The Washington herald., 1914-03-01

France.
January = IsOe-Pacifed rebeious West
February T. IsOo-C Constitution ratified by people.
February Q. Isoo-Me1norial service for Washing
February 10. IsOo-Mored to the Tuileries.
THE people of the pretty little port
OF Frejus, on the Mediterranean
Riviera, sixty miles east of Tou-
ION, awoke of an October morning In
the year 1893 to she astonishing news
that Napoleon was entering their har-
Dor, having made a safe run of nearly
fifty days through the British block
ade. All France supposed him TO be
penDed up in Egypt Had he fallen
from heaven" Savary tells us, his ap-
pearance would not have created more
surprise and enthusiasm.
He did not dream of the frenzied
welcome that awaited him. On the
contrary, he was fearful of long de-
tenticn in quarantine. When the towns
people. frantic with joy. swarmed out
in boats and surrounded his ship, his
companions shouted warning TO keep
at a safe distance. as the vessel had
come from the plague-infested Orient.
But the people rOared: We prefer the
plague to the Austrians." While Ma
poleOn was absent the cOnquering SOL
diers of Austria had obliters led his VIC
tories in Italy. and the inhabitants OF
Southern France were in terror of an
invasion by the whitecoats.
The savior of France.
As with the popuist tion of Frejus, 50
it was with the French people as
whole. They preferred any evils Ma
pOleon might bring to the evils already
upon them.
His journey from Frejus was a tri-
umphant progress. News of his com
ing few ahead of him. Bells were rung
and bonfires lighted. When the an
nouncement of his return was made in
the theaters the performances were
interrupted by cries OF delight and pa
triotic songs. and Segur adds in his
Memoirs" that "a great nation sud-
denly passed from melancholy and de-
spair to pride and triumph"
Everywhere along his drive of 600
miles he was hailed as the rescuer of
the republic. The tumuItuous demonstra-
ton was. in fact, great popular election
and the voice OF the nation was heard in
tones that none could mistake
In his Souvenirs Birante says, ''peo-
pie embraced each other in the streets
and threw themselves in front of his
carriage in their struggles to catch a
glimpse of him" Every town he passed
gave him an enthusiastic reception. but
none. We may be sure. touched the same
emotions as VaIence when she welcomed
back the melancholy, almost suicidal sub
lieutenant, VINO only a few years before
had haunted her lanes and garrets.
There, while elling out an existence on
$50 a month he had found the combina-
tiOn TO the lock on the storehouse of
knowledge; there he had studied the les
sons of empire. At the gate of the
town he was greeted by Mile Bou, and
dian
shawl and a silver compass For this
favorite of fortune ever retained at least
one simple quality, q recollection of all
who touched his life in its palmer days
and a desire to draw them after him as
he sped up the heights of fame.
The Jealous Husband.
BY an unexpected shortening OF his
route, Napoleon raced into Paris before
the city awoke. 1t was o'clock in the
morning when, with the applause of
France ringing IN his ears-and there
is nothing more fervent or intoxicati ting
he leaped from his carriage and has
tening up the walk, entered his little
honeymoon house, to find Josephine gone
and the place full OF tattling Bonapartes.
who mingled their welcome of a brother
with their pity for the husband of q
faithless wife.
But poor Josephine. at that moment at
least, was not consolinS herself for her
spouse's absence in the company OF Ex-
Lieut. Hippolite Charles. now a prosper
Gus army contractor. On the contrary.
she was driving. furiously back TO Paris
after having missed Napoleon on the
road where she had hoped to surprise
him and tell her story first.
All day long her carriage whirled home
ward. and with every hour the angry
husband grew more resolute. Only with
the night did she come. and then to find