The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-28

His Views of Punishment and . Glimpse |
of His Home Life.

population of honest fishermen aghast at the
threat Of expulsion leveled against the family of
the Comte de Paris. AS soon as it was known
that | came from Paris, and intended to go to
Eu, was surrounded and questioned as to
whether the bill would really be adopted: and on
replying in the affirmative l saw the weather
worn faces become still and more gloomy, while
the women, as rough as the men, being accus-
toned to the hardest toll, shed tears over the
fate of cette belle famie
The Comte de Paris having announced that he
would receive me at 10 o'clock this morning.
entered the courtyard just as the mansion clock
was striking. and ushered by the Comte
Othenin dHaussonville, who was on duty with
the Prince, into a small. ground-loor room.
where he asked me TO wait. It was small and
simply furnished library adjoining the study of
the Comte de Paris. who entered in few min
utes. l thanked him for receiving me, and ex-
planned that had not come to interview him,
but simply to express my sincere sympathy at
his being menaced with the bitterness of exile.
"Oh," he replied, II have no occasion to ask for
secrecy in this case more than in SO many 9th
ers. have not to conceal having spoken with
you any more than to ask you to conceal it.
When learned at Talavera station that an ex
pulsion bill mad been submitted to the Chamber,
did not think of myself, nor even OF my family;
thought OF my country. was prey to pro-
found sorrow, as / felt that after 100 years of
conflicts and discord the era of prescriptions is
not over. and that sons of France would again
be seen wandering homeless on a foreign soil"
Where do you intend to go, Monseigneur, If,
as is expected, the bill as regards yourself per-
sonay and the Due d'Orleans is passedT II
have not yet quite decided; but my leanings are
for England l am receiving from that country
so many and such pressing proofs of almost gen
eral sympathy, there reach me so many touch
ing letters even from persons whom / do not
know, that it would be difficult for me at pres
ant to choose any other place of refuge / can
not go to Germany. Austria would remove US
too far from our beloved France l know too
well, from an experience which l have not had
time to forget, what a center of intelligence
London is not to be irresistably attracted
to it. | have thought. indeed. of Switzer-
land, but / can go there afterward,
for have no intention OF set
thing permanently in one spot do
regular establishment Formerly, in my pre-
vious exiles, had fixed residence, because my
position was different. was not the unQues-
toned head of the royal family OF France, and
neglect of duty. This state of affairs exists no
longer. do not entirely renounce the hope of
returning to my country, for, even under its
present form of government, cannot believe
that this persecution will last forever, and that
France will not open her doors to all her chill
dren. For this reason do not mean to settle
anywhere permanently. / shall move about.
We shall fancy that we are travelling, and we
shall have a change OF scenes without change
of hope"
adopted banishing simply yourself and the Duo
dOreans, and allowing the other Princes to re-
main on a more or less tolerable footing. will
those Princes follow your "As to my brother,
have already distinctly intimated to him my de-
sire that he should remain. AS he will have the
right of doing so. l am anxious that he should
remain if | cannot, and that he should reside in
this country whence | am banished. l have
already told you that do not intend to settle
anywhere. cannot require him to move about
wi ma md IN roDard his reSidenca the Mace
in which may live. according to circumstances
or to my preferences. It will be a consolation
for me to know that he is here and know too
we'll his affection for me not to exert my au-
thority and make him stay in France There has
been much talk of the Due d'Aumale, and when
he knew in what way he had been defended
from inclusion in the Punishment he was much
panied He accordingly lost no time in coming
to see me and having the fact announced every
where. This was the best way of replying to
to this explanation of his stay in France. will
say of him what have said OF the Due de
Chartres. I cannot iufict peregrinations on
him. He has not like me- the duties of the ex-
ceptional situation in which this law places me,
for it gives me so exceptional and distinct a
situation that if / had assumed it myself it
would have been imputed to me as a crime. In
severing me from the rest of my family / am
classed more formally than have ever classed
myself, and il my pride exceeded my patriotism
l could not but be delighted at It, AS to the
other princes, they have never figured in poll
tics, and have confined themselves to the de-
sire to serve their country. It is therefore fair
that they should be left untouched, and it
would be strange if I showed them greater
harshness than our adversaries have shown
them"
At this moment it was announced that lunch
was ready on the first story, on which is the
dining-room. Besides the Comte and COmtesse
de Paris, there were at table the Duo d'Orleans,
Princess Helene Princess Isabelle, the Comte
and Comtesse d'Haussonville and their daugh-
tiers, DIR. Gueneau de Mussy, the inseparable and
faithful friend of the family M. Emanuel Boch-
er. the son of the Senator, who has always de-
Tended with so much eoquence the cause of the
Orleans family; M. Froment, the tutor of the
young Due dOrleans, and another friend of the
household, whose name escapes me. The young
Due d'Orleans is seventeen years of age. He
has grown much of late years. His face is
intelligent and full Of resolution and vivac-
ity, and his dark eyes look you full in the
face with manly frankness. He has resolute
and decided disposition. He is an ipdefatigable
walker an excellent fencer, swimmer and rider,
and a remarkable good shot He speaks cor
rectly and f1uently four or five languages AL
though he is not great enthusiast for literature
he has liking for Virgil and Horace. and is suf-
fcently at home in French contemporary litera-
ture and history to take an intelligent interest
in conversation OF the most varied kind
Princess Helene is fifteen years DID, and, like
all the children of the Comte and Comtesse de
Paris is tall and slim. Her countenance is
charming, WIFI d Stull6 lull Ol ETdC0 anu klDu-
ness. She has very clear complexion and light
hair falling round an animated face. The little
Princess Isabelle is eight years old. She
is an attractive child, with a chubby
face and light hair cut short
over the forehead but falling in long golden
ringlets down the back She speaks English flu
entity, and exercises an indescribable charm by
her refined manner, intelligent eyes and amiable
smile The Comte de Paris has two younger
Carbohydrates Louise who, being only four
years old does not appear at meal time and is
dotted on by all, and the last conner, boy Of two,
said to be very robust
While regarded this family, so united, unos-
tentatious, cordial and gifted, in secluded,
peaceful abode, and on rejecting that at the
Paais Bourbon preparations were then being
made to drive it from its country and render it
homeless pang seized me, and, as though all
present had the same feeling, there was deep
silence. The master of the house. struck by the
sadness visible on every countenance, gave
signal to the Comptesse de Paris. seated opposite