, 1879-07-19

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PARIS, July 3--T'le tcainE Of Paris on the
subject Of tho death Of the Prince Imperial Ia
one Of indignation ratlltr than Of SORROW Why,
Il Is almost universally asked, did the Etnpress
let uio boy gos 1t Is tdlc to answer that te Was
quite Old enough to DECIDE for himtclf. The
French hars no such opfnGon. They bold tl,a.
tho right of parcnta! control eItends LAT bsyoud
tho period Of The legal ms1ortty. Tho mother
should have kept him b. her side at all
l'a1ards; II was hcr duty to restrain hts
llclr to the Bonapastes but because he
was her 500. 1t was rash, and thu average
trenchtnnn being at heart about tho most eau
tons tellow in tl.r world never iorgtvel a fault
Of moat people here to regard tho unhappy lAdy
as essentially q femme tatale, woman whose
Influence brings n curso to oil within its range.
The war md Its results started this suspicion,
now almost faith. The luck IL agaipst her;
wo to all who walk In her ways! Tho ves5
Douapartlsts will now tell 5ou 70 In private, aud
men who bcltcyc In nothing elso that may fairly
tatnlity of III. This, Of course, 10 all non.
sense; to too, is tlsc belief l!o'd BY 4 small
hut increasing section here that tho Prince was
sseoft. lie w., 10 faet, Betrayed" By sayaces
In the pay of Prince Jerume Napoleon, who sue
cecds hiIn as heir. give You this ~ standard
measure ot human stupidity, which Is IT thu
SANG time peculiarly French. It is only less
foolish a1,l cruel to mako the Etap.css directly
responai bic for her son's departure, aud hap
pGn tu know tllAt IL Ia false. Her indirect
responsibility /. loayea her perfectly
hlamcless-ts more easily proved. In truth, The
poor young. fellow waa to sums extent driven
away from lio1nu by. too much religion, lIo
had soldiers natural desire to aee srFvice with
h!a cou!radus, but this Mlght llayo led hiln
to tho decisive step but for .wcsrinesa Of the
cloI.tEal re1trelneut II Ch!se'hurst. The death
Of NnnrleDn ILL., intnnsIta,u1 fa ma Him, t ra.
llRtous gloom aimava latent III hIs wifes uind.
Amid the distractions OF ter time of4powor md
glory Eugonis was always q feryent Catholic;
and 1t was only its quick succession of pleasures
.aat ,proyonsed her frum bcsnE au allnost
fauatical d0Votce. Tiers was nothing
10 chcek this tendency In the quios
rural surroundings Of Chsslllurst, aud the
ftafostunes that took bet to that quist country
frlnee's home life was nade alfnost unbearablo
tu htgh-sprlaed lad BY his noilrr's aacatlctsm.
lhrra were nhols days when she exchanged bare.
y . dozen words n!th hiult having her Thoughts
fully engaged With The most sc1upulUua fuldU.
iueit Of lie duties Of rcietoa and with tao
me!itat!ons supposed to By proper to her fallen
state. aho dressed almost like nun anti feit a
nuns reluctance even to apeal Of Tie world fronl
which sho had retired. Many u time the boy,
tary eo!le9e, bus found coaventual stiffness in-
stead Of the animation Of Aqme,-touud II 10
often, that towards the last hs came 10 expect
IT, aud wtnt anywhere rather than to Cnlsel.
hurst wheusHer 20 bad moment to apate. It
WA tho more % be regretted because the fatnt-
1y's opportunities .ot tultuR agreeable society
were almost boundlsss- They had nut only ths
pfck Of tue county. but the pick Of EnEl md, 1t
their beck and rail-. ThouRh there may have
would hava been well Ii shs Ind found, Or a.
fstted " tlnd, sonle satlslaetion In II fos her
sonfs sake.