New-York tribune., 1910-03-21
A ROYAL ROMANCE
Descended from MahOmet.
.AdOpted by an Er-Kmg.

lcoryriEht. 1914 by thc brentwood COMPANY !
Although the Comte de Chambord fv-ho
reiEn"d Tor a dcy in his childhood as KinE
~ France under the title ~ Henry Z. after
nis grandfather. Charles y. had ablicstefl
On his favor az the time ~ the Julv revoiu-
tion of lS3o IN Parish d.ed chlldless. yet he
had an adopted daughter, VINO predeceas-i
him hy ten vear~. and who could baast az
heinz descended from Mahonaet the found
cr ol islam
pI-or 20 The carriage accident Rghics c.io-
Ilcd TIE count foI life and rendered Rim
more or less Of an invalid he was yer, c.lv.
ana. like mos. - his Bo1rbon ancestors.
extremely susceptible to the fair sex For
q tirse Pc was infatuated with a insra,,tse
at Venice. bearer % one of tie most ll,,s-
trous naTneS in tho annals ~ the Cit, og
tne DoEes. Tire woman dreamed OF mar
riaee, ard there Is no knowing What might
Rave happenel had not tho count one might
when cn his 0aN 10 a rendezvous AZ an.
palace of tle nsaIsuise. found beneath rs
walls man mortally wounded he fe,og-
Eized in h.u Young Turk whom De had
frequently met in tire salons Of the mar
quise. The Turk feeling that he had but q
few moments Of life left eNpuessed hts con-
Niction that he had been assassinated b.
tsf direction - the maruuise. who saw ia
him and iu tae li;tle girl that she had
borne o. llm au obstacle 20 her ambition
of becoming che coasort of de Chambord
Tie Turk. moreover. confded 10 him the
place where he had concealed the child.
and cntreated him 10 care FOR the latter.
ana, above all, 10 pro;ect q from its
mother. who had already made one al
tempt T. put it oJ, ~ the way. The Comte
DO Chamb0rd promised 20 do this the Turk
iaereupon expiring in has arms
oo the following dav the count left
Nenice without seeing the marquise again.
and carried tie child away with him.
h-st of al 10 Germany. Prom there p,
sons tl' child I'm safe keeping 10 a con-
vent near AuNerre. where she was brough.
ur az his expense by the nuns. When Fh-
tTew Pap he saw quite a good deal OF hef
i displayed great affection for her.
o-e day. when he was VISITING, her Incognfto
ia France. an attempt was made 70 assassl-
Eaie him, an attemp- ascribed. rightly or
wrongly 20 Bonapartist agencies II was
n The early period of thc Second Empire
Tire comte Co Chambord escaped injury. but
lHe girl was wounded, and a Dr. CSerar
was summoned 10 attend her This doctor.
WHO after tho overthrow o. the empire be-
came Mayor % Besuvais and whose statue
Figures in the market place OF that ancient
town fel i1 love with his fai- patient and
married her. WITH the consent of ne coun.
who richly lowered her
Tie Friendship between the count aud his
adopted daughter continued after her mar
riage antN l"r death IN lss1 and although
beer husband made no profession OF being
koyalist. blt was like his father beforr
Ram. loyrl Republican set he. too. re-
manned 0u The friendlest terms with the
count active corespOndence being alternat-
ed with occasional visits 10 Frohsdorf until
me death ~ the count Few outside TIE
former coterie OF Frohsdorf are acquainted
with this strange romance IN the life of the
Comte de- Chambord of which evidence ex-
lists ~ the voluminOUs correspondence eN-
changed, nrst OF an between de Chambori
and his adopted daughter and after her
death. with her husband