The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 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 Christian era
The most conscientious historians.
when tangled in a labyrinth. with no
Ariadne to prefer 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. IL ii were
blue-he was a shepherd Doy-must
have lost much of its color and thick
ness bv dilutions and f~iltrations with
the OF polloi.
Ii is a far cry TO David of Jerusalem.
Present English royalty has ceased to
talk Of the divine rights Of the anointed
Of the Lord. is well content TO reign by
the safer title-tEe viii Of the people
lis more inclined 70 boast of it's great
forbear. William the Conqueror. than
of David. albeit William bore the bar
sinister mark, but every inch "a man
for a that
Even from the Conqueror. Edward
VII. can claim no legitimate right to
the throne. Were strict English law
to he invoked. there would be many
claimants with rights TO sit upon the
English throne prior 10 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
won 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,
Mariory. married the steward of the
household. and the title was converted
, into the Stuart. which the
royal house ever after bore. here
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
I nope can make a child born out of
wedlock legitimate. James j.. son OF
Mary. Queen Of Scots. was always OF
doubtful origin. Rigs had supplanted
her husband in her affections. and the
child was thought to he his The story
gained credence that the baby died and
that a boy Of ore OF her ladies was sub
sti;uted in its stead.
At the coror atoms of the kicgs OF
England. ii had been the custom 10
have a knight armed cap-a-pie ride into
Westminster Hall. throw down his
glove and defy TO mortal combat any
one who disputed the kings right "a
the throne. 1t may be these tangled
skeins of Legitimacy induced Edward
In abolish this most spectacular scene,
There is said 10 be a SCALED. black
box in Couts' bank. which. were il al
lowed to be opened. might tell an Ger
true tale of the relations Of Lucy
Waters and Charles H.. damaging "a
the legitimate rights OF the house OF
Hanover.
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 Q
single vote. The Stuarts were onl,
barred by their religion.
Henry ~. thoughb to be king o.
France was worth a mass. Had tn
Stuart heirs thought the English
throne worth the giving up a mass
A~rchduchess Maria Theresa, wife o
Prince Louis Of Bavaria. would b
queen of England to-day and her son
Rupert. prince Of Wales. lie repre-
sen,ed Bavaria at Nictoria's jubilee
The legitimists. who style themselve'
the White Rose league. almost mad
him an object OF suspicion. by shower
ing unwelcome attentions upon him
He was much annoyed. having no nm
bition to riay the role cf Prince Charlie
1t is said 1t can be proved that il
America there are two girls. daughter
OF a legal wife Of George Nv. In tn
Gays before he married Caroline Q
brunswick he fell passionstely IN los