Show 1 NA1OIiEON LOVE hEll i NO MISTAKE ABOUT HIS IICCARD POR JOSEPHINE I I M II ow I 1it INlIffrIt I h4 I IIaPtl mm tH d 1 II I I ftMlWZ lhp I I hut MtknS The meeting of Nipulcon and Jon lihlne wu in event of the flnt Impor One II la own account twice relate that n beautiful and tearful boy Ire tented hlnuelf noon alter HIP dlMtrnia I tnnt of lie sections to the comnuinder i of the clljr mil Rtked for the sword of lit father The request WM granted Cut nut dy HID tojrn mother Mine llcatihNrnal came la thank the gen1 rrnl for hit kindly act of restitution Captivated b > her graee Ikmnpiuto won thenceforward her slave A cold critic mutt remember that In the first place there win no disarmament of any body alter ho events of Oct B the only action of the convention which might even be construed Into hostility being n decree making emlgrnnlii Ineligible In-eligible for election to the legislature tinder the new conttllutlon Hint lu the second place Dili story attrIbute to destiny what wan really due to the friendship of llarrat n fact which his liencflclnry would Ilka to lime forgot ten or concealed and finally that tin beneficiary left another account In which ho confessed that ho dm met his wife at Itsrrst house till being confirmed by lurlen In his memoirs There lire hint too III arlotia con temporary document and In Ito clr uimslancc themtelvM that harms was nn adroit matchmnkcr In n letter nttrlbntcd to Joicphlnc but without ndUrow n bright light rooms to he thrown on tie fad Bho asks n remolD friend for ndvlra on thin question of Iho natch Afler n jocular Introduction of tier suitor as anxious to tiecamn > n father 10 Iho children of Alennndro do llefliiharnala and Iho husband of his vvltlow tho Rite ii sportive but incrcl leM dissection of her own character Abut dcrlaroii that while sho doe not love him she feels no repugnance Hut can she meet his wlthm or fulfill his drain I nil m I ru the general tour ORe Iho extent of iii information nbodt all manner of things lomirn tog which ho talks equally vvcMs Ibo ijulckneis of his Intelligence which makes limo catch the thought of another an-other grout before It U I ciprc wl but I conic t am ufrald of tho power ho seem anxious to wield over nil nboyl him Ills piercing scrutiny has In II I something strange nnd Inexplicable that owe oven our directors think then how It frightens a woman The I writer Is I ale terrified by tie tcry I ardor of tier suitors passion Iost her first youth how can the hope to keep for herself that violent tenderness which Is I almost n frenzy Would he not noon reaso lo tone her tint regret the mnrrlageT If so her only resource I I would be leoraA sorry one Indeed bul still the only one Ilarras declares r that If I marry lie general ho will no I cure for tile tho chief command of the nrniy of Italy Yesterday Ilonapnrte speaking of this favor which although not jet granted already has let his colleagues In arms to murmuring sold Mo they think I need protection to auto cecil Some day they will bo only too happy If I give them mine My sword la I at my tide and with It I shall I go far What do pout think of this assurance as-surance ot iticcessT Is It not a proof of confidence arising from excessive selfesteem A brigadiergeneral protecting pro-tecting tho heads of Ibo government i I dont know hut sometimes this I ridiculous Mlfrcllanro lead mo to tho point of believing everything poiulblo which this strange man would bavo I ino do and with hla Imagination who can reckon what ho would l undertake Thin letter though often quoted Is so remarkable that ns same think It maybe may-be u later Invention If actually written writ-ten later It wax probably the Invention of Josephine herself What motives may have combined overcome her scruples wo can not tell perhaps n love of adventure probably an awakened nmbttlon for n success In other domains that the one which advancing ad-vancing years would soon compel her to abandon She knew that lionaparto had no fortune whatever the must have known likewise on the highest authority that bath favor nod fortune would by her tuwlstanco soon bo his At all events his suit mado swift advance ad-vance and by the end of January hell he-ll I retire of Ills prIce On Feb 9 1790 their bans were proclaimed on March S the bridegroom r ere I veil lila brldca dowry in his own appointment on Carrots motion not on that uf Darraa ns chief of the army of Italy still under the name of liona porte on tho Tth ho was handed lila commission on the Slh the mar rlagn ceremony wait performed by tho I civil magistrate and on tio lllh the husband started for his pout In tho marriage certificate at Iarli the groom Gives hio ago noS but In reality lie was 27 the bride who was 33 gives hers as not qulto 29 Her name Is spelled IMascher his Ilonaparte Anew A-new birth a new baptism a now career a new start In a new sphere Corsica forgotten Jacobinism renounced Den end Mono Ilonaparla made their bow to lie world Tho ceremony attracted no public attention and was most unceremonious un-ceremonious no member of tho family from either side being present Madame Mere In fact wax very angry and foretold that with such a difference ID age the union would he barren |