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OF NOBLE LINEAGE, But
A TRUE AMERICAN

tour around the country. being handsomely
entertained in many places
Napoleon heard of the marriage In March
and was highly incensed. He had other
plans for his brother jerome, and insisted
.ia; the ,uns man should leave his bride
ard return to France to take up his COM
mand in the army. Many efforts were made
to reconcile Napoleon to the marriage, but
without avail. and finally Jerome and his
wife started for Europe in one of William
Patterson's sailing ships. The vessel was
bound for Lisbon, Portugal
Upon arrival at that port the young
couple Immediately experienced an example
of Napoleon's power. He lad by that
time become emperor. A French guard was
placed aboard the ship and Madame Bona
parte was refused permission to land. Je-
rome left his young wife. with many ex-
pressions of affection and promises of indy
ing fealty, and proceeded to Paris, while
his wife sailed for Amsterdam. She was
not permitted to land there, by order Of
Napoleon. and went to England. where she
was received with almost royal honors
Pitt the British premier, desiring perhaps
to emphasize Napoleons tyranny, gave her
military escort and made much Of her.
Jerome had stormy meeting with the
emperor, who upbraided him bitterly and
charged him with leaving his post of duty.
The emperor secuted at the young mans
love affair and dismissed it with a wave
of the hand. telling him to be off to the
army and make haste to do something 10
reinstate himself. He never saw his Amer
can wife again. Yielding to the pressure
of Napoleon and the promptings of am
bition he married the daughter of the King
of Wurtemburg and subsequently became
King Of Westphalia and was made prince
of the empire and an admiral of France
In 1905, July 7. a child was born to
Madame Bonaparte and was named Je-
rome after the husband from whom she
thought she was only temporarily sepa-
rated. In the same year Napoleon en-
deavored to have the pope annul the mar
riage of Jerome Bonaparte and Elizabeth
Patterson. but that dignitary refused. de-
spite the powerful pressure brought to bear
upon him. He declared that the marriage
was in every way legal. and that the
church declined to sever the tie. Napoleon
ruled the courts of France, however, and
In obedience to his mandate they declared
the marriage dissolved, and Jerome was
compelled to consent to the divorce.
Mime. Bonaparte's Later Life.
Madame Bonaparte returned to America
after few years sojourn abroad and spent
her time at her fathers country seats and
In Baltimore. Upon the downfall of Ma
poleon she returned to England. and in 1915
went to Paris. where she became a great
favorite in society. Her son Jerome was
left at school in this country. and he kept
up correspondence with his father. although
he did not meet him until the year 1928.
Madame Bonaparte in the succeeding few
years spent most of her time IN the shadow
of European courts. She is said to have
conceived a dislike to republican inStitu-
tions and was intent upon her son marry
ing titled woman. The young man had
other ideas. however. and In 1929 he mar
red Miss Susan May Williams, In Balti
more. This was severe blow to the am
5itious Madame Bonaparte, but she accept
ed the inevitable, remembering perhaps her
own disobedence TO parental advice and
authority.
The revolution of 1S4S and the election OF
Louis to the French presidency seemed to
Madame Bonaparte to open the way for
European career for her son Jerome, who