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

| pretensIons on Hocle so far as to wish
that he should secure "A divorce in order
that she might marry him, but feeling
Of tender esteem bound Hoche to his
young and yirtuous spouse: he had per
haps neglected her connubially, but he had
not forsaken and forgotten her for the sake
Of passing gallantry due to chance
meeting with Nine Beauharnais in prison.
He had, consequently, repulsed with hor-
ror the suggestion OF divorce, " although,
as he told Barras. Nine. Beauharnsis, in
order TO win him over. had spoken of inter-
ests of fortune and influence, assuring him
that she could give him sure support with
the new government. particularly with one
'over whom" she added, "she had great
ascendancy.'' 1t i likewise asserted in
these memoirs that long before these dis
,ussions Hoche had discovered that Nine
Beauharnais did net even respect the
sentiment with which she seemed most
penetrated, and that passion did not pre-
vent her from entering into all sorts of
calculations, while, at the same time, not
operating as bar To any of the diversions
Of inndelity" According to BarraS,
Hoche had repeatedly acquired the certain
~ of this, and. in particular, from one of
lls
ais being the bearer Of a letter from him
20 Mime. de Beauharnais, had been tempt
I'd by her just as Joseph was by Mrs. Poti-
phar; but, unlike Joseph, he had not left
his garment in her hands.
NapoIeon's Lovemaking.
After this Introductory reference to Jo-
sephine the author digresses, 70 compare
her with Nine. Tallien, who, since the 9th
Thermidor, had been the feminine dictator
IF republican society IL Paris. II was, we
are assured, impossible for Nine &c Beau
aarnais 10 enter into competition with
Nine. Tallien in the matter OF physical
charms
BarraS declares that BonaDarte was one
IF the most asSiduous frequenters Of the
Luxembourg Whether il was that Nine
Tallien's beauty had captiyated him, or
whether he believed the report that she
possessed greater influence than Mime.
Beauharnals. il was u the former that IN
The first place he addressed MS vows and
attentions. These were soon followed oy
8 declaration Of what he called ms uncon-
:uerable passion We are assured thAt
Nine. Tallien replied 70 tho little enain-
ired Corsican in a cOEtemptuous lAs1lon
rhich left him no hopc. she went 50 lar
s. TO say 10 him ironically that STE beiiev-
"a that she had something better than him
After such defeat Bonaparte considered
shat. beaten in one direction. he might do
veil in another - ne conceived the idea
Of paving his court 20 Nine Beauharnals
and as he had some knowledge OF her Gu
,idity and interested motives ne began 70
make her presents 81 dress and jewelry
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