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Show MEANT TO RESCUE NAPOLEON. British Smuggler Planned Submarine Boat for the Purpose. Ono of the earliest suggestions ot tho submarine was that of a British smuggler, Johnson, who Invented a boat that was to travel under or above water. With this vessel ho proposed to carry Napoleon from St. Helena, but tho emporor dlod while tho boat was under construction. The adherents of the emperor promised Johnson $200,-000 $200,-000 on tho day tho boat was ready to start and an immense sum If it proved successful, Some years later Johnson built a boat with which ho experimented experi-mented In the Thames for the Ilrltlsh admiralty. In this connection It may be mentioned that one of Napoleon's marshals, Massena, began life as a smuggler on a large scalo and Commodore Commo-dore Thurot of tho French navy ot that tlmo obtained his knowledge of tho Ilrltlsh coast while In tho otnliloy of a smuggler. |