The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-07

To Compiegne. where he was frequent Wis
itor the author Of those notes devotes q chap
ter. With the advent OF Louis Napoleon. even
before he assumed the purple. spirit OF
change came over the place. Recalling the
life at Compiegne. our author opines that Hor-
tense's second son would probably have made
better poet than an emperor. He dreamt OF
being LEmpereur- Soleil as Louis NV had
been LIE Roi-Soeil Visions OF a nineteenth
century La yalliere. or Montespan, hanging
fondly on his arm and dispelling the harass-
ing cares OF State by sweet smiles. while
treading the cool. outrageous glades OF the
magnificent park. haunted his brain. He was
quito willing to go rs far. as Louis
le Bien-Aime. and to build another nest
for another Pompadour Ho did not
mean. however. to make Maintenon
out Of Veuvo Scarron. and least OF all an
Empress out OF Mile. Eugenie do Montijo.
Mile. de Montijo. on the other hand. WAS de-
termined not to be Nine. do lIaintonon. lot
alone La Nalliere or a Pompadour At
any rate. so she said. and tho author thinks
that we may safely assume that the lady's
virtue would have been proof against the
Establishments of tho future Emperor" even
II she had not had tho advice and guardian
ship of her mother. whose Scotch blood would
not have stood trihing with her daughters
affections aud reputation. But. to make the
fortress doubly impregnab.e tho Comtesse de
Montilo scarcely over left her second dau2h-
ters side. 1t was great sacrifice on her
part. because Milo. Eug6nie was not her favor
lite child: that position WAS occupied by her
elder sister, the Duchesse d'Albe.
1t is certain that OF tho f6tes ofthe Eys6e
Mile. dc Montiio became the guiding spirit
She and her mother had travelled great deal:
so had Louis Napoleon: the latter not enough,
however. to have learned the wisdom OF the
French proverb. Care a In femme don't 10
berceau Gt6 une MALE. ct 10 pensionat uns
table d'h0te." Describing the f6tes at Com
piegno. which followed tho opening Of the
Chambers In tho spring OF 1852. our author
tells us that tho most observed Of all the
guests was Mile. do Montijo. but scarcely any
one suspected for q moment that the hand
some Spanish girl who was galloping by Louis
Napoleons side would be in two months En-
press OF tho French. Only few know
ING ones offered to back her for the
Imperial Stakes at any odds: tho author took
whatever odds wero offered. and Of course lost
heavily. There were. however. no quotations
for a place." bnckers and bookies alike
being agreed that she would be first or
nowhere in the race. How 1t would have Jared
with the favorite had there been any other en-
tries. the author does not pretend to say: but
as the various European sovereigns declined
the honor OF an alliance with tho House o. Bo-
naparte. Mile. do Montio simply walked over
the course. One evening the rumor spread
that Louis Napoleon had uttered the magic
word marriage in consequence of a violent
At OF coughing which had choked the word
mistress" down his throat. What had ac-
tually occurred we learn on what the author OF
these notes assures us Is excellent autho GRITTY.
"The day before there had been hunt. and
between the return from the forest and the