Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-10

Romantic Incident in the Early Life OF
l'af Marshal I3ernadotte- e-The Kline ofSweden
i1' Becomes Desperately EnumOred of
'.I " Pretty NIfIiiuer. l..
At the period when the States of Grenobe
' assembled at the Chateau de While, were pre-
pairing the revolution of 1889, Bernadotte,
7' Little dreaming Of his future eminence, he
passed his time between his military duties
.n in gallantry. He had obtained considerable
reputation among his comrades for his sue
.21' cess in the latter art and made it point of
honor to sustain 1T. An opportunity pre-
sented itself on the famous day of "the tiles" I"
On that day, as is well known, the woman of
Grenoble, mounted on the roofs of their
houses, assailed the royal troops with a
shower of tiles. Bernadotte being engaged
with his regiment in Rue Pertuisere, was
' struck on the head by one of fthese projectiles,
and fell He was at first thought to be dead
"p but, manifesting some symptoms of life, he
was conveyed into neighboring cafe, and
laid upon a table, which is still preserved and
'l shown, He was not however, destined to
the fate of Pyrrhus. BY degrees he began to
recover, aud, opening his eyes, saw among
lf the crowd who were rendering assistance, a
fair young girl, whose bright blue eyes were
sufused with tears, and whose emotion was
manifest at the pain he appeared to suffer.
y he raised himself on his elbow, and, gazing
IN ut her attentvely, seemed struck with her
beauty After little time, finding himself
better, he called for glass of brandy, and re-
Joined his regiment. 5. .4
Quiet being established at Grenoble Ber-
nodotte left'no means unemployed to discover
the fair unknown. For three weeks he con-
tinued his romantic search, when, one day,
while pensively walking in the Jardin de
Vile, he saw her approaching. He watched
her home, and, returning the next day, found
the means of obtaining access to her house,
8. and declaring his love. The girl was named
Amelia; she was q dress-maker, and about
eighteen years of age; but there was rival in
the ield--a young matchmaker of the town.
Not knowing how IN 0isDOSp Of him. and
moreover, being violently in love, Bern
adotte spoke of marriage, thinking by that
nsto overcome all difficulties. But he
failed. - .f..g.-r.. f..- .-.
Amelia loved neither the citizen nor the.
'' hero but the first was Il matchmaker, and the
other nothing at afl-not even King ofSwe-l
den. She preferred the shop to the hayer-
sack. and became the finance of the watch
maker When Bernadotte heard her decision
his fury knew no bounds He rushed to the
house of his rival, and declared his love, and
his pretentions to the hand of Amelia, and
challenged his rival to decide the aueStion by
10th, and the parties met. The citizen little
accustomed to the use of the weapon, was
soon severely wounded, and BernadOtte hast
ened TO the house of his mistress. He had
been there but few minutes, and had even
forgotten the oceurrenee Slht9i nag Jus,
taken place, when a loud knocking was heard
at the door. Il was the wounded lover OF
Amelie brought thither apparently in dying
state She was overwhelmed with grief and
horror, and, turning to Bernadotte, loaded
him with the severest reproaches, and drove
him from the house. He saw her for the
last time. In month she became the wife
of the matchmaker Bernadotte, when he
heard it. determined first to shoot her, then
to murder her husband, and finally TO blow
Z p out his own brains. Fortunately for his
future crown, he did neither,
The blue eyed heroine of this adventure
now alive a decrepid, crooked, wrinkled old
rr woman, a servant at common inn, and in
a' n state Of abject poYerty-related the circum-
stance many years afterward. All, sir"
said she, in concluding her story, 81 should
have done better if had married Bernadotte
Il should have been Queen now, sir;--yes,
Queen instead Of waiting upon every body
~ herel | should have had court and subject,
tfV = and fine ciothes-1I shold have beena Queen
~ : All I made great mistake sad mistake
,gGu / ought to have foreseen this, for, | assure
-.ilI YOU sir, Monsieur Bernadotte was not COM
mon man. had kind ofpresentiment that
d. a. something would happen--but what would
rqE you baveg When we are young We do not
reflect; we are ambitious; we refuse Kingdoms
and make fools of ourselves l9-saying which
-5ll she shed tears. n ftl spi. - fg3
i.733 3 i, When asked whether she had ever heard
vi II5 any thing from him, She answered, "Never
--e air: have written to him several times since
he became king but he has never returned
any answer. Ny husband says it is because
did not frank my letters. lti very likely;
and then, he may still feel annoyed atmy re,
fusal IL we were both free again, and | had
any money, i would go to Sweden. Perhaps
he would marry me, or mt any rate give me
s his linen to mend. Thatwould be something
after all. ri .n h,
Anr' From diadem 70 adarni Could Love him
self ever have conceived any thing more ro-
mantic2 ,s. ss. ~