The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07
THE PRINCES ROMANCE.
WHY THE EMPRESS EUGENE Still
VISITS pHRIS.
The Story of tile GRmekeeper's Daughter
Tie EmprcsG's Grandson Now n Young
MRn-RoyRl Rcgrets-"Pnuyre lIarie!'

The Story OF ulo G~nmekeeper's Daughter
Tie Emprcss'E Grandson Now u Young
Man-Roypl Regrets" Pauvre 1Iarie!"
From ~ Independence Beige.
The stroller who loiters in the evening at
about 8 o'clock under the arcades Of tho Hue do
Rivoli may notice an old lady. stopped and
leaning with difficulty upon n cane, She Is
usually accompanied by another lady older
still. From time to time the first old lady gazes
sadly upon the. garden where the Tuileries
once stood. This feeble old lady with white
hair is the cx-Emprcss Eugene, the onco be
wildering beauty" Every evening she takes a
little walk and returns in silence to one OF the
cosmopolitan hotels looking out upon the Rue
do Riyoli, which was the scene OF so many
brilliant spectacles in the days Of the Second
Empire.
What powerful motive induces the former
Empress to come to the city where she once
knew the joys of triumph and where so many
scenes must bring back to her most painful rec
ollections2 The servants who accompany her
will tell you that she comes to Paris TO DO treat
ed for some internal malady. and that she seeks
the services of some famous doctor who will
consent to cross the Strait.
But Is there not another motive2 Evidently
there IL. For u long time the ex-Empress has
visited Paris every year, In spite Of her age and
her inflrmities. The truth is that she comes
~ ~ 'NS NhS NJ " NiO u NV ANAe
the young man who. after having been a pupil
In one Of the lyceums. has recently passed his
examination for Bachelor OF Arts.
One can easily understand the airs OF indig-
nation Of the personages belonging to the old
Bonapartist party when this grandson is men,
toned. But Princes have a right to have
sweethearts Just like other mortals. and it Is
foolish to affect establishment at the simple
statement that n young man Of twenty years
l-I . - - I'm 49,
believed that there was a secret marriage in
the case, and Prince Jerome. who remembered
the trouble caused In the Bonaparte family by
the marriage OF a NAPOLEON to q young Balti-
moro lady named Patterson, investigated the
affair, and was convinced that 1t was simply u
Thu Pripse Imperial was 20 years of age and
a pupil pto At W Voc when he AIR. beS GFSa r 2e-
press. who was always stinEy. deprived tho
young man of the money which Is usually III
when he, met the young girl he told her that he
belonged to a small family In business and that
his resources sm}tfsn WIZ were s,a limited dtSa- T M{.s eV%9 5lS n be
q good. beautiful and accomplished girl. Her
tathsr WAS a sort Of chief or Of head ganhekeener
mencemento 81 the romance; The sequel follows
One day Miss Mary, p9ticed her lover speak
ing pleasantly to Lord Beaconsfield at Bromp-
ton, on the occasion Of the marriage Of the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. Naturally she
SSPyS aris tper tic a acq TIHin%IT sso' shortly n eft "ae
ward she saw in the window OF a picture shop a
nhotpErnph OF the Prince, wearing the cross Of
learned his Identity. But the romance CON
tinued all the same. Just as she loved the pEi-
Prince. When the child was born the mother
came to London and lived at 8 Germyn street,
+ T So prs S 9 he i gave sf hSF in 0i al. S SsG5e i Nc RSF:
ing f4QO on his departure for Zululand,
whence he was destined never to return.
AT this time the enemies of the Bonapartists
represented the son of Napoleon III. as a young
man OF little Intelligence and with a disagreea;
military college Of Woolwici. But all that was
known that the Prince. Imperial was a talented
young man, and that, far from having failed IL
among the first, his number being g Docu,
ments to that effect are in existence. He was
fayS9@r or a,l IN L0ndC ,nrW;it With everybody on aeconp
with tie reserve Of tho English officers.
Here are two letters Of ,undisputed authen
the postmark Of the 10Th Of April. 1873. Il !
as follows:
STATION OF THE ARSENAL OF wooLwIcH, ,
MY pr,nrsr. 7 shall bo 3 SATURDAY GS,s f sysninS' ,t,I,
noon I write you this in haste because I want :
catch the pos. train r. received your letter. whic
yon will not reproach me, my little angel.
But the world is 80 little, and you are my universal
Believe me, az ever, fondly and sincerely yours.
ny pEAEEsr LorTIE; am very sOETy that etnnG
but found a despatch which eompGis me to o re etrr
to meet a devoted friend of my mother. Be goo
Cannon street. at the usual place.
We will go together to make some purchases an
With fondest love, I am yours, LOUIS.
When the child was born and the ex-Empres
was Informed OF the fact her rage was intense
She had planned for the marriage OF her 50!
Consequently, wishing at all hazards TO brea,
this ~,lidiSon, she induced, the Prince to 80 ;
parte Miss Mary Watkins visited Chisiehursj
but she was not received. Then she came 7
Bercy. who raised the little fellow with tn
greatest care. Miss Watkins went to, Mol
hoaorably, as q. school teacher. Princess Ma
tilda, hearing Of the affair, wanted to see tn
child. who was then about 10 years old: Tw
r herself welcomed the abandoned one, and sh
was often noticed in the Bots de Boulogne 1
, had inXolnntarily sliPpod from tho hands Of Mis-
JANUARY, 1919. the Times published Tie follow
ing advertisement:
THE PRIMO IMPERIAL. Persons possessin
young English woman recently referred TO in II
En nHish, and s,t 6O1 MT nslI press s,., are FSSGMssted e con
l Detective ohices, ~ Bosinghall street. London.
/, Such are some Of the authentic exhibits
tnlS love story, III Is u snort ana u Rau cnnl
ter, and however unfortunate tho role playe
: by the Empress ,Eugenie, may have been Il
/ picture is presented when the young man. r.
turning from u successful examination, NEE
I and embraces tho feeble old lady, who recoG
nizes IN his accumulated features n portra
that doubtless brings tears TO her eyes. III
imperialists may deny this story as far
|. they can, but they had better not NEEDLE wit
II. because 1t can be proved concluslvely by III
production Of further documents. IL necessar