, 1879-04-21
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.

| EHaHGG W reply HCllt uHEAiy 6fcts
| PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
THO Education Of tho I,oy for Whom tile
| Onco splchtllsl liagente Lives.
! kontson TrHIh.
fremembcr seeing the Prince Imperial when
he was a buy OF u having vetocEpcdc.raco
will, his young friend Louis Conncnu (son Of
The Doctor) on lle private terrace Of tho
ruilcrics. Young Conpcau, already n truo
co,,rticr, held IN Ills baud 40 that tho Prince
might not bo defeated In public; but IN slack
cntn;. speed he gaye Ills bar too sharp jerk, 20
itlas his fore wheel castght that Of the Frtncc's
vu1.iclc, mn! both scloctpedes rolled on thu
| E:uli,nd with their riders. The merry way III
which Napoleon ILLS he[r laughed as he Acrssn,
nfrd to bis feet nild assfsted ha fr'cnti to rise
after his 1nother In swectncss OF temper. All
| whu have cyer approached him, either tlurlsIlt
| his fntrrr's rcun or since his cxlc, lsava been
struck hS his sunny face, great intelligence, a,ll
| frank mariners.
iInwaa born very delicate child, md had 70
be nurscd with the utmost care till he was 10
years uld. III. nurse was MI Englisl, woman,
| anu tiu had n Gcrnan'Swjss valet; both wore
cnjotncu to apcuk TO him always III their respoct-
I've tongues, rlnle hs mother addressed hin In
Spanish, So sllat tue hoy etcw up to 30 good
| lnHuist without any effort, He could read In
four ]angtaGes Wien lla WAS !, and ho spent
| many Of the long hours, when he had to remain
| tu.luOrs by doCtorsf nrders, HcrnsnE books
whish treated qt hs ersat-.nelu's bastlcs., ilo
preferred this literature to HuY other, and be-
eA,ne OF n tut1.cr bc!licosc moud In consequence,
struttbg ahout with toy sword at h!s side. md
lighting sham battles "ite yo!,ng Conneau 1u
tlcr, win luyc'l lin with doting love, would
llaye spollt him; but his mother, wiser in her
affection, Insisted upoi his blind obedience.
porat In the Imperial Gunrd, a1,d at . was pro-
ll,ted to lis Scrgeantship. For hnytng ttiso-
beyed thu Empress while he held tllfs grade her
Majesty ea,ed m his o atsipss to BE- taken away from
whole yeas. The disgrace very deeply affected
him, tur lc was very fond Of showtng oil Ills uni
form before tl'r children, wlio were InyIted to
the palace to n'as With hini. Once, blythe by, q
chitd Of the actor Feclltrr was among Ills guests,
a'ld iAe psi',cc, hayns. HuaFre!ed with this bIat,
gave hin slap OH thu fase. Fecllter was hufIcd
wncn he heard OF the affair, Ailu declined to let
bis boy 90 the Tui1crics agaln.
| lie was under the tutorshlp OF French pro-
lessor Of sono ability bnt who labored under
This Gentleman had taken into bls head TINT I he
wou!d make Of his pupil philosophical Em-
pcror, aid tic proceeded tn ply him witt, may
inss Wh'Sh !; zee; ;eemsd derived from Rousscaa's
Prince, having been admitted to dcssert, stupe-
fed the whole table by saying to M Austrian
4irchduke: "Fous a.r. ley idecs de !fancie,t r.
ptnp'e ct ~! ocean; Al po., iut rtsstez, 4 cous
| fmiortt." The Emperor folt bad, us nn Amer
| lean would s1y, and requested the philosophical
tutor 70 TO a1il preucli has mn1tns elsewhere.
With his lessons tlAt oeinE asked soon afler-
ward what disguise he would wear ut n fancy
dress ball that was 10 bo held at thu Tucrics,
III elected to appear as AfasaniclIo. The En-
pegor and Empress agreed to hunlor bis wish.
t,ccuUse, US they. iudiciously observed. nothing
wus 70 he gained by making believe tlAt hs irst
ThcY gave hdl. howcver. as tis second tutor
ani governor Gen. Frossart, who knew 80 littio
about philosophy that ho would probably have
. speIt 1t with IN t.
Gcn. Fro.sart is the warrior who cut such q
poor-ygry poor-nEurc at tho Battle ol For
bach. lle was clever stratcgtst on paper, md
II decent scholar ull round; but hs wns at tho
hnnie time an extromely consequential, fussy
parsonage, whom the Prince never liked. I
saw them together In 1860, wien thu Prince
: went with hls nutlier OH political trip 10 Cor
: LYONS halfway Station, wlerc crowds vcro m
) cheering. aud loyal Mayors were presenting
addresses, tts General kept saying audibly 10
} Ill pupil; "Take Your hat oii" "rus YOU, ha.
). | o1l.n :t.How to tile CentlCtnau," etc. Thu
!, relncc, who knew very Yefl what to do, looked
= profoundly bored, md ended by walking OF to
+ ret ucarer to his mother, leaving Frossart III
III Its studies. the Emperor allowed young Louis
Cunneau to be educated with him. Conncau's
!, father hatl beer, the Emperor's closest iriend
E etru,nental in nbettng his escape from that
|, turtress. The Emperor never fattercd In his
gratitude for this service, and he wished his son
/ Ia make the fE!endshtp hereditary. i has be-
ron,c So, for 1oua Conncau IL to this day Prince
! Louis Napoeou's must trusted friend.
:. Tie Prince Imperial had to put up with more
i. than one atlront IN his boyhood, for tho En-.
!. snIbbing tle heir aroec frequently. tu 1903 tho
I l'riacu went to presdu at tho annual distrhu-
tlon Of prizes held In the SorDonnu, after tho
Concouss tuncral OF all the public schools. A
Sou Of ten. Cayalgnac Unopened TO bo among
=, the prizu Wiuucrs, md Ills t,a1n0 WIS called to
J conlu n,d receive tis hooks from the frince's
: !,n,d; but ut this moment II tall lady. dressed
r III blackt rose among tic reserved seats, and,
: Cayaiguac ilot to move. This was Mmc.
= Cayalgusc, who thereby sought to. pay oil the
: aon OF 1lio man who had sent her husband into
d cxitr. The nifair made nh mn,ense noise, but
ihc Prince remarked rather plthily: "lt seems,
r ihcn. that young CavaiglMc wished to act COM
sdy for h. must havs IS, known H. Tss T. coming
!, pcytal, going to the l,ols de Boutogno in car.
q ruEe, saw n hoy tumble oil tho box seat OF o
. cab. Ilu ordered his Carrlagu to stop, and
k!sse1 liz 6oy, adding: "You inay tell your
n father that tic. Enipcror's son kissed you."
9 .'Oh, no, won't tell him tha1," answered tho
!: Napoleon Is a canaiit."
{ When tllc d!sasscrs Of 1870 overlook thcI m.
perial drnasty. Prines Louis Napoleon , YES Of o!d
greatest anguish to pnrt With his father just be-
lorc tic battlu of sedan; nud having been spir-
lied across the Belgium frontier to Mons, hc ac-
:, tua!ly escaped from tho ltotul DC Ia Coironua
+ In that town at night, mud tried to prevail upon
which hu could return to Franco and tptn hts
i1tt.er's nrn!es. ot cousso 1o was politely 70.
conducted to his hotcl anil the next day was
q couypyeu, under tic close ctstuiy Of tho
Y cuuerrles, to England. Thu PriRce's grief dur
lug the wholo Of the campaign which followed
tnxde his mother seriously fear for hls hcaltll.
VhGro 1Yh5 TO kGeDiuir NpMnp1pETS from Him.
J. nuI what augcreI til.n most was to read tho &C
cusatlons oil cosartllcc an1 lmbecillty lauuchel
t aganst Ills father. 0nu day lso was observed
writing some talnes on piece Of paps'' and ts M
taking down tho nalnea Of tho mon who are ill'
T. suItllls us, for l u!ean to reckon Will, thom
= somo uay,'' sail he.. but BY, nnL BY he thr.w
tlo jist Into the fire. ~ know the names by
:, i.sart." ha romnzkcd, "aud shall noysr forgot
= tiein.n