, 1874-03-15

common nowadays. Europe is stocked with
| played-out Bourbons. But King who 1osee
himself, disappears from sight. aud then Gomez
| up one OF the great army Of - ciaimantH," il
= rarity. The Courts Of Franca have just been
busy again. for the fifth or sixth time, in find.
ing out whether tho Dauphin, the son Of Louis
XVI, did or did not die in hia cell in the Temple
| THO evidence on both sides Is strong. Official
reports show that t* the young Capet " WAS
| treated with shocking severity by his iai1or,
Simon the shoemaker. He WAS kept in dark
room. alone save for ths occasional visits Of
Simon and his wife. Wheu ho asked for toys,
he :waa given ANAL guillotino. He
had to clean 6imon's shoes and do
the most meniai Offices for him. He ras
savagely beaten, strock In the face with his
talor's tron-heeled shoes, Kicked, xbused- When
the name 'Young Capet" had lost its power to
insult, the unhappy Prince Has called '' wolf
cub" VIPER" and ''toad" His condition
when Simon Was removed is thus described:
His bed had not been stirred for si1 months and a
had thought to mako It himself II ran aliyo with
them. . . His window, which vas locked rs we'll
grated, opened, and tho infectious smell.
Of that hor1id dreadful that could
bear it for moment
No boy Of 8 years could stand euch treatment
long. The Dauphin did not, according to the
reports submitted to the Convention. Simon's
SUCCESSORS, Issue aud CONAN, treated the half
dead boy with kindness. They were watched by
member OF one OF the Paris Commlttees,-a
new man every day. The little prisoner died on
June s. 17e5. 4 few moments before life fed
he took Gomain's hand and kissed it, while the
jailoz prayed. He waa asked II he felt much
pam. EYES, but not 80 much the music is so
lno." ''Where do you hear music ?'' Sup
there; listen. lsten!" Then be suddenly started,
them" Then he added: - hope my sister
hears the music" 4 moment later he beckoned
to Lasne, saying: II have something to tell
you" Lasne leaned down to hear, but the boy
1ay dead. This seems like q straight story.
There ean be no doubt that it was generally be-
lieved in Paris, despite tue fow rumo.s of escape
that had been whispered around during the year
the Dauphin's death. Nevertheless,
men have claimed 70 bo Louis |
XVII.
The pretender best known on ttis side Of the |
water ia the Rev. Eleazer Williams, who died in |
1858. He Vas missionary among the Indians, |
and is said to have fully supplied their spiritual
wants by furnishing them with tho Word OF
God on Sundays and with whisky on week days.
lis claims excited some attention in 1852, but
here wes scarcely shadow Of proof to rest
'amiiy seems to have consisted 10 certain dull
'tolidity of face. 4 peraon named Richeinond
appeared in Paris. during the reign Of Louis
XVIII, and was promptly sentenced to twelve
cars ''seclusion tor daring to pretend to be
he dead Dauph1n. Tho other claimants we're
uon OF no note, with one exception . 1t is the
On OF thus exceptional pretendsr who has
uss 1osk his case in the courts. Hia
dvocata, Jules Favre, made q romance
1 the case. In his speech before the
'ourt, he alleged that the Dauphin was put
ato deep sleep by q dose Of opium, and
1nuggled into secret place in the top Of one OF
ae towers of the Temple. Ffrat lay figure
nd then q deaf-and-dnmb child were substituted
Or him. Poison Was given to the latter, but hia
Is WAS saved By an antidots prepared by 4
killful doctor. The doctor .was then poisoned.
eick child from hospital, warranted to die
thin . few days, WAS then substituted for the
eat and dumb one. The warranty held good. |
be body Was packed into tho tower-top and the
auphin waa put in the coffin. On the way to
Ia cemetery, the boy-Prince got out, stones and
nth vere put in, and the coffin was buried. | i
ho eonspuators we're Josephine de Be.uharnais,
ichegru, Banas, Hoche, some Of the guards.
ID others- The Dauphin Wac taken
} Ii Vendes, ind thence to Rome. Every
here he WIS betrayed md dogged by tplas. He
ll4d from Rome Tor London, bat tho veaae1 !