The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-29


" woman as well as to the upper
~ ones Of earth who associate-at
a dfstance-with royalty. but un-
prosperous royalty, and especially
kings and queens, princes ana Processes
in exile, are In way stili more inter
esting-the contrast between the states
they were born 10, and with a view 70
which they were reared, and their actual
state. IL so great and sharp. Romantic
tales Of those who occupy thrones are
aiWaye read with eager pleasure. Ana
tales or romance, in which the disap-
pointments. trials and sufferings OF de-
posed or sxiled royalty are depicted. are
The favorite reading OF persons who adore
the eminent in station and In whom senu-
mentality In strong. All men, and women.
too. have something of this weakness IN
their constitutions, and this will In part
account for tho tenacIty with which even
the most improbable stories OF royalty
in distress are held In every age and ev-
cry country. No matter II the story Is
certainly a pure fiction and has been
proved such a hundred times, still the
story has its interests. and its reappear-
ance in the Newspapers has Its periods
Of precision. The lost dauphin OF France
for instance--the story of him either as
Il n told in France or as II is differently
told In the United States-makcs its re-
appearance and goes the rounds OF the
press once IN about five years, even now
adays: formerly its reappearances were
more frequent.
story Of the Dauphfn.
Tho dauphin was q son of Louis XVI.
and. OF course, the eldest son, for In
France down to the close of the first
quarter Of this century the eldest son Of
the reigning king was called tho dauphin.
~ IN England the male heir to the throne
n given the title of the prince OF Wales.
nj n
hands Of the revolutionists the dadphin-
90 tolerably authentic history relates-was
carried away and confined In the temple,
which was one of the state prisons In
Paris. and there. as also history has II,
ne died of a scrofuoussAffection. But the
circumstantial statement Of the case that
was made by the doctors and tho prison
officers was not believed by all the peo-
pie. and some claimed to have credible ev-
dence that diseased boy out OF hos
pital was substituted for the healthy
II was the supposititious
dauphin that died and that tho well child.
the dauphin. had been rescued and taken
out Of the country. In after years. II was
asserted, he was discovered in Holland.
whore he went by the name of Naundorff.
and where his descendants have continued
10 live down to the present. The male
Naund0rffs have been In succession recog-
missed BY their partisans ~ rightful kings
ox france. ms iourtn IN the Hne dicd
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spondsnts Of the London papers heard OF
II and proceeded to lay the Naundorff
story once more before the public. Where
upon the leGitimists OF robust faith took
Il up, hunted for q successor to the abey-
All f.snts ot 'ns ueaa man. ou,, nhe'hS
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cncose = nephew OF ms upon who'n 70 pc
mfow fitl0 OF King. Thew STYLED him
AZ. uste sssu ~ pou' o.. STU Pioeia'
ca MIN SUCCESSOR ana ieeiumate master OF
France.
Inc nov sovcreikh IL - years oio. anu
Keeps q wine shop NJ Lunei When ne
was seen py correspondent OF ,nc Lon
don Globe ne was aware Oh the distinction
conferred upon MIN. but SAID that ne had
no idea OF ever attempting to mount the
throne.
This young man." says the correspon-
dent, lis OF his time. he knows what de-
votion TO lost causes Is worth. Who now
dreams in France OF the old story of the
young Louis XVII escaping from tho
leading a miserable existence until the day
when he was poisoned at Delft on August
10, is45r'
Then the correspondent proceeds TO tell
over again the story OF the daupain. as
Il has long been told In France.
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