The morning times., 1897-03-07

Vouch Tor its authenticity One DR.. PeIIe-
Tan was Charged with the AUTOPSY on the
dauphln, during which lie managed to re-
move the heart, and aftefward secrete it
III ms pocket, without the knowledge of
niS eoneagues, Lassus, the surgeon, being
MS only confident. This viscera he nut i'm
jar OF spirits OF wine, which he placed
on high shelf in his library The spirits
. Oh WINE was ten years evaporating, lea wing
Ghe heart perfectly preserved He then
Pidceu IL III the drawer of a secretary with
o1her anatomical preparations of little
Importance, the better to hide it, One day
ne had the weakness TO show it to student
III pharmacy, who robbed him OF it. but
dying soon after, confessed the theft 10 his
family, who restored it to the original
thief
AGAIN In possession of the precious relic
Pelletan tried to find for it "a safe place OF
deposit, with doubtless the nope of turn
lug Il penny as Well. The Bourbons had
returned TO the throne, and to them he
oieredlt expecting that they would seize
, upon such a treasure with avidty but in
this he was mistaken. He paid many
visits TO Nj de Blacas with reference to it:
lie saw Nj. de Quelan and Chataubriand:
also the sister OF the dauphin, who made
MN recount to her the circumstances by
which nc obtained the heart.
Although Pclletan negotiated with many
other representatives of the crown, the
government showed itself in no haste to
obtain possession Of the poor viscera. Dr.
Peiietan had iDcased the precious relic in
a crystal caskes, on one faceof which was
engrayen theIeypher of Louis XVII This
rested on aapedestal of silver, and was
closed by ribbonof white silk, and sealed
one man only had considered favorabIy
his request archbishop OF Paris He
proposed that 1t be deposited with him. to-
getllcr with the long justifying memoir
ne Wlfe OF lac Pelletan placed the precious
casketih the hands or the pFelate the arch
bishop giving the following receipt: Il here
by recogni Ze Ia ring received a. a sacred de
post from NJ. Pellctan, member of the in
Sltute, by the hand of Nine. Peiietan his
WlIe, crystal vase filled with spirits of
wine, incioSing preserved heart which NJ
Seiietan takes oath To be that 0f the young
king, Louis XVII" At the end of a year
siSr- tie QuCiau wrote to the king concern
| ing TINS rehc. He did not desire to keep it
longer, and asked that inquiries be made
concerning its authenticity, and that once
established, proposed several solutions-to
nilce lt IN Notre Dame, with portions OF
she remains OF Louis XIII and Louis XIV:
or at ST Germain, near to st. Louis or in
tHe crypt or the church at st. Louis liz
was IN 1873 tha5 monseigneur made these
irulGiess propositions 10 Charles Y Mean
ime Dr.. Pelican had died, and the heart
remained with the prelate until S3I. when
the archblshopric was robbed.
Soon after the robbery the son of PeIle-
tan received from one LeScroart a note
informing him OF the new and singular
fortune OF the relic. Lescroart n
printer, had entered into the cabinet OF
the cardinal while it was still in confusion:
the books were thrown TO the floor, and
among them he discovered wooden
box, wrapped in a paper, OF which he
took possession. In the box was q richly
mounted crystal vase, OF the contents OF
which he was ignorant. The vase was
broken in his hand, and the manuscript
only renainsd; this he sent to the son
oe Dr. Pelican, who returned it to the
archbishop. \ severe storm soon fol-
lowed. and the sand OF the courtyard
was swept in heaps on either side 1t
was in one of those heaps that the heart
was found intact, and later the remains OF
the vase. DIR. Pelletan died in 1879, and
in making an inventory OF his estate the
ev ecutors found the heart
They proposed to offer it to the Count
de Chambord, but soon after the count
died, and in 1886 his executor wrote to
the administrator OF DR.. Peliatan that he
had not been able to obtain a decision
from the heirs OF the Count de Cham
bord The pieces OF the box broken at
the archbishopric in 1881. now reunited,
remain in the hands OF VI. Edward Du-
mont, son-in-law to the administrator of
Dr. Peiictan, and it remains to be seen if
the admirers of Marie Antoinette shall
have pity on the poor little heart of her
son and give it d resting place, or if the
misfortunes which pursued the dauphin
in his short life, and have Knocked a
small part OF his Cadaver about for a
century, shall still go on in coming CEN
turies.