Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-06

tlently and submisslyely the two
young families of their king, the
legitimate and illegitimate, grow
up in their presence. In the "Me-
moires dun Diplomatic, Turin" by
Baron d'Ideyille, you can read the
whole disgraceful story. Baron
d'Ideville was in the French Diplo-
matte Corps when the court was at
Turin.
The day had gone by E French
men to tolerate such royid indecen-
cies, and Baron D'Ideyille could not
help feeling and expressing disgust
at the sorrowful royal dishonor.
The king even lodged his "tally"
family in a palazetto in sight Of the
royal residence, where the queen
and his lawful children lived. On
the birthdays of his true and legal
children he was in the habit Of
giving them whatever they asked
for. One birthday Of Prince Hum
bert, when he was a boy, his mother,
the patient, good Queen Adelaide,
bade her son to ask his father to
give him that palazetto. The boy
did as his mother directed. The
king flushed, turned on his tremb-
ling wife, and said "Capisco bene-
ma vabbene" Il understand we'll
but, very well), and left the room.
The next day the disgraceful sight
was removed, and ROsina and her
children placed elsewhere.
POOR QUEEN ADELAIDE
fretted and prayed to God for pa
tience, and loved her husband
patiently. When she could no
longer bear the shame and neglect
she died. For years the king lived
on with Rosinain the same manner,
and she bore him large family of
children. About eight years ago,
when he was very i'll, he vowed, if
he recovered, to yield up his royal
state and to live like a private man
honestly. So he married Rosina on
what he feared was his death bed.
The old proyerb certainly comes to
your memory: "The devil got sick,
the devil a monk would be; the
devil got well, the devil amonk was
he" So when the king recovered
he was not ready to fulfil his vow !;
but there stood his shame-he had
made Of his courtezan, his mis-
tress, the wife Of the King Of Italy!
| Like all imperious, obstinate ma
lures, he could not admit the folly
nor the foul dishonor of the act.
Since then he has even tried to have
her acknowledged as queen, but he
found that the patient bearing
Italian somonaro will kick at some
things. To force such an act would
be worth his crown. There are
some disgraces the Italians will not
bear, and this was one.
VICTOR EIMANUEL's ILLEGITIMATE
FAMILY.
The support of this illegitimate
family has always troubled the
king. His unlawful sons are ex-
travagant; one, the Marchese Spin
ola, is worse than "a spendthrift,
Thus His Majesty of Italy has
constantly been obliged to raise
money in outside and private ways
in order to meet these necessities;
for of course no allowance is made
by government for the kings tally
family. The Marchese Mantegazza
is one Of the persons who has for a
long time been employed in these
transactions. TO be sure he did not
come personally in contact with his
sovereign; the affairs were transact
ed bymembers of the kings illegiti-
mate family, for whose expenses the
money was needed. Now the mys-
terry must be solved to you. You
of course see into it clearly. X is
no other than the Marchese Spin
ola, one of the Kipg'2 illegitimate
sons; he is true to his mothers
blood; he is not only the real guilty
one, but he has allowed his friend
to suffer diSsFsee for him. To be
sure the disgrace is not ~ great tg
his eyes, nor probably to Malte-
gazza's. Within that hedge that
surrounds that false divinity Of
royalty none Of these true dishonops
hold weight, and Mantegaaza's
silence and patient endurance of
the wrong will be deemed a sort of
tinsel honor, for which he will be
well rewarded.
ANNE BREWSTER.
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Testing the Sense Of Touch.