Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica

that here was one before whom there lay a brilliant future. Restaurateurs, laundresses, confectioners-all trusted him. An instance of t

climbing five flights of stairs, basket in hand

from his books and

ock missing," s

ed the remaining halves into one. One good sock is better than two bad

u?" cried Napoleon, touc

ns Gene, demurely, "unless you will escort

good will that do

e point. I want to marry him, but, encourage him as I will, he does not propose, and as in r

, besides, I have loaned my dress-suit to Bourrienne. But I will fli

arried Madame Sans Gene, and subsequently, through his own advancement, made her the Duchess of Dantzig. The anecdote s

Corsica and take it out of Joseph, which I did, much to Joseph's unhappiness. It was well for the family that I did so, for hardly had I arrived at Ajaccio when I found my old friend Paoli wrapping Corsica up in a brown-paper bundle to send to the King of England with his compliments. This I resisted, with the result that our whole family was banished, and those fools of Corsicans broke into our house and smashed all of our furniture. They little knew tha

ht the French army could sneak into Toulon unheard and capture the city, which was, to say the least, unscientific. I saw at once that Cartaux must go, and I soon managed to make life so unbearable for him that he resigned, and a man named Doppet, a physician, was placed in command. Doppet was worse than Cartaux. Whenever anybody got hurt he'd stop the war and prescribe for the injured man. If he could have prescribed for the enemy they'd have died in greater numbers I have no doubt, but, like the idiot he was, he practised on his own forces. Besides, he was more interested in surgery than in capturing Toulon. He always gave the ambulance corps the

Having occasion to write a note while under fire from the enemy's

asked the general, as a b

" said Jun

returned the genera

e finished another bomb exploded near by, scatte

dence!" said Bonaparte, with an angry glance at the hostile

edn't mind that. There will be no extra charge. It's

squeezing it warmly. "In the heyday of my prosperity, if my p

neral," wa

a! ha!" he laughed, a

n I am Jupiter I

oncerning Junot, which was the first link in the chain which u

e de B-, whose grandfather was the bass drummer upon whose drum Junot was writing the now famous letter, and who was afterwards ennobled by Napoleon for his serv

in various ways, and particularly with a "u," as Buonapar

e said to Bourrienne, "and it is just as well that I should settle on one. If I don't

ociety verse for the comic papers, what's the use? Newspaper reporters will refer to you as Napoleon B. Parte or N. Bona Parte, and the public hates a man who parts his name in the middle. Parte is a good n

rter, and I'll gain time writing it," said N

urrienne. "Bonaparte w

k of Dr. Johnson

government, he was shortly superseded, and lived in retirement with his family at Marseilles for a brief time. Here he fell in l

h will enrich posterity, while I'd infinitely prefer having a rich uncle somewhere who'd have the kindness to die and leave me a million. There's Joseph-lucky man. He's gone and

eon left Mademoiselle

earch of e

ene's laundry," he said. "There's no disgrace in washing, and in that way I may be able to provide myse

ention which ruled France at this time, he learned that the feeling for the restoration of the monar

"The members look to me to save them in case of attac

th a turn at scene-shifting when they are not playing war dramas, I don't know what I'd do for my meals; and even when I do get a sandwich ahead occasionally I have to send it to Marseilles to my mother.

"A man of your size,

mob of fifty tho

e which in French runs, 'Petit, mais O Moi'-or, as they have it, 'Little, but O My'? Well, that is me. {1} Besides, if I am small, t

on it," said Barras,

s self-co

and now come into the cafe

Barras. "You can't afford to pay fo

want you to dine with

on't serve me because

hey'll give me everyth

ou will pay the bi

nier, vraiment!" said

poleon, not famili

!" explai

you'll order a bottle of Burgundy with the bird I will

13th Vendemiaire (or October 4, 1795), he literally obliterated the forces of the Sectionists, whose success in their attack upon the Convention would have meant the restoration of the Bourbons t

comprehension, and remember that the comprehension of a royalist is largely affected by his digestion. Therefore, gunne

tentions to the digestive apparatus of the rioters were so effective that, in token of their apprecia

his simple manner of living as of yore, overlooking his laundry and other bills as unostentatiously as whe

one morning, as the two men breakfasted. "It i

is tedious. Families are delightful when the children are g

But suppose I told you of a place whe

once becam

one to look after my clothing, particularly now that,

the house of Madame Tallien, where he introduced him to the lovel

amily complete-one wife, one son, one daughter. What more could you want? It will b

oleon. "How do

e so," retu

s mind on the instant. "I will see if I

announcing his marriage to "the only woman he ever loved," said: "She is ten years older than I, but I can soon overcome that. The opportunities