The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-28

How It Was Accomplished After the
Downfall Of Hspol6

How Il Was Accomplished Alter tn
Downfall Of 1spole
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one of the ladies of the Empress Euge
MES household, writes of 1.-The Tuilerle'
Under the Second Empire" in the Marcel
Century, from which We take the follow
ing account of the escape of the Empress
after the downfall of Napoleon in thu
Franco German war. ~
The Chamber of deputies had been in.
vsded BY the mob; the downfall Of the
empire had been decreed; the republic
had been proclaimed. The cries of the
popular fury were heard IN the very gar
dens of the Tuileries, and the enraged
populsce was coming nearer and nearer
The crowd reached the reserved garden
in front of the palace, and tore down the
emblematic imperial eagles. It was then
q quarter past 8 in the afternoon.
The Austrian and Italian Ambassadors
now entreated the Empress to leave the
palace, but she warmly rejected the pro-
posal. The daughter Of q noble race,
With the heroic blood of the Germans
flowing in her veins, she could not but
consider flight as an act Of cowardice.
She was q sentinel left to defend the pcst,
and she would die there. The roar of the
mob became louder and louder; the cries
of G"Vive Ia Republique! were distinctly
heard. e
"Madame," then said her faithful sec
rotary, Pietri, "by remaining here you
will cause q general massacre Of your
attendants -' = " .
She seemed struck by this, and turning
to General Mellinet she said:
"Can you defend the palace without
bloodshed7"
MADAM, l fear net"
"Then all is over" said the Empress.
She turned to those present. "Gentlemen,
can you bear witness that l have done
my duty to the lastl"
They hastily answered "Yes," again
urging her to leave.
All her usual attendants of the service
d'honneur were assembled in the rose
colored room, fairy bower, i'll suited a. q
frame for such tragic picture, and which
she was never to see again. She babe
farewell to all. Strange to say-and the
inexplicable fact has never been denied
nor cxcused-not one of those present
offered to follow her; not one of those
not one asked her where she was seeking
refuge. Let US hasten to add that her
ever-faithful friend and follower, the Due
de Bassano. was not there; be was at the
Senate house, vainly trying to stem the
food. But there were others who could
have filed the place.
All were bewildered and absorbed by
selfish fears. Ore lady who filled Sec
ondary though confidential post in the
household, Nine. Lebreton, sister to Gen.
Bourbaki, followed her unhappy mistress
iato exile. With one faithful attendant,
Pietri, and the two Ambassadors, the
Empress threaded the galleries commu-
nicating with the Louvre, while the mob
broke into the Tuileries on the other side
There was door of communication which
was found looked, and for one brief mo-
,nent anxiety was intense; but the key was
happily found, and crossing the splendid
Gallery of Apollo in the Louvre, the
fugitives found their way into the place
opposite the Church of Saint German
l'Auxerrois.
Two columns of insurgents were COM
ing IN different directions; the danger
was great, and the Austrian Ambassa.
dor, Price Metternich, went in haste to
seek his carriage. Meanwhile q street
boy called out: "There is the Empress !"
Much alarmed, the Italian Ambassador,
Chevalier Nigra, hastily thrust the EN-
press and Nine. Lebreton into hackney
carriage and turned to silence the boy.
The driver, frightened at the approach
Of the mob, drove off in violent haste,
and the two Ambassadors Immediately
lost sight of the vehicle. .
The Empress had no money about her,
and when, on reaching quieter region,
the driver asked her where he was to take
her, she knew not whittier to go. Several
calls we're made at the houses of friends
none were at home, and the Empress, Ut
terly exhausted, and not knowing where
to find refuge, suddenly remembered
that DR.. Evans the American dentist,
lived near, and to him she went. DR..
Evans was about to go to dinner, and at
first refused to see the unknown lad y
who came at such an unpropitious time
but as she insisted upon speaking to him.
he came out, and was struck with aston.
lshment on finding himself in the pres.
ence OF the fugitive Empress. To his
honor be it said that never in the davs of
imperial prosperity could she have met
With more respect or more devoted zeal
in her service than was shown on this
occasion by Dr.. and Mrs. Evans. Moth
ing that could be done for her comfort
was neglected, and DR.. Evans never left