The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-02
, SOUTH CAROL1NA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 1875
NUMBER 8.
Maurice, of saxony, temporarily sojourn=s

maurice, OF Saxony, temporarily sojourn-'
ing in Paris.
She could not prevent him from ad-
dressing her by her own name, nor refuse
his company to her own humble lodgings
But she exacted his promise not. to be-
months should have elapsed.
Once week Count Maurice found
himself at the abode of the princess, to
whom he was in theohabit of bringing.
sundry good things for her happiness. Az
last, however, he found during one of his
visits no need of calling again. The
whole family, tempted of the devil,,'
said Count. Maurice, had fled to parts
unknown! Half III anger and half in
despair, the count discovered the prin-
cess secret to King Louis XIV, ,swho at
once wrote an autograph letter to the
queen of Hungary, the eldest daugher Of
Duke Louis of Brunswick. In this mis-
sivc he assured her. of the safety Of her
sister, and added, "The king. will not
| prove chary of his best services to induce
the princess, who seems to have been
pursued by some ill-fortunc, to return to
her dccease.
| know not what confidential method
the king rcsorted to to insure the fulfill
ment of his promise. But ccrtaingit is
that, when the Count d'Aubaut and his
wife were again discovered by the Off
cl:lls OF his majesty, it was not inFrance,
but in Louisiana! They had returned
thlthcr in vessel sailing direct from
Nautcs.
After long intercession, the couple
were induced by the governor-gcncral to
repair, on board Dutch vessel, to the
Isle of Bourbon, where they resided for
many years. In 1864, tlie count was
removed by an epidemic fever, and his
death WAS soon followed by that of his
child.
In the succeeding autumn, 1855, the
widow, whose cup Of sorrow was now
filled to the brim, went to live in the
Faubourg Montmartrc, near Paris, but
six years later she retired to Brussels, ut
the invitation of some of her old friends
The story of her ,msfortunes, though
made known to precious few, reached
the ears of Ferdinand Albert II, duke of
Brunswick-Bevern, who allowed her an
annual pension Of sixty thousand horins.
Although coassantly nFset by troubles
on all sides, and even prosecuted by The
Romish propaganda she resisted all in
vitations to again. join her family.sABy
deeds of charity she cndeared hers6fiStn
the poor Of Brussels, and finally dt1Aa
steadfast believer in Protestantisfsh
September, l772, aged seventy-eiglit!@@a
Perhaps this is all that viii ever e
known Of the story of the sorfowed. we
of the Grand Duke Alexis for many 3
years after her death. the most ,yeIparE-,5s
able incidents of her career were conzE
cealed from the public; and until re-
Gently, historical researches were power
less to recall thcni There can be no
doubt that her eventful life was sur
rounded with even darker mystery than
hay yet been cleared up. But, even as
it is, its romanticism imparts to it an air
of falschood; while, on the other hand,
the knowledge of sworn testimony makes
the seeming fiction more remarkable
rian, im1ltth, yea The poet, if not! the histo-
memory of the ill-starrcd FCiHaflo'tte' Of
Brunswick. G. L. dustin, IN Appleton's !
J0urnal