The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-23
Once Queen OF Naples Passing
Her Days in Suburb OF
Paris.
sATHos IN A LOST CROWN
: veivs Years Ago st the Death OF Her
Neither She Inherited Sufficient
10 Insure cemfort IN De-
elinine Years.
From ,h. Kansas CITY Star.

fal
stopp ID a lady clad In deep mourning
WHO attempted tn cross u street along
which the corteEe was tn pass befofc
Tor.
10 back" he ordered.
A man In the crowd ran forward ana
spoke In an undertone 10 the omrer OF
the 'aw.
You don't know wha you are doing
II II the ex-queen az Naples"
The policeman turned In dismay TO
The lady. who had stopped near the
edge of the sidewalk.
"wiii you pass. madam ! beg your
pardon" he said.
a sad smile fiitted over her face.
mo" she said simply. Il can walt
with tie rest"
And humbiy. with the Partisan mob.
Marie sophie Of Bavaria. a Bourbon
princess. widow OF Francis. king OF Ma
pies. and sister of the late Empress
Eiixab beth OF Austria. waited for the
procession to pass.
ON such occasions. which happen not
infreauently In the life OF Marie Sophie.
the look into her deep. serious eyes In
melancholy rather than bitter. After
passing years In which she endured
many OF the horrors supposed to have
persisted with the middle age. after ris-
Ing Tn a Queenly throne and seeing u
fall with her, after rescuing herself
only tn become "A dependent upon char
ity. Marie Sophie has no repinings In
the quiet. retired existence she now
leads In Paris. and seems to ask no bet
ter than 10 ming.e with the populace
or stay hidden I'm her house at Neuilly.
the fashionable suburb. being In either
place equally lion and forgotten.
Yet there In one subject. perhaps.
which still arouses interest In b
wearied breast OF the ex-quecn or Ma
ples. II her sister. the late empress
OF Austria. like her other sister. the
Duchess d'Alencon. who died such a
frightfui death I'm the FIRE OF the Paris
charity bazaar In 1897. Marie Sophie
loves horses p~assionately. She often
rides. easily recognizable either By her
seat In the saddle. which IN pronounced
che best In France. or by her perfect
mount which IA few matches In the
world.
Marie Sophie; Count isoIa."
"They are my only avagance."
h II wont To say To the few who are
horored with "A word from her. II do
not spend much on aay other luxury or
toy My horses are all that H. left To
me. They are very faithful friends"
30 far as her own sad experience goes.
b might say her only faithful friends.
, But that would contain a semblance or
bitterness or r~cproach. and 10th are FAR
from Marie Sophie. She IL fonGcst Of
riding I'm the Forest OF Saint Germain,
where she may sometimes be met In the
oarly morning. coursing over The soft
grass. occasionally attended by u
room. but oftencr quite alone. her
~ervants waiting nj sore point of tn"
old forest where her Bourbon ancestors
used To u In centuries zone b.,
but riiing Is not the only use wh!rh
Marie Sophie makes OF her fi'- horscs.
Few suspect that one ~ the ~ 7
known names III TIE turf is none otls
than u pseudonym OF hers: We; II re-
ouires little perspicacity 90 guess iI''
Count lsola," whose aric IN Seen ever
an anon as proprietor OF = horse wh'ca
has won some famous race. Is none 9TH
or than the forgotten, solitary rG-
queen. While unique ut the present
time In France that a woman OF 100 .
blooi should own race horscs unicr an
assumed nars. II IN not unprecedented
In th. history 81 the turf. MIR. Men
ron" who won notorlety In England
Tor his success with race horses. Was
I'm reality the late Duchess OF Mont
rose.
Marie Sophie Is the third OF the i've
daughters OF the Duke MsximIi!au o..
Bavaria or in Bavaria a. the title
should read. All the sisters were beau
tiful. the eldest, Elizabeth. became IL.
VIII, of Franz Joseph OF Austria. an
other. Natiide, married Prince Louis
OF Bourbon Siciles. a third married the
Due d'Alcncoi. grandson OF hinE Louis
Philippe OF France.
Tn Princess Marie. born In iitl.
was married I'm 1859 To the Duke III
CainbTia. who war afterwards tn SUE
crcd his father AZ King OF Naples. The
medieval custom OF marrying by
proxy, formerly SO common with ioyal-
ties aud now fallen completely into
dIsusp. was observed for the last time
In her case. ON the sth 90 January,
1859. AT Munich. her cousin Prince
Luitpold acted the par; Of TN. missing
bridegroom at the marriage performed
In thu chapel ot the Hofburg. -Four
weeks later IN Bari. the marriage was
performed ggain. this time with Prin-
cess ..aris ard the Duke OF calnbri
IN y. 2on.
The First Great Shadow.
She had been conveyed to- Bari OH
the warshlp Fulimante. the Empress
Elizabeth and her suite accompanying
her. The king and queen OF Naples
were awaiting the bride. but In the
midst OF the festivities. KIM Ferdi-
nand was poisoned. The worst hated
maa In Europe. and notorious for his
cruelty. Ferdinand had had little a.
exre ( save u violent death. but the
s.:-".. stances OF the tragedy added
particular gloom. and cast OF the life
OF Marie Sophie the first or the great
shadows which were to follow one an
other In quick succession until her life
besGa;c only gloom.
NoAtAk dF s"' "eS " III ffF y
attained the age OF Is, Marie Sophie
understood her duties and fulfilled
them robly. While she nursed the dy-
ing king. who grew 30 fond OF her thai
ne could not bear her to leave him
the wedding festivities were continu.
ing gaily. for non regretted Ferdinand
and the Neapolitans would not re-
noul.cr their amusemcnts. Hearing th'
clashing music and the booming oi
guns In honor Of the crown prince ane
his bride. seeing the streets gay VIII
nags and flowers and holiday merry
makers, standing the while near thu
murdered king. Marie Sophie began hei
career M queen. but there crept Int
ner eyes a look OF anxious sorrow
which now after forty-six years. hal
not left them.
The reign OF the new king and queer
of the two Sicilies WAS even more ap
p%altngly disastrous than might hav'
been presaged from It's dark opening
untaught by the fate OF his father. o
hoping 10 save himself by improving
upon his fathers cruelty. francis use'
scorpions where his father used whips
and MAS hurled from hts throne by
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