The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-20
NapoleOn's Irish Daughter.

We story readers need not disturb our
selves with any question as 10 whether
the King Of Rome was really the son OF
Col. Fitzgerald Of Kilmorra, or a. 10 whether
Nora Fitzgerald was really Napoleon
daughter, or a. to whether Marshal Ney,
when they led him out behind the LuXem-
bourg and went through the form Of shooting
him. really was not shot AT ALL but came
away to Virginia and established himself
as a planter. II is not for liz To worry about
French history, and We can only b. grateful
for so entertaining and 80 charming tale
~ -Vive L'Empereur," by Mary Raymond
Shipman Andrews Charles Scribners Sons).
Ney was a figure noticeable even III the
great Napoleon's shadow, and We are glad
TO think of him, not prematurely and traRi-
cally cut of, but a. "A prosperous and happy
Virginian blessed with the fulflment OF
his natural years. said Bsred ok of Ben
frice, If don't love her I'm a jew. I'll
90 get her picture" He might have said
the same Of Nora Fitzgerald Daughter
Of Napoleon or not, she was calculated
to provoke enthusiasm. Michael Ney,
the son Of the Marshal, saw her leaping
hedges on her horse Whirlwind. and -ad-
dressed" her AZ the Southern phrase Is,
in his soft Virginian accent This same
accent puzzled her. IT'S this way she
said Did you ever hear Of my fathers
friend, Capt. O'Flaherty Of Dublin 1t was
he complained that his French always
showed him TO be English, and his English
proved him to I've Irish Blu, don't know
what your English proves you to be. For
it's not Irish and it's not quite English.
There's manner Of softne-s about it, and
Il, . kA ~. shAx,
there. And some syllables you'll make
a yard long, while the others you'll take
half a dozen to the jump. l don't know
what it Is at all.
The redoubtable Talleyrand appears in
this story. Louis Philippe's Ambassador
though he was. he sought to induce Nora
TO set up as Empress Of France His powers
Of persuasion were great, but those Of young
Michael Ney were greater. "The AM
bassador to England, plotting against
his King with the easiest conscience in the
world, sat, smiling as always. in a great
arm chair by the fire His head, it's mass
Of thick silvery hair parted in the middle
and curling heavily in the neck. leaned
back. as if pleasantly weary, against the
dark carving. Folds Of cobweb linen.
fresh and white lay high around his throat
and against the soft. wrinkled cheek; and
below, broad dark velvet collar threw
out the noble and graceful head into sharp
relief. One leg was crossed easily over
the other, and the whole pose expressed
gentle benevolence. A practised and
| 'rs,Iasive figure. Prince, I think you
must he the most fascinating man in all
- world" Nora said to him, smiling; but
re would not be Empress, She left the
Prince to his disappoint ment, and she
wde Michael Ney happy, She tossed the
cred documents vouching for her ex-
ted identity out of the window Of Castle
X lmorra into the -ea which heats eternally
Upon the basic rocks of that proud fortress
The story says: THE throne of Louis
Philippe that had swayed in the balance
was saved to the bourgeois monarch, a
new line Of sovereigns had ended before
its beginning; woman had dared TO put
aside the schemes, the plots, the feverish
desires OF hundreds Of men, with their
triumphs and their glories and the rest,
and with clear eye and steady hand had
placed love above ambition and power :"
In the locution addressed by the boy, Give
Newcome. to his adoring father. she was
the ticket The throne of France is no
longer held in my hand or yours" she said
pleasantly to the anguished Talleyrand;
and so II happened that there never was
such thing as an Irish Empress named
Nora.
very well written story and one that
the reader will be bound Ia like.