Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-21
WILLITBE PEDROIII?
He IS THE SON or COUNT AND couN.
TESS D'Eu. IN VIENNA.
III Brasii's Monarchy should he Restored
the Old Emperor's Grandson win
Take the Throne.
CNew York World

Ai'hough President Peixoto may be
SAD u is certain that n number OF roy
aiisss now floating about Europe IN the
company Of other drlftwood nobility will
De glad II Admiral Mello should succeed
III placing the son OF Count and Countess
dEu upon the throne Young Dom Pc
dro' who Will be Dom Pedro III IL he Is
ever crowned. was IS years old when
his grandfather. the old Emperor. ava
kened one morning TO find that his i'm
perial authority had been suddenly
swept away, and that a steamboat was
Waiilng at the pier to convey him, his
family, and all his earthly effects
away from Brazil forever That was
Just four years ago; so the boy is 10 now,
or very near the age of his grandfather
When he became the actual ruler.
There's royal blood of the real old
Fashioned sort in the veins Of the young
stripping. who may become the only mon
arch upon the American continent. His
ereat-grandfather, Dom Pedro ., was
the son Of King John VI. and Queen
l'ona Maria |. Of Portugal The royal
family was obliged TO leave Portugal In
1871, when the victorious French entered
Lisbon They found a harbor in Brazil,
ana upon returning to their native land
IN ater years, left the Prince Regent to
govern Brazil, under the title OF Dom Pc
dro /. Dom Pedro /. abdlcated in or
der to drive Don Miguel out OF Portugal.
which he did but enjoyed only n short
reign. In this way Dom Pedro H.. at
The age Of OF 3. came to the throne, which
General DE Fonseca prevented him by
lew months from occupying for fifty
years.
1. rsrgr-
Young Dom Pedro possesses neither
the insignifcance OF his father. Count
d Eu, nor the brains OF his grandfather. :"
SAID Brazilian recently. Until he was
fifteen Dom Pedro was reared with the
idea that he was to be the ruler OF Bra
I'LL Then he suddenly became an exile
but the word prince had no empty mean
ing for him. His mother. the Countess
q Eu, has kept the bee OF ambition con-
s'antly buzzing in his ear. She put him
In the Military School at Vienna
The boy is not n brilliant scholar He
delights in driving and gambling. In this
he resembles his father. He is vain and
feels himself every inch a prince. In this
he resembles his mother. a gentleman
who saw him year ago describes him
as tall for his years, with jet-bleck hair
eyes and eyebrows and sharp features.
Next to Mello, in case of a royalist
success, Countess dEu will play the most
important part in placing young Dom
Pedro upon the throne. Since the revo-
luton Of 1889 the eX-COunt and eK'
Countess have lived quietly near Paris,
and. per force. economically. 1t Is said
that many of the Countess's valuable
jewels have been sacrificed. Their three
sons have been kept constantly az school.
This once princely couple are strangely
ma a On Ea11perg "a 10 n
tunate house of Orleans and because Of
this fact has always been cordially dis
liked by Brazilians. To use a Yankee
term, he was tied 10 his wife's apron
strings. She married him because Of his
charming indifference 10 everything
which surrounded him" He never in
terested himself IN the government or in
any thing I'm particular save cigarettes
and wines. of which ne was an excellent
judge, and in cards, at which he was a
great loser.
When the messenger came to the palace
with the news that Brazil had concluded
that it did not need old Dom Pedro's
services as an emperor any longer Count
q Eu was the first to receive il.
1.-THE deVil!" he said with little
laugh, and then carelessly lighted a
cigarette.
His wife was frantic. She walked back
and forth across the room in II frenzy.
She demanded that the news De told her
five times over before she would believe
il. Had she been empress she would not
have left Rio Janeiro until blood had been
spilled in its streets or she had at least
learned that no one In the empire was
loyal to its ruler.
THE COUNTESS'S ODDITIES.
Countess d'Eu is also picturesque. but
In a far different way. She Is not bother