Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-17

but al the moment OF acton nave thouSht tuat
your life is precious and that mine Is dear only 10
my mother. | prefer, Therefore, TO kill myself.
Before dying commend to your majesty my poor
mother Francisco DE FRANCISCAN.
On reading this letter, Humbert made re-
mark which spoke both for his courage AMI
goodness of heart. He said: This is crazy
fellow, who would render his suicide interest
ing" The king was, however, mistaken
Though when first interrogated, the sergeant
had declared that the removal of Humbert
was a little job" laid out for him by a secret
society Of collsprators whose commands, in
all hour OF Nihlistic infatuation, he had
sOlemnly sworn 10 obey, he since has con
fesSed that this story WAS an utter fabrica-
ton, and that he cOncocted il Ia give his poor
mother claim on the generous charity Of
the king As for the motive Of his attempt on
his own life, the inevitable "woman in the
case" was not good old lady, but a very
naughty young one, whom, ON recent leave,
hc had met at Alamo, his native town. IL
seems tina. a watch haG been Coniidcd 10 his
care, 10 take to fellow soldier, which time
piece SignOrina Delilah had taken fancy to
and gained possession ot 10y some means, and
FrancSchi, not heing able b. account for H.
disappearance, was on the eve Of being de
nOunctd as a thief, diSgraced and strippsd NJ
the scrgcant's gallon, and preferred death
PERHAPS it is II pity he could not have hud his
choice.
The son Of Vttorio Emanuele does not scar,
we'll On the very day OF that sensational
event, while many about him were alarmed
by the Sergcants letter, Humbert drove down
10 Milan in an open carriage, with no guards
and one attendant il was Oh the day Of our
most terrific thunder storm Of the season
What rain was rushing, roaring, pour
ing, plunging down. IL looked, seen acruS'
the wide Piazza del Duomo, like lake or
end Just when the tempest was at its height
the king drove into the piazza, toward III,
royal palace. Some Of his loyal subjects
sheltered under the COlonnades, raised a shout
of "Viva il Re- and he, seeing himself found
out. bowed in return, lifting his hat with hi,
usual exceeding courtesy, barring his anointcd
head TO the pelting hood-for that was 4
storm in which no stOutest umbrella could live
About an hour later he started back e
Monza-stil in the rain, still III All open car
riage.
Yet King Humbcrt knows, by experience
the peculiar pcrils which bes,t the best regu
lated royal families nowadays. Uneasy le'
the head that wears Crownr-the only *
ceptions among present European monnrch'
being the infantilc AlphOnsO, 0f Spain, and
the imbecilc OthO, of Bavaria-and yet how
many heads there are that ache and itch tr
wear that troublous and pcrilous circlet. BE
hold in France, or just nor ont of France, TN
four pretendcrs, all after that old crown
which the republic has lad on the shelf, yct
all posing as distinguished PATRIOTS, thinking
only of redeeming their beloved country
lifting her from the slough Of republican
vulgarity and corruption 20 the old height oi
imperial glory or Bourbon purity They an
really and eager to lay themselves out on th'
altar OF la potris-they are as sarrificia
lambs, beating 10 he Oifered up thought
with many outsiders, that the government Oi
VI. Grevy was Of that worse thing than O
crime, a blunder, in eEpciiinS all thosC
princes, till the indignant eIiles went q
"proclamating" 10 furiouIy and foolishly-
each fellow showing his hand for the pro
posed game Of revolution
ThOe Parthan arrows were dipped IN tbs
very venom Of disafIction and seditiOn, ans
furnish the bo,t defense for the severe hctioI
Of the government Since those maHifestDs-
appeared. and since tho English have wei
come,l ~the iluStriOus eIiles" with such Osten
tatiOus sympathy, | have hoped more ar
IDENTIFY than ever that the French republic
would continue 10 "hOlh the fort" against tb'
! two elder men and the two boys, wh'
threaten her most direfully In the numbel
| Of the prctenders is her safety, perhaIs
The four busy rs may sting one anOthsl
/ u death. ! do not believe that tho dainty
Bourbon lilies will ever again really flourish IL
/ their native soil, water them with blood am
manure them with bones as you will Tbey
will lie Overgrown by vulgar democrats
/ cereals, OF perhaps choked with communists
and atheistic brambls and thistle ! be
/ lieye the last NapoleOnic throne was burB.
with the Tuileries II the present govern
! ment has strengthened end not weakenes
itself by this throwing overheard of IL
! JOnAEs and shall enter on q new period q
power and prosperity, It's tendency must b
more and more democratic. An able Eng
lish writer says: Titles Of nobility canno
/ long survive In the French republic
| A member of the chamber of deputis
/ aimed a deathblow at them not long since D.,
coolly proposing that they should bs sold II
open market According 70 his plan, plail
| citizens, by the payment Of certain graduates
sums 10 the government, could call them
selves dukos, marquises, counts or baruns
! The old aristOcracy Of France Is, after all
wise enough % meet the inevitable tide o
change half way. 1t h no longer the ]prout
and 'aughty@ caste IL once was
( GRACE GREENWOOD.