Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-11-09
An sEX-EMPRESS. 4Bev y.
A Lady's Interview with the Ex-
Empress .Eugenie.

4 which had produced an attack of rheuma
tism.''
Then she expressed much interest abou
the place | came from. It was associate,
| with her early life. 'Ah! how happy
was then-it seems like dream-so hap
py,' and her glorious eyes glistened. =
''How well do [ remember the house
where was at school, the broad terrace
the distant hills. and my companions, m,
dear friends-they have not forgotten
me-"
YES" said /, young Miss B."
Young ah, no J" and she laughed
"She is not young; she is my age, and
| that is not young"
| 1t is not allowed to contradict sover
eigns, but as she said this she was living
contradiction of her own statement. She
looks wonderfully youthful, and her, pres
ent thinness is very becoming in this re
spect.
when first came to England" she
continued. Il desired to 60 there"
"Ah, Madame, why did you not come
We would have received you with enthu-
siasm.
She bowed. "Yes, wished it; it wa:
my first thought; but 1t could rot be-
but, Madame, will you not come a.
mong us and see your old hauntsY'
Some time, perhaps. but not now. l
cannot; the Emperor is ill. l cannot
leave him. and go nowhere. think Of
nothing, day and night, but of pour
France. All, what horrors will be pass
ed through ere France can be at peace
Those dreadful scenes are always before
me; the end Is not YETI
Her eyes filled with tears, and rested
on her shabby black dress-and this was
the late queen of fashion-and her look
seemed to say. See [ mourn ~ And it
was true. There is often whole world
of pathos in little trifes that involuntari-
ly bear witness to the individual mind.
Madame" said I, ''therc is but one
consolation-the worse things 60 in
France. the moro the Emperor is sure to
be recalled. 1t is the Emperor alone
who can govern France They are like
bad children, and require the master hand
of wholesome restraint and discipline"
Il do not wish to return; | suffered toe
much but l trust that events will justi-
fly the Emperor. Surely the world must
come to see what kind of people he had
to govern The Emperor knew that these
people were in Paris. For twenty years
he knew it, and he did not shoot them. =
He was too merciful."
Madame" said I, cit is as though the
Denians rule in London. The Reds are
the same all over the world"
1.-The Emperor is blamed for every
thing" said she; ''yet how rich and
prosperous France has been for SO many
years The wages of the laborers and
ouvriers were high. and work was plenti-
full. To Paris came all the world, and
money was spent. Now the taxes have
not been paid for three whole months =
The taxes not paid, and no money at the
Boursel The Emperor is blamed, too,
for the war. He was against it. Such
blame is most unjust. But" she
drew herself up-"we do not desire justi-
feation. Time will do that Let events
speak. BY and by Europe shall judge the
Emperor fairly"
1 expressed hope that the trials she
had undergone in Paris had not injured
her health.
"No," she replied. Then she continu-
ed: 81 was forsaken by all the Ministers
Trochu, whom the Emperor had appointed
left me. They all left me and betrayed
me. What could / do? L was alone
Ah," she added with an inspired look, sit
was my passion -
She turned her fearful eyes to heaven
''Her passion p Could anything be more
touching? Woman as was. could have
died for her!
81 was alone" she repeated, as though
in justification; utterly abandoned
What could do but fly? 1 was not
AFRAID. l could look death in the face
but all had left me-"
..Were the details of your Majesty
fight which appeared in the newspapers
accurate?'
"Yes,'' said she. ''tolerably so. For
thirty DAYS 1 was guarded by these men
of Belleville. Oh, it was horrible They
took possession of the Tuileries. My only
happiness was that suffered alone. The
Emperor away and my boy safe. No!
could not have borne it had my boy been
in dangerp'
Again the inspired look came into the
beautiful Spanish eyes.
.sBy what door did these wretches en-
ter the Tuileries, Madame?"
"Everywhere-by all the doors and
the windows too. They came down from
the Place de la Concorde. I saw them
coming through the trees. They then
broke over the fences into the reserved
l. L. Ii -
dows and broke open the doors. They
came, too, on the other side, from the
Place du Carrousel; black masses of men
closer and closer; they, too, broke in
everywhere. No one opposed them the
guards were gone. There were horrible
cries and screams and oaths. From these
thief-dogs expected death; / saw it in
their faces, these Belleville men; they
wanted my blood. was so weary / did
not care; to live or to die was the same
to me. For the last three days there was
a change; more savage men came about
me. / never left my room lay down
q little on my bed for rest, but did not
undress; would not be murdered in my
bed in my night dress"
She made little motion with her hand
as she said this that cannot describe. 1t
told of the delicacy of the woman. and the
lofty decorum of the sovereign, that care
fully gathers her robes around her ere
she dies. W
"Madame.y said I. chad you fallen by
the hands of those wretches. you would
have lived forever 10 history and m poe