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has dsfsnon. bsing neithw gestn1 nor
GOD hsnossd In f.rt 10 wss royal
UascuLins prototype of the eele brsted
littls girI Who 'hatsd every bpdy ADD
wished thai everybody was dead Hs
hated his arss wif4 ths hisA-spis1ted
and Intellectual sophia Of Wurt<mbery.
He hated hosh at his Sons. aad il u IN
dssd said thai ths nsgrsntly immoral
life and premature death Of his eldest
son and heir wss owing 10 his fatAer's
ili-treatmsnt 40 lsss than 70 his fsthsr's
example.
The Prince wes made unuttersbly
wrstched ~ hcfns. owing 10 the King's
jealousy Of him. and 70 he TOOK refuge
In Paris and plunged over head and
ears In the designations Of the gay
city, dying finally. broken-down de-
bauche, while still ia the prime of life>
His second son. Alexander. inherited .
diseased brain from his mad great
grandfather. the Emperor Paul Of Rus
STA. sd ID Was rather comfort for his
family. as well IS for his possible
future subjects. when he took his de-
pArturc from the world which his wits
had left before he did
Old King William, during his long
disgracefnl career, indulged In in
Vulnerable love affairs more or less
serious. bat of all the 1--we females that
he set At the LETT side Of his throne, the
most remarkable was an American
6ho was . realization OF the wen known
limo Of Byron: "Born In . garnet, In .
kitchen bred" Yet. notwithstanding
the obscnrity of her origin and her lack
Of education and breeding, she bloouned
forth into one Of the most elegant wom-
On IN Europe She was . New-En-
glandof by birth, and began life In
some mental capacity in . hotel in Bos-
ton She is said to have been extreme
~ beautiful In her youth In . graceful
Spanish style. her figure being at once
slender and shaPsly, and perfect
enough In its contours TO have driven
any sculptor 70 despair who might have
tried to reproduce It.
Her eyes were large md dark. her
head small and finely formed. and her
features Of q piquant delioacy Of out
line. Her vast fortune csme to her
from her royal adorsr in . very singu-
lar way. He Jew into . passion with
her on ono occasion. and. catching up
the nearest object that came handy, he
hurled IL 1t her head. The lady clover
ly lodged the missile, which was q
bulky package Of papers, but, taking
possession of il, she carried it OF in tri-
umph- 1t was made up Of shares in
certain unproductive oil wells in Ga
hcia. A few years later the company
struck OIL" and that quarrel with
King William made of Nine. Musard
one of the richest women In Europe.
Like Mime. Dubarry, who in her
childhood peddled pins and staylaces
about the streets Of Paris, and who be-
gan life a. . dress-malzer's apprentice.
the ex-hotel drudge of Boston became
noted for the extreme elegance of her
surroundings and the perfect propriety
of her demeanor. Her taste In dress
was faultless, her hotel, her equipages,
splendor. She came TO reside in Paris,
and was . munifccnt patroness of all
artistic or charitable enterprises. A
stroke of paralysis, which brought
about an incurable droop of one of her
eyelids, deprived her OF her beauty be-
fore she had attained middle age
Covered with magnificent jewels, her
slender waist encircled with girdle Of
gems that matched the rest of her
parure. and shielding her eyes from the
light with an antique fan, painted by
Vatican or Boucher. aud worth in itself
a fortune, her dark hair decked with
roses, and her still exquisite figure set
off By the best efforts OF the Partisan
dress-mal<ers, she was q noted and note
worthy figure 10 the last. wiz It be
believed that the last years of her mag
nificent existence were embittercd by
vain craving to be received in respect
tact and intelligence and lavish liberal
ity could suggest tn bring about that
end, but all to no purpose
she subscribed to all fashionable
charities. She pstronzed all the relief
funds and benefits. the bazaars and the
balls. making munificent gifts to each
OF them. She always engaged the most
expensive box in the house whenever a
new operatic enterprise was started.
Her life. from the hour that she Quilted
Holland. was entirely sans reproche.
But none of the fashionable ladies of
Partisan society would receive her Or
invite her To any entertainments. Once
she offered 20 certain philantkropic
Duchess . subscription of ten thousand
dollars for that lsdys pet charity in re-
turn for an invitation 10 dinner. The
offer was courtcoasly declined.
Finally she fell victim to the insid-
ious effects Of the malady that had rob
bed her Of her beauty. She went mad
and died. The sale Of her effects. at
her sumptuous hotel near the Arc de
Triomphe. was one Of the most ex-
trsord.nary scenes that have ever wit
messed. Her choice laees filed a huge
Saratoga trunk. Her silk stockings
were brought out By the ciothesbasket-
ful. The display Of her fans took M
half dozen giasa eases Her tiny
gloves and miniature slippers were the
admiration Of ell the beholders- Nobody
was sad and nobody Vas especially I'M
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