The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-12-22
What was the personal appearance
If your father 2" asked.

small, say about five feet five inches
in height, and his average weight was
about l2O pounds. His head was mas
| sive, forehead high and broad hair
raven black, eyes dark and piercing.
nose long and straight and lips tlex-
ible. The only distinctive mark on
his person WAS n bent finger on his
right hand, which he said was caused
by his grasping the blade OF a sword
that had broken ut the hilt while he
was in some kind of "a fght-whether
battle or q personal affair | do not
remember.
"Until [ was 10 years OF age he
would frequently entertain me with
stories descriptive of scenes and asso-
Citations in his early life, especially in
Florence, Naples, Venice, Rome and
In the Austria capital, and it was the
Impressions thus made in my boyhood
that deepencd as the time rolled on
and | became old enough to understand
little circumstances that seemed to
corroborate tho truth of his remark to
my mother that If he was not what he
appeared she would know all in due
time"
did he never hint as to the events
of the past or the possibilities OF the
future in which he might become in
terestcd ,"
Only that If it were possible |
should preserve the d. amond cluster
you see on his old fashioned satin
scarf, which he said was an old family
jewel Of great value, and likewise his
family seal, the copy of which hangs
yonder. The seal | still retain, but
the pin mysteriously disappeared long
before his death. | remember, how
ever, he never complained of its loss.
II may mention another odd circum-
stance" continued the narrator.
When the news reached the coun-
Try OF the coup d'etat of 1913, when
Lonis Philippe was forced into exile,
the excitement Of my father was in
tense. 1t can scarcely be described.
On the receipt of foreign letter
shortly afterward he gave orders to
prepare at once for trip to Europe,
and we-that is, he and l--were to
sail on the ueXt steamer. 1t was at
this time that he made a remark |
have never forgotten: IF. after start
ing, anything should happen to me
or from any cause we become separat-
cd make your way to Vienna in Austria
You VIII find friends and be advised,
hut on no account, rs you value your
welfare and that of your family, sign
any paper or make any concessions
without suci. advice Not another
word on the subject could | elicit. By
a strange fatalitJ he was taken il two
days aftcrward and confined to his bed
for weeks. When he recovered the
opportunity for which he doubtless had
awaited was gone.
speaking of sickness, it affords
evidence that one or more persons in
the United States were familiar with
ms =, secret, and, in my Judgment,
Eoman Catholic priest was among
them. On one occasion, not excepting
to live, my father received from him
the sacr. non: of extreme. JUNCTION.
Happily, he recovered, but from that
time until the deaUh of the priest the
latter treated him with a degree of
respectful homage that is usually ac-
corded only to persons of exalted
character or position. a son born
during this illness was named after
the famous Antonelli, in memory OF
HIM as an old friend or classmate,
don't know which.
In 1850 an event occurred which
impressed me more deeply than ali
othcrs that pi eccded, perhaps because
being more thoughtful ! had begun to
give the matter serious consideration.
Finding him in meditativc mood one
day | determined to reopen the sub
Jcct, and did so with more than usual
earnestness. | urged that he was
growing old, and | being of age and
competent had sons right
to know the secret Of his ancestry and
birth which he had kept yelled so
long, but he was more obdurate than
over and even became angry.
DIDN'T You come to America in
consequence Of the abdication OF
Charles y N?'
YES
So Then were you not like him t,
Bourbon OF the elder branch of tn
family?'
That is none of your business
the present time. | don't wish to tax
about it,
did you wcar'thc same name befte
that time that you and do now? -
shall not answer you.
But remember, father, that wo
brothers and a. sister will be depnd-
emit upon me in the event of our
death, and it is only just thatyou
should reveal the facts which ave
a right to know
So The appeal touched him, f. he
turned abruptly anu said
My son, Whatever name you.nd |
pear Is by authority, and whciit is
changed it will be by that sac au-
'.''' IVY - J'u hhC" All lnlBb IcIl, .
Old as sou are, IL would probabl unfit
You Tor the ordinary duties life. :
You would become dreamer hope
against hope. wear out your eergies =,
IN lrult'css endeavor and be iu. as far
from tho end rs ! am after thes thirty
years of waiting. | will say nOre in I
order that it may justify theHisdom
OF my silence. by signing ,certain {
document we could bccOm rich
enormously rich, but it weld be q
surrender OF that which rvcr can
be reclaimed. | shall not ut it in
your power to make any sucBacritice. ,
When The proper time come sacrifice
Will rot bo necessary
- Bat are there no reeds, no pa.
p ~ - which am entitled
Non" that are not aeady in a
secure place They will , put into
your hanos or those who'ollow YOU
when fatO - o-lains,'
What is the nature the event
that is to bring about sue result?'
revolution, u rstoratiOn, q
cAangc OF dynasty, and TIN, with old
fa'nllles reunited and viii cOntiscated
property retained TO rigtful owners,
you Will know who yo are and be :
prepared by "a lifetime patience to y,
enjoy the change-if fever comes.
And This, once and forll time, con.
cludcd the old gentlenn, must end
our conversation on tn subject
Neither OF us rcalizl how literally
true was the remark, ra week later
be ruptured blood ySscl, was dead
IN l..| N l,,.