New-York tribune., 1910-09-07

ternich and Count Nigra. should have sent
her off in g cab 10 her American dentist
after escortinS her out of the Tuileries.
and should have left TO him the task OF
devising her escape from the capital and
her flight to England. Many have IN this
connection accused the two ambassadors
Of 8 lack of gallantry and gratitude for
all the hospitality and favors which they
had enjoyed in so specially marked de-
gree At her hands during the last twelve
years Of her husbands reign. and argue
that it was DIR. Evans alone who had
shown any clivairy in the affair.
Princess Pauline Metternich, in draw
ing room talk on the court OF the TUiie-
ries which she gave the other DAY at her
palace n Vienna in behalf Of one Of the
local charities. explained for the first time
the attitude OF her husband in the matter.
she described how. when the infuriated
populace was invading the palace on Sep
temher I. 1879. he and Nigra alone had
thought Of the danger of Eugene. who if
she had fallen into the hands Of the mob.
would probably have been torn TO pieces
The two ambassadors hastened to her pci-
Tate apartments, where they found her en-
tirely deserted save by a single Iady-in-
waiting Nine. lie Breton sister OF General
BourbakL Chamberlains. aides-de-camp.
gentlemen-in- waiting, servants all had
fed Metternich at once caught hold of the
Empress by the arm and Count Nigra took
Nine. lie Breton and they hurried them
through the palace, hastened by the roar
Of the pursuing mob only a few rooms
behind Emerging from the palace by a
small gate used by the servants and open
ing into a side street. they hailed a pass
IN nd
tation with the Empress placed her in il,
with Nine lie Breton, and at her request
told The cabman 70 drive off to Dr. Evans ;
house. Both ladies' We're heavily yelled.
and were not likely 10 be recognized in the
cab. whereas everybody in Paris was more
than familiar with the appearance of
Count Nigra. and. above all. of the Aus
tlan Ambassador. Their intimacy with
the Empress was well known. and the fact
Of their having two veiled ladies' In their
company on such a day would at once
have caused any one recognizing them 10
assume that one OF the women IL question
at any rate was the missing and fugitive
Empress That was why they did not al
tempt TO accompany her any further and
why they did not make any effort TO CON
Yey her either 10 the Austrian or the
italian Embassy, both Of which We're sur
rounded by large crowd under the i'm
preston that Eug6nie would seek refuge
there
What determined them more than any
thing else was the fact thar as they stood
for a moment in the side street after
emerging from the Tuileries a lad recog-
nized Prince Netternich and immediately
exclaimed. pointing TO one of the veiIed
ladies, and that is the Empress, taking
II for granted that II must be her al
though he could not see her face Fortu-
ustely. at that moment there was a man
enGeavoring 10 harangue the crowd who
caused riot and fighting, which proved
more attractive to the gavroche than spec
ulations as 70 the identity of the ladies'.
But had it not been for that fracas it is
probsble that the Empress would have
been unable 70 get away, and no one
knows what might have happened in that
case. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.