The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-17
ANOTHER SHAM KING.
KITCHEN oARDEy PRETEypEn
Louis Charles Nsuendorn. who Claims TO
he Grandson OF Louis XVI. OF Franco.


LONDON. Sept. a-Thero is always a r..
mantle charm and pathetic interest attached
to pretcndcrs when their aim ia n crown. Tn,
intense conviction OF tho righteousness or
| their claims: the consciousness ~ their hured.
| ltary privileges and the perseverance with
| which they homo against hope. and often
against common sense. Invest them with a
| grandeur too frequently belled by their an.
pearance. and beittled by the futility and Pre-.
righteousness OF thcr pretensions.
Ono is therefore not tempted to SCOT, or even
smile. when. In this present I'm do siSs!a" :.
circular. deeply edged with black. was sent at
home and abroad to tho faithful adhercnts Of
and believers in. tho heir OF tho Naucnl lr.rs,
announcing that funeral service would be
celebrated in tho ancient Church OF s.. Cor
main fAuxerrois in Paris TO the memory Of
III. H. II. Prince LOUIS Charles de Bourbon.
Duke OF Normandy. who died at Delft. In lIol.
land. Aug. 10. 1915"
On the appointed day the side chapel whcrs
the requiem was sung was fllled with strange,
lltle-known figures. devout worshippcrs
who evidently held as n matter OF faith
the traditions which tho name implied.
To tho large public. however. tho dead
man had no right to tho title which
he assumed in his lifetime which was
conferred on him after his DEATH the al
legged Louis Charles de Bourbon IA only
Louis Charles Nauendorfr not the son OF
Louis NVL, who really died In tho Tempt.
prison. For. falling the il-starred Dauphin OF
France. the only heir to the throne OF the
Bourbons is now the Comte dc Paris.
Yet. at tho time. the claims OF the pretenlsr
to be the miraculously rescued boy who had
ho lived would have been Louis XVII. were
accepted with more credulity than could have
been expected. chiefly on account OF the ro-
mantle prestige that attaches to picturesque
escapes and fantastic adventures. The belief
faded in time. the interest weakened. the pre-
tender was well nigh forgotten in his exile.
and his last surviving descendant Is to-days
man OF G3. bearing the same Christian names.
living ut Teteringen. near the town OF Breda, in
Holland leading a comfortable existence IN "A.
villa left by his wife. He.mina de Eruyf do,
Karmis and rarely visiting France.
In appearance he is stout. short OF stature.
Inclined to congestion. which the doctors try
to conjure by ordering severe diet in food
and drink. alien to the customs Of Holland
Morally he Is an honest Dutch burgher without
the brilliant qualities but also without the
failings OF Frenchmen. When
his wife died In 1887. as she had no children.
and some fortune, her family claimed the lat.
ter and tho house she lived In: the widower
went to law to keep both and lost his suit but
through private arrangements and with pecu.
lt'S assistance from lTl6nuS III faTlS ne was
enabled to retain possession of the villa during
his lifetime
His mother was Jeanne Enert the only
daughter OF a Spandau bourgeois. and her son.
who worshipped her. was never parted from
her q single day. With them lived a young
girl who. although nominally companion to, Z,
Madame Nauendorff the elder. was treated as J
one Of the s family Madem3iseiie Anne Thorn J
is. OF RUSSIAN origin. despite her French
name. was good looking. Intelligent clever.
and sufficiently well educated; she succeeds
Saaendorr wou d not hear EAR of parting With
ID. and she assumed the functions nm
& B., hTS,useksspsr anI secretary: The, in.
her master: she refused salary Of any kind
" Tod s Sy an
hinss. was already nm established fact during
his wife's lifetime. and now. since her death,
Thomas. He does not write a letter. take n,
.esolution or formulate an opinion without
suggestions. Some OF his intimates blame.
,thers approve OF this thraldom which facili-
nation and diversion into on otherwise NOR
ally dull and monotonous interior.
lied. and three Sisters. one OF whom survives
on rected themselves with honorable Du'cn
'h4res. never fond OF society. has since, III,
almost eschewed it, his relations
alls in Breda, receiving political friends iron,
broad. and raro visits out OF the country. lie
ne on a voluminous correspondencs with
he assistance and under the supervision
itchen garden and orehard whers he grow row
ucrulent pears. The natural tastes OF the
retenGer to monarchy are simple.
When quite young man he enlisted in
,o Rsfn saS haa enough Eco"
hnll Inrt vni ah hat rpnN Nj
bodisnce to disgipItns than ln,e!!iGepce Or
anKs. He might even have become a sub-lieu-
e nan IN fairy good time had this not Ell,
here was no foreign lie cion in the country
nd tho rules OF the service were stringent in
yacting that all officers should DO Dutch
is status OF a Frenchmnn and. abandoning all
opes Of advancement. retired into private life.
III support that assertion. In, 1871. immed-
q a the railway station Of Breda whon
russian entered t9 meet some frispds:
So yo hSss etsd tSse
rench curs!" ,Nauendorr Immediately al
,neea t9ward THE speaker locked him @
ruck him on the cheek with his open palm
duel was arranged for the next morrnlns. -
rorel the Prussian, but he missed his ahyeT-
Try. WHO; Deliberately pauslng for u second.
and. but You are married and have family
whom you may be useful. so l shall only
ach you po!iteness." and. lowering his weap'
sent bullet through his thigh.
1t wa from the time Of tho Franco German
mr. that the disagreements between LOUIS
lnrlcs and his brothers dated. the latter not
ssitatlng 10 take out letters II NATURALIZATION
Holland. However. tho sons Of one ~
em who were let orphans in their In,
ncy, were sent to preparatory school
!der name not thor own. and their
ipenses were paid by friends As soon az
truth about their IaruntuGg leukel
1t. the head OF tho school refused to keep
ON: tho same experiment WAS tried. win
10 same results in an establishment MAJ
:cd BY the clergy. At last they were sent-a'.
ays under al, assumed name to college in
o vicinity OF Paris whore they have been
alton with hrnoTs. Thor uncle uccusi,naAy
sits them. although ho breads Paris and pr.
RS meeting his friends in some province!
tv near tho frontier.
It Is part 81 his idiosyncrasy that LOUIS
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