, 1879-07-19
MISMATED ROYALTY.


AHU NHHJQk&l pNH&rTlH0Sk OI EfIHG6 ms
pcloon una tho Irlneeas Cloti1do.
Hostst Herald.
For tho last year of her marriage with Prince
Napoleon thu Princess Clotlld0 was very Hrctcll-
cd md spent much OF her tluto In PRAYER. Tho
Prnce was extremely courteous to lcr, but rs
ho waa at tho Baa,e time as friendly as over With
tho old sot tllera was no true f}ond OF BympathY
bdtwecn them. It canuot aYon bo aaid that tlei
heart was Vacant, for her glr1!sh hopes unt aE-
IfancU worthy 0i rank hal boon ceutcrcd on thu
Due tlo Chartrcs. There was but ole prospect
Of bottor understanding between the patr. aud
whon tllar Oldest son, tho present 1'tluco Victor
.1cron,a Frederic, Was bnrn on the 18th .futJ,
1869, bis mother sco1ncd To take q ncw interest
In lie. Olhcr children followed, 1,-Louis Joseph
jerome, born on Tho 18th July, 1851, nnl h riri,
Letttia, burn OIL tbc*oth Dceotnbcs, 1875:
Tic PRINCESS wns naturally attached to NIL
their fathcr's lfe gradually cstrnngcd her nloro
n,iti tnnru from HIN. lie was on tho bust Ut
terms with tho Marquisc do G., and though tho
PRINCESS at lrst affected 70 ignore It, sl'e sought
'rhey may be sa,d to havo fIgod apart since ,l,n
BIRTH of their daughter, though ut first ncthct
ayowuA tllu motive of Tic separation. Tic pfilA
cess simply euntriycl to bo whcro Tho Prime
was NOT. When he was ut payla site waa 9tttWf
ia Italy or ut one ot their country homes: This
statu Of things continued lowl TO- tho date ot
lie war. When that was over tho rrin:css lived
for awhile in absolute retirement Ut IranKiss.
n,rult t!uMnln left to the Pre0 pns OF the wsevk
Of Ills possessions At q member Ut the rctEntis
faulty. lie, meanwhile, had Left tic Faaia
Isoyaf for m apnrtment, like any otl,Ur prlyato
gittzen. lie sought hef out a1la proposcl that
Sue should share the apartment tho Meon one as
a ,nattcr Of e0urae} and return "AOmc.h Sla
CONSENTED, and tho first thlng that met her eyes
as sto crossed tho threshold WIS tho portrait Ut
tic Slarqnlse lie g. Il was toy mueil. and she
went straight oil to her fathers chateau OF
MuNtealtce, near T1lrttl. .-..-.
The Prince kent tho borg, md, haytng them,
he still had tho mother, In d measure, Ia his
puwcr. The torrns Of thatr scpArntion nrc lsat
ho shalt take tho two PrInces otcc year to euo
their mother 10 Italy, aud tlis hsa tcrn tlouo
regularly yusr by year siuce. The latle arc very
lltslo with tlrlr father, even whom #, Paris.
lllur attend ule College Charlemo9nc, ns,tt live
with thuIr tlitdr. u. BarIcr, 10 the auu du ID
CcrIsato. Tley speud thr!r holidays witt! their
aunt, tho Princess Mntl.lldc, sister vi PrlnCo
Napoleon, md It fs sha who realiy brl1ss them
up. She las the grcaic9t Affection for vtctor.,
tho c,dest md the now Pretcnacr. and Il Is all
tho stronger bocauEa he is 40 different from
"pour Louis" who bus just met his death
Bear In mind tEnt the late Prince Imperial MID
llia motller wcra ucyor huurtily liked by any
branch Of tle true Napoleon family. Jerouo
aud his sister Math!ldc are truu BonRpartes.
Az 10 the ons whom they consented to call
cousin because he bura t,o titlo Of Napolcon
III. the lcss said the bcttcr a. to the purity Of
his descent. ab was undoubtedly "the son of
his mother,n Queen Hortensc; but beyond tint
1t would not 10 safs to 80. moro csnoenlly us
hts rcputel fathcr, 1utla Ut Holland, dee1ased
Inuci, reason tn regard TINT Indy win lie duep.
cat INVERSION. Now tl.e present rrsnce Nanoscot
nttl hts sister Mnthfl1o aru OF thu ps1rn lmHcral
stock, whatever clso tllcy may not b..