The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-08
.lTiyCE OF THE VIOLET
.r rss Purple Flower Became The
Ba13plTtiSt Emblem.

ID O.
20 Woman's Suggestion to Bar
Pamese Legend Of the White
- which Verdi has Woven Into
". opera II Trovatore."
Wv trsn the New York Times.
-,.. ,,. fower'that all humanity loves
lLrioet In its lowly, transformations
,.a which tells you where the
Gam is hidden before your eyes rest
Win # is like a gentle woman whose
4 Ihss in ft the fragrance Of good deeds
\ ..-of the right hand knows not what
"A I.ft hand does, who is sometimes sent
+bis world to teach US what angels
T,rae violets are known to US here
,rrseB purple, the small gray and the
L. The great purple violet is not in
nous 1t came originally from Cor
/, and 10 is the flower of the Bona
IS It brought to the head of that
smly the first news of his coming great
,s From that time forth it was the
,r,pr he loved best, and it was adopted
4, tbe Bonaparte family and incorporated
4 M their coat of arms.
1 + was the good fortune of the writer to
ar his story told by the daughter of a
- d'bonueur at the court Of the first
mine To appreciate the tale 1t should
~. fine -settingn il had when related
tSrre TO yourself the loveliest park in
t.stbaru France, the golden afternoon of
L.
4 afrsi old lady who might have stepped
srom last century canvas Of Vatican.
H. Hack ewes had lost none of their
fower and passion IN her threescore
4 oors and ten, and she told the story
Lii an exquisite grace and felicity the
4rarsl2tor could never hope to attain
RGis is the misery scene. And now for
H. tale as it was told.
III France in 1894. The month is May
4 nd Mother Nature has Just awakened
{rom their winters sleep the flowers, the
3ovaIfpst of her children. After such a
farm as history seldom records, the last
4 9vps of the revolution are sullenly beat
\ No upon the land of the Burgundy rose
NJ Bourbon lily.
Nv a quick combination of the old roy
sIists and Jacobins, the new convention
4 Paris. though preferred by the people,
4 likely TO be beaten by the mob. The
8mety-six wards of the city on the Seine
sea5laze with passion. The women
Hin dipped their handkerchiefs in the
od that spurted under the knife of the
tpHlotine when the last of the unbroken
he Of the LOuises died in the Place of
Pee are full of savagery Of the ancient
4 laws and nothing but the red stream
Rowing anew can quench their mad
Abirst. The convention is in session. II
i awed by the old royalist armies and the
\ lever National Guards.
One commander after another has gone
Dyer either in person or spirit to the.ene-
8ies of peace. Barras, who leads the
Convention, is alert and ready, full of the
Fertility Of eXpedient that characterizes
lie Latin race, but he can see no hope.
Tie republic is lost, and mighty France,
Bhose traditions Of honor and glory for a
stOlsand years have had one unbroken
tle in history, is to lose her place among
4leuations at last, for who shall be her
8e.iyerer from the awful cruelty of her
\ y unnatural children2
n The shadows of the soft May day were
growing longer when BArras, the peoples
champion, left the heated hall of the
convention for little rest and thought,
nj his steps led him to the salon of
aonm famous in those days-for she was
8autitul, well born, and patriotic-whOm
"A ielderly loved. She was alone, and
4gc'her they spoke of the nations
q an-er Of the fear which filed each
a ar' that the life of the republic might
y oa run out in a stream of blood.
Il There is no longer leader among us,
here annie said the great statesman
w. orator, whose fervor and passion had
4 touched the peoples hearts; "the end
A is Gomez
4 Never despair; perhaps the good God
a lay heip us, softly replied the gracious
oman who was so dear to him-a woman
I'LL the IDEAL of such man as her lover
4 aS woman brave with sweet heroism,
a n1er and true.
Bah that good God he is long in com
a SAID Barras. He had learned his
lt"oEy from the great orator of the
o4A.dn, who died saying, Sprinkle me
- perfumes and crown me with flowers,
n Uy"Il is but an eternal sleepW
a ,E"J' oeleYe 1t not, mon ami" she
n lI. whispered, 'help will come"
ana you say you have no leader2" she
4 vac Giler long silence, in musing
A I', Jmuking aloud: "Who are your
.4.Aanders, then2 Where is that drou
s st. Alu you presented 10 me at Nine.
q V2yael the other evening? He seemed
,g Hwy W Drains, and courage, too; that
a er GtuIe, sald Barras, springing into
a Hlg' 'beile annie, you have given me
a 7Ty l7uJ mat may yet save Francew
-n.1 talked very seriously for few
4 'r -1 s%9' ana he returned to the conven-
Il it ~. l-I' OF new hope But before he
4 oIe salon he had written little note,
uI9Seu To The General of Brigade,
4 ANY,, rPo't9n Buonaparte, (who spelled his
o -re mus until after his coronation as
t.'of) praying his immediate presence
r, sIJ convention, and a trusty servant
N - Bgldfged to deliver it personally into
4 o1LooNaparte's hands, and not to fail
4 ai5 ra'e sent for you, NJ. Buonaparte,"
ai' ElIIas an hour later to the small,
4 ,f,, man with whom he was earn
N.Y. .dIElng, because you are our last
Am INV, o4u VIII now present you to the
N G I'M you restore peace and order?,
for' 5te president to the young man be-
n In I'M The members looked curiously
\ ana listened. ''-'
ar o9 rance has come to this" whis-
fbar b o-v graybeard to his neighbor,
i yor,I 5e T. me and fate lie in the hands of
les t tf.L.o Oh Twenty-Five" (who looked even
Il sian st~n ms age,) only feet , inches
fnv N. with hair combed low on his
u ar -lhe Woman's. Farceur val"
b fb I4l PERFECTLY aware Of the difficulties
Be- pam, but | am accustomed to sue
sdt6 S sald the young man, speaking
kccept ''IoIS Italian, or rather Corsican
.p9 F., But one thing I must iusist
sarras,,yi IS mat | am not to be en-
sp ma by orders l must have SUI
AMI Ooumand. That is all
katari; , lowing low to the peoples repre-
! IN slo,., the little pale man, but 5 feet
fangaJSa l.'I.e, with gray-brown eyes and
(eai;oT1 mar l,.,.,, left the hall, and the con