The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-09
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the heart Of Napoleon. and ne bent and
kissed the inheritor of his throne, the
perpetuator OF his dynasty. the King
of Rome,
Fastening away with eager steps to
the assembled dignitaries of the en-
pire. he shouted TO them, well, gentle
men, we have a fine healthy boy"-the
little king weighed nine pounds. He had
to be urged a little but he is here At
last" Now the imperial brow clouded in
a momentary reaction and he feelIngly
exclaimed, My dear wife, I want no
more children at the cost OF such suffer
ing"' DIR. Dubois received the title of
Baron and a gift OF $4,000 for his sue
cessful services, but the physicians
agreed in warning the Emperor that the
Empress could hardly survive the ordeal
again.
Paris and France and all the subject
nations still waited and watched for
the news until the signal battery OF
the Hotel des Invalides began to boom.
The city stopped and hearkened; the
people in the streets stood still; the
tradesmen in the shops came to their
doors; the women in the homes opened
their windows When they had counted
had ceased, 50 tense was the curiosity.
so impatient were the customers with
the pause. But as another salvo rolled
over the city, the roar of the guns WIS
drowned in the cheers of the people. and
Napoleon, with tears in his eyes. looked
out upon their rejoicing.
Mime. Blanchard sailed away in a BAL
loon to scatter printed bulletins in her
mai ~
reverberations Of the cannon. The sema-
phore telegraph flashed the message
through the sunshine that suffused the
natal day, and by noon the cheers were
rolling over the Empire from Lyons to
Antwerp. from Brest to Strasburg.
A courier raced to Vienna with a ju-
bilant note from the father to the grand
father and another sped to the chateau
Of Navarro, where the next day the door
of Josephine's apartment was noisily
thrown open hs an usher, who cried, "A
message from the Emperor" The di-
vorced Empress read: My son is a big,
healthy boy. He has my chest, my mouth.
my eyes. I hope he will fulfill his des-
tiny
Josephine disclosed no twinge Of envy,
but said to a friend in simple sincerity,
Il am happy to see that the sacrifice 1
have made for France has been of use.
and that the country's future is assured.
How happy the Emperor must be-" But
alas, the gift her intuition had chosen
was pin for a birl baby, One day she
was to receive a cIandestine visit from
the child in the little chateau II Baga-
telle, at the edge OF the Bots de BouIogne.
and press to her bosom the so- of Ma
poleon.
Napoleon and His Boy.
Marie Louise enjoyed a speedy coI.Ya-
lescence. leaving her bed when the baby
was but seventeen days old, and appear
ing before the public on the terrace in the
garden ten days later. The infant was
nursed for fourteen months at the breast
Of the wife Of a palace mechanic. and
the maternal instinct seems never to
have been very deeply aroused in the girl
mother.
The Emperor and the public were sur
prised to have the Empress insist on
accompanying him on a Journey through
the country only two months after the
birth, when she was away from her child
more than two weeks Probably the IT.
Tie Fellow was oftener in the arms Of his
tather than Of his mother The Emperor
proudly carried him to the palace win
dows to show him to the people, and he
presented him before the Imperial Guard
to receive his first salute. When his in
fantlle majesty tore to pieces a guards
mans plume one day while the veteran
was holding him. Duroc told the soldier
to let the prince have his fun ana he
gave him an order for two plumes to
take its place.
But the governess, Nine de Monies
quieu-'Mama Que'-did not huunor the
King in his naughtiness. When she
thought he was old enough to know bet
ter, she found a way to bring him out
of a spasm of screaming rage. She SIM
ply closed all the windows, and a. the
yelling urchtn lying on the floor saw ner
closing them, his curiosity was aroused.
81 did it," the governess soberly ex-
planned. $50 that the people would net
hear you. Fopl the French would never
have a King who behaved SO badly as
you have been behaving"
The governess. however. was alarmed
many times by the seemingly careless
and sometimes rough manner in which
the eagle played with his tender fledge-
ling. He tossed him about boisterously
rolled on the floor with him, weighted