The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-08-07

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brilliant prospects Of he. .dopssd land.s |
lanamasddis|telg ? asdIy| ,fter TIE eosen.tion, tho
IFiah, exile received from the Emperor
q 1.tent of pno6ility !. z, Countess a Do
1.cy in her Owl rtight," o. ,t .at s $''..1 a
For more ]tl than thrse years thereafter.
tpe brill brilliant dawn which opened be.
fore the eyes Of Clemanthe. was no.
diinmed na BY : single cloud. She was
equal to the position she occupied and
superior to all tho temptations Of the
splendid but seductive society in which
she moved. Her oonfessor, an enlight.
ened and virtuous Benediotine, had
early iustilled in her mind the princi.
PIE Of beoevoIence-a principle largo
enough to ioclude all ages and nations,
and her life was in practical con. !
fo'mityN with its precepts. With a
full measnre' Of aristocratic feeling,
CIemsuthe always did homage to- ne
dignity of human nature; = She 10:
spected true worth wherever she found
it,'and looked as kindly On the peasant
as-on the prince. Though =mingling
freely oio The gsyz festivities of tie
French capital, che was also to be found
an angel Of mercy and relief by the
bedside ofsuaering andnwoe.. Many I.
aick9or o~ouodeda' soldier, o no matter
Vhsthera Rrenchman or / national
enemy, had cause to bless the uuosten-
tatious charities of that radiant and
lovely being who commanded tie admi-
ration Of the prondsst Malrushsslsi q Of
France, and y ct could sfsarlessly en'.| =
ters1 the abcdesf Of wfetchedness Ind
;osrow:: She had n.nty admirers,1 b men ID
Hho Inherited gtsstnsss ii we'll Is tdos,e
who had fought their WY ID the
French service from the ranks to the
highest positions ii ths i I Klifft ifft Of The
Enpsroo,. The motives Il some Of
them we're h,norabls,' 81 Others ths" re.
verse, but thodshIshe created ill With
rpfvfli.y and many With smiles, 4she gave
] decisive encouragement 70 none: T,
! was whispered that 'fthe beautiful Irish
! Countess was invincible," yet such va.
her unrivaled tact and such tho grace
! aad benignity Of her manners that Of al
! her rejected suitors not one regarded
her With enwity-while many cherish
ed tor her sincere friendship.
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i = ,.. - III. .~.. ....
i The year 1903 saw 81, N.pole ja con Z in ia tb;
zenith Of his power. Germany VI.
divided and vauquished. She lay help
4 less beneath bis feet. Russia, worstet
! but not vanqdished after j. fai
! fght on tho plains Of Poland, 40
cepted p.scoe: At Til.is and bided he
time. Napoleon, blinded by fate, de
veloped his designs on the sp.uisl
! Peninsula, and for oace was deceived
+ That b noble old Spanish r.ee, whose ster
4 ling virtues had been obscur.d but no
extingui.hed BY . corrupt monarch,
? and ! bigoted and sanguinary. priest
; hood, "awoke from the slunber 0
centuries and started at once to it's fee
with the vigor and resolution of a,
Z armed man." But if the French EN-
) peror had made mistake, be had gon
!: too far to reoede. Anxious to secur
y his rear, he invited Alexander Of Rus
sia to meet him at Erfurt, in the sum
F mer. Of 1908. The invitation was 40
ii oepted for, in spite Of political rivalry
each Of these mighty potentates had
/ sincere admiration Of the other. The,
F accordingly met at Erfurt in August
/ 1908. Business and pleasure ther
y oontended for the mastery. In tb,
!, evening balls and operas, in their morn
= ing interviews diplomacy and the ma
j: Of Europe. Each Of these monaroh
had been attended by brilliant reti
!, nues, and in one Of their private meet
Eings Alexander, after a. momentar!
; pause, said: ,.., ,'.' ,:... '..o -.
Il t"Sire, ! have several i mes observes
{ tho beautiful Countess Do Lacy at til
opera. I believe she is oonnected: Wit
your court. Would there be any diff
eqlty sin, making s her .squaintan oe7"
Il |,!Fhe btonzed features Of Napoleon
Eshowed no sign of emotion. :"
i s@"Nons Whatever, bs replied, "bu
! yoarzMajsseJ viii End her AZ iuvinci
0 bio as tho igFensdiers'of Of my guard"
=. '7"Thit is not encouraging" Vi, ii
smiling replya Of Alexander. II re
4 remember Friealand. ''4.zH' = p. ''3]>
Il SsfseEgE ,Th2:FtJI'r tsT>: - I W!
! .~jz ra.s; :.>a s.,s.N. ...... -.
Alexander, Prince Of :Potoski, vas il
his twenty.sixth year, and va on, 5o1
those Russian mobiles who accompanied
the Emperor Alexander to the confer.
enes Of Erfurt. = Heir to an ample
fortune, and bred in courts and camps
he had all tho energy Of the highest
type Of the Sclavonian character. He
already commanded one Of the finest
regiments Of the imperial guard ol
Russia, and On his breast shone decor.
ations won at the head Of the stubborn
Muscovite infantry, ag.inst the faf.
tanned veterans of France, at tho bloody