The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13

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-ody runs thus VIVA, ~nfaiuation' To
apT-a- a woman fancrd srrf. he VII
pil. hish ITO plans q tho M4ncio q
c~orp~.s. r~ckiug not Of "a. thousand homes
where -raldins tsaT- will hoN u IL the
apotheoes Of sentimental -so,ism and
-sial calousn.-- And W, this brain. With
- moral vision L~opcls.~ly blurred. Judged
u~r-r1nsly IN it, Own peculiar plan-. What
power u mus have Possessed, that tn
exhausted 10y the iiam~s q love. It srasf"d
infslllbly the myriad problems OF var
gaming them IA. NOR, clearly, ~p~rchsnc-.
In IA" white heat o. it, own passion After
IN. campaign Wa over came the tim" Of
fruitiuu A. Mnntsb~llo 90 fruition, bu, no.
q ca-- or full contentmen'. Not only did
ali average u eight dispatches a day CLAIM
several hours during which Napoleon ZEAL
ously guarded his solitude, but Josephine
behavior served TO damp his ardor Her
behavior IL thus described As during the
tine % absence she had sighted his urgent
cutrraties for a daily l-tter. %. too. during
the ~ojoum at M~ontebello. ale revealed
the -hallownes- and frvolty of Ter b~ins.
F"t.s. halls ard receptions. provided they
we're enlvcned by a Light cracke ~ com
pliments from an admiring circle. pleased
.er more than the devotion Of n genius.
>h" had admitted before marriage that her
',reule ronohdLanos' shr ank YEARLY away
from his keen and ardent nature: and now.
when torn away ron the salons Of Pans
she -a-ms 10 have taken refuge In enter
tainments and lapdoss.
II is conceded to be probable tina, even
a, this period Josephine envinced something
Of that warm feeling which deepcned with
ripening YEAR,. and lii up her later -orrows
with a mild radiance, but her recent as
sociations with Madame Fallen and that
gIddy cohus had ~accentuated her hAbite OF
feline CumplsisAnce to all n undry
Her facile fondnesses certainly welled
forth far too widely TO carve out q single
channel u low and mingle with the deep
torrent Of B~onsparte's early passion. In
time. therefore. his affections strayed into
many other courses. n IL would seem
that. even in the later part Of hi. Italian
epoch. his conduct was irregular. For
this Josephine had herself mainly 10 thank
Al last she awakened to the real value and
greatness Of the love which her neglect
had served TO dull and tarnish. but then
IL was too late for complete reunion Of souls:
the Corsican eagle had by that time scored
ItF DfNptu Tta'u " Nv uiku'TA rs
Jo-ephine's conduct during her husbands
absence In Egypt IL well known. Her
h1lson with a Young onicer. VI. Charles. had
hecome notorious. owing 10 his prolonged
visits 20 her country house. la MalmAison
Alarmed AZ her husbands return. she hur-
ried "a NEE, him, but missed him on the way
while he. finding his home AZ Paris empty,
ragged at her inadelity, refused TO see her,
and declared he would divorce her. From
this design he was turned by the prayers
- Eugene and Hortense Beauharuais and
The tears Of Josephine herself A recon
citation took place but Their" WAS no reunion
II hearts Thenceforth he lived for Glory
alone
T. i voln'ed out in the book before us
that discussion about the coup d tidi % the
is' h BrumAire OF III. lgh Of November, 1893.
generally confused the issue a. staAe ~
gnorng tho difference t-tween the over
throw e the preCtory and that o! tic
Legislature The collapse 81 the Dir~ctorv
was certain to take place, on the other hand.
few cNpect.d that the Legislature @! Franc
would ukeWi-a vanish. Vanish Il die.
no, for nearly half a century had France
another free and truly demccratic repre-
-rtAtive assembly This result a. Bru-
mAire was unexpected by several Of the
mon who plotted the overthrow 81 w
popular Dirs'tor- and hoIei for the nip
ping ~ Jacohn.cal. or Royals'. designs
Ia our authors opinion, ,here - no event
N French history more astonishing than
he disJ-rsAl 81 the Republican Deputies,
most II whom desired a change 81 person.
asI. hu, no, a revolution in methods ~
government W. are reminded that until
a few days previously IA. Councils had the
ALLEGIANCE 81 the ~populaoc and % the sol
di-r-. the troops al ~ Cloud were loya! TO
the Constitution. and resp-c'ed The per-
sons u ~. Deputies. until they we're do
lud-d by Lucien Bpnaparte who. Il will -
remembered. vas President 81 the Council
o. Five Hundred For a few minutes the
fate - Frame trembled In The balance
and the cou-p.rsiors know Il. Bnnaparte
couf-~sed it by his incohercnt gasr.nss
SeySs had MS carriage ready. with sr
horses, Tor hight. the terrible cry. 'kors "a
io,' u raised against Bonaparte IN the
heart q Pari-. would certainly have reused
the populAc. TO fury IN the cause 81 liberty,
and have s~ep, the conspirators TO the
cu..lutine. A. Il VAS. the AFFAIR was de-
cidrd IN the spli'u!cs Of ~ Cloud by
Luoien md a battalion ~ soldier
Were the events - Brumsifc inevitable'
The defenders Of " oleou answer In the
afirmaily" Mr. Ru-e's studies have lei
him - \ different conclusion. II II lmpus-
sible. he thinks. to HNamine those events
closely without Observing how narrow
Vas he margin we~n the success and
failure 81 the plot. and how jagged Wa tho
edg" - Al sra.r which philosoph zsrs seek
70 III ~ with their symmetrical explanations.
In ruth. TO event Of world-W!de linpnr-
tarc" vas ever decided by circumstances
- 'rains There - hut on" step from
triumph 20 a fall. ] have sen tha, in the
g~r"at"st AFFAIR." a little thing hA- always
decided important "v'njs'-So wrote Bona
Iari- three wears before he triumph NJ
- Cloud D." might have written u 81 that
event II - equally questionable whether
u can h" regarded az saving France iron
anarchy liz admirers. il j. true. have
-tuN"E 90 depot France 40 trodd,n doWn Nv
invaders. dissolved hv anarchy md saved
only hv the s'ruk" 81 Brumalre. But she
was already Triumphant. il was quite poe
sihle that III. would peacefully adjust her
governmental difficulties. they were GER
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