The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-28
PRINCE VICTOR NAPOLEON.


! The truth is that Prince Napoleon in.
trutionallv or out of thoughtles>ness. al
lows Prince Victor the almost ridiculous
sum, for one i'm his position, of 100 per
Anuum for hi, eVppus"s. Prince Victor is
Young, in every sense OF the word. He
has numerous opportunities Tor amuse
ment, and he regrets the necessity ot re-.
uounc'ns them. II is easy TO understand
/ that AN allow tnce Of 7,j00t. obliges IA Dung
/ prince To undergo perpetual privstions,
and keeps him from the costly pleasures Of
/ his habitual companions. Prince Victor
was impatientlv desiring the means Of
/ tasting the life he longed for, when
| Madame Auhan Meet, The heirrsS of the
/ house OF Mpet, OF champagne celebrity,
Died This lady left fortune Of GJ,0oO,
| 00l 10 her husband; but she provided IN
har will that. If he predeccased her, Prime"
Victor should succeed 10 her fortune She
d'ed; her husband survived her, and sac
Ceedrd To her fortune. He felt, however.
KIND Of scluple at taking everything,
and made, Indirectly, overtures to Primo
We or, with the vi'w NJ presenting him
with what was II small part, IT is true, OF
81 immense n fortune, hu' was neverthe-
less considerable sum, for it amounted
81 one or more million of frames, NJ.
Auban's Intermediates then placed them
srlVe, in communication with Prince Ma.
poleun and + iince Victor, in order to a.
certain vim steps should lie taken to carry
uut NJ. Auban's intentions. The neguta-
tlnu. have not VET led to- any result.
Tut Prince Victor, with the mpeluo.ity
u youth when n dream is near realization,
IT, soon A. he knew what was -oing on.
and learned from friends, anxious to give
him The good news, hat ua was about to
become pos ,essed OF Il considerable for
tune tor young man, hurried to one ot
ms .ntimatoc, who happened to have
Young MAS odSing to let, aud, as IT thu
millions were NJ his command. wished to
choose these apartments. This is the
whole story. Contrary tu what has been
SAID, there have hIus ar been only neg tia
tlon-, nothing as ye' being settled, NJ.
Auhan is still master of his whole fortune,
and there is nothing to show that an ar.
rangcment will bee made
1t Is evident that "A Prince can not ac
cept revocable annuity from private
person, who AT any moment might lay
down conditions, and otlige the possible
fretenler ia subordinate his political acts
to the will OF the donor, # may therefore
uhII u hilhhHsu II seems IUlplbuuult,
that the GIT will not be- carried out, and
thal Prince Victor will still be confined u
his E}Op year, aud condemned to live
with IN, father, and to renounce his pretty
dream ot an independent home, where he
could do the honors and RECEIVE whom he
pleased. Prince Napoleon VII certainly
not show any disposition to increase his
sons allowance, after the Query which
has been made about the projected sepAru-
ton from the latter,
As t. the question Of whether or not
there are political differences between the
father and the son, such differences do
exist. Prince Victor does not share the
tendencies of his father; aud he especially
objects 10 Prince Napoleon leaning ever
80 little towards the X public. In fact, It
has been pointed cut to him that "a man is
something when he Is the son Of an En-
peror, ~ even OF fretender; but that tue
son OF a President OF the Republic Is sim.
ply the son of his father, and nothing
more. He therefore certainly di~approves
OF his father, Democratic policy, AMI
when, some time ago, he wa, shown Prince
Napnleun'S letter. in which the latter IN a
fashion recognized the Republic, Prince
Victor said at might toe worse"-a char.
ayteri~ ic uttcrauce, showing that his
fathers policy is not approved 10y the son,
but that tine son Is very much shocked or
alarmed by the parental opinion. | am
convinced, IN fact, that at present politics
are not the ruling preoccupation Of the
Young Prince, and that he would willingly
let his father compromise the Imperial
policy ON condition OF being permitted 10
1--we according to hi, taste, which al pres
en-. is for the eaicties of youth.