Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-01

sSz were queens ana NO"
I - lies, without a eouhus'
without a home. They are patne'Io
group and we'll are they called Queens
Of Sorrow: The mad Carlotta, ONE
empress of Mexico; the wanderlns
Eugene, once empress OF the FreIlC .i,
and now the beautiful Amele' UNI
a few weeks ago queen of Portugal
II would be difficult to say wnlch u
the three is the most miserable IL
the case of poor Carlotta insanity haS
l-irdlv cast a curtain over her mlnd'
So she at least may not kno" NJ"
ell, e. the Gun of her wretchedness,
While the gay breezes played IN .me
bunting festooned from the sove
ment buildings and troops IN uliens
uniforms swung with spirit along .h1
broad avenues and under trlumphal
arches that proclaimed the greatness
NJ the Mexico of today on the occ99lol-
NJ that countrys one hnndredth yea
Of freedom from the rule OF SPAIN 'us
vacant mind of Carlotta gave slsA0
a temporary awakening ~,
It was the great Hidalgo tnaI ~ 80
Grated Mexico; it was the HldaieoS -
. later dav that bore Maximlllah "
the plains of Queretaro, loopeu t tio
kerchief over his eyes and gave .lio
signal TO the file OF soldiers TO Iie
<.NIon aim at my heart" was MAXI
milian's only request. Easily erenSeu
He fell dead upon his own snauo"
and became a monarchial meiiioIS
And with his passing contemporaneous
history came to know the hrst u
these three Queens of Sorrow
Beoinninq of Lies Eclipse
wben the half score rifles fashe'
the fire which robbed Carlotta Oh ne.
emneror she was standing In the au"i
ance-room of the Vatican appealAA'
for aid that the pope was powerles
RI grant. Mexico had repudlated Ell
peror Macmillan. The French troop
that had held his monarchy toSetn0i
following the Civil war in our oW
country had been withdrawn.
empress had gone abroad win
PRAYER on her lips to save the tnroh
for him she loved First she went
Louis Napoleon. who had bestoWe
the bauble of kinship. He could q
4 nothing. Then she turned to the pop
Again the inevitable negative shaF
AZ the head. Passing from the aud
eneeroom, her attendants saw q sInl
oerspread the face Of the empires
Then she laughed low and guttur
laugh. The beginning of the END "a
come.
"The birds in the Borda garden
how sweetly they sing! Do you u
hear them. my Macmillan 8
asked looking far off. The atten
ants made answer as best they cou
I'm soothing phrase and bore her a"
away to the north, where COZ
was formed, with its chamberlalns,
d,as-in.waiting and others OF whate'
name and title satellites OF GRO
are known. And here they sat hei
an empress gone mad-upon
throne of make-believe.
Long years she has relgned
empty fancy. For time the FORM
t,es of court life were followed W
a punctiliousness almost real; 1or
fine a ieweled crown rested upon
fast whitening hair and she wore
1 ermines and purple velvets OF raYai
Cor a time she bestowed phantom .
m ors upon those who knelt, as do CT
sf acters in Shakespearian play, Del
her. But not now. Fifty and
wears have about done for the Zee
81 body the work that the tragic epls
Ell ~ early womanhood did for the DIT
"A Awaiting the End.
III Tho palace wherein they are y
IN ing for the end is remote and for
III hidden. It is near Brussels ana
the name Chateau de Bouchafd'
IL money to maintain 1t in magnlhct
there is plenty-Leopold |. was
iotta,s father. He left to her and
VIZ !, sister the bulk OF his great tort
- king Leopold, the ruler OF Bele
NE and the Congo and the royal spel
l| Of Paris. who died recently. was
II brother
Macmillan lived to know that
In empress had been bereft OF her
son, but Carlotta 70 this day do
know her emperor died at the n
of military executioners.
~ When her lusterless eyes SCENE
clean with returning intelligence
the cable told few weeks ago,
Hasped the arms of her chair
Using, felt her way across the
er as II In search of something.
hiled at a figure on a vase anc
II BIS noved. She passed to a
w hereon stood jardinlcre of fra
" ses. Again the lips seemed abe
te coherent utterance. A la
iting took the feeble arm an
,ed where she willed. Then G
shoulders Strengthened and
xed 70 the window with the
once was hers. Looking out
covering trees from branch
the frost.tinted leaves wer
IL Nth each play of the wind
murmured. "Maximillan."
In was ALL The film gat
40 on her eyes, her body Der
rs lost again.
Sa,. enie pnce reigned as empr
oi.itrench.. and for IA years h
ne activities were interviewer
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