The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-11-01


may not be deported from st. Helena
Piontkowski shall be the first to eo.'
The tmpulsivc Pole Is also detected
trying to send a complaining letter to
England by Lieutenant Maggie, whooe
departure follows an interesting cpl.
sode in which pretty Mrs. Magic ID
slandered by the plain and envloua
wife of Captain Younghusband. Thia
ENHANCEMENT puts Piontkownki on
certain limits, az he discovers when
he applies for a permit to attend q
woods party out OF bounds. On q
wedding occasion, and gets this an
swer from the governors aide:
II am directed by the governor ia
acquaint you that In consequence OF
Captain Pionkowskrs conduct on
several occasions. and particularly his
late communication to Lieutenant
Maggie, you are not to acquiesce in any
proposal on his part for quitting the
boundaries of Longwood, or COM
municatinG with any person whatso-
ever except with General Bonaparte'n
own family"
Poor Piontkowsli.' says our au-
thor here he is already putting his
traps together, having heard on the
4th Cor at latest the 5th) OF his Inn
minent removal, and he~ must needs
carry away the gall of this final hui
initiation! Do you wonder that he
nursed in his breast a lifelong re-
sentiment against Lowe whom sullies
in pages and tinges even his bio
graphers? They say the best way to a
mans heart is through his stomach.
The surest way out. apparently. is to
dish him Of a dinner!"
October was the month OF our ex-
lies deportation.
Previous to his departure Piont-
kowski was given instructions by Ma
poleon. which Gourguad tells US he
wrote, out on the 18th. He received
the livret. or certificate, given In APP
pendix A, besides a substantial graf
uity; was made Chef d'Escadron, or
cavalary major. and empowered to
claim two years pay in advance from
the family OF Napoleon. On the 18th
he embarked on the David transport
for the Cape. He was accompanied
as far as the Alarm house by all the
generals, who embraced him and took
leave of him with marks Of regret
in Gourgaud's and Montholon's cases
presumably feigned.
A Department Without y Farewell
From tho Fallen HOnaparte.
Though the departing follower
dearly wished to say farewell to his
master, the emperor pleaded indispo-
sition and RETAINED from seeing him
on the ground that 1t would have
caused him 'trop de peine,' whatever
that may precisely imply. Possibly he
foresaw another Northumberland
scene, or feared an access of jealousy
on the generals part The depriva-
ton might well have ranked in Piont-
kowski's breast; that 1t did not gives
us, / think, the measure of his hero
worship.
ut was one OF the little lronies OF
his life that he left Longwood few
fected him and whose society he most
valued, moved in from Hutt's Gate.
The grand marshal, in GourEaud's
words seemed tout drole' that day.
and Nine. Bertrand gave the young
friend they were losing a gold chain
"A no mean present for the exiles"
There were some things smuRgled
away from the island by the depart
ing exiles:
III we may credit the remarkable
document given in Appendix F-and
on this particular theme 1t is. think,
neutrality-suspicious. took away
quite batch of letters from Napo-
leon to Cambaceres, Fouche, Carnot
and Merlin de Douai Santini In ad-
dition charged herself with other
letters duplicates p for the same per-
sons, and besides, three decorations,
of the legion of honor, the iron crown
and the reunion, and finally two locks
of hair for Marie Louise and the
Duke of Reichstadt.
incidentally. Piontkowski was also
intrusted with lock of Napoleon'o
hair for Capel Lofft--the second gift
of the sort made by the emperor to
the English jurist Rousseau SNUG
gled a map of st. Helena for the
American sympathizers. while lastly,
Archambault seems to have got away
with nothing more Illicit than a full
purse and a clear conscience"
The remarkable document" here
referred to is a statement by way of
Philadelphia of the plot said to have
been furthered in America to rescue
Napoleon from st. Helena and take
him to the United States.
Arriving in London, after his de-
portation, "Piontl1owski rejoined his
long expectant wife. and took rooms
in house of a Scotsman, Broadfoot
by name, at No. 50 Berwick street,
Soho. Here he assumed. rightly or
wrongly. a certain political import
ance; and as he mingled with the
Maceroni set. who. under the
of Wilson and with the
help of Holland. Burdett and others,
we're initiating press and parliament
tary campaign in favor of Napoleon,
he naturally enough became suspect
IN the government and was noted by