New-York tribune., 1906-09-16

base fa,,o-i.. - MS ambitious bu,
seenIv te,ao,, "a 'ine she was to cling vT,,. ''oa
% - % her royal lover a0s 80 90 IN
h,,. -, 'i'7'ests as a European ro,1e'y
s''a'''leF stun Of which tbe,- ,se" se'1'u''e
,i'iue' the hne spirit which MARI, Ian Vas
curse Is vel shown By this 80. aaAy
she pays TO him: tribute which
The gallant adventure. 49,.
a whole ,nd ana our 2romenadeS vVo,s .,ssaied our
sienee. and content myself ui.s iaS over them r.
WI - ~iii snow with what delicacv 49, tng one
81 = is ,-e lost no opportunity N vIfh - hing loved
OF H. ~ was II my memory doos s.slng ne pro9f
az az Ll'ale slcomte, as i was ygaIl..e .e deceive me
me his hand s-d Iegs MS majesty Eisbs9 t-'e1ly
fbor-L -ti.,l, ana mine happening - ~. 10 give
CIOush r4Jher lightly AGAINST fEso 70 stIke. al
fbrev- +, b -" ~ pc Sharply from its sesSs9i 9i nis
manner IN which he performed tSi. ~ lsscrioe the
are no words % express IL ''''S ACTON there
II only they had continued on ,s.
terms. content with charming uttis o,,.s,-
prepared each % follow the autz - - anu
fate. hazarin would have had no,5,u.. - 0S
against their love. He was no, -. ~ Say
Maries future He had no intention 40 ~, -
ner 70 driIt INTO the equiVOcal position Of srg,
i'i's're7s@ without careless delay. but vi,bor,
undue haste' he would find for her. as for .vo-,,
other niece OF his. an altogether desirabl. -
band But be was dangerously late IN ~. i
reference. The Kings infatuation went =, 80,
lengths that he rebeued when he was 49,, -
put the pleasures Of youth aside and ba a. -
TO abandon Marie Mancini and rnar-v ar -.
OF Spain. and It took heroic measures avo,o,-.,
over a considerable period Of time 20 brin, a.,
to his senses. One hardly knows whether n bai,
dignant over the outrageous amount az tro,h,.
Injected into the public affairs OF France nv. +bi,
love affair or % chUckle over the Cardinars 5is-
comhture. He had thought only To serve him
self in serving his relatives but he found n M,
enormous chagrin. that he was PLAYING with
edged tools, and though. Of course. he trinr,nbod
In the end, it was only after he had 6een vo,-
ried half out OF his senses The story Of ylarta.,
obstruetionist tactics is too long to be sketeha,
here. 1t Is enough 70 say that her unwfllngnesa
to give up the King led to interminabIe in
trigues and involved everybody concerned IN ex-
asperatiOn and almost unending labor. She had
her punishment Though she hated to 20 back
TO Italy. her uncle succeeded IN making her the
wife OF Lorenzo ColOnna. grand constable OF the
Kingdom OF Naples. and the record Of her life
thenceforth. a life largely Of wanderings and OF
quasi-imprisonment. has the grimness Of a
nightmare.
Marianne Mancini who became the Duchesss
de Bouillon. was hardly luckier. She began her
career we'll enough, and she is pleasantly remen-
bered as the patron OF La FOntaine. but her
skirts were tainted in the famous poison trials
HOrtense Nancini. whose husband. the Marquis
de Ia MeiIleraye, the : 10 made Due de MazaTin.
seemed on her ma-~a<r - be doubly fortunate
Her uncle had decided a leave her the greater
part Of his immense wealth. and her husband
was as generous as he was rich He gave her
10000 pIstoles In gold on their wedding day.
and in her memoirs she tells how once. "fOr want
OF some better amusement. We threw more th1S>
800 louis out OF the window Of the Palais
Mazarin. 70 have the pleasure Of seeing acrOWd OF
servants which were in the court scramble anu
fight for them" Naiyely she adds that this
prodigaIity. reaching the Cardinals ears caused
him so much displeasure that IL Is believed to
have FASTENED his end" Ten days after her
marriage Mazarin was dead With all the money
that he left her. and with her domestic afArs
apparently In fine shape, Hortense had inoeeo
a cheerful outlook. but as matter or iasN mo
Due de Mazarin. eccentric almost to tne poin'
of madness. developed into an Impossible nus
band. and the great heiress by and by came %
rival Marie in more or less gided and generaly
miserable vagabondage When Lsly painted aer
in the portrait we reproduce. she was one Ok
Charles lis dubious circle. grateful Tor pelS''n
from that gay monarch when. II al had gone
well with her. she should have been ngure o.
splendOr in France. Strangely builded hoeeI
we-e those fortunes which the great CaraiilA1
cherished with such sOucitude. He thousnt
achieve superb things through his nieceS. and "a
a measure he succeeded They all rose to brill
liant heights But somehow. looking over tH0