The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-02

it chilled generally before there was time to fill cheque. The villa was not far from where he lived. Mrs. Evans found out wha was the tenant. and why. She thought herself ag- grieved, and was not Griselidis. The emperor dropped the lady; the doctor was alluded to in the pulpit by an out spoken American spreacher. American opinion went against him, and the lady was sent back to Florence, with twins, called Napoleon and Napoliana Their names put a stop to all ill-natured talk. The payment of the debts was set down to courtier-like feeling. 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 Tuil- cries to those of St. Petersburg, Berlin and The Hague He was with the late Queen of the Netherlands as against her husband and Madame Mustard The late queen sometimes visited and lunchedsans ceremonie at his house, where saw her not long ago before her death, very dropsical and wearing her everlasting crimson dress. She gave Dr. and Mrs. Evans in the 50's a cabinet portrait of herself in oils. It represented her with clustering ring lets and a round but mind Lighted and most pleasing face. A letter kept in a small case behind the portrait was gracefully turned and delicately com plimentary. It was in English, and signed Sophie" The queen under stood what use Dr. Evans could be in various negotiations then pending. The sale of Luxenburg was one. She also wanted to help him in counter plot against proposed match between the Prince of Orange and the Princess Anna Murat. But not word of all | this was ever set down in writing. Of | ten imagine Dr. Evans did not know | the purport of messages he took abroad from the Tuileries. They were always verbal, and so were the an swers-at least, those sent through him Lady Cowley, the ambassadress, was g | diplomatic woman. She was always | good to her friends, and wonderfully | friendly for woman who had lived SC much at courts. But, without being g l time-server, she was diplomatic. re
 collect hearing from an habitue of hel soirees that she was generally most at I tentive to Dr. Evans, to Auber, and, fol two reasons, to the Comtesse de Castig. l Hone.
 Dr. Evans left endless wealth, but am at loss to think who comes into 1t
 He had two brothers. One was ths father of his nephews, Louis and John who helped him in his dental business Louis died years ago. John displeaset
 his uncle in marrying though he mar
 ried a respectable American young
 lady. He displeased more by assum
 ing, under Papal brevet, the title ,o1 Marquis dOyley There was a bitter
 quarrel. The uncle used his influence
 in trying-but vainly--to get the neph
 CIV expelled from France He went tt
 law to prevent him selling a certain
 tooth powder and tooth wash, bu
 failed again. know he felt bitterly against the Marquis d'Oyley. The oth | CT brother, Dr. Theodore Evans, wal
 married to the most lady-like Ameri
 can in Paris. She had large fortune
 and he made another They lived in l beautiful place at the Madrid end Q the Bois. Neither of the doctors hat
 children, and Theodore long prede
 ceased Thomas. never knew of oth
 CT relatives. London Truth.