Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-12-01

lowed where she willed Then carlot |
Ia IS shoulders Strengthened and she |
walked 70 the window with the grace
that once was hers. Looking ont upon
the towering trees from branches OF
which the frost. tinted leaves were fall
ing with each play OF the wind Car
lot,a murmured MAMMALIAN"
That was all The film gathered
again on her eyes her body bent and
4 she was lost again
Eugenie once rcignetl as empress Of
the French, and for IA wears her life
and activities We're interviewer In the
4 story of the rise and fall Of the sec
ond empire. Today She Is an exile
living with limited court ut Farm
borough, England, an easy gallop from
the guns of Aldershot and the royal
magnificence of Windsor palace. Once
she was the autocrat OF fashion at the
imperial court She lived to see the
Tuileries palace invaded by mob and
to find herself force, to fee for pro
lection to the house OF a friendly
American citizen. DR. Thomas w.
Evans, then resident of Paris, aud
later to embark at midnight at Deau-
Vile. on yacht flying British colors.
Eusenie's Brief Triumph.
Eugenie's father Was a Spanish
srandee the Count of M6ntijo The
third Napoleon. he of the shaggy eye
brows and musiache bristling with
waved points, met her III Paris He
asked her to become his empress and
she consented. Following their mar
riage in the cathedral of Notre Dame.
Paris had round of fetes that lasted
for a fortnight
Eugene was born in 1926 She was
, twenty-seven years old when She be
came an empress in 1853. Three years
thereafter son was born to her and
to tragedy alike. He had grown to
youth when France declared war on
Germany in 1870 Napoleon Ill. like
/ that other emperor Of France. rode
! with the colors and shifted the air OF
battle. AS warrior he did not
, measure up to the stature of those
who had preceded him on the throne
: The defeat of the French army came
with the fall of Sedan. and the EN-
> peror became an exile
Then the mob in Paris and the flight
OF the empress. Dethroned and dis
, graced. Napoleon III. died In 1873
Later. the prince their son. set on,
He never returned A breech -clouted
spearman sent an assegai through his
body and left him dead. face up to the
;. burning sun
: Travellers In England sometimes gel
glimpse of the back-robed figure o.
the former empress, as she rides forth
;. on missions of charity. Her hair is
;. snow white. her face study in resig
, nation For 40 years she. too. has beer
a a Queen OF Sorrow.
. And now the tall. stately. black. eyed
/. Amelie completes the trio. queen O
Portugal. then made dowager by {
! double tragedy she is now, like the
. aged Eugenie. an exile. Her last fare
$ we'll to her country was from the decl
+ of the royal yacht. which King Carlos
q named Amelie. In her honor AS the
: craft steamed away from MARIA
r Queen Amelie looked down upon the
!. fish folk standing mute-lipped on tn,
d shore and cried, 1T is infamy! A,
r revoir."
r LIfe's Vicissltudes.
How uncertain the title to throne o.
s principality! Amelie. born to be
l. queen, was the daughter of the lat'
I Comte de Paris. Her birthplace wa
$ in England whittier the conte ant
his countess had gone when Franc,
o gave them warning that the tri-colo
$ could not longer give them shelter
9 When she had grown to maidenhoo,
/. Carlos came awooing. and In maxim,
/ her his queen he gave to Portuga
G both rose and thorn.
r Before Portugal disposed OF Kin.
& Manuel in a diplomatic way three
il reigning monarchs of the wave
o washed. vineclad country had me
! death tragically Pedro Y fell a vic
\ tim to poison known to the mystic
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