, 1873-12-14
THE LAST PRINCE OF CONDE::*
a Trllo Romance.

by Ills distant knsman. Charloa x, a fow day.
moro than mouth. With his amiable wife ant
Ills Interesting young family Of children, lo llat
Jnat transferred his household penntos from tht
elegant apartments OF tho pAlals Royal to ths
moro splendid saloons and cabilIets Of the
TullorlcH. A llttlo moro thnn month before liz
had boon private nobleman, living with com
fort. but Bcarcoly with luxury, alternately at tht
Pa'ais Royal and at his country rotroat; now ht
was tho bourgeois sovereign, tho King Of the
middle classes, and tlie founder Of now royal
dynasty.
Tho King had just brcakfasted, on tho morn.
Ing OF aug. 27. 1880, when 1t was announced te
linn That q mounted messenger. had arrived IN
haste from OhnutIlly with intelligence Of sorous
importance. Tho man was forthwith admitted
to tho presence OF Louis Philippe, With whom
woro one or two Ministers, his secretary, and
tho young Dukos of Ohartres and Noinol,rs, his
sonB.
"slro." said tho mcusongor, !" His Highness
tho Prince OF Contlo il dead"
Tho King roBo III SURPRISE: and asked:
"Whon did that happen p
"no was found this morning, siro. hang
ing to one Of tho shutters OF his bedroom-win-
dow, by his handkerchief, cutie dead."
"Whatl Did le commit suicide ?"
It must havo been 30, Your Majesty. There
arc no traces Of foul play"
"This WAS ut ClautIliy2"
"At Chautilly."
And who were in tho house ~
IA small party of tho princo's frlonds, siro,
and Madame do Touchercs. That is all.
Louis Philippe turned to NJ. Guillaume, his
secretary. and requested him to proceed, with
Mesase. do Rumigay, Pasquicr, De Simonvi1ie,
aud Cauchy, to tho Chateau Of Chantily. Next
In blood relationship to tho deceased Prince woro
tho Princes do Iohan; but tho King either did
not thiqh, or did not see ft, to send them noti-
fication Of tho sud ovent.
Tho strange newe soon spread through Paris,
exteuded to tho boulovardB, to the Champs
Elysocs, to tho aristooratio Faubourg st. Cor
maln, and oven to tho remote, irregular esrocts
and squalid closes of Montmartro md st.
Antoine. Snipus and cabarotB. cafes, and tho
couisses Of the thontro, were In h1bbub of
nmazoment and conjecture ovor the mysterious
occurrence; for tho old man whose sudden and
singular taking OF. thus stirred tho Parisian
world throughout that and many subsequent
days the last Of MI illustriouB line, wifoless
md childlesB, dwelling almost solitury in tho
auoiont and spaoious chateau. wllcro tho spondor
Of tho Condos had .rlvaled, in more thnn
ono generation, TINT OF bourbon royalty
tae laa =, 'h1 Tho poor Downfall I'D PRINCE
Hoayor-unointed King sought consolation
III death IIad Ills mind giyon way, ana this
lod to MI irresponsible suicidea Or was this tho
work Of all assashin, perhaps Of some familiar of
his household, Of bolna pretended friend, who
had some secret motive for depriying him Of ex-
istonce
The many conjocturos Which swayed hithcr
and thither tho groups Of excited gosspors did
not stop short With theHo qncstioningH. King
Louis Philippe Ind not won Ills crown by the
unanimous yoco Of pnris. and thero ~oro thous-
ands In tho capital who, within month Of bis ac-
cesaton, were bitterly dBaffocted ngainat him.
The partisans Of Charles X, and those Of te-
public we're equally oxasperatQd mud any hinted
taint upon tho Kings character apart was sure
find is way in exaggerated f1l1nor to every quar-
ter Of tho city. Tiuro were knowing mon oll tle
bonlovards III those August days, with ally looAs
and wagging heads, who gave y new turn TO
the suggestions Of tho CAUSES Of Henri do Bour-
"Thcre il something" they said, "bcnoath
what appears. There ID darkor mystery than
you guess. There is q hidden romance bolind
this loatla-scene. They toll sou that the Prince
Philippe that chagrin ut tho full Of CharlcHha
caused Ills death, Yet, look you, this man, who
80 hates tho King tint he dies because ho is
King, beQuoaths his lmtnenBe propertios-his
noble Chatoau Of Chantilly, with its ample parks
son. The Duke d'Aumnle, almost d bnbe in
arms, is the heir Of the Prince Of Conao. Did
the old Prince love this infant ? No. Did ho
1--we tho iufaut's father2 No. 1lo hated him.
Here, mes anus. il deep, deep plot. Madame
do Feuchercs, depend upon it,, is in tho conf
deuce Of Louis Philippe; and Madame do
Fcnchcros lives in tho House Of Condo nay,
from the bouloir OF Madame do Feloheres 10
tho chamber Of tho Prince of Conde thorc is .
private spiral staircaae."
Thus it was coyersly charged that Louis Phil
ippo knew. more Of the causo of Condo's death
than the world in general imagined and s1s-
piciou was sought to bo thrown upon tic KING
Of bcing implicated in some way in tle
event. since the Hugs son, and tile womun
WHO had enjoyed Condo's coutldonce DIR
ing his last years, alouo protitcd by It. It
was not unknown that Madamo do Feuoueros
had boon moro than once received privately at
Tic Tuilcrios since Louia PlilinDo'e accession
and it wns not less generally believed tlut. viii
many virtues, the fling was inordinatoy pn1ai-
nonfous and grasping Ills enemies. al ieuut,
that Conde's fortune had not Doen
left, without tho assistance OF some occult in
rtp,,n SRI, of ,,,n,, ,u1,o,,, A.. .,uL.a