The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

pomp Of royalty she knew next to
nothing; nor of costly frocks, exquisite
laces, or other rare and beautiful
articles of adornment. When Napoleon
learned that in order to preserve her
health she had not been allowed to eat
sweets he used to provide her with
| bonbons chocolates and other candies
At last the details Of the marriage
| with Maria Louisa were arranged and
Napoleon himself selected the trousseau,
| which was sent to Vienna for he be-
| fore the wedding. He not merely chose
and examined each article. but person
ally saw all of them carefully packed.
Three months after her marriage US
| girl Of Is wrote to Metternich: II am
not afraid Of Napoleon, but l begin to
! think he Is afraid OF me-"
That the Emperor's power could not
crush her spirit. as Josephine's had
been crushed, was proved later when
| Paris fell before the allies. When
| Napoleon was banlshed to Elba she tried
to go to him. but her father prevented
| every effort on her part to escape az q
join her husband. so closely was she
guarded that she was virtually pris
| oner, committed to the charge of
chamberlain, whom she first had seen
| at Dresden-Nelpperg man of ele-
gance and keen mind And 1t was not
long before he succeeded In undermin-
ing her moral nature. when Napoleon
was exiled in st. Helena she was liv-
ing openly with Neipperg.
When Bonaparte,- at 30. set out for
| Egypt he fully expected Josephine to
follow him, but for some reason she did
not do so. one excuse is that she had
suffered a severe fall from a balcony;
but others. including Napoleon himself,
believed she gradually became absorbed
again in the pleasures of Partisan life.
Reports OF her indiscretions continued
| to reach her husband and even that
early the idea of divorce suggested itself
to him.
But he had work to do In Egypt and
when he could free himself from toll he
| sought distraction in such gayeties as
Egypt afforded. rather than permit him
self to dwell with uneasy mind upon
the domestic situation caused by Jo-
sephne. Before his fleet had sailed
from France strict orders had been given
that the wives of all officers were TO
remain at the brigade depots: for which
reason the comparatively few who man
aged to get to Cairo did so by strategy
usually by wearing mems clothing.
Such women. as a rule. would be ready
for adventure, courageous and free of
manner rather than timid One Of them,
Marguerite Pauline Belleisle. had mar
ried a handsome young lieutenant
named Foures-"a little, fair haired
lady with. a brilliant complexion and
exquisite teeth. She would have been
attractive anywhere: in Egypt she was
adorable"
Napoleon saw her at the Tivoli Egyp-
ten, a pleasure garden. where spectators
| listened to band music in the evenings,
| watched jugglers and acrobats and in
other ways passed idle hours. lie was
attracted by her beauty, she listened to
him, and promptly her husband. Lieut..
Foures, received orders to set sail i'm
mediately for the coast OF Italy. Moth
ing was easier or simpler in the way
of getting rid Of a husband than for his
commanding officer to order him across
the Mediterranean on military duty.
| Foures went of course. The wife had
| however. scarcely been installed in a
house prepared for her use when Lieut..
| Foures Unexpectedly reappeared. Ii
seems that an English cruiser had cap
tured the ship on which Foures was
sailing toward Italy. Through a system
of military intelligence the English were
kept fully informed Of all that was going
on at Cairo and they released the cap
tured lieutenant IN the spirit of mis-
hief and sent him back to bis command
| ing general on parole
The joke was on Bonaparte. but he