Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-11

I fated pin. Seating herself with him
on the sofa, she warned De Choiseul
! that she was very angry and that II he
! dld not respect her the king you'd pun
ish him. but Just then the PIN destined
| to play great part at critical mo-
ments, caught In his lace cum and gut
a deep cash across his hand; he uttered
an exclamation Of pain and drew back
impetuously Nine. du Barry fled with
precipitation that bleeding hand
could not arrest.
Two days later De Choseul was ex-
| iled>to his country seat at Canteoup.
lie would give no other reason for his
disgrace than that "a pin had changed
the destlnies OF France"
Barely had Nine. du Barry arrived
| from the interrupted Interview with
De Choiseul when the king returned
from hunting. She met him with NOR,
than accustomed demonstrations Of af-
lection, and the king took advantage Of
her amlable mood to ask the return Of
the pin. II was gladly surrendered,
With other heirlooms OF his predeces-
sors II passed to Louis XVI. In whose
possession II remained until chance
subyerted II to another use.
GIVEN TO AN ACTRESS.
Mile. de Contat a charming actress
Of the French theater. had turned the
head OF the Count de Narbonne, the
spoiled child OF the royal family She
crayed possession Of the famous pin
locked In the Jewel box of the king,
for she conceived the notion OF using II
TO fasten the letter to Susanna In the
Marriage de Figaro" which was to
have first representation In few
days. De Narbonne was at his wits
niQnnNnr al In
the treasure before the first perform.
ance OF the play, only four days distant.
Chance offered solution OF the difficult
~, Quadrilles were then the fashion,
and OF those who took part IN them n
special costume was required, The
count BY adrot questioning OF NJ. Ia
Borde, the custodian OF the kings cabl-
net, gained n fair knowledge Of It's con-
tents, and then pretended to need dia-
monds with which to decorate his coat
for the quadrille at the approaching
court ball. Louis XVI, who could re-
fuse nothing to De Narbonne gave him
permission to draw upon the resources
OF the Jewel box, After a brief search
he discovered the pin.
The court was Just IN time; the per-
Torrance had begun. The pin after be-
ing put to the use intended passed from
hand TO hand, and when needed for the
second performance was nowhere to be
found The actress was little disturbed
by the loss. but the count was con-
fronted with perilous situation, for
La Borde had discovered the theft. A
large sum OF money purchased his
silence.
The famous pin was found by
dancer IN the muck Of the stage. She
has as lover NJ. d'Arlande, the first
person to accompany Pilatre de Rozier
In his balloon ascensIons. on his mi
tial voyage in the air D'Ariande wore
upon the breast Of his coat a lock Of
his mstresss hair fastentd with the
fated pin. A gust OF wind tore in
half the small flag carried by the aer-
onauts, The pin was used to mend It.
Among the spectators present when
the balloon descended was NJ. Bailli,
celebrated astronomer. De Rozier pres
ented him with the flag fastened with
the pin, and It was put away In the
closet Of the scientist.
SPEEDING TO THE END.
On the memorable day when Louis
XVI was conducted by the people from
Versailles to Paris, NJ. Bailll, named
mayor Of the city by reclamation, was
at his home awaiting the moment TO
go TO the Hotel de VILE to receive the
king, who, arriving sooner than was
expected, messenger on horseback
was dispatched TO summon Balln In
his haste he forgot his official badge
He returned to HIS cabinet 10 get &C.
and not knowing how to attach It to
his coat, he caught sight OF the fated
pin, which was still ON the flag With II
he affixed his badge and hurried to the
Hotel de vile.
Fate was now speeding the pin to its
last and predestined end. At the mo-
ment when, as mayor, Bailli presented
the national cocarde to Louis XVI
there was no other way to fasten II to
the kings hat except with the hlstorl-
cal pin, once his PROPERTY. but now
destined to hold III place the symbol Of
a revolution that was to deprive him
Of his throne and Of his life,
Again the pin was lost for long
time, when n nundertaker's assistant
preparing for burial the body of Nor
abeau--the great orator OF the revou-
tiOn--in search of something TO fasten
his winding sheet, found II IN the
sweepings OF a room at the Louvre.
Its CHRONOLOGY Is remarkable; FIRST
serving on the toilet of Ninon de
, rEnclcs; then TO close the fischu OF De
Maintenon, now In the jewel box OF
Louis XVI; then to hold the plume on
his sat at his meeting with James III
Of England In the wig of the Chancel-
lor OF France; to fasten the bouquet OF
Nine. du Barry; in the Jewel box OF
Louis XIV and Louis XVI; purloined by
the Count dc Narbonue; given to Mile.
Contat; lost by her and found by
dancer and used to attach a lock Of her
hair 10 her lovers breast; TO mend
torn flag, then hidden In the closet N
NJ. Ballll; then TO pin the revolution
airy cocarde to the hat OF Louis XVI,
and finally to disappear forever In the
grave of Mirrabeau,-Pars Letter to
the New York Sun.