The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-28

not knowing which way to turn, she ac-
cepted his offer of protection and, ac-
companied by one female. servant, sailed
for America.
Soon after the Princess landed in New
Dreams, the news reached America that
Alexis was dead. He had come TO a trag
ical end, and, though never substantiated,
it was then and is still believed that the
monster was beheaded by order of his own
father.
The Princess was now widow. and
might have returned 10 her own country,
but it was pointed out 10 her that her
only country was Russia, and that if she
made herself known she must return
thither The Chevalier d'Aubert was
man of distinguished family, and so a con-
nection with him could hardly be regard
ed as mesalliance. His devotion had
strengthened into profound love, and.
determined TO devote his life to the Prin
cess he had protected, he offered her his
hand. which was accepted.
For some years the woman who came
so near to being the Empress of Russia
lived happily with her husband on the
banks of the beautiful Bayou Teche, in
Southern Louisiana. At length dAubert
became ill., and upon his physician telling
him that the only hope of saving his life
was to return to- France, his wife deter
mined to accompany him.
In Paris they lived I'm retirement. One
day, while they were seated in seclusion
in the garden of the Tuileries, Marshal
Moritz, son of the King of Poland, pass
ed them. Before this d'Aubert and his
wife had been pointed out to the marshal
as Americans Surprised at hearing two
foreigners talking German with so much
huency, the marshal stopped and looked
at them On the instant he recognized the
woman as the Princess Charlotte of Blank
enburg, whom he and his associates had
arsfla a.
was discovered, Mime. d Aubert threw her
self on her knees before her kinsmau,
briefly told her story and invoked him hy
the memory of his mother and the love he
bore his God to guard her secret. This
he promised to do for three months. At
the end of that time he sought out Mms.
d'Aubert and declared 1t to be his duty
to tell the whole truth to the King of
France.
The King kept the secret but soon after
ward he sent the Chevalier d'Aubert and
his wife to the Isle of Bourbon. Here
they lived for some years, treated with
royal honor.
Through the King of France Marie The
| resa became acquainted with the fabu-
lous story of her aunt. The Empress
wrote to Nine. dAubert, beseeching her
to leave her husband and to take up her
home as one of the royal family in the
court of Vienna.
AS might have been expected, Nine
d'Aubert refused to be parted from the
man who had devoted his life to her.
She remained with him till his death on
the Isle of Bourbon, which occurred
about the time of the breaking out of
our own revolutionary war. On the same
island died the son and daughter who mad
been born to her.
Again alone in the world, the princess
returned to Europe, and after settling up
her husbands affairs in France, took up
her home in Brussels. Here Charlotte lived
a retired life, no one but an aged waiting
woman knowing anything of her romantic
past On her death, in 1855, 1t became
known that she had been supported by
the Austrian court The princess Is bur
led in the Cathedral cemetery at Brussels.
the stone above her grave giving her
name. date of birth and death, and below
this line: CHARLOTTE OF BLANK
| FyNRURG."