Show NAPOLEONS DEATH I 1 at oix aix in the evening on the ath of may 1822 the emperor napoleon napo Mapo teon died at st hend hedd atter aler a ruei ruel truel imprisonment of six eix yeat year byears years the latter tatter daya daye c bis big me life weir almost exclusively dire directed cled lo 10 religious thoughts he wab waa exceedingly weak suffer arg great grcar pain and arid often in extreme dejection of spirits one evening but a short time fline I 1 before bala faia death he made the following remark able confession to count Mon uon upon the throne surround surrounded fd by genera generals sll ail far from devout yeb yes I 1 will not deny it I 1 bad too much ega ezard rd for public opinion and far too much timidity and perhaps I 1 did not dare to say aloud 11 1 I am a be believer lever fever 2 I 1 said jell jeli gion is 11 a power a political engine 2 but ean then if any one had questioned me directly I 1 should have replied yes gyes I 1 am a christian y and if it had been necessary to confess my faith at the price of martyrdom I 1 should have found al my firmness but now that I 1 am at st helena nelena why should I 1 dissemble that which I 1 believe at the bottom of my heart I 1 desire the communion of the lords supper and to confess what I 1 believe I 1 will not force any one to accompany me the there re luul lluu thoice who love me will follow me even in these solemn hours ot of approaching dea death tb he chehad had no penitence to express impress il in view view of it a political career for b ais his 15 motives had kad ad been exalted and his measures went bent IB in the tbt extreme grai gral ude and wid well weil found ed pride he aoud y 41 4 1 I 1 hay hays halloc d the revolution ullon ulton by infusing i into our laws la lawa aa bly aly code is the sheet anchor which will save france and entitle me to the benedictions of posterity the tile plan of level ng agthe the ali all alis ails 9 was one ef the first formed at of my career I 1 had bad entered itala ital and finding that the communications with paris occupied a considerable time and were attended with much difficulty I 1 endea elidea i vorel forel to render thein the quicker and resolved to them through the tilley of the rhone I 1 also asbed to render that river navigable and i blow up the rocks under which it and disappears I 1 bad had sent engineers OH OR the spot the expense donld have hayi beed been ft iseda con sitt slit erable and end I 1 submitted the plan to the directory but we were carriea away by even a on my return from egypt we applied d our hammers to the alps we executed what me the R rumans humans mans b h d not dared to try and traced through brocks blocks of grai granite kite a solid and spa elous road roadcap calab ab e of resisting the ef of time As restless with pain and aad burning with thirst lie taista pon on his hib pv pir l 11 liw he be said to dr antommarchi Antom macchi this is not we ife it is mere existence death will wiil sok sot bom bog n tei tel minate my a suffering offerings Is 10 wha what t sta state to am ana 1 I doctor everything seems to weigh upon ine e to fa igue me jae I 1 ican lean can sarce barce bar sar marcely cely ys support UP myself have you not amog among the re e sources of art anything eny thing to revive the play of the machine ile he had bad some gesh ash in a pond near the deor door and be was fond of feeding thein them with crumbs of bread suddenly they all died sadly be he said you see very sery ery we wei wel I 1 that there is a fatality fita tita liy lly ily attached te to me that I 1 love that beings be angs to me is imme dia ely 11 at length the hidden bidden disease which subsequently proved probed itself to be a cancer in the st mach so p ost rated him that he rarely left his bed ad a d the pain was so greet great that but seldom he could get even a moment of sleep doctor 13 said be what a delightful this resu resi il let ane bed has become for me a place of luxury how t f lien am II 11 1 I whose ac i li vity w a boundless am now plunged into a lethargic stupor and add must make an eli ell effort art even to raise my eyelid I 1 sometimes dictated upon different subjects to four or five a secretaries cret aries arles who wrote as fast as words could be uttered but then I 1 was napoleon Napo Kapo leoa now I 1 am no longer anything one day be he vainly endeavored leaning u upon Us on others an othera arin rin tf to walk across the room nis his limbs imbs sank beneath him so rhey are exhaust e 11 al lie he see there Is no ito hing hin gelse else mere skeleton skeletons everything must have an end I 1 ai au fast approaching mine and I 1 do not levret it for I 1 have indeed BO ro reason to be b attached life 1 the ibe I be news newa caine caute oe ose day of the death of his bis sister eliza it threw bim him into a state of stu stupor or ilis his head bead fell uil pon upon his breast deep signs escaped him and for a ion lon long iong 11 while b be e uttered nt nit a v ord then ther fixing his bis eyes intently upon he be doc or be lie paid you see that llizo bas has justa justs 9 own ownus us the A ry dath death winch berino ten ben to overlook our rami ys y new now re te r e gins gink to strike it my turn cannot ie le far cig gig ji tant taint I 1 have ilio liko 0 o longer any strength activity cr or enfroy ent cut arky left ift I 1 an no n longer laager Ha hapon hadason pason paden tle the 4 faist at a ct ef our out fanady rau fau ay iy who well rill filow fl ow eliza to the grao grav Is the grea great napoleon wha who here drags on a miserable existence who sinks sinka under its weight but who however still keeps europe in a state of alarm As for me all is over my days will oon soon end on B tb th a miserable rock dr A was an infidel one ealr ay dr na he ven ventured t red to assume a contempt contemptuous ous expression ot of countenance in view of some gome religious lous conversation which was pa alln alig between the las E emperor m r 0 r a and n d the abbe ahbe vig vi g all napole naple a sa said baid ille to f 0 him severely you arean are an athi athneal eak eal sir be an athlean if you will but anfor as for me I 1 will fulfill fulfil all the duties which religion imposes and seek all the solace which il it administers adin in int Y T then he n turning to tte abe abbe he said 1 I nish kish wish tish you to say mass in the chapel chapai every d day a Y and continue to say it after my deat everi evert death you will not cease till after fter I 1 am ain buried As soon as I 1 am arn dead I 1 wish you ta to P liace ilace a co a crucifix upon my bosom and your al altar altan t ar at t my head bead and you will not omit solemnizing solemn izing the sacrament of the lords sper per and offering dally daily prayer until I 1 au aza buried burled thus day al after day lingered sadly along until the 2 ad of may alay the emperor was then theu in n a bur burning ng g fever and his mind was in a delirium hib his spirit was wandering through the be scenes of the past and moved amidst the carnage e a anage and arid uproar of the field of battle at on time he be crid out wildly stel Stel neel ndel desaix massena victory is declared run hasten pst be the charge they are arc aunt in li k ti fagernes ea nernes gernes with that momentary astren strength th which adelinum deil dell ilum gives he be leaped from frota 11 his b bed ed but fell proal rate to the flior finor after a f feir hours tours the fever abated and reason ie xe turned 1 I am verv very ver vii fal ill eaid paid he be iam lam am going todie to die dle my paon peon chinese servants do nt let them be forgotten I 1 must take cire care c ire lre of t them also in his will be he had bad particularly remembered all of his ft f i lends and are those frela free whom he bad received any acts of kindness at two in the afternoon of the ad of 0 may after a ver touching conversation with bib bis fr friends lends who surrounded bis his bf bedside adside sent for abbe Vi gnall and reC red received elved the sacra sacrament anent of the lords supper after the solem golemi oddi nance p the placid expression of his bis countenance i indicated the peace which rested within his bis soul toul he slept quietly th rought me night and in the morning he be sai sal to bis valet open opera the window marchand hare Mare hand kand open it w wide de that I 1 may breatt e the good air which the good god hl hag made lif tiie the night of the fourth was dark and stormy the dying hour bad come uhe the tb little household at st helena heleda were all gathered around their dying friend the emperor lay unconscious and motionless very heavily and occasionally uttering broaca and almost inarticulate words tw se e I 1 thought sa baya bays a count montholen Mon tholon that 1442 I 1 dc tiie tile the unconnected words wordes france francq army headst head ot the army josephene Josep heDe bene 17 at s six bix i x ol 01 c 1 oc dack dick in the evening as be he was lying u upon p on li his i 1 back with one arm arro out of bed antl anil his eyes fixed as it if is in deepest d meditation be le gently and without a ceased to breathe just aa as the sun waa wao dec defending ending r below the horizon sinking behind the clouds of ot that sombre and tempestuous day the spirit of napoleon Nap ocon took its flight irto into the dread mi usa known isle of elba napoleon were the lat last utterances utterance a at of the true and loving joephine Jo ephin ephine france the arav J jsephine se phine were the met last words which trembled upon the lips ups of we its ayli g emperor abbott |