The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-20

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pie hue, which was Immediately succeed
ed by the cold, blanched color of death
She seemed, to summer all her resolution
and, rising from her seat, advanced, witt
one of her ladies in waiting, to the CRANE
saloon to await the Princes arrival. TIL:
apartment communicates at either enc
with the music saloon and billiard room
from both of which it is separated only
pillars, so that we who were assembled
in the billiard room could see all thai
passed in the central saloon.
Catherine Of Wurtemberg seated
herself near the chimney, having by hel
side an armchair, intended for the Prince
The doc of the saloon opened, and Jerome
entered, followed by the officers of his
household, who remained in the outer
chamber, while the Prince advanced alone
into the saloon where Catherine awaited
him. She rose up, advanced a step or
two towards him, and salnted him with
much grace and dignity. As for jerome,
his aspect was that of boor, who looked
as if he had come there because he was
ordered to do so. He approached the
Princess with an air of Jrusqusrie and
malasse.
CATER few words had been exchang-
ed between them, she pointed to a clair
near her; and a brief conversation ensued
about her journey, Before long, jerome
rose up, and, in the tone and style OF q
bourgeois, said to her
"'My brother is expecting US. I dc
not wish to delay the pleasure he will
have in welcoming you as his sister,
"The Princess bowed and smiled ac-
quiescence; but scarcely had Jerome
withdrawn from her presence, when she
tainted away. We carried her to the O.
pen window and battle her temples In q
few moments, she recovered herself, and
attributed her indispos:tion to the exces-
sivc heat of the weather; but | under
stood only too well the bitter conflict Of
womanly feeling and royal pride which
was raging in poor GATHERINGS breast,
not to guess at the true cause Of her in
disposition
When Madame Junot announced to
the Princess that her equipage was ready,
she rose up, and, gracefully thanking her
for her kind hospitality, said that she was
ready to depart.
What were the deso!ate feelings OF
GATHERINGS heart, during this twilight
drive from Baincy to Paris, no human
being knew, nor what were her misera-
BILE anticipations of the future lay tef,re
her. a
On her arrival at the Tuileries, 81 :
found the whole Imperial family assem-
bIed to receive her. The Emperor adyan-
cod as far as the grand staircase, to bid
her welcome. She attempted to kneel
and kiss his hand, but he fastened to
raise her up, and, after embracing her,
conducted her into the saloon of the throne
where he presented her to his assembled
family as their sister and daughter
She was Immediately surrounded, caross-
ed, and treated from that moment rs q
sister Of the Emperor.
Such were the opening scenes in the
weasled life of Catherine Of nuremberg.
Need it be added, that her after life was
ono beset with thorns rather than strew-
ed with flowers? Forced to bcstow her
hand upon man from whom she IL
stinctivcly shrank, as being in her opinion
already espoused to another, the unhap-
Ply Qneen Of Westphalla had not e.en tie
poor sat 'sfaction of being treated with re-
spect by her royal husband. Many were
the hualiliations which she suffered at
the court of Cassel, and she bore them
all in silence. Faithfully did she strive
to fulfil the onerous duties Of her position,
and never was single murlnur suffered
to escape her lips. The only happy mo-
ments of her crowned life were those in
which she clasped her infant to her arms !;
although, perhaps, the name Of Napoleon
which had been bestowed upon her son,
often brought pang to her heart, as re-
her Of him through whose insa-
table ambition hopeless blight had fall
en- upon her opening life.
Time passed on. The eventful years
of 1814-'15 elapsed. Napoleon had fall
en-, and those modern dynasties, which
had fiourished in the sunshine of his pow
er, were whitening away beneath the sha /
ow of sthe Holy Alliance" The Queen
Of Westphalia had taken refuge, with her
children beneath her fathers roof. Je-
rome had joined his brother Napoleon
in Paris, on his return from Elba, and