Word: napoleons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...currency of which the inscrutable ones would not be so foolish as to quarrel. Thus, it is known that one "tomb" is furnished in the acme of masculine comfort, all its furniture being heavily upholstered in black leather; that over a bathtub hangs a portrait in oils of Napoleon; that each "tomb" has its windowless "shrine" or ceremonial chamber where the most unmentionable rites are performed; that the central motive of each brotherhood is mutual fealty and assistance in time of need, and the maintenance of a code of ideals, emotional if not spiritual, gentlemanly if not militantly "moral...
...daring undergraduate spies invaded the "Bones" tomb-and never more were heard of in this life. Others say that fabulous treasures and curiosities are stored within the various cryptic walls, brought there by brethren from high office* or daring adventures- the original Declaration of Independence, the very skull of Napoleon, a wolf shot by Buffalo Bill, a key to the main gate of the Vatican. Wildest of all are the rumors about what is done at the societies' meetings, for these begin twice weekly at seven and often last until four or five in the morning. Some say that...
...present titular heir of Napoleon...
Died. Prince Victor Jerome Frederic Napoleon Bonaparte, 64, pretender to the throne of France, head of the House of Bonaparte, husband of Princess Clémentine of Belgium (daughter of the late King Leopold), scholar, student, connoisseur; at Brussels, Belgium, where his large private fortune enabled him to live in the retired comfort which he loved. He was known as one of the greatest European authorities on the U. S. Constitution. He is "succeeded" by his 12-year-old son, Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, for whom Napoleon Clémentine will act as "regent" until he becomes...
...debt is to cede to us her possessions in the West Indies, which are of no use to her, but which would be of inestimable value to us as outposts to protect our coast and to protect the Panama Canal. Every one of them, to borrow a phrase of Napoleon, is a cannon pointed at the heart of the United States...