sentenced
to two years Imprisonment. On Feb.
13, 1906. his wife asked for a divorce,
and the decree was granted on April
% of the same year. On Dec. IS, 1905,
a male child was born to the young
! woman at % Rue de Ia Victoire, Paris,
who is described in the official register
as Leon, son OF Mile. Eleonore Den
uelle, RENTER, aged twenty years, and
of an absent father" On Dee. 81 the
news reached Napoleon at POltusk, and
then it was that he resolved to divorce
Josephine as Il preliminary to a union
with some cOnsort who might present
him with an heir to his power and
dominion. How this determination
was carried out and how ~disastrously
it resulted are among the best known
facts of history.
The record of Icons mother is the
record of a girl brought up to regard
her beauty as a salable commodity, a
marriage certificate being a preferred
incidental, but not an absolute neceS-
sity. She was born Sept. 13, 1877, and
christened Louise Catherine Eleonore
Denuelle de Ia Piaigne. Her mother
! was a beauty and the father had some
wealth. Neither possessed Scruples.
The family lived in the Boulevard DIES
ItalienS and entertained a great deal.
AS their fortune dwindled, the parents
saw their daughter grow in physical
grace, and they resolved that she must
make a wealthy marriage. So Eleonore
was trained in much knowledge gen
orally forbidden to modest demoiselles,
to learned to subordinate all sentiment
or indiscreet desires to practical huS-
handwriting.
But the fairy prince failed to show
himself at the DenueIle salon, Or, if he
did, was frightened away by mammals
effusiveness and papa's attempts to
effect a loan. Poverty crept closer
and assumed Il more disagreeable
aspect. Something desperate must be
done, and Nine. Denuelle decided to
exhibit her pretty rosebud at the thea
tiers. SO night after night the two
visited the playhouse, while monsieur
waited outside to escort them home,
the state of the family exchequer not
permitting the purchase of three seats.
1t was also reasoned that the presence
of a man in the party might act as a
determent on the advances of the gal
lants of the first empire.
One evening an officer in uniform
glanced at the two ladies. He was at
tracted by the fresh loneliness of the
younger, and admired respectfully the
| mature beauty of the elder. His hon.
age did not appear to offend, and ne
ventured to speak. Thus the acquaint-
ance began. He called at the mansion
in the Boulevard DIES Italiens, and en-
dured with singular patience and
courtesy the attempts of Papa Den
uelle to deplete his purse. To the
ladies he Einted at love, and they sug-
gested marriage. So it came about that
at St. German, on Jan. Is, 1905, Eleo-
more was taken to wife by Jean Honore
Francois Revel, captain. in the Fiji
teenth regiment of dragons, detailed
0 n the staff of Gen. d. Arrange d'Hau-
granville.
Now, Capt. Revel was a rogue. The
first thing he did after the wedding
was to resign his commission. giving
! as a reason that he had secured a con
tract to furnish supplies to the army.
His real object oon became apparent.
He wanted to devote his whole time
to perfecting his wife in the arts of fe-
male blackmailer. He had married her
because he thought her beauty would
become his key to the strong boxes of
wealthy debauchees. Like Papa and
Mamma Denuelle. he had no scruples.
and as for the girl-wife-well. who can
blame one trained as she had been
since childhood? The scheme collapsed
in March by reason of the discovery
that Capt. Revel. while in the army.
had forged many pay warrants. They
locked him up, and Princess Caroline
took pity on the beautiful grass widow,
with the results already chronicled.