Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-02
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| eessor, Marie Antoinette. awaited the
 rominS of a mob. The shouts of tho ! Salcontents already rang in the gar den of the TuiIeries. Then the crowd 1 broke into the reserved garden befora
 the palace and tore down the imperial
 eagles. Now comes the cry of "yiva
 la republique.''
 Let me entreat your majesty" said | Prince Metternich, the Austrian am- bassadOr, "to leave the palace" ''I add my entreaties," said ChevaIier
 Nigra, the Italian ambassador, "ts
 those of bis excellency"
 IL was a critical moment The em- press was in the rose colored room among her attendants of the service oe l honor. who were trembling to be re- lieved from duty and to save them-
 selves. The empress declined to leave. Madame" said her secretary, Pietrt, your refusal to depart will cause q general massacre of those whose duty
 l. is to remain with you" General Millinet," said the empress.
 "can you defend the palace without | bloOdshed?"
 T fear not, madame"
 Then all is over"
 When those in attendance perceived that her majesty had yielded, there
 was quick sigh of relief, though re- | newed yells at the front of the palacs brought a terror lest the flight had ! been delayed too long. All remembered 1 the breaking into the palace at Yer sailleS of the mob from which Marie AntOinette had fled and the massacre of the Swiss guard that defended her. Breathlessly the service of honor wait ed Eugenie's departure. First she must bid farewell to them. When this had been finished, she left the room with Pietri, Mime. Lebreton and the two ann Das5adors and passed through the gal 1 leries leading to the Louvre. At the same moment the mob was breaking into the front of the palace. Suddenly Pictri found the way blocked by a locked door. Pale as a ghost, he cried: "Thc key! The key"
 For a moment it seemed that they were lost. but suddenly one of the at tendants ran forward with the key and unlocked the door. Hurrying past pictures that the rulers of France had
 been centuries in collecting. the party made an exit at the end of the palace | farthest from the mob and entered the place on which stood the Church or St. Germain rAuxerrois. The whole city was in an uproar. A mob was passing down Rue RiyOli: another was | coming from an opposite direction. Metternich, who had left his carriage on the Rue Rivoli when he entered the l Tuileries, went to seek it A street | boy, recognizing Eugenie. shouted. There's the empress"' Fortunately . | cab was driven .past. Nigra stopped is 1 and, opening the door. put in the em-
 press and Mime Lebreton, then turned | to the boy and endeavOred to stop his i mouth. The driver of the cab, seeing | the terrible wave of revolution pouring down the street. 5elabored his horse | with the stump of whip and drove l no one knew where. When Metternich | returned. the empress had gone. She was deprived of the two ambassadors | protection, but sine was safer where | she was.
 On went the cab with the woman who for years had been the first lady of France. now fugitive from d
 crowd of her infuriated subjects. Far
 ther aud further their hideous yells
 were left behind till at last they had
 become a confused murmur. Then the
 cabmIn drew rein and asked where
 be should drive the occupants.
 Where: The question was the most
 serious Eugenie had ever been called
 upon to answer in all her romantic
 life. Where? To the home of one of
 the favorites of her late court? Should she seek those of the diplomatic corps?
 Would it be safe to rely upon one
 prominent in the corps legislatif. the commander of the army? All of these
 were passed in review and dismissed.
 Some old friend must temporarily hide
 her. Deciding upon one. she told the
 Cabman to drive to her home. The
 friend was not there. The fugitive
 was driven 10 the house of another
 and another. None was at home They
 were either mingling in the exciting
 events or were hiding from those who
 had known them for court favorites.
 Then a happy thought struck the em-
 press. In trying to remember one she
 could trust who did not live far from
 where she was at the time it occurred
 to her that the house of an American dentist, pr. Evans, was but a short distance away. She gave the coach-
 man an order to drive there.
 Arriving at the house, she sent in
 word that lady wished to see the doc
 tor.
 Tell the lady that am about to sit down to dinner"
 ''The lady says she must see you"
 said the messenger.
 Evans answered the summons,
 Fummons from tte ex-empress Of
 France.
 With all the respect he had ever paid
 her when at the height of her power
 Dr. Evans took her in and with his wife
 befriended her in every possible way. This was fraught with danger. Had 1t become known that the empress was in
 his house he and his family would
 have had to suffer with her. for his
 flag would not have protected them
 sgainst an irresponsible mob.