Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-16

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which kisssd myIfset, vbrh rHhed tpses
me; which n was Is aIls.ays ready; 70 bless me
illus;on .shsrrible 1aNsFr. Continue b
read, NY friend, ssad syss- Sdlltsssh shSs
that fatsesy COS. ma IL amssrsa ~, ,hus-
band ..:Listepn Msximilian.. do not say
Nois.l I nass a6nsSss 20 Won atha. I was
mistaken slakinitaa did nue1wssi ssstsaa
my reply and Are slowsdsin. his Istds
which 1 could not then explain. Tine
proved it to me afterwards.
Maria, take care Of yourself. Of y6dr
son. Of your rAmadeusa s!Ambifsnn kin-
dies diabolisal light IN kiae ayes Of naa
and converts sn angel into q devil. - The
man who wishes to be king becomes .
demon. ..
The eyes Of Naximilian shonee in such a
way that was afraid. Maximilian was
from that, momont demon. The COM
mittee win come at three" he said to me;
'youwill hear it; prepare yourself
Ny husband understood what myself
heard. He understood that I had li.tep-
ed to my womanly pride. and that it was
mot necessary to listen to anything else.
J IF he would have understood that had
only listened to my vanity it is possible
that Carlota would not have seen the com
mission. ..-..
God free you from the men who aspire
to be kings. \ wild beast is more rea-
sonable. The commission would come 1t
three; was dressed by two. Still.
did not know how 10 be queen. 4 year
after another cumaittee sew IN queen :;
| dressed myself at fur. Now, / had
learned to be an empress. l again repeat
to you that was dressed at two. Do you
hear it. Maria? I waited impatientIy.
suspected that the committee was not com.
ing f; presumed that the committee had
reecnted Maximilian said to me, ad-
miring my display. How beautiful is The
Empress Of Mexico :" This wise rallan-
Try gave me grief, because imagined that
the commission was on its way to Ameri-
ca Three servants hastily announced,
"I.a Serenisima Comision Mexicana, and
I felt exceedingly pleased Now I am
Empress. exclaimed in my hear: now
I am an August Imperial Majesty Oh.
sad Illusion. Oh, false vanity Oh, dis
solu,c caprice. Oh. terrible spectres of
conscience, how much you have cost inc !,
how dearly | have paid Continue to
read. Maria Victoria. continue.
The committee knelt and kissed my
hands. 1t was as wished. II was pre-
ciscly what I dreamed Immediately it
proved that Heaven had destined rs to
save famous people which live in most
disastrous anarchy. II assured that Mex
leo would see in us tutelary angels.
Maximilian looked at me as If he wish
cd me to say, "Now. you see what they
assert. What shall VIC do?" l moved
my head as if attempting to answer him.
'.It'is true" The committee afterward
spoke of the productiveness Of the soil, Of
the richness Of its fruits, of the balmy sea-
sons. of the beautiful landscapes where
nature is smile
Maximilian looked at me rs if to say.
"Now, Won see" The committee spoke
at length Of the fine views of Orexalla, of
the transparency of space, OF the grand
extension Of the horizon. of the blue sky,
of the rising and setting sun. of the
springs and rivers, Of the birds Of Mcyi-
CO. I thought I saw the blazing color of
the aurora aud the pale tint of the ciouis
in the east which take leave of the sun
imagined myself conjeeturing the myste-
ri6us pleasure Of those sunsets which were
presented to my fancy like religious prayers
of the evening. / imagined tha, I re-
ceived the melodies Of those birds, the
aroma Of those flowers. the murmur Of
those streams. the signing Of those winds
amid the silent densities Of the forests and
woods.
Finally. Maria. imagined myself to
be the Imperial Majesty Of Mexico, the
deity of America, in the most elegant and
geutcci of the order among the favored of
God. Naximilian again said to me as
wishing me to repeat Eyes. yes" Hook
cd at Maxirnihan as wishing him to reply,
at is true" Ny husband and remain.
ed alone "How have the commissioners
appeared to you = my husband asked
replied. "they have left me truly happy"
They are very. courteous and very polite
gentlemen they have kissed your hand
on entering and on lcavin. IL i. k-cwn
that it is great people" "Yes.syes," ]
replied, ''it must be great people. -
Continue TO read. Duchess Of AOsta. queen
elect of a famous people. ard you will sec
, what wss the result Of 50 much enthusi-
aSss. 20 pnch pleasure. So. ouch poetry
Oh, thousand times those men cf the
commission iram- Nsxico- Deceived Us. with
thousand lies, and We said with pride,
at is known that it is great people. -
Ii they had told US the storm truth IL
those beggars hsd been loyal persons. we
would have said with disgust. .1"'Isis known
that 1t is common people.
We embarked. The steamer sailed ou'
and the shore of Europe was disappearing
from our sight. 1here remained The ashes
Of eur fathers and brothers. There re
manned the memories Of our ccuusry. W,
renounsed our native land. attrsseed b,
the unknswn glories Of strange country
| have said unknown glories-they wcr'
not unknown glories. When I beheld III.
| Ger.aan. coast disappearing fel, pain IL
my hesrt. and there the 0ser commcncet
which later on made ne rnad there be
gan fhs eelNpm NnNh basumcs m,
strsogth; this hcrrilae CONSUMPTION .whicl
devonrs my life. There are two kinds O
fever. Maria Ficsoria-.hat ol1nhs hod,
and that Of the mind. That o(4he bod,
i ~; that Of the mind maddess. TAX
! care Of your husband and, Of yqprself.-
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