El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23

they made a trip abroad they found
they were not strangers. Fremont was
made a Gold Medalisr OF the Royal
Geographical society on account OF the
explorations he had conducted in the
west. The greatest men OF Europe
flocked to him to learn Of the western
wonderland
Saving an Emperor From Anarchists.
In Paris. by direction or the emperor,
he had one OF the choice stalls from
which he and his party could witness
the entry into Paris OF Napoleon Ill as
enperor Of France. At this function
Mr.. and Mrs Fremont had as great a
scare perhaps as ever they mad III me
wild west or elsewhere
one Of their guests thar day was
Mrs. stewart widow Of the commodore
Stewart Of illustriOus memory. She had
her little grandchild with her. later To
be known to the world as Charles
Stewart ParnelL While Mrs Stewart
chatted with Mrs Fremont and Charles
Stewart Parnell sat on FremOnt's knee
the better TO see all that was 10 be
seen. two men entered who had man
aged somehow to become acquainted
with Mrs Stewart and had prevailed
upon her TO provide tickets 10 the
Fremont box
Fremont happened TO know one OF
them. as an anarchist. He realized at
once what the men had planned They
intended 10 assassinare the emperor
There was no safer place from which
10 attack him than from the box OF the
American senator and the widow OF
the great American sea captain
Fremont set down little Charles
Stewart Parneu and then, on pretense
OF showing something outside OF the
box. summoned some secret service Of
ficers. who overpowered the anarchists
before either OF them could draw q
weapon The would be assasstns had
TWO pistols apiece, and but for Ere
mont's alertness that day the reign OF
the third Napoleon might have been
The entry OF the emperor into Paris
probably was a sight for Fremont TO
behold but it was the marriage OF
Napoleon and Eugene that thrilled the
heart OF Jessie Fremont No fairy
could have appeared more beautiful.
she thought. and no human being
gowned more exQuisitely.
Jessie Fremont could have remained
in Paris forever and been perfectly
happy. she thought and 80, too, could
have remained her sister Susie, later in
life Madame Boleau. the mother OF
Philip BOileau. the artist they came
10 know Eugene and were charmed
with that dainty Spanish woman as 50
many other women have been
The splendors OF the Tuillertes- the
dainty beauty OF the TrianOn, the rich.
ness OF the salons. and the lav1shnesa
OF everything attending the second en-.
pire must have impressed the American
woman greatly in view OF what she
had experienced in the simplicity OF
camp life in mountain and plain in her
native country.
An Episode Of the Occult.
After all, she was happy to return
And with her return she introduced a
feature in the Protestant churches OF
America OF which few persons know.
Never until 1853 had the altar Of a
borne an Easter decoration Mrs Ere
mont persuaded the pastor of her
church-the Epiphany, in Washington
to permit her 10 attend to the decor
atinE- The floral arrangement she de-
vised won such praise that Trinity in
New York followed suit the next
Easter, and soon the custom became
with the return to America Of his
family. Gen Fremont had TO start
on the third OF the five transconunen-
tai expeditions upon which MS Tame
depends one episode OF this third
journey may interest particularly those
who believe in the occult
Fremont and his companions met
with disaster and nearly starved The
day of the disaster Mrs Fremont. IN
Washington. became so oppressed by
the idea that something had happened
10 her husband that she became i'll
For two weeks she could scarcely eat
or sleep For exactly those two weeks
her husband and his men were near
deaths door. Then. on February is.
1854. while she sat by log fra she
felt a hand rest on her left shoulder
and heard her husband whisper.
Jessie"
EA6 arose anu went 10 Ll6 room OF
her daughters. As she entered her
daughter. Susie. screamed She had
heard her fathers voice. she said
When Fremont returned. the entries
in his Journal showed that at exactly
the moment on February 18th, he had
written, Jessie. all danger past. we
are safe" his wife had felt his presence
and the wireless message from his
heart had gone to hers
Wonderful was the sympathy and the
love between those two They shared
every JOY and sorrow jointly and went
down TO serene old age, happy. To
Fremont came the honor OF being the
first candidate OF the Republican party
for president. OF q major genera1ship
in the Union army; OF another nomina--
tion for the presidency, which he de-.
clined. and OF seeing a transcontineataI
railroad built across the path he
blazed-
Perhaps he would never have
climbed so high but for the wife he
obtained by running away with
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