, 1873-12-13
THE LAST PRINCE OF CONOE, =
~ Tr,to Romance.

o'o6"nt u aI'artments or tho PAlntH ltoyal to Il
more splondid aaloong md cabinots of Il
1allorles. a llttlo moro than month before
llad been private nublomau, living with con
tort. but scarcely with luxury, oter1,ntoly at u
ia'als hoyal and at his country rosroat; nov i
was tue bourgeois sovereign, tho King Of I'll
m'ddlo clasBes. and tho founder Of q now royf
dynasty.
The King had Just hrcakfaetct OH tho NOR,
ing OF Ang ", 1850, when 1t wns announced t
him ttat mounted mosAengor ind arrived Il
l'aste from Ollantly with intelligence Of sorio,,
i1nportance. Tho man waB forthwith atltnitto
to tic presence Of Louis Philippe, with whom
wore ono or two Minister'S. llis secretary un
tho Young Duties Of Cllartros aud Ncnollrs, hi
BonH.
"slre." Bail tho mosaongsr "1Iis Higllnos
tho Prince Of Condo is ucad.'
The liiug rore in surprise, aud asked:
When did TINT happnn p
"llo was fonnd this morning, siro hang.
Ing to ono OF tho shutters Of hia bedroom-,yin
dow, by lis handkerchief, cutto doad."
What! Did he commit suicide ?"
1t must havo been 30, Your Majesty. There
arc ITO traces of foul p1ay."
"Thls WIG at Chantlly?"
"At Chnntilly."
And WHO were in tile house ~
smnlf purity Of tho Princes fricnds, afro,
ahd Madamo do Fouclioros. Tilat IL nil.
Louis Philippe turned to II. Guillnune, bis
secretary, md requested him to proceed, with
Mesals. do 1sumigny, Iasquior, Do Si,nonvillo,
aud Cauchy, to tho Ollateau Of Chantilly. Noxt
III blood relationship to the deceased Prince woro
the Princes dc Rohnn; hut the King either did
not think, or did not see fit, to sond thom noti-
'1,-o'' ~, ~ -t'o o"u o'o"''
Ino slfe'aee news Aoon spread through raris,
extended to tho bonloyards, to tho Champs
E1yAoes, to tho arlstocratio Touboure ~. aor.
mniu. an1 ovon IN tho ro,1to ;..as,,.1e wv No
49,, ....a,,, a,ss. o AoA..'' ittosa'ae Stfoets
a"a s'lnallo oioses OF Montmartre and st,
ANTIQUE. SalonB and cabaroB, cafes. and tho
coulisses OF tho thoatro, wero in hubbul, of
anazoment and conjecture over tho myetsrioms
singular taking OF thus stirred tic Pauaan
worlh throughout that and ,nnny su)1scnuont
days WIS the last Of MI ius.rio,,t line wifnloas
anll childlcss, dwelling almost solitary in Tho
ancient and spacious c!latean whero tho splonior
Of tic Condos Ind ryalod, In more tlnn
ono generation, ti.at of Bourbon rovalfv
itself. Had tho roor old prtncc
heart-brolon at tho downfall of liz
Heayon-anointed Hing. sought consolation
Tod to MI irresponsible sucido? Or waa tIis Tia
work Of HI assassin, perhaps of aonlo familiar Of
[lls household, of some pietonlea f. land ,v,,n
hal somo secret motive for depriyng lin Of az.
stouce7
The many conjccutos which swayed hither
snd tllitter tho groups OF excited rnss,,ors ia
not Htop short with these ffucst;sninnn Kfm1
Louis Philippe l,ad not won his crown hv the
unanimous voice Of pnrg, mud thcra warn fl,ouu.
.nls in tho capital who, within month Of l1Is mr.
;oosslo'' woro bitterly, dsaifccted asa1pst him.
The partisans Of Charles X. anl those Of a1o
>ublic woro equally oxasperated ald auy linted
aint upon tho Kings character apart wna u,,rc
Q bo caught up and eagerly repeated, au,i to
Ind its way in exaggerated r1imor to every quar-
er Or lha city: Tne:a wero knowing me,, on tho
nd wngging heads. WHO gavo i new turn to
lle suggestions OF tho causes Of Henri do Bour-
oI'a sudden death.
There is something" they ,Baid, beneath
lint appears, Thoro is datter mystery thnn
on gness. There il q hidden romauca bel,jnfl |
lis tleath-sceno. They toll you that tic priuce |
T Condo loved Charles X. and hates Louis |
'hiiippo; that chagrin at tho fall OF Charles Inns
auscd mis- death, fot, look you, this man, who
2 Q mites the King that he dies because he is
oblo Chateau OF Chantily. with it's ample parks
nj its broad acres-to thiH worry Kings infant
Oh. Tile Duke d'Aumalo, almost o babe in
rms, is tl,e heir OF the Prince of Condo. Did
10 old Prince love this infant No. Did ho
,ve tho Infants father? No. Ho hated him,
lere, mes a'nIs. ii deep, doep. plot. Madame
Foucheres. dopend upon it, il i'll The conti-
cnce OF Louis Philippe; and Madame do
euchercs lives in tue houBo Of Conde; nav.
ON the boudor of Madame dc Feuchorea io
70 chamber Of the Prince Of Conte there is a
riyase spiral Staircase"
Thus it was coyertly charged that Louis Phil
po knew more Of tho cause of Coude'a tloutb
'an the world in general imagined and sus-
elon was sought to DO thrown upon tho King
being implicated in Homo way in tLo
tent, since the Kinr'H .o, and tj,c ,ro,",
llo had enjoyed Condo's confdouco dnr.
g Ais last years, alouo protited by it. n
~ not unknown That Madame do Feucneren
I'd bcon moro than onco received priyntoly Mt
o Iuilories sinco Louis plippos accession
I'd it was not leHs generally believed that. With
my virtues, tho kiug wua inortliuatoIy I'M ra;-
onious and grasping HIS onelniog. nt foast.
ncludcd that Condo's fortune Ind not beo.''
It, without the assistance of some occ1lt in. ! :
euo, to tho son Of a nun whom he detestod !
on tho bottom Of 4is soul. /
The illustrlons descout of tho dead Prince. tim
snantio monoriea and picturesque beauty nf
Q placo whore tho llngody occurred. and lin
lgular connection Of tho nowly-ontbronnd {
niiIly with C3nde and with lis mystorjous t