The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-04-17
EMPEROR OF ELL "a
How Napoleon Conducted Hinseif
During Ezfi..


How Napoleon Conducted Hfnseif
During Ezfi.-
Elba was an island divided against
itself. there being both lmperialists and
royalIsts among Its Inhabitants. and
considerable party which desired indie
pendence. BY representing that Ma
poleon had brought with him fabulous
sums the Austrian and English com
mlssioners easily won the Eibans TO
fcrvor Of loyalty for their new emperor.
Before nighffall OF the 4th the court
was esta blished. and the new admins
tration began its labors. Having mas
tered the resources and needs OF bis
plzmy realm. the Emperor began 70 de-
ploy all hl. powers. mending the high
ways. terrifying the strategic points.
and creating about the nucleus OF four
hundred guards which were sent from
Fontainebleau an efficient little army
OF sixteen hundred men His expenses
were regulated 70 the minutest detail
both a. home and abroad: the salt works
and iror mines. which were the bull
warks OF Ethan prosperity. began at
once to increase their output and taxa
ton was regulated with scrupulous
nicely. By that supereminent virtue Of
the French burzher. good management
the island was made almost lndepen-
ent OF the remnants OF the Tuileries
treasure about Ave million francs
which Napoleon had brought from
France. The same powers which had
swayed a world operated with equal
success In a sphere almost microscopic
by comparison
Before long the Princess Borghese.
separated soon after her marriage from
her second husband. and banLshed
since 1910 from Paris for impertinent
conduct TO the Empress. came. accord
ing 10 promise. 10 be her brothers COM
panlon. and Madame Mere. though dis
tant In prosperity. came likewise 10
soothe her son In adversely The In
tercepted letters OF the former prove
her 10 have been at least as loose IN her
life at Elba as ever before. but they do
not afford a sufficient basis for the
scandals concerning her relations with
Napoelon which were founded upon
them. and industriously circulated al
the court Of Louis XVIII. The shame
ful charge has no adequate foundation
OF any sort
<apoleon's econmomicz were render
ed not merely expedlent. but inpera-
tive. By the fact that none OF the mon
eys from France were forthcomin
which had been promised In his treat.
with the powers. After a short stay
Roller frankly stated that In his opin-
ion they would never be paid. and de-
parted The island swarmed with
Bourbon spies. and the only converse
ton n which Napoleon could indulge
himself unguardedly was with Sir Nell
, Campbell. the English representative.
, or with the titled English gentlemen
, who Eratined their curiosity by visiting
him During the summer heats when
the court was encamped on the heights
+, at Aarciana for refreshment. there ap-
, peared a mysterious lady with her
child Both were well received and
> kindly treated. but they withdrew
themselves entirely from the publ
gaze Common rumor said 4 was the
Empress: but this was not true: Il was
the Countess Walewsks. with the son
she had borne 10 her host. whom she
still adored- They remained but a few
days. and departed as mysteriousiy as
they had come.
Base females thronged the precincts
OF the imperial residence. openly strug
Cling for Napoleon's favor as they had
so far never dared to do; success too
2 frequently attended their efforts But
a the one woman who should have beef
:. at his side was absent. IL Is certain
4 that she made an honest effort 10 come
> and apartments were prepared Tor hei
s reception In the little palace at Port'
Ferrajo. Her father. however. thwart
ed her at every turn. and finally shi
was a virtual prisoner at Schonbrunn
So manifest was the restraint that he
o grandmother. Caroline. Queen OF III
y = Two Slclhes. cried out In Indignation
I'll were in the place OF Maria Louis
D. would de the sheets OF my bed 70 ID
II window frame and Zee" COMMITTEES
e TO the charge OF the elegant and subti
Nelpperg.a favorite chamberlain whom
she had first seen at Dresden. he pile
her with such insidious wiles that a
" last her slender moral fiber was entire
10 ly broken down and she fell q victir
10 his charms. AS late as August Napo
n. con received imprisoned letters frul
her: then she grew formal and cold. q
% last. under Metternich's urgency. SD
~ ceased to write al all. Her French a
-, tendant. Meneval. managed 10 conve
the whole sad story 20 her husban,
but the Emepror was incredulous. an
'e hoped against hope until Decembe
ne Then only he ceased from his incessaI
20 and urgent aDpeals--Cenfrrv.