| Show As Seen been by v IRis is Associates HIS tIIS WEALTH TH AND LUXURIES r I il AD Napoleon sought nn All asylum HAD HO H In as a lifter I Waterloo Ito lio would have haO brought to thin ji p lIro ot of about Yet Yel this would oula have h vt lo ban n only a n I tithe lUlie nf or the sum m h hI he Im hat hall i hail by b for fora 1 rainy rain day Ila dur duro during during ing his hi it tu lease II o df ot unbridled pow lo pr et r The of ot Joseph Fouche of or police rt reveal l the extent and source source of the Napoleonic treasure Every Ever day d Ila j Napoleon observed en n news or ot Joy which he lie did not nol ds the Ibe ac of the tho enor ellor mows mou treasure stored In the cellars c ot or otIbe orthe the Ibe Pavilion lar ul They wore wor corn coot Pj ly with It II These Thelo treasures In ln ISIO 1810 to rear near In specie It was waa a residue ot f the two Iwo milliards Intro into by the effect ot of eo con COl tit west I Alter his hlA i In III u uw ISH 1811 Napoleon made w n R of ot Ids his list 1111 wn was WAR lh Reid 1 with l lif hud com lom nt acted two ort hr of Ihs he III Ills t table cost francs hg his i I d CliMe 2000 hll he lend hilt the disposal al of t the of o H a n fund Cund out of ot width which ho o made I Preens anti those who die To the quei qUOI then WM fund j o o 7 l put oC at the th c my Y for two lrea tren s of Ice p paid me II by Jl soviet CIol and Prussia Juat 1 ns Asked Askell It If ito ho had reo re ree f e anything from front Rusala he ho sold said I No Nil places 1 the tho treasure of oC Napoleon In Iii the he nt nl the tho In at Ht O trance francs lie Ito I that Nu NI drew out ou t for govern government ment 6 and that Ihal this Ihli Rift gift ICI rae subsequent to n a I demand mode made by the theM M senate that the entire privy puree purse of oC the tho emperor should be to 10 the public treasury who was nuis to 10 Nn No Nopoleon Napoleon un under der the HIP empire eat Ire miya s flu that IhM nt Napoleons annual Olt nt tine thu Ih civil lIt list amounted 16 l francs and that In III title this way he RO ao cumulated to The tote of oC the remains of at tills tide tress trea url ure nod the amount nr are also slated by hy He Ile says onys 1 01 tint that before tile the at or c of oC Par la by the victorious en RI RIle air He Iles le It was removed remo ll from Paris Pans tf t Or Orleans leans It watt n by IW a t decree of at the provisional government At the tine of seizure the vans ant holding Cite Hie treasure were tre sending In the Die and franc In III gold and sli sll sliver vet ver colon trance In silver sliver and Hilt gilt plato pinto and about 40 francs francK worth of or snuff snuffboxes boxed and rings enriched with diamonds which were Intended to 10 tobe be ho given Riven as its II presents lre Napoleon tinted stilted In III his hili will made mastic In ni 1821 1831 that he hart hlll deposited with Ith the Purls banker bunker the Iho sum snot of ot francs franca In 1616 1515 and Maria Louisa held In trust for or hIm O He lie le estimated his lilt private do namely money on palaces furni furniture tore ture plate Jewels jewel etc eto at nt francs Lax Lan Cases Case puys anys that fund deposited with La was WA contributed hy IW friends of or the tho dethroned emperor What vonden 14 years from Ma May II reign O to Elba had wrought In the per personal fortunes ot of Napoleon I From Prom grinding poverty the alien adventurer had hod leaped Into Inlo dazzling wealth Bay Sa In the month of April IM I Ire re returned returned turned to 10 Part lart where wh I met Inet Bona Roney Bonaparte parte purle and our college Intimacy was fully tully renewed mewed I 1 won aas n not lot very well off orr and adversity was Will hanging heavily on him hIm his hi resources re frequently ruled him We passed liaised our OU time limp like Ilka two yi ung fellows of or 21 28 who have little money mane and unit less occupation was VII always poorer than L I Every day dayve ve we conceived some lome new project 1 or other AVe We were ter on In the lookout for fOI soave mime profitable peculation At one me onetime onetime time he h hI me to Join him In rout rent rentIng Ing tog several houses hUI then building In to Inthe the Rue nUt I to underlet them mein afterward We found the Ihl demunda of or the Ihl landlords extravagant Jo failed felled When alone aJon dined at a restaurant where each arh dish co cost t tG G sous lIe He lord hud already his hili watch Th The necessity for fr thle hie economy only Is le I revealed bv by b Ills Itha brother Lucien when the th straps straits In to which the Ihl were wern living at Marseille Marseilles utter after their expulsion from Contra He Ito Heays nits ays Napoleon an tin artillery officer de devoted d doLed devoted voted oLed the larger part pari of oC his hill t pay 1 y to 10 the tho help of ot hoe his faintly In n our character as KII patriot rial anti and refugees wo we obtained ray ri ra of ot soldiers bread breall and suit some seine slight alight assistance enough to keep keel us see alive II II VI but we w were above Nil all aided l by y the economy of oC our banal mother mulher At AI this Ihl time Napoleon often otten drew upon the resources resource of lute hll comrade Junot who received Il regular remit I of or pocket packet money inane from his moth math mother mather er el In III the provinces province When the remit remittance mil tance was teas delayed the friends went hungry When fortunes fortuM he gave his ills own mother a 1 tel 1181 Itee and a 1 yearly early allowance of I ir franca nci i These on of lit early carbo poverty ns as R an Incentive to 10 were wen not lost on Napoleon who became noted nol for 1111 line In hU hits household hou His motto was Irene Be J economical nil anti even parsimonious l at It home be x magnificent In public At the lie seine Mine am time he h do de dello llo 11 tho the luxurious ways of ot a prince e ea Rays Pays a his hie valet Constant The rite emperor was VII born so ao to speak to tl bo ho waited on 01 honne a 1 vales dechambre de dechambre d chambre When only n R general line ra I he hue had M nil many as three thIM valets valeta anti Ind had hall elC with ai as much nUeh luxury ns nl at the height of ot his hla II n and antl from that time tine received r nil the attain atten attentions Ions I have Just described and arid which or nr r him linn tn to do It II was WAI shorn almost rt the ally allyc tI and in Un this IhU pmt lie Ito m In c ni ii Willi never umber ot his hi s servants servants the them with new titles mies and nd h have live more but bul lu t he to could co old ti not nol nt At Al all s sta Ifta rendered lid him personally P e r cut r e warmed d with a 1 hl his bill b bed d had hurt to I hI be arm sons son dur during n and It tl was Willi only g warming P pan weather that ho hr would hottest hoUt the very vary dispense dl with this Ihl Mme Mine de dt ease that he u used ed nn Oo bottles of nf a month ii his hi secretory Me that 1 I bottleful was w as 11 poured over 01 Ids his at nl his hili morning toilet loll 1 dally daily On tn n th Ihl the Italian campaign In th the private II effects of at Oat Oen were wera stored In fn a III d single n II leba baggage n e wagon Iva n i on tho th t he Hus Hussion Ru Hu s shin sion campaign r In In 1812 they filled u n Rotten caravan L I I I I Next Nest 11 1 Weeks le kR letter will contain some odd stories of Napoleon |
