Show 1 f k w ei t M h w P f lOO r BY ALBERT TERHUNE D I LIU I ill u C BY ELEANOR SCHO A AO V O ht b br The Tb Pro Co Th IM New s wk ok World I ELIZABETH PATTERSON the Baltimore Girl Who Want Wanted d to Be Queen I race raco course at Baltimore was as T I thronged one autumn day a In I ha had l V with curiosity seek seekers erg who come corne to stare sture at a slender bronzed boy VV V of oC nineteen han handsome ome but weak of oC V V face who wore the uniform o of a French V army aimy captain The youth routh was J Jerome rome Bonaparte Joun younger el brother of or that Bo- Bo laparte who as first Inn consul of or France wa va already the most tall talked ed of oC nan man Onearth on onearth onearth earth and who who It was rumored was laying plans to be proclaimed emperor emper r V of or the French Jerome Napoleons Napoleon's s youthful brother was captain o of a al l French ship that had been sent on a mission to the thees West es Indies and had been chased chafed Into New ew Yo harbor by byan b byan an The lad had decided V since Inee he lie w was S here to nH make ke a tour of oC the United States Stater lIe He was presented to 10 President Jefferson and other dig dl V was everywhere e lavishly la en entertained en- en 3 and In due ue time found himself him him- self scle In Baltimore The news that Jerome was to be at V somewhat belatedly beV be be- V tho races was as brought V to the house of William Paterson Pat Pat- erson the Baltimore banker one of or the at nt that few very er rich men In America merlc time Pattersons Patterson's daughter Elizabeth a a. girl of or 1 17 heard the Iho tidings s of oC Jerome Jerome Jer Jer- ome Bonaparte's presence Curious to tose renowned a man se see the brother of so sho sprang pran upon one of or her fathers father's horses and galloped off If to the track There Thero her presence created create almost a as much stir as had that of or the French V youth For young as she was Betsy Patterson was as the reigning belle belie ot or Baltimore and she EhO he numbered her ardent ardent arent ar ar- ar- ar dent ent suitors by br tens and twenties t V hitherto no man hail had made an any lasting Impression on her heart Indeed It la Is doubtful do If I everIn ever In her long life she L was S deeply In love o e VS S nOX P. UTE I The stripling and anil the tho Baltimore b belle met Betsy Bets was waa dazzled daz- daz V b by the tho Napoleonic splendor It was well onell known that Napoleon Bonaparte was making himself master of or all continental contin continental con con- tin Europe Might ht he lie not one day da bo be In a position to offer his brother a throne And In that case cage would not the brothers brother's wife be he a a. queen There I never nc yet et had hall been an American neen I But that was sas no reason wh why there thero i should not be And Betsy Patterson latterson turning her back on all an other admirers admirer e made herself wondrously charming an and V attractive c to the French Fre boy bo Jerome's susceptible heart was at once captured Within a ver very short time lie he proposed to U. Miss Patterson anti and was accepted The French consul fearIng fearIng fear- fear Ing lug Napoleons Napoleon's anger did what he could V to tu break of oH off the match So o for Cor Corer er very different reason reasons did Mr Ir Patterson But nut all in vain vain- Bets Betsy was as completely V lost In dreams reams of regal splendor and an V sh sh declared cd to her father I 1 would V rather be Jerome Bonaparte's Bona Bona- I parte's partes wife for or one hour than the wife wire I V. V of oC any an other man for life All objections falling the tho young oung were married In Baltimore on Christmas eve ove e 1803 It was a gorgeous wedding e The bride brille wore an embroidered dered muslin dress ress with hobble skirt I and with but one garment beneath 1 it Said a guest afterward All she he wore might have been put 1 V Into m my pocket V VV V And fl now came the task of oC reconciling Napoleon to the match Bets Betsy d counte-d counted upon hor beauty to soften his heart 4 t Jerome Jeromo wrote him letters of or eager ap appeal ap- ap I ap-I peal But all aU In vain spoke I scathingly I of oC tho young person to 0 whom Citizen Jeromo Terome Bonaparte has ha connected himself and forbade her to set foot In France So she went to Englan Eng Eng- lan land Jerome hurried on to the continent conti Conti- nent flent to make mae a a. personal plea p 1 In her be be- be I be-I half Napoleon who meantime had become become be he- come emperor reuse refused to listen to him And he bulldozed h the weak youth Into consenting mee meekly I to a divorce In England lan Elizabeth's Elizabeths only anI son son son- I named for his father was father was born Napoleon Napoleon Na Na- a- a c arranged a state marral o be between he- he tween Jerome Terome and a G German princess In reward for fOl his brothers brother's cowardly obedience he made Jerome an a prince and later a tel lIng King of or Westphalia Jerome offered d Elizabeth a pension She Indignantly refused it it but accepted accept accept- ed an allowance allo of oc 1 OOl a year etl from Napoleon n oleon giving s1 as her rea reason rean n for rejecting rejecting- the lie first offer and accepting ac- ac accepting accepting ac ac- the second I III prefer to to be sheltered ere by the w win wins ry o of or an eagle to hanging tho tue bui of If a goose goose HATRED FOR FOIl For her recreant husband she he now nui had no fooling feeling except a furious con con- tempt Her sorrows had chan changed ed her from a spoiled but hut lovable lo girl Irl into a n bitterly cynical woman She hated America declaring that Its men could talk o of nothing but mone money making and Its women could think of nothing but their housekeeping and their children So So as soon as Napoleon had been driven tiny tiny- en Into exile she went to Europe to live There re she was surrounded by bJ throngs of admirers Byron Bron Byron Canova Cano Prince Demidoff Chateaubriand the great and a score of or others did homa homage e to her hel wit arid and beauty To ro all offers of love hove she turned a l deaf ear Sh She had had Quite enough h hor of or that foll folly Said clever er old Baron Bonstetten Bonstetten Bon Bon- stetten In speaking of oC her possible rights ts to her title tI tic of or Queen of or Westphalia West West- phalia phalla SI ell ells nest pas reino dc tie e Westphalia Westphalia West West- phalia die elle est cst au nu moms reine lIes des coeurs If she sire is not Queen of oC Westphalia West West- cst phalia phalla she sho Is at least Queen of oC Hearts ElI Elisabeth 11 lived ell on until 4 April 4 1 Si 9 dying in her hr ninety fifth year ear Only once in all att that time did dl she sire see Jerome Jerom again That was In 1821 While strollIng stroll stroll- Ing lug through a Florence picture gallery Satten she came caine face to face with him She passed him without speaking And as she did so she sire heard hear him whisper In III consternation to the German princess prInce he had married American wife There goes m my ruy |