, 1866-12-31
THE SOY, OF NAPOLEON Bona
pARTE.

His AeIatIons With Fanny EEl.ier,
TIC search after the relics, writes Paris
correspondent, bt1ongin: to the Dukc de
RticIsta1t, King Of Ronc,, has ended In the
securing OF several mos: iasercstius souve:
Mrs. to he placed in the Napoleon cutlery OF
the Louvre. The life Of this son of the
great Emperor who, according to the touch
itg epftnph written by himself for his own
tomb, "Was born King Of Rome. and died
Lieutenant In the Austrian SERVICE" WIS
too short to admit Of any very volumtnous
record.
The souvenirs now brought 10 Paris have
been wholly furnished by the well-remem-
hered dansense, Fanny E1]sler, who lives In
the strict retirement OF Fl country life near
the Haene, occupied solely in the cultivation
OF q certain specits Of rose. which she has
brought to the highest perfection By the
fortune 1eN her by Gcptz, added to that ac-
aElred By her Owl industry and talent, she
Il erahled to lead the easy hfe Of chate-
laine, aud while her leisure time Is occupied
with the cultivation Of flowers, her heart Is
fully occupied likewise with the cultivation
of sIl her tender sourenits Of the court OF
Vienna, and the place she once occupied
thereat, with tho full coosent and approba-
tion Of every member Of the Imperial family.
The story oith loves Of the Due d. Reich
stadt Is short and sad cn"nch. Disguised
| with the restraint OF the life at Court,
| wounded By the position to which his birth
! had consigned him amoug the proud arch
| dukes, his high+boTn relatives, he vas wont
| 10 aten1 away into the country to enjoy soli-
! tude and the contemplation Of nature, at a
little village Dcar Vienna The doctors had
loEetold that unless some interest Id life were
| offered to this seusliiIe, nervous youth, be
nuet; of necessity, sink Into stEoPhy and
wiiher away in consumption. Many and
many hope had been raised Of his forming
te1est around his existence, and ward of the
e7nui y hieh was killing him by inches
But the conviction that the opportunities
thus afforded hiR, were but snares Of tho en-
envy to set spy over him in his most m
guarded moments, kept him on the watch.
and he never once yielded to the tempts'
tion- But the moment came for him as It
comes for all men. He became struck with
The grnce ard beauty Of his landlady's niece,
= GIL fresh from the woods, whose pic.
tuiesqne costume and simple manners fat;
tered 10th his artistic aud moral taste, and
he soon became deeply tpamorvd. To this
girl he told the whole story Of his 1ife-the
| Temptations which had been offered h{ul-
the aspirations IN which be had iudnlsrd, the
hopes he entertained His entire exist ence
unfold the secrets Of his teazt, and the re-
suaiut hich had been killing him was over
come st last.
But as there must always be demon al
wc1k upon the happiness OF every morta
here below, 70 did i5e satisnction expert
eneed ty the young Due de Reiehxtadt sooy
comc to au end. He who had ever ehunnet
all gsiety, who had obsttnately refused Il
attend Ill court]y jtfes, opera, hall and play
finding his health and spirits much i'm
proved, must needs one night be seized witt
an irresistible desire to Fec the ballet Of "rh,
Di1b1e Boiteux, "in which the eaehsea dancet
b. Fanny Ei1.ler had become the aim ant
object OF every conversation and Of ail tht
enthusiaEm Of The city, He went alone t,
the orc1a-he saw the dancer come forwar,
to The fcotlights With that swimming ste1
which had won the hearts OF all mankind
he razed first In terror, then in doubt, the,
in horror aud xrazeraent, and sauk s'owl,
down senseIess On the floor of the box whes
l he was plhcedl
I It was the dancer herself on whom hl
whole heart and soul had been bestowed. !
was to her he had conf1ded his most secre
thoughts The whole intsi.ue Of the CoqE
! becanc revealed at once to hts MUD, r
went back no more TO tho village, but n
Tired aIain to the little stu2ent's soora
lie nalace still shown o. the place where b
did, and could never he persuaded 10 behol
vvcu orce asain the trai,.tss who lad so in