The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-20

naparte House, and some months late
there came letter to the exiled King
that he never was able to read without
weeping. 1t was from Bertrand one
OF the faithful who shared with the
Emperor the dreary routine OF ST.
Helena.
There was one paragraph In thi.
letter that was blottcd with tears. the
tears Of Bertrand and the tears OF
Joseph.
For the last two hours" it read
Tho neither spoke nor moved. The
only sound was his difficult breathing
which gradually but regularly de-
creased. His pulse ceased. and SO died
surrounded only by few servants. the
man who had dictated laws to the
world. and whose life should have been
preserved for the sake OF the hapn'.
ness and glory of our sorrowing coun-
try. Forgive. prince. hurried letter,
which tells You SO little when you
wish to know so much. but should
never end II 1 attempted 20 tell all"
Prince Reckless.
Kind and gentle was Joseph Bona
parte. but at times he showed the
sternness and obstinacy of his great
brother. One Of the mem bers Of his
household was his nephew, Prince
Francis Lucien Charles Murat, son OF
Marshal Murat. King OF the Two sici.
lies. and Caroline Bonaparte Through.
out the Bordentown county the youth
was known as Prince Reckless." He
mad all his fathers dash, all his hand
some looks ana all his charm In a4-
dltion he was s wild as a March hare.
Before long he had Bordentown scan
dalized. lie loved to gamble a,,I ne
loved to drink and he was no. partic-
ular who he gambled or who he drank
with. He spent his nights at the White
Horse Tavern Or tho American House.
In vain did his uncle command him to
mend his ways.
Then one day he caused a real sen.
sation. He eloped with Miss Caroline
Fraser. one Of the bellies Of New Jer-
sey. Democrat though Joseph Bona
parte was at heart. he declared this
was mesalliance. and he announced
thatgthe bride might have the pleasure
Of supporting her husband. for surely
nothing would be granted from the
Bonaparte purse. And nothing ever
was. The prince squandered the money
or the Frasers. He squandered what
he could get from such relatives as
would help him And when he had no
more money to enllven his nights at
tho taverns, he was not above consort-
ing with the stable hands and the
shopmen II by SO doing he could ne
igotiate a loan.
When not a penny was LEFT. the
princess In order to save her home.
Linden Hail. from tho sheriff. decided
to open q boarding SCHOOL. With her
sisters as assistants. she did SO. From
far and near she got pupils, for with
q princess as instructress the school
needed no further Recommendation "a
the newly rich, There was less Of the
classics than of fine manners in the
curriculum of Linden Hail, and It pros.
pered so we'll that the prince was able
occasionally to jingle gold coins in his
pocket and play the grand seigneur
again at the White Horse Tavern and
the American House. But he never was
permitted within the confines OF Bona
parte House and never was recognized
by his Uncle Joseph. III
Farewell. II
Bordentown, accustomed to the sight
of princes, marshals and statesmen, was
startled ono day In 1882 to learn that
the King was going away. The long
expected turn in tho affairs or tho
Bonapartes was believed TO be at hand.
and Joseph was en- route for Europe
to help seat Napoleon's son, the Duo
dc Reichstadt, on the throne of France.
But alas for the hopes Of the Bona
parties! On the very day the King left
BordentownSth DUO de Relchstadt died.
All the hopes, all tho plans Of the
Bonapartes were Els wrecked, B and the
Bourbdnss We're saved for q time at
least. III S83 ~ 4. III ssg n
Ia IT was not nEtil81SS7 ~ that Borden.