Show THE HEART OF NAPOLEON I in tho village of in bretagne Bre france resides an old english physician mr thoa cartwell 83 years of age who U in the habit of telling to the pre tenda io to the franco americal Amer icam on may and 2nd 1821 napoleon I died at longwood st helena after having rendered hudson lowe his inhuman jailor so unhappy that lie after hia return to england lost his whole fortune in fool harly speculations on the exchange the ladt companions of the exiled emperor bertrand montholen Mon tholon gourgard Gour gand and LU asked for the services of a medical man ospert in the art of embalming as soon as the death of the august friend ivas ascertained beyond doubt hudson howo who immediately furnished alio an italian by the name of anto marczii who bad acen attending tho emperor during bis illness anto marchi was not slow in putting him balf at tho disposition of las cazas who was just then putting the last touches to his celebrated memoirs but when Antomarchi was notified of his task lio hesitated lid had not expected such a serious call he lacked the necessary instruments he needed at least two assistants diable i exclaimed bertrand only gee hudson lowe to draw w from our perplexity and he wen to relate o the commander of the station the cause of his embarrassment hudson howo at once sent a special message to english frigate in tho harbor and asked for two navy physicians with tho requisite materials for embalming one of these two of the english navy was thomas carlwell then a young man of 20 yeara well informed with brilliant bearing tho on ho ath of may about pm alie operation wn tho corpse napoleon I waa taken from alio death couch and placed ort a long marble table was iniba as late as cheri Nap bloon III bought vilh ho amonoy of tho french nation the last habitation of the man ho claim edlo have ance ino process of embalming bad not been completed when night in the nurge ons antomarchi and his concluded hot it was necessary to postpone tho operation until tho next morning unless aney wished to poil their work by bungling thus they decided on going to bad and taking the up in tho early dawn tho corpse of tho emperor was covered with a black cloth and sprinkled with abo to prevent ita ion and alio organs which had been detached from the body were placed in metaldo meta lUo curaton tho operation table all things arranged the embalmer were oon in deep oblivion of all thing ii it was fcc arcely an hour when marchand the vialet of the illustrious dead rapped at carthella Car twella door gentlemen come down quick A great misfortune has occur redl ahau aked ed geon fc on hw anu unu orin the y i heart of the emperor has been eaten by was aej wasi the asland was overran over ran with rats in tho absence of marchand rats had penetrated into alie operating room and noticing the heart victor f Auster an d jena in ft cup made a meal of it the valet saw them when ho entered and could only witness alie irreparable loss what was to bo done alie doctors met tho case ivas difficult it was impossible to conceal alio llio loss of the devoured organ as alio operation had commenced before witnesses and waa to be continued under the game inces to confess tho accident was to dioio marchand to severe reprimands and to bring ridicule upon the memory of abo great dead if wo could only get a cheeps heart said cartwell in addressing antomarchi with the timidity of a hunter throwing bait to a bear alio four assistants looked at each other hesitating but little then they commenced smiling like u quartette of augurs they understood each other marchand rushed to a neighboring farkhad farm had a sheep killed and brought the palpitating tating heart back on tho morning of the ath anto marchi and his assistants in tho presence of general Bertran dand M de montholen Mon tholon finished tha embalming of tho emperor without anybody in the society suspecting in tho least tho fantastic adventure of the pro ceding night thus the heart of a sheep of st helena has been reposing for the last thirty tareo years sinco 1846 under tho domo of the invalids at paris |