The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

hate which swayed her heart. She mover knew
the felicity OF domestic peace and happiness.
Her life has been a succession Of moods Of
passion. each one OF which brought It's own
unhappiness. To understand this nature it Is
necessary to know something OF her birth and
her early life.
Soon after the battle OF Leipsic. when tho
throne Of Napoleon was tottering before its
fall. Ferdinand VII. was restored to the King
dom Of Spain. This Ferdinand was one OF the
greatest rakes and debauchees that ever lived.
Before he returned to his throne he lived in q
spacious castle. where nothing interested or
amused him save women and wine. In his
early life he had married. but his wife died
childless. OF cruel treatment. Whom restored
to the throne he married his niece. the daugh;
without child. .Ferdinand's brother. Carlos.
whom he hated intensely. looked forward to
the time when he would succeed to the throne.
Spain. aud Ferdinand had no heir. he mar
At the age Of Is S' years rs F ~ ' lie worm
oTt debaushee: married q fourth time: He
sif the XII King J. ., Sapie @" q girl ie Of - years. as" FIVE.
lous and without q trace Of coincidence. One
Of the writer's who recorded tho events OF those
II, Is said that it was suggested 70 Christine.
BY the Ministers Of ferd'nand that a law
REQUIRED that she should produce AN heir to
'Thers was a private in the Kings guard at
Madrid. a handsome fellow by, the name OF
Munoz He was tho son Of a tobacconist. and
handsome. with. a clear-cut. bronzed face.
Queen Christmas carriage overturned one
aa ha nnf to H. .Rslic Wss f.. uaseD s rom das to b.
lite with her. In ne course oi time Christina
came Queen fsabslIa ii. King Ferdinand. at
the solIsitntior Of his wife; who nov controlled
G. eay fs's" At 's tie G aeath of Ferd 81 ND s eIs.9 y.
the lnsr rcg :sncS' Of h M@S m eaGSsa'n chris sIsse en as1si
into, n morGa matte marriage with Munoz. con-
i FER phgsss.du ke e upon him him. In a few years
around her for another. lover. She found not
one. but a dozen and other dozens. until t be-
tina's i { Sors we're i pientiiul " enough 'f to form onr's a
regiment. The Queens Women followed their
spent her childhood.
A husband had to be found for her. The
disturbanSes that agitsted snain and would at
Isabella. though So was not UT i1 years old;
u stubborn will and a fiery temper. aud her
s esn; a VI" fsuis sn rEllIDp Ss't 81 France ny 3 oa tfhst
Isnhella must marry Don Francisco d,Asslsi,
was afflicted with some nervous rilment. Its
said that he was w~eak-ninded; but as he
this was never known positively.
In II dark room In the palace the Queen re-
accept this man as her husband. They plead
cd and coaxed and, threatened and
3D. d., hut again and aGain h the girl s said md r tbs
dawn began to break. l~sabolla. worn out with
crying and struggling. gave her consent. a
there was rejoicing throughout spain. The
result was natural The marriage tie was
upon her. Moral princirle she had none. and
the example Of her mother was eyer before
When she was Hsaato Years Old. had for paramonrs
hall lwhd { T., d0 sn,ra g9 20 caS2t ana y who Gss sasslis tbs
In her yonthiulness Isabella for a number
Of years carried on these love affairs with some
eharneterizei her 'mothes's misdoinss But
as she grew older, she flung restraint md de-
the protiigate life which she has led. more or
less openly. ever since.
Francisco serrano. Isubella had become fond
Of this hand-ome man. even before her. mar.
rinse. m and during Il the neu four Wears that followed
him, c~onsoled herself for her ~sacrilc. to her
non1nirsoS M's mss IN s Ma + NWsS %is vi the mot
lransissE !pretty FSansiseoI' and the court
complain, anil induced the ministry to
attemp t to Danish Serrano from court. The
result Of 1T all was that the Ministry
WAS oyerthrowp. the husband wis frownod
Into silence. and the lover remaIned the lover.
ksmainsd for z time only however, ior Isa,
bore . son. the seandSi.moneers did not hes
but as the child was born in weiIoes. and as AZ
eventually succeeded to tho throne.
Other lovers succeeded Serrano. Their royal
mistress ,tiattcreI. rewarded. and dismissed
pace, Thus lsal ella reigned and thus sle
r%evelied. amazing tho world. disgusting her
subjects. for thirty-fre long. years, until tho |
people Of Madrid arose and tho Queen was
It is that these Madrid PEOPLE were not 50
much excited by the immuralities of their
sovereign as they we're Indignant at the
Of her politics. The Ministers OF
Isabella had contrived TO outrage their feel |
iDys. and in the revolution that followed lisa
bella was Opposed.
She crossed the Pyrenaes by night and pro-
ceeded ~ Paris. where Louis Napoleon wei.
coined her. Her son. Alfonso. accompanied
her. and on June &c; 1870. IsabsllA denounced
Spain had resumed lite tranquility. and had |