The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-09-22
i0FMn IS UNHAPPY.
Much Misery in the Halls
Of Places.

of Places.
rzer Royal Highness Princess Louise
az Belgium, Tells Of the Ty-
ranny Of King Leopold.
have never believed that my
cousin, the Archduke John Salvador
John Orth, as he preferred to
call himself-was dead. He ran
away from the Court of Austria be-
cause he was wearied with the
immorailties, the gilded vice and
assumed piety of royal life. l know
that he was drowned when he went
away. II he is never heard from. it
Is oily because he is oily too glad to
be forgotten by the world that dis
gusted him.
The only man he cared for in
Austria was his cousin, the Grown
Prince Rudolph, and he is dead. He
died in the most pitiful manner
suicide. Yes, / repeat, suicide,
although so many believe that he
yet another victim OF the Moloch OF
royalty
Few know what acharming fel-
low Rudolph was. Royalty throttics
genius ,as it eXalts stupidity. Ru-
dolph was warm-hearted, brilliant.
talented, broad-minded. democratic.
For such soul, the life of a court
like that of Austria means death.
moral or physical.
Rudolph was forced into an unhap-
py marriage. l know what am
speaking of, for was not his wife
my own sister, Stephanie? They
q, were utterly unsuited to one anoth-
er. They fought from the first day
of their marriage. But they were
required by royal convention to ap-
pear as happy pair in public and
go to church together regularly. AS
long as a prince does that he may
Rudolph was not a man to accept
hypocritical royal conventions.
He sought the companionship OF
one he loved. They spent Ions
hours of freedom together in the
little shooting box at Meyerling, il
the woods and in the mountains
He planned to 60 away with hi:
companion, to marry her aud live {
quiet life as a private citizen. WheI
the Emporer learned that, Rudolph
was warned that all the power Of
the Empire would be exerted to pre-
vent him from carrying out his
plan. He knew that he could find
NO refuge in any monarchical coun-
in America there could be peace for
him.
So Rudolph and the Baroness
Marie Vetsera committed suicide to
escape from the tyranny of the roll
al caste.
believe that in the suicide OF
Rudolph, the elopement of Louise
of Saxony, the escapades of the
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, in
my own revolt against my unspeak-
able husband, in all the incidents
that disturbed the sepulchral calm
OF the Austrian court. 1t was the
reckless and rebellious spirit OF
Arch duke John at work. He was
the older of them. i do not say
that he approved of everything they
did, but he sowed the seeds of re-
volt
Those who argue that John Orth
claimed his mothers fortune know
nothing of him. What did his ar
dent soul desire? To forget the
world and to lead a life of freedom
and meditation. AS long as he haC
enough to live on, the loss of mil
lions was utterly Indifferent to him
i recall to mind now-his slight
active, well-knit figure, his stroni
Jaw. wilful and scornful air, witt
which he regarded most men an,
things. I see him as he came t,
: lunch with me or my sister Step
fanie. There were two differen
men in him. One whom life ha,
embittered to such a point that h
was pitiless to the vices and fault
of others. The other was the ma,
that occasionally came to the SUI
Ice in the society of those VIII
appreciated his fine qualities.
My sister and i kept silence Will
he talked to us about the futur
of the world. You may remembe