The Portland daily press., 1898-01-26

tion of war. DIR. Evans ran great RISKS
in taking her to Trooville. ne would
have run greater had he gone with her to
Boulogne or Calais.
Evans wrote no souvenirs, and was in
capable OF any Literary effort. he told
me so the last time saw him. He had,
however, a mania for employing cheap
writers to do authorship for which he was
credited-or the contrary. l remember
wordy, vulgar, tedious fabrication that
came out many years ago in his name;
but as there was nothing in it beyond the
above features, forget exactly what 1t
was about, but think it dealt with bis
ambulance work in 1866 or 1870. de
could not be called stingy, for he lived
we'll and handsomely. But he was
linear" He ran q newspaper on the
most economic lines, but he never ven
tured to give it word of news about his
august and princely gclients. The doctor
was q most attentive husband, and was
his wife's devoted nurse in her last long
illness. This did not prevent him belng
the victim of a curious court intrigue.
Its object was to Iidsthe empress OF a
rival--a beautiful Florentine-by persuad-
ing Evans she was in love with him. As
she was deeply in debt, she lent herself TO
the plan. She went to have her teeth az,
tended to with coronet on her head, ana
her hair. like Lady Godiva, forming
glorious mantle. The robe was statu-
esque and legerement attacbee; hyans
himself informed me of her dehts' anu
that he had paid them, and secured qulet
for her by installing her in a villa at
Passy But the interesting information
was SO given that might infer peneTo-
lence merely or chivalrous feellng. ne
had often benevolent impulses; but ~
chilled generally before there was time TO
fill cheque The villa was not lar from
where he lived. Mrs. Evans found out
who was the tenant, and why. she
Thought herself aggrieved, and was not
Griseldis, The emperor dropped the
lady: the doctor WAS alluded to in the
nulpit by an outspoken American preach,
er. American opinion went against him,
and the lady was sent back to Florence
with twins, called Napoleon and Ma
poliana Their names put stop to all
i'll natured talk. The payment OF the
ing. I never believed anything else.
Dr.. Evans had no documents of any
historical value The autographs he could
show merely established ON what footing
he stood. He constantly took messages
from the courts of the Tuileries to those
Of ST. Petersburg, Berlin and The Hague.
He was with the late Queen OF the
Netherlands as against her husband and
Madame Musard. The late queen some
times visited and lunched sans ceremonie
at his house, where saw her not long
before her death, very dropsical and wear
ing her everlasting crimson dress. she
cave DR.. and Mrs. Evans in the SOS
cabinet portrait of herself in oils. 1t rep
resented her with clustering ringlets and
a round but ind-Hghted andimost pleas
ing face. A letter kept in a small case
behind the portrait was gracefully turned
and delcately complimentary. 1t was
IN English, and signed "Sophie." The
oueen understood of what use DR.. Evans
could be in various negotiations then
pending The sale of Luxembourg was
one. She also wanted to help him in a
counterpart against proposed match
between the Prince of Orange and the
of all this was ever set down in writing.
Often, [ imagine DR.. Evans did not
know the purport of messages he took
ab1o d from the sTuileries. They were
always verbal, and SO were the answers
at least, those sent through him. Lady
Cowley, the ambassadors, was diplo-
matte woman. She wassalways good to
hersrfriends, and wonderfully friendly for
a woman who had lived 80 much at
courts. But, without being time server,
she was diplomatic. / reccllect hearing
from an habitue of her soirees that she
was generally most attentive to DR..
Evans, to Auber, and, for two reasons,
to the Comtesse de Castiglfone.
Dr. Evans left endless wealth, but am
at a loss to think who comes into it. He
had two brothers. One was the father of
his nephews, Louis and John, who helped
him in, his dental business. Louis died
years ago. ssJohn displeased his uncle in
marrying, though he married respeota-
BILE American young lady. He displeased
more by assuming, under q Papal brevet,
the title of Marquis d'oyley.- There swas
a bitter quarrel. The uncle FUSED his in
fiuence in trying-but vainly-to get~the
nephew expelled from France. He went
TO law to prevent him selling a certain
tooth powder and tooth wash, but again
failed l know he felt bitterly against
the Marquis d'Oyley. The other brother,
Dr. Theodore Evans. was married. to the
most lady like American in Paris She
had a large fortune, and he made another.
They lived in q beautiful place at the
Madrid end Of the Bots. Neither of the
doctors had children, and Theodore long
predeceased. Thomas. | never knew Of
other relatives.