The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-08

came out. lie wished TO have the pleasure Of
announcing on whom the successorshiD had
fallen, and was surrounded as soon as he
appeared Keeping silence and turning his eyes
on all sldcs he nxed them for moment on
Bccourt, tn N looked In another direction, az II
seeking some ono else. Tho Ffcnchman inter
protel this action ~ a bad omen. Tho Dlc
iADr az, felgnng at last to discover the
Count d la ra h, assumed er,ti0sd look, aew
to him. enur cod him. md sail aloud. IN Span
18Th; "Slr, It is with IN Ich DECENTRALIZATION plul-
ing, as though to embrace htn better "Ycs,
sir, it is with extre ne joy that for all my life
here tho embraces were again rcdDubled, ~ an
excuse for a second tusc and with the great
est Contcntment part from you and take
leave Of the very august House OF Austria 50
"a iying he Glove the crowd, and every one ran
after him to know the mans Of the real heir
while tho astonishment AMI Indignation Of the
Coln d lIirr ,ch disabled him from spetKing.
30 long ~ the arst wife of the new king lived,
M1dane des Ursn' wts ABSOLUTE mistress OF
Spain. Altho IRh this romirSahlo womin wa
a; this tine anout aixty years OF age, she seems
to have ena-cl with Ninpn md Diane d. Poiticrs
their immunity from physical decty. TIE por-
trait which saint simon draws Of her Is one 81
the most riding thlngs m hi ncm1ir.. "She
was rather tall thln Otberyiae. = brunette, with
blue eve. ~ the most vlric / eXpr,asiIn, ia NJ
gure peri get, with a<snost exquisite boom; her
face witt, boiug b iautifll WAS char Ming she
was 'x'rcn'ly noble N air, very ,i'.tic IN
defneAn0r, full OF " Ices 50 natural In every
thing that h .ve never seen any one appro lch
her either m 'orm or mind. H,r wit was cppions
au1 Of al kind. -he was nlterinx, cares tins.
m.inut lng. w.innr to pl'1sc Tor pie isils's
sake, win charms irro'i,iblo when she
strove to perfIld, and via over; az
hal
d,ur that encouraged Instead OF fright
ening; a delicious couycr-1tip1. inexhtIs'iole
aud very amusing, for she hal sean nlny CO IN
tr,c, and p,rsons; voice AMI way Of talking
very AYR 'ca5lc AMI full OF svectns4s' sac ma
road IN lca AMI rcn ,ctel much. $40 had much
ainbition. but Of that vast Kind lar above her
sex, an l the common run ~ men desire -
| occupy great position and 10 govern. love
| for sallan'ry aud perlon1l vanity were her fol-
bcs, ana thesc chung to her until her Latest day:
conseqlcn tly she dressed In way that no
longer bee me her, AMI as sh, advanced in ltfa
rem we'd further from proprety In this y ,rticI-
la. sne was an arden; AMI cx olsnt friend. ~
q friendship TINT tine AMI absence nsver en d..
| feebcd. aad consequently an i'm ,a able enemy,
PURSUING nor hatred 81 the infsrnal regijn..
| while caring little for the IN eans bv which sh'
gained her ends she tried 70 much as possible
| to re tch them 10y honest means.
Inc glamour OF court dill not blind Saint
| Simon 70 the det,stlble selashncss engendered
In Louis XIV by long continued adula
ton. H. show, him 10 us cIntryny under
| legd forms the murder OF man n,ma
| Flrsues Abandoning the army aud chance Of a
great victory I'm order to "jon the ladies' :" stop
plnsto caress and flwn upon a common anln.
| cicr Tor the Ike OF it'll, money. NJ matter
how III Ma lame de Hdntenon might be. he
would always have tins win lows OF her room
| raised when be cane % sec her, ana II he wen
70 Marty. she must follow hun. Neither woIli
he OK 'u-a from this journey hi. grandlllchtc-
the Dnchcsse dc i,urs osne, although she might
be in deic tie heal h, ami on ona DC aston whcn
n mis-, trriage e,ultei, he thlnkel G ID for it.
IA he sh 'ud DO no longer annoyed in his jour
neys by the reasoninys of m irons and reprssen-
taions Of 1ctors. Another grand laughter the
! Dlchesse d. Barry, was forced to accom- pany
| him to Fontaneblell unlcr similar ircum.
stances and Ike accident followed, hut when
| tho King a. told Of II hc did MT tnpH fr ma.
moved no HAi been obeyei. H. wis exceed
! ingl. jeaols Of tho attention pdJ hin. ~
marked We'll nh ao-entecs from tue conr,. found
| out the re son OF their absence, AMI never lost
an opportunity Of indic,tns his dispeNsufe.
When their names were Ia any way mentioned,
III do no, know then,' the King woIli re-
ply haughiily. Thosl who presented them
selves but seldom were thus characteriz cd :
" They are people l never sos." These
DEGREES were irrcvocable. lac could not be r
people who liked Paris Connected with this
| Jealousy wAsa habit OF suspicion which led him
TO take greA. pains to bo well Informed OF all
that passed everywhere He bad spies and tell
! tales Of Al species, many WHO wcrs ignorant
that their Information reached him, others who
knew u, others who wrote TO him direct, send
ing their letters through channels he indicated,
! but the lost cruel mo ms which he emplOyed
! was that of opening letters. A word OF CONTEMPT
against tho King or the Government, = Joke, a
detached phrase, 80 enouIh. " II Is inc-edi-
b." says Saint simon, chow many people
wore Ia this way ruined, always without re-
source, without trial. and withOu, knowing why
The kin. rad another fault, memory 80 vindic
tive that II he 80 man who twenty years 10
fore ID in some manner offended MIN, he did
not forget or forgive the man. although he
might have forgotten the offence. A. TO his in
tellectuli requirements, he was scarcely Taught
how to read or write, aud remained 50 ignorant
that the most fumiliir historical aud other facts
were utterly Unknown To him. lie fell accord
incly and sometimes even IN puolic into tho
grossest ab-urditics,
Yet. although hi4 intellect was beneath medi
ocrity, Saint Simon thinks II was ca able Of be
ing formed. "He loved glory, WAS fiona Of ordel
ami regularity, was by disposition orudent. mod
crate, discreet, muster II his movements an
his tonIue. VIII it DO belieyel7 he was also b'
disposition good and just. God had sufficient
gifted him to enable him to be a good king, per
b ps even toleraby great King. All the evil
came 70 him from elsewhere In another place
Saint Simon admits nat tho King plumel Inn
self IN Keeping hi- word. Moreover ths secrets
Of Others were preserved az religion is IA BIZ
own. lie wa even a,ttcrci 10y osr'9in confess
sions and there as no mistress, minister, o;
favorite who could have wormed them o..
Finally 1t Is NANTES. from Saint simon
picture, which as we have seen is by no mean
hatteIing, that Louis XIV. had bette
title than Francis |. 10 be esteemed the Ars
gentleman of his kingdom. Never did ma
give with better grace, or augmented 50 much
in this way the price OF MS benefits. Never did
disoblisine words escape him AMI II he HAD L
blame, reprmand or correct which was very
rare, it was nearly alw Va with mildness. neyc
except on one Gee lsion, which saint Simol
specifies, with anger or severity. Toward
women his 9otoncsi was without parallel
Never did he pass the humbest withou
raising his hat, even TO chAnbermails tn q