, 1870-07-31

Of the table--shs took glaas after glass Of
champagne. Lord Nelson roaIed for tho
y tha hiI Swn Pa1'Ss n nna lnss;so on
queen 70 tho back-bone." In vain the miris-
ter tried to check this unseen exuberauce.
Flushed with wine The unwieldy lAay went
through her taranteAe, and acted Nina, Nelson
rearing, "seddons be d-d!"
FROM BAD 10 woBsE-
The descent Of Nelson aud Lady Hamilton
was rapid. At one time fclson ived in LHn-
don with Sir Vim. Hamilton. In 1908, the lat
ter died and commended, his last act, his
"incompasaplc Emma 10 Nelson. She VII.
left email annuity. which was enlarged By
settlements from fel=ou: His death, IN 1so'.
is we'll known. after which Lady Hamilton de-
acended rapidly .......
The rest Of Lazy Hamiton's history is the
history OF 4 miserable descent-a hihtory
Of cmha1rafsmentr. teeginEs. borrowings,
and straits Of eyizy kind. H-r debts "ere
:Els,tIo, and she h.d charge Of the daughter
Ho1atis, bequeathed IS legacy to the coun-
try, and shifted from the legateo to her. It
Wis said abe had taughtsoms Of her own poses
and attitudes ~ the beginning OF an educa-
tion: but tkis may have been one OF the many
stories circulated about her. And
end, she was arreated and consigned to the
kings bench. With her daughter. The hero
ire of The fe:ea nt Naples, the beautiful wife
Ct ths English Minister. the Queens COM
penin.'- the sdored Of Se!son, nos to be IL
the han.!s Of tirstaiTa ar'l lailiHs While
she " as he,e nrl cared those volumes OF let
te.s. tie rcblestion Of which existed such
sterm Of al use md reviliDg- 1t must lie con-
f+~-cd tf'at. fer MI unfortunate creature, re-
icete:l II ELL tho frictds who had courtei her
When tha waA p10spesoua. sneerrtl It by the
public, who dislelieved il her claims o. iati-
macy with Nelson, it seemed the seadiest
means Of y1ndic2ti01; and II worse than IT,
discreet, it Mas an ine1cusal]e iutli-cEetloa-
Tn read the letters Of the Queen Of Naples:
Of ErEt-h Admisals, ard
At length = generous alderman. named
retaincin could bs lodged. she got sway to
Calais, then tile happy sanctuary for tie d!a-
tretsed and broken down, and there joined the
English herd Of unfortunate c1ilea- She WAS
to i've there, however, hut eighteen mouths.
CharacteHstically enough. she put up At
that most expensive Of hotels, the Ia "a.
it's history written, 20 many strange characte5s
having stopped shcre. She immediately
! wrote over thst she was eLucatlng her child.
| and gave her the tes. MASTER tue place could
furnish the sent her to ladies' day school,
where rhe remained from to l. and was there
menls- Not any eirIs hut those Of the first
families 20 there. wrote tue poor broken c,ea-
| tnre. What the AZ trss fan,ilies" OF the Calnis
| Of that dag were may be imagined.
They went 10 fetes clia1npetres outside the
town and, indeed. it was no wonder
s' felt 20 much better from change Of climate.
food. air, large rooms, and liberty" tiiat she
began to hope to see her dear lIorAti. groH
mp. Eut, III truth, she Was v,etched in health,
and was growing uEwie,diy from dropsy aud
other causes. All English intcr7rcter there-
nishtd apartment. But from this she had
later to move to something meaner. Aud
/ from that time II bera.ne miserable struggle,
as rho sank lower and lower, until Aef last
sickness came Oh. There il something tragi,
in the incidents OF these closing scenes, and
almost dramatic reve1ses which point n,auy )
mo.al aad ado1n talcs. An English lady, OF
dtiing NEST for her dog al tlc Butchers War
Told by this honest Dc Rheims that ht
knew of a la1y who would he glad of ever
scsap from the dogs portion. III
tound to secrecy, and the fallen creature WI!
! Too proud to receive Charity Tie lady theu-
I u t1uc SamA1itnn-baue liln fur1iaA Xiue a.ss
anything clse that Was required. At her c!sarg'
and as from his own bounty. When The out
cast was almost at her last. ha begged Of he
to see the lady who had been 20 good : an,
OH hin stating tnat y ste was not 4 per1on .
title" ehe consented, received this Alss. 1Iua
I ter-whose name should br paes.ryed-
thanked aud be.sed Lcr.
A mean little housc, belonging to on
Eamy, now Fo. III Ens Franraieo, saw Il,
eose OF this strange career. wlIic
mutt have seemed to her clonded f.cultlc
like a dream, aid wh,ch. III spite Ut all III
b,iliinnt xcclee ltts cen, had ended nearly II
tMEan--irom the GOLFERS rlila to the par
| per. 1t waa noticed, too. that os her epd ~
pruachei, sen.c OF The old beauty came bacE
aid on the 18th Of January, 1873. an lunr Al
ter noon. tie deserted, eSled, ot:rass e.s1e'
her life.