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

| serted by Madame de MaiDtsnon, who left him
| to the care Of Wallets two days before bis death.
This woman, " we may trust Saint Simon, had
dealt with the King precisely as the cunning
Greek, who became the Empress Theodore,
had dealt with Justiui,n. The circumstances
OF the marriage are related with the utmost
positlveness and In detail. "what Is very GER
tain and very tru, IA that some time after the
return Of the King from Flntlinoole u and In
the midst OF tho winner that followed the
Queens death (po8tcrity will with din 'ultY b..
levc II nj hoIgh perfectly true and UrDvNd)
Pere de Ia Ch,isr, confessDr OF the King, said
mass NJ the dead OF the niSht In one Of the
Klne's cabinets Il Versailles. BOntema, Cover
nor OF Versacs, chief valet on duty and the
mos conld nih u The four vlleis, was present
at this mass 1t which the monarch and Ll VI in
tenor wcrn m rrcd In tne prssenc' o. the Arch
bishop OF Paris, of Louv1ia, the War Minister
Doth of whom drew from the King promise
that he would never declare this marriage) AMI
of Montchevreuil." rnis last was rolitve AMI
friend Of Villarceaux, t. whom he ht1 lent hi4
house, aud IN that house during the previous
summer Villarreaux had beeu living with the
woman VINO was now married to the Grand
honarquc.
Madame dc Maintonon showed herself de-
termined enemy of the DIg a. Oletns, to
whose fort ines sam, Simon had at'acheh
himself and accordingly nor ch srastcr IS
summed up slmovhit scHhnyly In these
memoir. In her later yetrs the lih Of her
lie wa t. b. proclaimed QIelp, Anl she Wa
once near ~ seeinsit gfi'ilel. DI'it wis post
poned. and forever, by me rapr IN atoms OF
Lpuvoi', to which int,rferen'c tHst Minister
owed his fill. aud perlap, hii d'lth. which was
apparently cnu.ed by poison. II likewise
seems o. 1e .de certain Dv these nemYri That
| the ildnn deaths ywuigl.n brct p'ripl
| all tie hcirs lpplrfnt Vt She Franc' 'npntr'h"
we're 9 it ~. Win 10 x'cNt.'n u 4 die sly Ia
| sant. we the result " q il,H3tid c1n.pift'y.
! l. Is t. be noted. h'hotgl inf sim ,n's sy npl-
! thles VIII not allow uim - % ia ont fhe eDin
cidcnce, that the poi.ouing ~ Mons sne II, tbs
! old ID moh.n. an! OF the Dls nj DI.hess Of
| BjIr;ognc IA not Occur until aftor me mar
rage u the Dlc II or ,auss od'i' dlufht 'r,
| who seem. to have been ona II the worst women
! tina ever livcd, with tho Duc dc Berry. VINO by
these events became ncxt IN -lc33s'ipn to the
throne subsequently, when the horrible ralA-
,ions Of this woman with nor father, whioI
Saint Simon regretfully, but PLAINLY, iliira'e',
| became Known to her husband. she WIS SAB
| iecte1 to vehement rcproaches. AM on one &C.
| casion to brutality on the part OF the ID a. dc
Berry. Soon after this Incident tlo latter died,
under clrcumst noes WHOA un nist1kdbly pOint-
| cd to the same poison which hal carried on his
brother ini father by tins event the father OF
| the Ouch $40 dc Berry, Of whom she had ma dc
slave, became mex neir after tbs infant
prince, ami 1t was problbly fortunate for the
latter thlt the lohesse died f1nr Years after
! the ID &c d'Orlelns bscamc regent. rhe strong
eat ground for sunposIns tbs reg mt hlm4 elf to
have been innocent OF tness crimes, Il tlat ne
suffered L1lis XIV TO live.
Before passing to the Regency, when, for tho
"A ser
public mrs. It NAV be well I , cite two or three
| anecdotes relative to the previous reign. An in
! cident which occurred In 1897 while he Duchess
of Bourg0gne WIS ~ FontanDleau, Just beiorr
| her marriage, may rem nd tho reader Of an ex
! plina'ion sometimes assigned 70 the "Mln OF
| the Iron Mask" IL seems that the Piinccsa wa.
ttken several times by Malane de Nan'snon 10
a little unknown convent where there was no
thing to amuse her AMI no nuns who were
known. Nevertheless Mtdimc dc hantenon
had often gone there, and Nonseigneur Uhe
Kings som, with his children sometimes. also
the Q ieep, his mother Wall, she lived. II tran
spired that In this e0nysn, there wls a black
woman who hal been nlaced there very yping
by valet TIN KIM. SIC r,celv the utm1s'
care aud attention, but never WAS SHOWN 20 any
| body. "When tn late Queen or Hldtnis q ,
| Naiuteuon went, tn y di1 not always 500 her
| but alw vs. WA cncd over ner welfare Hearing
Monseigncur hunt in the forest one day. she for
| got herself so fr a 20 excliim: My hroiher H.
huutiag.'" 1t was pretended 'nnt she WIS y
daughter OF the King and Queen, hidden away
| ON account OF her color.
To ilustrs'e the IMMUNITY with which crime
could be publicly committed by prince OF the
blood, we NAV quote the following: The A5be
SAnteu an excellent man, and one Of tue most
accomplished Latin poets who had ape Tsd FOR
Due de Bourbon, son OF the Prince de Condo.
The latter diverted himself by forcing Slnteuil
10 drink champagne and finally thought II .
good Joke to empty his snun box into glass OF
wine and make SAnteuil drink II. in order to see
what would happen. Ii was not long before he
was enlightened on this point. Santeuil was
seized with vomiting and with fever and in for
weight hours died, after suffering the t9rture'
OF the damned.
In regard to Madame de Montespln, Saint
Simon states fact but little known, that he
conduct was moro the iault Of her husband than
her own. II seems she warned hin a. soon rs
she suspected the King to he In love with her.
and plainly told him ~hen there was no longe
any doub, upon her mind. She pressed HIM. she
cntrcatcd him, 20 take her away TO his estates III
Guyenne, and leive her there until th'
King had forgotten her or chosen another. III
was all to no purpose but the " rqns WIS moi
long before repentance seized him, for his tor
ment was that he loved her all his NE althOugl
he would never consent TO see her again aftel
the first scandal"
rhe memoirs OF Saint Simon are studded will
hon mots. some neat. some Ind nerent OF whicl
We have space only Tor afew examples. II seem
to have been u contemporary Of his who de
cared that God wo ID thnk twice before damn
ing certain person Of high quality. The younl