Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-24

where Catharine awaited him. She rose up, ad-
yanced a step or two to yards him, and saluted him
with much grace and dignity. As for jerome, his
aspect was that Of n b0ur, who looked ms ii he had
come there because he was ordoted to do 40. lie
approached he princess with an air OF brusquerie
and mdidiSe. After n lew words had been ex.
changed between them, she pointed to the chair
near her, u brief conversation ensued about her
journey. Befure long, Jerome rose ~. and, in the
voice Of a 6ourqeDis, said t. her My brother is
expecting as. | do not wish to delay The pleasure
no will have in welcoming you AZ his sister. The
princess smiled aud. bow ed aequiescence;hut scarce
ly had Jerome Withdrawn from her presence, when
she tainted away. We carried her to the open
window, aud bathed her temples with can de Co
togne, In u few moments she recovered herscli.
aud attributed her iadisyosition to the excessive
heat Of the weather but | understood only too
well the bitter conflict Of womanly feeling aud OF
royal price which was raging in poor GATHERINGS
breast, not to euess ut the true cause OF her Indls
position"
When Madame Junot announced to the princess
that her equipage was ready, she rose NJ. and
gracefully thanking her for her kind hospitality.
said she was ready TO depart.
What were the desOlate feelings Of poor Catha
rine's heart, during this twilight drive from Ram
ey to Paris, no human being knew. nor what were
her miserable antic!patiOns OF the intuie that lay
before her. On her arrival NJ the Tuileries, she
found the whole imperial family assembled to re-
~ nv o"pO
grand staircase, to bid her welcome She attempt
ed to kneol aud kiss his hands, but he fastened u
raise her up anu "iser embracing ne', coh'uc'en
her into the Saloon oi me ,hr""e' "ne,e 10 pre-
sehted her 10 MS assemoieu iah',iy as taer e's.er
anu uaush'er' one was 'n"eu'a'eiy su'ro'"uoo'
careseeu' ana "ea'eu ''o" '''' 0"e ''''e'
Of the emperor.
Such were the opening scenes in the welded
life Of Cathsrine of Nuremberg. Need it he added
it was one beset with thorns, rather than strewed
with flowers? FUrced to bestow her hand upon a
man from whom she instinc;ivcly shrank as icing
in her opinion espoused to another. the unhappy
Queen of Westphalla had not even the poor salts.
faction Of being treated with respect by her royal
husband. Many were the humiliali0ns which she
suffered at the court of Cassel, and che bore them
all in silence. Faithfully did she strive to fulfil the
ouerous duties of her position, and never was, a
single murmer suffered to escape her lips. The
only happy moments Of her crowned life were
those in which she clasped her infants to her
arms. although, perhaps. the name of Napol-
con, which had been bestowed upon her son, often
br ught II pang to her heart, MS reminding her OF
him through whose Unsuitable ambition n hopeless
blight had fallen upon her opening life.
Time passed on. The e%ventful year of 1914 Is
elapsed. Napoleon had fallen, and those modern
dynasties. which had flourished in the sushine OF
his power, were whitening away beneath the shadow
of the "lloly Alliance. The Queen of West
phalia had taken refuge, with her children, beneath
her father's roof. Jerome had joined his brother
Napoleon in Paris, on his return from Elba, and
had carried with him thither all the bau3les OF
royalty. in the hope that. at no distant day, he
might once more appear IN public with these insig-
MIA of power. In this expectation. however, he
was quickly disappointed. aud on the evacuation
Of Paris. he retired with the army beyond the
Loire. His situation being now a very precarious
one. he gladly accepted q refuge in the chateau
Of DOuy. where, under the assumed name OF Gar.
nier, he was Hospitality entertained by NJ, Ouvrar1
The eminent fnancier. Owing to the frequent pres
ence of military men who were quartered in the
chateau, jerome was obliged to remain secluded IN
his own apartments. One day. in a moment OF
ennui, the ex-monarch opened a trunk, took out his
royal robes of state, together with many brilliant
orders which had been bestowed on him in his hap
pier days, and clothed himself in all the magnif-
een nd y;h ho, 5,or 81 hs anarmsn. onsned ond
AZ 6nrrara ontarod The a;screet fnancier was
oston;shed ~ smcb ~, oct Of ;mnrndsnco IN tho
nart az b;s c,ost ond fo,r;n, n, n renntitinn OF
T.. ell 80 49,, hs soora, % tho whole
hovsoboId a6d thus ;ovo,ye Tho family in nolitical
donaor ho nonnseiled .Jerome mo hanger RI delav
80 49, or Ernn,o
- - - ~ .-r-L. A.
oh 'Ie ioiio"ing moruinS' peioro uhyns"', u
aefosea King was on MS way 10 tue eastern iron.
ter' whence ne hasteneo 10 6tu,'e''r', o"'e'ipR
10 secret MS 'atoerinia" . pai"oe' uesousu' hs
wiie 10 procure LOT MIN q WELCOME u 'ne nohe y,
hcr chtiunoou "nu yVu,n' IL P.iu''e'' INV
only oil heT huspands lorlorn position, ~e'crn ni
nim hea,tiiy U" her apartments ~" VI uo
ARRIVAL however qu'cK'y reacheu tne ears VI ue
ning OF "ortemoerg' whose p"s'lou maa1 nih
SHRINK IRON commuhica'ioh WIN any vi 'ne nona,
rarte family va inc ioiio"ing morning, 'nere,ore
ne sihgniueu MS pleasure otne eA,quee" NM ~,
husband must iortn"itn qu'th' s pa'hce' u cou'u
NOT harpor neneatn ns reo' one" " p'o'c.ioeu
ano ou'ia"eu fanny. p"in"ng ou' W ner, az '"s
same tune ms eA"nnple" Mar'a h'u.sn' WV ~
CJnotuteu W u etl Ihip h'i az
aiso eApressea ~ uts're " an 'n'ei'.e" -" u
naugn.er, ,pat ~ nisns u' N.Y. NV
empoa.'oniy ll"n ~ 'HI los"i 'p'i lux pa"
cess royai n"ueum.e'y " w, p'en. ,
r,epiy' WHICH me'ns d plru W .ne nm y al
'n"se ha'"hs Nne.e ~ ). o"Gn my nm
% no"" ~ '0e' "e N"o"
ny oeau''u' 'e'"o:
SIRE: Your Majesty ha. SUNNI med me thi
t morning To your presence. For the first time il
NV lite. | hav denied myself the pleasure of obey
E ing yoar commands. Knuwing the subject of til,
I interview. and fearing that nv mind was not suf
L.. "