The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-04-04
AJAcc1o.

tpCai Ia "',r,es street as it was whom all the
ip 81 .re at Home. Letitia, the Peasant
f'p" ar OF Kings. and her Husband the
Solnel -i-bed Notary. The Roy Napoleon,
lnp"' p,aymates Nicknamed "Straw
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s yn CORSICA, March l, 1901.
.r,m it's natural beauties this
"" ,s,ad island capital is not rich in
s@ ,f fnterest"-its one attraction
P'. rDa boyhood home of the greatest
S'- modern times. The guide book
D'' .p the Rue San Carlo, Place de
~ and oil seeking the locality you
D''' .r.,ed to find dirty alley, bare
'' M. feet wide, faced by square the
y brd- blanket, but brilliant with
ga Tive celebrated house is in no
j" i..u-,sned from its neighbors of
T' uutrepossessing exterior. ex-
T., Marble tablet above its closed
~ .,rrbed i'll weather. immed let
wv .,,. r Bonaparte.' Yet it was
w. .+. a of the best houses of its
l.r5-ra-a four-storied, plain
| uture, succeed yellowiSh-
4led hat roof, topped by a
u r4tory and many windows
-... m everlasting grey jalousies
t. very easement in Ajaccio,
..-. md street are entirely de-
knocks upon the heavi-
,,.a.I Ioor bring no response;
temale voice, behind the
'....-. $50 adjacent house, informs
.-,.tt roncierge lives in the cot
.v. md If the Place" Thither
...I. u3 the result that the Bona
.-,..au inally unlocked by dila-
man of voluble tongue,
-.ss- patois of mingled French,
so.r... ..Y Italian. renders the infor-
s4.. - pours forth well nigh null
mwV
t-,. older houses of the Latin
,r. -.u S little to be seen on the
..t Hou. the historic home-even
.f us being on the second. A
.M.H.. If stone stairs goes straight
,..ro.. front entrance, without the
--.fm.IN VI lobby or hall. Under
liz ..s0 re- closed doors, suggesting
4.- house runs back a long
Nd, r.. I. the ground space once an
7rr. manifold purpose of stable,
aur. and Woodshed, sheltering the
.ms horses, pigs and fowls, ac-
.7.M- Universal Corsican custom.
,47y. .is ground floor-so says the
-u--- are extensive wine vaults and
r.4gr lars having side doors open
fl, --.I E streets that surround the
.s.O rec sides. Like a flash,
mg-tu-utttu incident of history re-
-.,.- v.Gr mind-how the young Of
y ~.eon, who had not yet won
al. escaped this way after his
. the patriot general, Paoli.
...u MAS sent to arrest him, as
7.I the Corsican cause. By
lac 1ioor of his room the flu
uI descended to the vine
ynee made his way to a yes
port- already hosting her
-o cen taken, he would surely
loot and the history of Eu-
H" 100 next quarter-century would
very different reading from
the guide up the stairs
the same rusty iron rail
andS of all the Bouapartes
-.l and your feet in hollows
i.s which their feet have
ume to a broad landing at
p' aoor. On either side are
- lamented, double, folding
ooking up, you observe the
Nu cement at the third and
~ of shallow steps doubling
. Duemselyes to landings. After
0. H1.ng with her k eys-now-a-
.9.5o Hom used-the woman throws
.@'' Ift-hand door, and you enter
-f- luare drawing-room. There
mt N' ndow, and that is curtain
.0EY tapestry adorns the walls,
"0'4 1It several mirrors and small
H'- frames of furnished gilt.
i' ' lnlaid with hexagonal red
ass PEE Corsican fashion. In the
4l'c ander crystal chandelier,
dlu- able of dark wood, with white
df.' hat looks like a tombstone;
@d5 J3 the four sides of the room,
'1s l2 straight lows, as for a fun
"a. ~. east twenty chairs and two
g- t'eA sofas, all upholstered in
''V -rtOa silk brocade and with slen-
7L Ng looted legs. Nothing here
'0a@ -N' east bit home-like-though
'l ~ base been restored to precisely
''.m-l state by the ex-Empress
'sro- Who owns the house, it having
'rl "'..-- TO her by Napoleon Ill.
ADJOINING this is the study, or private
-'r 'i Napoleon's father, NJ. Carlo
ld1e bolaparte, who, as you know,
~" solicitor, without much practice
" li'lt IT'S he was poor. If this was
y iu- tine, he must have been rather
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