The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1909-10-14

hack pull of his sword. La Chat
eigneraie bled to death. To-day
coup De Jarnac" means almost
foul; but the vancouver was perfectly
regular, if new.
Here is another crime of Chenon
ceau. Diane, having finished the
bridge-wing at a cost of 5000 livres
($1S,000 today, built Italian gardens
in the style of Passelo de Mercogliano
The archbishop of Tours lent her
remarkable young gardener. Nicquet
to train up her fruit walks. Nicquet
was handsome, distinguished, seduc
tive, innocent; the court was at Blois;
there was passing escapade of
summers afternoon or two; and then
the handsome young gardener died OF
alleged cholera.
Of all DANES crimes, this one stuck
most. The victim was servant; and
the vengeful clan whispered the tale
to their masters far and wide. Later,
when Henri II. lay dying it became
the pretext on which Tavannes offered
the queen to go and cut off DANES
nose. Instead, the philosophical Cath
crime De Medicis offered to spare the
fallen beauty's mutilation-on condi-
ton that Diane should give her Che
nonceau. -
Catherine de Medici got DANES
clear title to Chenonceau by the os-
tensible trade OF mortgaged Chau
mont. Can American woman, Esther
Alexander, legal French wife of Rob.
ert de Broglie, is, with. him. co-heir
apparent to the latter historic chateau
at this moment)
Her first great fete at Chenonceau
was a triumphal entry for the new
king, her son. Francis ii. and his
young wife, Mary Stuart. Arches.
obelisks, columns, statues. fountains.
antique affairs. fireworks, music and
300 cannons made a wonderful effect
! These were the happiest days of Mary
Stuart
They say, indeed, that her ghost is
the only one that has been seen inside
the chateau in the time of the Terrys.
She appears as an elderly woman Gas
of the time of her DEATH in black
gown and white ruff. an elderly WON
an who walks through the bridge
wing melancholy. surprised, content,
as returning late to empty scenes OF
bygone happiness!
Chenonceau. in the hands of the
acknowledgements family. went
thro gh a long period of abandon.
~ent The court had quit Touraine
Yong Louis XIII. passed the doc,
ont entering Vendome ano
Mazarin were reconciled at Chenon
ceau; Louis XIV. IA years old came
with his mother to the fete: and fron'
that dates the splendid gilded furni
ture which the Terrys retain to-day in
the middle salon. 1t was the last
royal visit to Chenonceau.
dowager duchess of Vendome dy
ing without children in 171S-"killed,'
says Saint-Simon, by abuse of strong
liquors" abandoned and neglect
ed Chenonceau passed by inheritances
70 the Prince de Condo, who sold it te
the plain, untitled business man. Du
pin.
"A business ludil, al uuIitieu ulluult
,, class man. at last again owned ths
fairy chateau of the water for which
, kings. queens and favorites com
| mitted crimes.
The ghosts of Chenonceau fed tn.
interior.
voltaire, visiting Dupin, saw Diane
de Poitiers kissed by La Chateignerait
| in armor, in thicket by the river.
| Jean-Jaques Rousseau. visiting Du
pin, saw the same love scene, while
nun mourned and jealous woman
| smiled.
Georges Sand a descendant of Du
pin. saw the end of the wicked festival
where three young noblemen and two
young noble girls were stabbed tt
| death.
Grevy, president OF the republic
visiting the sister of his sol-in-law
sat in the park at midnight watching
He beheld rabble of pale shades be
! sieging the chateau. They could moi
enter. STERLING IElLI0