The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-16

nothing so much as a scandal that would
have revealed the secret Of the comedy
played by her and would have proved be-
sides that, far from seeking TO do violence
TO Nine. Beauharnais, / was long since
tired of and bored with her" 1t is admit
ted that what BOnaparte said TO Josephine
on this occasion was the following: 81 am
quite sure from what you tell me that Bar
ras failed in his attempts on your virtue,
madame in spite of his not having the
reputation of a sentimental lover in the
habit OF signing at the feet of cruel beau
ties, but l have for so long seen you on a
certain intimate footing with him that
doubts might truly have arisen in any 9TH
er mind bat mine"
A very adroit reply is attributed to 10
sephine, but how could Barras have learned
of il? Either he must have heard it repeat
ed by her own lips, or he must have fabri-
Gated ii. The words put in her mouth are
these: why, had she not called at Barras'
house, would she ever have been fortunate
enough 10 meet Bonaparte? II she had Of
late gone there more frequently than be-
fore, had il not been from desire 20 meet
Bonaparte more often? If she had per-
chance overlooked many things rcpug-
nant 10 the elegance and delicacy Of her
morals, would she ever have done so
had it not been for tho consideration
ever present 70 her mind Of rendering some
service 10 her future husbandf For, when
al is said and done, If the manners of
Barr2s are somewhat rough and outspoken,
he Is, on the other hand. a good sort of fell
low and very obliging; he is a true friend,
and II once me takes an interest in you
you may feel sure he viii not desert you,
but give You warm support. Let Us,
then, take men and things as we find
them. Can Barras be useful to Us IN his
positionI Undoubtedly he can. and 10
good purpose. Let Us, therefore, get all We
can out OF him and never mind the rest "
ON Bonaparte Is said 70 have exclaimed,
with enthusiasm, If he viii but give me
the command u the Army Of Italy I viii
forgive everything. will be the first TO
show myself the most grateful Of men;
Will do honor 70 the appointment, and our
affairs VIII prosper I guarantee that ere
long we shall be rolling in gold" IL is
well known that Bss-ras secured for Bona
pArte the appointment that he desired.
Ii is IN the vonOmous fourth chapter Of
the fourth volume that Barras has dis
charged his Geadliest arrows az Napoleon
AT the r-sk of branding himself g. a biack-
guard ny disclosures which as he knew,
were never made b mer of his caste. Re
boldly charges rather than infirnates that
bonaparte brought his future wife % the
oir>ctorate az a time when he could not
think that the connection % Bar-as with
her Was a. an end. To prove the fsiseDess
o. the shameful imputa;ion IL Is sufficient
70 inspec- the Authentic letters .. Bona
pate written "a Josephine soon after their
marriage NJ candid nan can -ead them
without conviction that The trusst and
deepest love clctatsd TIE beautiful and
burning phra=es. CBQacst.onsbly Bona
T.srie- az a later day. hsrbo-e1 doubts A. 20
Josephine virtue, AID i = undeni2bie
that her iscrefions furnished matter fo-
suspicion. X i none TIE isss a certainty
thai az the time Of their marriage Bo1a-
sa-te believed II her and loved her ardent
y and blindly, thas passion alone. ne cal
,ulatlon, mate hin wish FOX AID resolve
tpo1 TIE union