Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-02

brothers anl sisters stomachs. He con- ceived hinSGf to bo the patriot par ex- CellcnCe of his age, and spent moro timo in delivering sCCialistic monSoCues than i'll cuntriving the means to rescue tho family from impending ruin.
 It was at this juncture that Napoleon began tO concern himself especially about the institutions and history of England. Along with his NeckCr he studied Smiths Wealth of Nations" " then only twelve years from the press Tho Elizabethan a2e-not indeed for the intellectual glory that was in il, hus for its political intrigucS-impreSSvd him greatly; and he undertook to do into fiction tho features of that era in a novel entitled tho Count of Essex. " Then ho flew back to his History of Corsica, revised the parts which he had sent to tho Abbe Rayual. and pressed on with the rcst. Alongside of Noltairo, ho would Sot up rival pro- duCtiun of his own, called tho Masked PrOphct'-a marvellous and impossible invention out of Persia! LitvrAturo was thus mixed with affairs; fiction flourish
 
 BOuapar,O Was ablo to Sct for her fam lily; and anathcmas of Ju>Cph's unpr0tit- ablo winv-shop Were illuminated with paragraphs about tho glorics of rebel lion.
 Eonapartp'a leave of nhScnce-So a ECrly SOucht-S0on became aS aSintOllralr,a to him aS to tho rcSt, His paper sayo him privilege to te away from his com nland for six months; but bIfOrC the end of tho fourth month-inventinS CgSuiS- tical rCasons-ho impaticntly left Cur<i- ca to rcjuin his company. During his stay in tho island, he had accomplished | mCthinG-SOmpthing that would havC been much in any other, He had induced the French intendant to ogrcc 10 allow his mothers claim. Ho had pushed for ward tho inert JuSvph to try the law as a profession. and had seen him installed i at BaStia. Hn had urged upon his Goutv uncle the necessity of patriotism! Ho had drawn up and submitted a system 1 of coast defCnScS for tho principal ports 1 of tho island. Ho had prepared a scheme 1 for tho creation of an insular army. He ] had studied and written necessarily at a furious speed, completing his Orl, rtal novel and his History f Curej,'A. ' 1 Tho latter was cast in tl,N ,Ni>toia-v 1 form, and was dCdicatvdtD V. ..>, i-,.., IF | MarbWuf, TOW promoted to the S,~' {, I i Sens.
 | Meanwhile tho Regiment I.a Frrc had been ord,r,d from Douai. tn AuNonur, in Cote dor. I>2 miles from Paris. Thithcr Napoleon rCpairrd. 10 rrjuin his command. i'll tho last week of May. Io>S. Hu took with him t.io manuscript uf his "Iistory If Corsica" seeking a pub fisher hut finding none, either at Va lcnca ar Lyons or AuXonno ur Paris vr anywh, rr else in this mundane Sphvr, forever.
 It would Nr impossible to define the montal condition of Napoleon at this stage If his dcvclopn,nt. Politically for though a soldier he was always q politician -hc went haltimg between tw" furV,S. I'll" ono tendency drew him ! puwvrtUlly towards tho local indvpend, encv Uf his native island. This involved hatred Ut tho conquest and annexation Of Corsica to France It also involved hatred uf Franco itself: of the French race; and of the French monarchy ! drew FranCVward with equal stress. Ii was from the powerful fact of Franc, that all bCncfits had thus far flowed tC tho family of Bunaparte. By France ht had himself been educated. Besides, Corsica, even as an independent state was limited field of action. France i: great. Franco utfvrs worldwide distinc tiUn. Our commission as Lieutenant d artillery is Frcnch commission. ant our very sword k a French blade.
 But our History Of Corsica is pa triOtiC and in>UrruCtiOuary document It Is inconsistent with our allegiance and hurtful Ia what Franco may prom i>e hereafter. Therefore We would bet ter shuttle. and rvwrite our book. Wi will put it into the mouth of q Corsicar patriot of the old GenoCse faction. t( which the family of our mother Ramo limo once bvlVnSvd. In its present form We mako a CNpy Of 1T, and send it to tn, great Paoli i'll LNudOu; but he returns il } to us. putting uS of with the COunse that We arv aS vet iI:.matUre, too young for writing history" and adding word! to the effect that OUT hook Is not suff cieutly original. Iu truth, our mind | a vortex. a mael>trorn of conflicting tides. Here at AuXunnC. during our stay of eighteen months. We will sit dOwI again, unsuitable, i'll solitary gloom, ana } ievour the greatest things thought ana } written by men whom We shall one day ; surpa>s and eclip>o!