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c.. -, a, Pic Janeiro where the vessel
| aoIo,od hrt . few days. and then sailed Tor 'he
Irnitod s,atoa He was landed at Norfolk III march,
1897 and thence made his way to New-iorh' "hoie
bo re,n,ioed until some time in May Ills otleI resi-
~ ma has left behind il only tradition OF
| = lit IN Washington Irving at Sunnyside ana
| fsw others of debts and quarrels with
/ IandIords His uncle Joseph. ex-king OF SPAN.
had residence near BOrdentown at that time,
and he had other relatives in Baltimore. but
he seems to have had little, If any, inter
course with them The Strasburg affair dis
paraged his intelligence and magnifcd the preten-
SION of his character his personal habits were reck-
less and not always respectable, and the name of
"adyenturer," thus doubly stamped upon him. was
no recommendation to what then "0ur best
society" What chances were lost 10 Bowling Green
and Bleecker-st.!
The news of the serious illness of his mother
recalled him to Switzerland. Ho reached Aren-
enberg shortly before her death, which oc-
CURED on the Sd of October. In the follow
ing year his account of the Strasburg affair
was published by Lieut.. Laty, who had also
been concerned in IT. Louis Philippe took ofiense at
the statements it contained, and demanded bis ex-
tradition from the Swiss Government, which, in
spite of Louis NapoleOns citizenship would probably
have been compelled to accede, had he not relieved
it from the embarrassment by migrating to England
Here, in 1889, he published his 4" ldees Napoleon
iennes," which were widely circulated. They re-
iterated the assertion of his "R6veries Politiques'
that France could only be developed by NapOeonc
ruler and assailed both the policy of the Orleans
family and its right to the throne. 1t is not un-
likely that this work contributed. in slight de-
gree, to the popular dissatisfaction which eliminated
III the Revolution of 1913.
BoULoGNE.
Although in 184O the Oreanst rule was still firmly
established in France Louis Napoleon, yielding less
to the Impotence of his small band of followers III
London than blindly and recklessy trusting his
fortunes to chance, organized new attempt Ac-
cOmpaned by Count MOnthoOn lone of the COM
panions of Napoleon at ST. Helena and about fifty
others he crossed the Channel in a small steamer,
| and landed at BOuOgne. One of the properties
of the expedition was a tame eagle, which-accord-
| ing to the gossip of the day-had been trained to
alight on the Princes head, by the lure of piece
of raw beefsteak attached to his hat. The landing
was made the bluffs assembled and the garrison sum-
moned TO acknowledge their legitimate commander,
but the eagle forgot his lesson and the soldiers had
not yet learned theirs The first alighted upon
post instead of the selected head. and the second
charged upon their rightful sovereign and his adj
herents Plunging into the sea in his endeavor to
regain the steamer Louis Napoleon dragged ont,
dripping and collapsed, and forwarded second
time TO Paris This attempt more disastrous
than the first for at Srasbourg part of the garri-
son deceived by Col. Vaudrey) had actually declared
for him; whereas at Boulogne not single soldier
appears to have done him reverence.
Louis Philippe, it must be admitted acted with
great moderation. The life of the usurper who had
abused his first fOrbearance, in his power but
he brought him to trial before the House of Peers,
where he was defended by Berryer, then the first
advocate in France and acquiesccd in the sentence
of perpetual imprisonment. Nay, more: II was re-
ported and generally believed, that the escape in
1916 was accomplished with the knowledge and tacit
connivance of the French Government. Louis Napo-
Icons imprisonment in Hama small place near ST.
Quentin about half way between Paris and the
Belgian frontier-was voluntarily shared by DR..
Conneau, physician who had faith in his destiny.
During the six years at Ham, however the prisoner
| was not idle He occupied himself chiefly with
political studies and wrote three works" Historic
| Fragments" published in 1S4ll, comparison be-
tween the fall of the Stuart dynasty in England and
certain features of French history an Analysis OF
| the Sugar Question (lSi2 in which he took ground
against specially favoring production in the French
| colonies: and finally, an essay on the
| Extinction of Paupersm," which was the
most important of all, inasmuoh as it indi-
rectly favored the communstic theories which
then rapidly taking among the abOrng classes of
France. He proposed that the Government should ad-
vance funds to establish settlement and cultivation in
all the districts Of the country and that the prots
of the undertaking should be appropriated to the sup
port and elevation of the manufacturing classes He as
serted moreover, his intention "to act always in
the interests of Masses the of all right and
of all wealth. although destitute Of the one, and without
any guaranty for attaining the other Nothing would
seem opposed to his dynastc ambition than such
professions; but this and similar contradictions as we
shall see exhibited throughout the entire history OF
| his life.
Toward the end Of 1885, the exKing Louis then i'll at
Florence made an appeal the French Government for
the OF the only who bore his name Aftera
long consideration the appeal was refused but the re-
fusal followed May, 1896 by the escape Of Louis
Napoleon from Ham. Wsh Dr. COnneau's assistance
disguised a workman, he walked out of the fortress
carrying board upon his shoulder, easily made his way
10 the Be gian frontier, and thence TO England.
His long confinement and the evidence OF literary a-
ity in his published works had by this time. partly re-
moved the impression Of folly and pretension which the
attempts strasburg and Bouogne had east upon his
name during his second residence in England he ap-
10 have associated with another and better OF
society He welcomed to Lady Blessingons -ecep-
tions at Gore House. frequent visitor of sn John
(hen DrJ BOwrings and Fmade strong impression on
Lsndor at Bath by declaring TO him. con
hdentialy that he would yet reign III France Generally
however he retcent, impassive and distracted;
his destiny credited by very few and his abilities
doubted by most. Disappointment. ridcue, exile, I'M
prisonment and privatiOn had taught him prudence.
He probably not idle shut he at last able to be
patient. When, at private dinner-party, an Engnsh
nobleman ndcreety proposed his health as the future
Emperor Of France" he became grave and silent, and
appeared to conceal his annoyance with difficulty He
regularly attended the meetings Of the Royal Society,
but the and other diversions Of the same order
He saw little however Of the hgheraristocratc circles,
| and was, of course, not recognized by the Court.
Then came, startling all Europe the revolution Of Feb
ruary, 1913 Louis NapoeOns shrewdness and sefcon-