, 1879-06-27
. YOUNG LOUIS,
Anecd"tes Of tho Lnto Prfnce Imperial

-'"ee VI thc l4ht0 HFlnE0 Imperial
Ht'o FORK Sun. =
lilo Prince was slender and Ind d mild, p,eas.
ms countensnce; bis cars were rather too large,
anu On THIS account the parisans tor whom
hoth'ns Is sacred. and who nlways tlnd nick
usfno Tor everybody called him 'sPsnce Qrcll.
lar''.' His christening by Cardinal Pat.tzt,
a. rcpsetcntfng Pope Plus TX, was 4 gorgeous
court display. Tho Empress showed hcrse,f =
real mother to the hoy, often spending her en-
t'rc days and nights bcsIde his cradle, 10 spite Of
court ctI1icttc and tho Empcror'a romon-
steanees. Sue had her reward in tie boundlcss
a'!set'or flint te child learned to feel for her,
'Gfe f1s Tnls fa,,sr ny ,hRo knorn =, no amnu:!on
gay fllc boy, then, perhaps years old was cry-
,1s s With The toothacllc. The Emperor seolded
soaI 1 tI''nE I. that sns, the 'utufG Emperor q Enea
piled the boy. "No mattern np s.orni~
.cIo!ned tle hero OF Sedan; hstop np
o1r Ics fn eac' rf nah yoqr an9ers and you VII not
nu'azcmcnt, but followed Bis faiher's ADVICE
aud ten minutes later announced that tho pain
Ntlti and a,ntaele a. hc was, he occasionally
sons of Dr.. conneau and Gen. Fieury
wfma. ~ an, n Napo'eou," he said @ one iay ~
to to ineo y9ans VII, tEi'p'nna,se n Who lad rsfa,ea
VIII not Obey" His iaer oSerhes.a 10 "tn i. ai aaS
ihe boy Was condemned TO bread md water for
twenty:four hours. The young Prince, wheu a
little boy. could not BE- induced to mount =
pony until 10 bad been threatened with tho 10
tumble: Aftcrwara he became a fnc horne
mau. Ills favorte .pasitme was to Listen
70 70 ti,e music That The bal.1 Of the Imperial :
T"nra played tot Sai'y IN The eoart ef tho
corns!-naycF Of the band, Dufour, that l,o
would pot consent 10 the latter's retiring with
tic othcrs. Often, when oil tho others had
gone, tl,s colossal II. Dnfour was seen eithcs,
thr enrnet, or CARRYING him around iu his ntms
ior hours and hours In succession. One
d9s ,t tue ,,l1;n E1mprssa was talking with some
or l'cs s,,A, adies ol honor about certain mar
WI ret nlnrretl.h said the boY; !" r will marry.
u. Dufour.n, Young Louis was frequently re-
4ucstcd by h!s tutor, Gen. FroIssarsl, 10 DO pru-
dent: - PRINCE" be was told, y should never
commit himself one ray or the other" 4 Bl,ort
while after llc Ind been reminded Of this duty
the a0n vi Gen. Fleury nsked him whether bo
was hungry. II would not like to e1ptess auy
opinion on the subject" Young Louis Crayely
replica.
an he grew older Ito manifested uncommon
talent mud stroug taste for boots rs well 10
for military. drill His iavoFito study was his
tory n which he became proficient rather
tt.s'u"5n LIB onH tAeEL1oun tuau Iuo1u O1 d1us
fFulssas1. lie had = wonderful memory for
dates aud names, and at tho agc. OF 10 be could
tell The exact day On which alIy important
battle took place, md tho names Of
the Generals engaged In It. One day, at
the Paris Exhibition Of 1867, the Emperor and
family happened to pasa through the outside
gnlory Of the rrusslan department. where tha
Immense Krupp gun was exhibited 1t weighed
3,fAo tous, and was mounted OH massiYo guo-
carriage eighteen feet In hight The Emperor
was obliged to pass Under IL, md cast q stealthy
glance at the monster without raising his
bead. Tic Pr!nre Imperial, with boyljGe in-
sistence, sought to attract hia fathers attcntton
- thH gun by pulling the skirt Of hls iroekcoar,
narty morel along. But tho boy was not satis-
fed, aust II q sub4ucd tone almost timtdly,
asked "Why hare ron not bigger one, papai''
~ DO not want war. child" tho Emperor 10.
piled alond. Applause greeted his words. but
perl,aps thoso Of the boy wese worthicr Of bon
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