Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-31
He SHOOK TILE. WORLD
But Napoleon Died on Lonely South
Atlantic: island; r
CAREER OF NOTABLE ADVENTURER

Had Opportunity to DO Great Good fol
the World; But Sacrificed That op.
portunity in the e'ratiffaton of, Sell
fish Ambition. J. ~! -
On. a lonely wind swept island in the
South Atlantic one hundred years age
a gigantic storm was blowing: The
wind hurled itself against the rocky Bit
of land after endless. empty miles OF
the open sea;t it. ripped through the
gumwood trees, uprooting' them. crash
ing among the banana groves, whip
ping broad leaves to shreds. II fin
gered the caves of the few isolated
buildings. now and again it took a
roof, or crushed in a stable shed.
The Curtain Had Fallen.
At a small villa on the island. shell
tered by thicket of scrubwood, the
curtain was about to fall on the last
act of one Of the worlds great dramas.
Here within the villa stood Marchand.
there DR.. Antommarahi, by the window
Montholon, on the bed lay man.
Death was in the anteroom. Vignail
already had administered the last r}tes
of the church. IheEe was. oi''S ''ie
waiting left. .55,. -.
All day, May A. the storms ragged,
and all the next ;da Ssir The villa rocked
on its foundation trees rounaalnoat II
broke under the weight OF the WING ny! or
were, Plucked e out Rysshe Eoots. tns'oe
the SICK room the H.sn !leal Was III ue'4i
Gus stupor; dreams ef OLD l1, pattle neias
drlfted like smoke ~ 9: wfeashs N the 1loo5
light across the cloudea mina' plapoats
0 fthe old spienoiasspast resoui'oeu
dimly In his ears a9s4he !ss murmurea "
pleasure al the cotnhal!s- 'hese if'c'no
ries had for him. tHtsapndly seekers ai'-
er word OF the dEiag man caIne anu
: went through; the storm. put there was
no word save the releratea .<ot YET
At length The day Oh the o'n "oie 70 70
an emu, the tempest was o'o"i''s t'e
out. About 6 in the evening the Words
teta, d'armee fell from the lps OF 'he
I dying man. A moment later ne hao
passed forever from MS eaFlhty a'eet's
of empire; the curtainta1ad faeien-.Na-
poleon Bonaparte was: deao'
His Remarkable LIfe'"
\Wrecker, Waster or great oP2ortun'-
ties. an adVenturer. accompanying "fl!'
he did that he might daze the folks al
home, the man who bored GOD. Inc
antithesis of Christ the gfeatesr ego
tist the world has produceo|such mas
been called. On the other mana ne
stands the Inspiration or MIN Who
would struggle upward to the peaks OF
success-Napoleon OF industry NaPo-
leon. of fnapce.5-he VINO stands at the
head Of his fellows Is Napoleonlc-
eternal symbol of ambition, OF achie'e-
mept Of success. TO all men ne mas
been all these things; a century mas
not fixed his place. it only has testihea
that his name is written indellDly III
history. "
An obscure little CorSlcan' SNORT dnu
square of stature, nevertheless ne was
destined to shake the civilized world,
m hiring more than the half Of Europe
under his domination. He came to the
surface in the latter days of the French
revolution; there followed the Italian
campaign, Josephine, Egypt, first con-
sui Of France, Marengo, emperor Of the
French. JJlm and Austerlitz. Maria
1o,iso of Austria. Moscow, Elba, the
1J,n6red Davs. waterloo-so runs the
oo,,rrsa of his rerarkab BILE life.
St. Helena.
Waterloo was the end; there was no
tv;,;pbt for he was thrust Immediately
h,. tho allies who had beaten him into
49, oh,i,,;on of ST. Helena. America
h,a onnea1ed to him as a refuge when
49,. .,,n ,,ae,set but there was no es-
+no Ene,ihs His strategems
aoaa .s.rav at Rochefort. there was
othino r. do hut 60 aboard the Belle
,oohon ond tru st himself to the gene
.o.it,, Of his enemies.
ua wac ,,ten TO London, where he
VOC hold on sbipboard while his fate
,,,. bo;ne decided: trans shipped to