Evening star., 1914-02-08


Malmsison was hers
We: u was Josephine And the gtri
bahy was Eo"t~nsc
Eugenie ad ma; teG dc Bcsrharnais ss
croissy C-,u-~'; when still an AWKWARD
sIrl. PatheticaIlv she Lad flnd TO Croissy
when she found herself :l:one again.
But one dav Mainaaison awolSe TO life.
grating ra-ls water vo-lls contractor
bought TIE place and brought his guests
ard nIa,r.iison Was closed 90 Jnserhtne-
+; siscc'yed the yoaas -icthe- 60 dAcision'
II ST.. c.. u not afr her Children IN an
ot,,e.'s -rourG= she m IS. find grounds o.
her owr. Ter al.no,v came irresEfarl'
She was aitros; foreigner. Martinique
vas her only gNsosrcc. She MADE me
trip realized on family property. an"
Nine iEosteg, who had q country p'aae a.
t'roiSty
As eaes, Of Nine ITos-en she met the
.voutonarc crowd Ta,iier. sarrre-
Real. Charlotte R"h"spierre The rc"o-
luton was getting bloody 1rn"y eav hef
The tip 'f':t your son apprentice ~iit
III. rarpen.... of croissv. it wall be- a Ger
titicaJe Of rrpublicstnism for yon.
Was none too soon FOR = as wiao~ V',h
:, norIo nam. E.r siste--in-law. dc
Beauharnais. was alrcad5 arrested. T-,-
ing to got her o,it Josephine got in. The
revolutionary crowd roie.t sod her. but he
separated husband hai been separates
from hie noti., head Md widow Tor
good, she fed. again TO Croissy.
~ CROSS, safe even for republican.
she met Iiecie and Hsrras. They hclpea
tho young w.low IN so;ne specviationf-
All began rising .ogethc- in tHe world.
in PARIS size met Napoleon. II waA 10 +"
AT first sight In few months fley
were married. ON lis return from italN
Josephine began 10 get nil idea ho~ great
:. man she had married He was looking
for a corn-r. place 20 purchase Whsl
kind" asked Josephine = cha eau. cyl
dent!y.- said Napoleon 1t took away
bar breath Stately Mairnaison iLtshed
across her mind. Il know "A place said
Josephine ,'Mal.naison at troissy
They bougat Malnaison and heid The
consular court out there IN summer. -,
nation nut St Cloud and Fontainebieau
al his disposal but Napoleon prefeireo
Malmaison. 1T iS our own place he
said And on the lawn he FED to3acco I"
the pet gazelle Of Josephine untii the
cent?, creature crazed with visions, tore
the ti.ny sheath gowns of the pair anS
according to the Duchess Anrantes. oit
their legs.
Happy DAYS for Josephine. onlk 10"
soon she was to liv. alone again al NAL
rnaison on the edge of croissy-
After the divorce the senate maintained
ber in the rank Of crowned empress Win
siIo coo a wear and the chateauk OF Ma
yarre and Malniaison
Napoleon turned il over 10 them for m
purpose.
To MaimaiSon Josephine retired AGAIN
Nalrna;son became silent park. Again
young mother walked with her two
children in its shade. They were Eugene
and Hortense, growing. growing Mas II
all a dream? Josephine would smut aer
ewes Again she saw herself and her TWO
toddlers come from cro!ssy to this PARK
The place was unnhabited. She had been
glad. She had her book. None warned
her off.
Then Josephine awoke tn the reality.
she had her book. Her children walked
beside her and Nalnaison park was hers.
none to molest or warn her or. She lived
there alone. She lived in a musuenl q
th.. pastathe same that tourists see to-
day. II was already Josephine's museum
while she dwelt there.
And Eugene whose life was SO Like.
yet so unlike, knows this Sne is happy
to put her sons memory with Josepaine
and Hortense at Malrlaison.
STERLING HEILlG.