New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-02
GENERAL CivllGNIC'S ROMINCE.
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Perhaps there is no more charming romance In
modern history than wa, embodied IN tue mar'iaSe oi
General Cavag nac father OF one OF the new French
| Cabinet Minister,l. lie already an elderly man,
aged by the fatgues aud pcro Of military HE even
more than hy the passage OF years when he first met
| I'm society his future VILE she wa Mile. Odor. the
daughter OF q banker and was young enough 10 have
vcrsay cOurtcd and sought AZ cr In Partisan society
Ly reason the large fortune that she possessed In her
| own right no less than by her attractive personal
| qualities. The General was Introduced to her AT u
solrce admired her great, and bowed her the kindly
patcrinl attentions that are hatterng To young
| girl when coming from distinguished man who Is "a
| good deal her senior.
the Young helrcss never occurred To him. for he con
dercd himself far too old 10 inspire genuine feoln;
| of affection In the heart OF young girl. one even
! ing at "A dinner party at which Mile oder was his
fellow guest the question arose respecting the nd,
and a lady who very mulch hi, junior. The Gen
era took occasion to express his strong disappOnalo
Of such unions and waNed eloquent upon the theme
| The discussion abruptly terminated by the Sud
den Illness OF Mile. Odlor who, after struggling IN
Ing and was forced To leave the table the powerful
effect OF his remarks caused the General To mediate
profoundly upon It's cause And rs ,he resul, Oh ms
mcdltationS he sought out next day the Young lady
guardian and asked II there was any chance Tor him
| to lind acceptance rs n sutton for her hand
| What the arhwcr was that he received cannot n'
happy one in all respects, til the death of the Gen
Of f an 't only child her idon1ed SON She never
again. aud devoted her lie 10 the heir and nime'he
rightly She died some year, ago. having lived TO wit
ness the establishment o the lNllu htpupIl' tc chi
mlnntion and conservation ~ freedom IN France
There /, story told of lOw In the early days Of hci
wdowhood she was summoned ny the widow OF Cen
cra lochc then II very obi lady. Ia come - see her
The aged widow met the young one with an embric,
Of fcrvent sympathy. Pointing 10 her o@n black gar
which she had for - many years, Madame
l0chc said mprcsaivcly To her visitor 1T Is thh
that mourn, We widows Of heroes
II would be singular II the ION Of the un,lrccSSfn
candidate for the Presidency o the Repuhc Should
raise himself to the highest honor, of the st,le A.
the descent OF President Cannot from one OF the mos
| Istrious and the pnrest II the perSonageN OF TN
| First Republic had much to do with his being ap
pointed the ruler of France the son and only ci
| Of General Cavaignac. himself In his boyh0Ol one y
the few practical and public protc,tcrs against h
Empire, may day be called upon TO rule over tn
country which his father should have ru'el. i
* onc OF the interesting speculation, Of history. tn
possibilities to what might have bccn TN, fate q
| France had General CavaIgaac and not Ioni
| Napoleon proved the successful candidate nj th'
n0nenton, electoral camnngn Of the second Re
| public. Iut the nation drunken AMI daZcd by III,
glorious memory Of the great Napoleon. gave over
wlclmng majority T. the representative OF th
Ronapartcs. and the progr,s, French freedom, wa
| thereby checked for nearly twenty years. The Gen