Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-16

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was the dauphin?"
Il had received yearly pension,
monsieur, from his majesty himself
for the maintenance of the prince"
You received the yearly pension
through my hand, acting as his maj
esty's almoner. His majesty was ever
too bountiful to the unfortunate. He
has many dependents. Where have you
lived with your charger"
I'VE lived in America. sometimes in
the woods and sometimes in towns
Has he ever shown hopeful signs
of recovering his reason?"
Never, monsieur the able"
Having touched thus lightly on the
case of the idiot, Able Edgeworth
turned to me.
The kings face retained its granite
hardness, but Bellenger's passed from
shade to shade of baffled confidence,
recovering only when the priest said:
Now look at this young man. Have
you ever seen him before?"
Yes, monsieur, have. both in the
American woods and in Paris"
what was he doing in the American
woods?"
Living on the bounty of one Count
dc Chaumont, a friend Of Bona
rarte's.'
"Who is he?"
"A French half breed, brought up
among the Indians"
What name does he bear?"
i, "He is called Lazarre."
;, But why Is a French half breed
named Lazarre attempting to force
himself on the exiled court here In
Mittau?"
People have told him that he re.
sembles the Bourbons, monsieur"
WAS he encouraged in this idea by
the friend Of Bonaparte who you
mentioned?"
II think not. monsieur the able. But
/ heard Frenchman tell him he was
like the martyred king, and since tina,
hour he has presumed to consider him.
self the dauphin."
who was this Frenchman?"
"The Duke of Orleans, Louis Phi.
lippe de Bourbon, monsieur the able.
There was an expressive movement
among the courtiers.
WAS Louis Philippe instrumental In
sending him to France?"
HE was. He procured shipping for
the pretender"
| when the pretender reached Paris
what did he do?"
He attempted robbery and was TAX
en- In the act and thrown into Ste. Pc
lagle. | saw him arrested"
What were you doing in Paris?"
Il was following and watching this
dangerous pretender, monsieur the
able"
Did you leave America when he
did,"
The evening before, monsieur. And
we outsailed him."
Did you leave Paris when he dido"
Three days later, monsieur. But we
passed him while he rested"
why do you call such an insignif-
cant person dangerous pretendef?"
He is not insignificant, monsieur, as
you will say when you hear what he
did in Paris"
He was thrown into the prison OF
Ste. Pelasie, you told me-"
But he escaped by choking a sacris.
tan so that the poor man will long bear
the marks on his throat. And the first
thing knew he was high in favor with
the Marquis du Plessy, and Bonaparte
lspoke to him, and the police laughed at
complaints lodged against him."
who lodged complaints against
him?"
Il did, monsieur"
But he was too powerful for you ia
touch?"
HE was well protected monsieur
the able. He Haunted. While the poor
prince and myself suffered inconyen-
ience and Jared hard
THE poor prince, you say?"
I'VE never had a fitting allowance
monsieur" Bellenger declared aggres,
lsiyely. yet with little or no means
tried to bring this pretender to justice
land defend his majestys throne"
Pensioners are not often so out
spoken in their dissatisfaction" re,
marked the priest.
| laughed as | thought of the shifts
to which Bellenger must have beer
lrut. Able Edgeworth with ,mercilesi
Gryness inquired:
How were you able to post to Nit