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A Vienna correspondent , s,s' hoo -
most painful sensation "i ;9sa Uytn
caused here by the sudden tns a;a;
OF one OF Austria hisnsS sr usm
taries. Prince Wiliam o. M...;o
uoyo, son OF the Arcnducuess % =
Louise formerly wIe o. aap p,a ,,.;a a ~,
by her second ana lhoia'NI pon,n;or1
with Count de Neippefg; aso.
trouble was the cause u n'
tune. 80 = go. ..,,o =, al.
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most forgotten =, hls s ,,.;to 90" " Ma,
sons remember that tnc WIZ 49, a.
poieon and ex'empfesS u = tiI l,,s
consoled herseii lor Inc i a " ;li;a;.
band and throne; nfs1 W a.nan; i,
union, and afterwards " nG lS wv,
or 'ieitrnanded nailss0 N wv
chamberlain' the Oou n ae N VII a,s
mentioned above. re~el sS,n' Wv, we
fancy, were aware tnat . som Mas
born TO them.tna' rainier n n,.'i y nn{
fact beng omitted from Iyss NJ n.y.
al q tne biographies inueeu ia
nm Louise, though an Austrian VA a,'
duchess anu dauBn'or " f,A'i' :.
and Maria Theresa, OF NAPLES, only
attracted the worlds nohce wiiie sile
shared the fortunes OF the Corsican
soldier, and when separated rom
him at once fell into oDscurty ana
contempt Born in lI9i size was
married to Napoleon IN lSlV, ne mop
ing by this marriage to OBTAIN IN
heir who would perpetuate his en-
pire and dynasty, and also to get a
foothcld in this royal famiies OF ELL
rope; Metternich and his master
hoping thereby to gain time Tor the
partial restoration OF their badly
crippled government, 80 that when
opportunity offered Austria might DC
in a condition to take vengeance up
on France. Metternich, in his re-
Gently published memoirs virtually
confesses the game which involved
the sacrifice OF the archduchess, and
tells the arguments he used to Sc
cure her unwilling consent. Her re-
luctance was not to be wondered at
From the cradle she had been taught
that the French were nation OF cut
Threats and that Napoleon was hor.
rible monster--a second "scourge OF
God sent for the chastisement OF a
wicked and perverse generation. Yet,
if we may trust contemporary testi-
mony, she seems to have been very
agreeably disappointed. All author
tiles agree-and her subsequent CON
duct showed itTthat she was destl-
tute OF STRONG feeling OF any kind !;
u weak and frivolous character; n
prettyplaything rather than compan-
ION. Young, fresh and handsome
81 pure pink and white beauty"-she
appears V have fascinated Napoleon
as naucA as It was possible to fasci-
nate such a man, and he treated her
with the utmost kindness from begin
ming to end of their brief married
life. The birth.of a son, the luck
less king of Rome, deepened his at
tachment for the mother, and when
in 1913, he left Paris to lead the az
my IN q desperate and disastrous
campaign, she was nominated regent.
How little she deserved this atfec-
Tomato confidence was proved next
year, the fatal 1914. Refusing, on
the plea of i'll health, to share his
exile in Elba, she entered into nego-
tiation with the allied powers and re-
ceived the duchies Of Parma and
Placentia and retired thither with
the husband dd interim-Neipperg.
There shesremained until her death,
December IL, 1S47.
Napoleon felt the desertion keenly,
but il. conversation at Elba and st.
Helena always spoke Of her kindly,