Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-21

2ne end Of The table nwai,;nr I'll. ~,
i amer commands, whiln AZ TX. iis
KY stood the steward. rcaar ~ nsner
we wants Of the diners " n'''no 70
tue slience WAS impnaesive r.. -.
N minutes the empress al thcr. -.
| Sha IN az ne dishes before nor
Snd w not nartake Of anything.
ner reach over and snatch ! saw
.oast from the Pope's trav ana AZ.
nt2 bowl Of broth from ,sh,,h 49,, y
noy rather was drinking, Rarnnn,,.I,.
~ ate II. like starving v,o,s ,...,s'
sAklng Der eyes from The pontir 49,
SisaI,ueI her with calm astonishment
slowly he drew back his chair 1Ta ~, y
on nGJ, act toos him by surprise. und tba
almost -, mi ~, winch the thing WINS done
am doing this IN order that 20, ,,.,.
nyt poison me. exclaimed the sn,,,, n,.'s
studied voice. S''oh 10 her cold,
~ was evident that the Ho,v r.,ta.
WE painfully shocked and II IL a "ssiir
smnEineu thnt We We're moro 81 800
III ,ne fope scanned the textures 81
cn,,, sues Al the while the emnress
tons Tf uevorring the pope's broth and
rardoi thtorvugliy composed the Pone ~
hta'ue1 inc strange scene as III n,xaitin /,
,ts END Neither the stewart nov Jnr.S
w., w. SUI unless az command, nnd tbe v,ord
us nor gwen The empress SOON ti,r',..
nrt hnpkin ON the tray. and MS ga w. NV,
s,eWnru opportunity to move for,,.,ri
,.n',. ieln9fc tue dishes. After he bnd
sVne ont was alone with Tho nair
- WIS evident that the empress had
' Esther ner reason. and ] could sre mar h
maniac to deal with. Present., 10y" 49,. a
me The signal to retire. which / nheya'i
crossing the door as ] Withdrew /, ~,
now about l O'Clock. and rcnoincI
slatlphed at the door outside. but I Gould
s3t near single word that was spoken
SloWly the minutes passed away Al !
ppyiIpek tne steward appeared with the
Holy Fathers frugal luncheon. and
asuin entered tho chamber to announce
eu' meal me empress was still seated.
rs hai left her with her head bowed
seemingly buried in deep thought. As /
turned to 20, the Holy Father. who
mad also not moved his chair durinr
these Two hours of his painful audience.
soiu TO me- Summon Cardinal Anto-
nelii TO accompany the empress"
lie spoke IN a rather louder tone of
voice than was his custom, but still the
empress gave no sign that She understood
lhe pollte' yet him, intimntion TINT the
audience was at nu end.
Cardinal Antonelli's apartments wore
directly above, aud l hastily summoned
him. At the entrance Of The cardinal
the Holy Father arose and said:
"Emlncnce. l retire. Accompany the
empress Take good care Of her"
Even this failed TO arouse the empress
from her letbargy | doubt II she un.
dcrstood what was going on about her
Already she had Iassed beyond the stage
where she could command her faculties
She had become rigid and did not move
As the cardinal touched her arm sht
arose and followed him to his apart
mcnt.
During the dinner the pope fell to dis
GUESSING the Incidents Of the hour before
aud | heard him remark "a nm sorr,
that this poor woman is no longer her
self, God bless herr
This was MI The empress remained
In the cardinals apartments until even
ing when her ladies in waiting cam,
10 take her away. Tenderly the foot
man bore her down the staircase to he
carriage and drove off
To my knowledge il was the first evil
dence Of her reason leaving her. aud /
wasn't long before the disease develope,
itself TO such au extent that the phys
iclun pronounced her demented.
Poor womanl God has spared her tn,
blow Of learning the fate of her deai
husband. Macmillan, and. to this yer.
day she does not know what became q
him. She is and ever will BIZ drivelinj
idiot, shut up from the world In he
castle at Trieste. Poor woman, indeed