New-York tribune., 1909-01-24

a strain of bnhemianisn which. perbap, :.
herited from his mother. S o.
The old gentleman had not the least zvr,,,.,
with the Princes political aspirations ana
worried and exasperated when thew bag,.
take form in actual enterprises. Yet erab,.,
and carping and undemonstrative as he wao .
never. it is said, ceased to love his son :, \
certain that no prompting Of his urged =
Prince to conspiracy against the governr.,,
how much HOrtense had to do with the v,
mans schemes to restore NapoIeonic mi.
France it is hard to say. II is apparent ~
after the sad death of his elder brother IN Ia.
all the forces Of his nature were addressed =
that task.
The attempts at Strasburg and Boulogna .-
discussed in these pages with an elaborate ss
to see the situation from the Princes point
view-that of the sincere pIotter following
star" working out his destiny" and emit
waiting sentiments of patriotism sufrused v5
the Napoleonic Idea. His brief visit to Amer
is touched upon partly to refute the slande7s-,
reports which falsely represented him as lead
ing a life of dissipation here That he "a.
cruelty wronged by these reports is shown m
the testimony Of the more or less distinglrs1
Americans quoted in an appendix His earn
life in England is described. but not at g-sr
length; a postscript contains an anecdote c--
tributed by Thomas Hardy and related in IL
noveIist's own chacteristic fashion
When the Rev. William Barnes the Dorset Hz
was schOolmaster in Dorchester he had as Us
a certain Mr. Ham. a fair and rather cho
young man from the Vale Of BidckmcOr. II
during the year that Louis Napoleon, aftervar
the Emperor Napoleon H. was residing in Z
don; and at this time he paid visit to d
Ddmers who then lived at Garne House. near
town. on Sundays, after service it the q
tom of the burghers of Dorchester TO prOmen3a
in The Walks" the bOulevards are call
that then. as now encircle the older part Of II
town: and fine Sunday afternoon Barn
and his usher. Ham. promenaded with the rsr
In the stream OF people moving in the ODpS
direction was party Of gay strOlers from "a
House, which included among others, Louis y
rsOleOn. The latter. in sort of freak. Just a
was passing the aforesaid Mr. Ham. put his Va
ing cane between Hams legs 50 UNEXPECTEDLY q
the latter staggered and nearly fell. which ears
laughter among the other proIIenalers- BAN
(wfO told the story TO mel said that the next tl
coat tossed into his arms ~ ms iurlols USE
and of seeing Ham in his shirt sleeves sprng
a puCilistic attitude N fTCn[ or LOUIS Napo-
and call upon him to defend himself before n "
laid fat on the gravel The gaietv around tIr-
to CONSERVATION: Louis Napoleon. who reall
bv this time that he had mistaken his man ap
of the cane between Hams legs had been pE
without doubt that it was wilfullv dOnel Haz
by degrees. cooled down under the politeness
the gentleman (wh0rn he did not know, resla-
his coat and there the matter ended. TO tne gra
relief If the nervous ladies' who were croEled M
with their Prayerb0ckS and Bibles. and ne Us
poirtment cf the boys and The less Seh1eei 'I q
tOTnSTner-
This eIfrpsa Of bufroonerv oddly cOncude''
the story of Mr.. Cheethar1's sorlbre-browed -
mantle hero Of melancholy r1ien- But 1t Is a.
least a pIeasanter conclusion than would nav
been Il full discussion Of the coup elAL O.
episode which the biographer could not oaL >
was quite incongruous with his sentlmenlil a7
tory.