The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-04-10

largely in old things-often hazy, not
as old and hazy as David's -time-he
kept on this side of the Christianzera.
The most. conscientious historians,
when tangled in a labyrinth, with no
Ariadne to proffer a clew, write their
story in a way to make it and them
selves interesting, which accounts for
the many errors which creep into his
tory.
The blue blood of David, if it were
blue-he was a shepherd boy-must
have lost, much of it's color and thick
ness by dilutions and fltrations with
the OF polloi.
It is afar cry to David of Jerusalem:
Present English royalty has ceasedto
talk of the divine rights of the amounted
of the Lord, is well content to reign by
the. safer title-the will of the people
is more inclined to boast of it's great
forbear, William the Conqueror, than.
Of Dayid,ysallbeit William bore the bar.
sinister mark, but every inch "a man
for a. that :. =:
Even from the 7Conqueror, Edward
VII. can claim no legitimate right to
the throne. Were strict English law
to be invoked, there would be many
claimants with rights to sit upon the
English throne prior to his.
Even a Spaniard> has a prior claim
in the person of Don Carlos. The Stu
art descent is on the. distaf side and
only dates back to Robert Bruce, who
and wore the crown of Scotland
as an usurper. By primogeniture John
Ballot was rightful heir and so recog-
nized by the English government.
Bruce had no male heir. His daughter,
Marjory, married the steward. of the
household, and the title was converted
into the. surname Stuart, which the
royal house ever after bore. There
was also a female descendant of Ballot,
whose daughter married Sire de Couci
of France, whose legitimate heir is Don
Carlos, head of the Bourbons. Even
the legitimate birth of the first Stuart
cannot be proved, unless one believes
a pope a make a child born out of
wedlock legitimate. James f., SON of
Mary, Queen of Scots, was always of
doubtful origin. Rigis had supplanted
her husband in her affections, and the
child was thought to be his. The story
gained credence, that the baby died and
that a boy of n of her ladies was sub,
stituted in it's stead.
At the c%oronations of the kings of
England, it had been the custom to-
have a knight armed cap-a-pieFide into
Westminster Hail. throw down his
glove and defy to mortal combat:any-.
one who disputed the kings right to
the throne. It may be these tangled
skeins of Legitimacy induced Edward
to abolishSthis most spectacular scenel1
There is said to be a sealed, black
box in Couts' bank, which, were, it al.
lowed to be opened, might tell an DER
true tale of the relations -:of Lucy:
Waters and Charles H., damaging to.
the legitimate rights Of the house of
Hanover. 49, 49,
In the act of settlement in Queen
Anne's day there was a close contest
between the Stuarts and the Guelphs.
The latter won by the majority Of a
single vote. The Stuarts were only
barred by their religion.
Henry ". thought to be king Of
France was worth a mass. Had the
Stuart heirs thought the English
throne worth the giving up q mass.
Archduchess Maria Theresa. wife of
Prince Louis of Bavaria, would be
queen Of England to-day and her SON.
Rupert, prince of Wales. He repre-
scented Bavaria at Victoria,s jubilee.
The legitimists, who style themselves
the White Rose league, almost made
him an objectof suspicion, by shower
ing unwelcome attentions upon him.
He was much annoyed, having II Jam
play the role ofsPrince Charlie.
It is said it a be proved that in.
Americather are two girls, daughters
Of q egga wife of George ~. In the
days before he married Ca~rolineaof
Brunswick be fel! passionately ii lore