The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-21

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IVY his childhood. as King OF
France, under tho title of Henry
". after his. grandfather. Charles X.
had abdicated In his favor. at the time
Paris> died chlldless. Yet he had an
adopted daughter, who predeccased
him by ten years. and who could boast
OF being descended from Mahomet. tho
founder OF Islam.
Prior to the carriage accident which
crippled the count for life and rem
dered him more or less ofsan invalid.
he was very gay, and. like most OF
his Bourbon ancestors. extremely sus-
ceptible to the fair sex. For time
at Venice. bearer OF one of the most
lillustrious names in the annals OF the
CITY of the Dogos. Tho woman dreamt
OF marriage, and there Is no know
ing what might have happened had
not the count one night when on his
way to a rendezvous at the palace of
the marquise found beneath its walls
q man lnortally wounded He recog-
had frequently met In the salons Of
the marquise. The Turk. feeling that
he had but a few moments OF life left.
expressed his conviction that he had
the marquise. who saw In him. and In.
the little girl that she had borne to
him. an obstacle TO her ambition Of
becoming the consort OF De Chambord.
:
the place where he had concealed the.
child, and cntreatcd him to care for
the latter. and above all to protect IT
from its mother. the marquise. who.
of the way. The Comtc do chambord
promised to do this. the Turk there
upon expiring in his arms. On the fol-
lowing day the comte left Venice,
again. and carried the child away with
him, first of all to Germany. From
there he sent the child in safe keep
ing to u convent near Auxerre. where
she brough1 up at At MS eSpense
saw quito a good deal of her. and
displayed q great affection for her.
One day, when he was visiting her in
cognito in France. an attempt was
made to assassinate him: an attempt
ascribed. rightly or wrongly. to Bona
partist agencies. 1t was in the carly
period Of the Second Empire. The
Comte dc Chambord escaped injury,
but the girl was wounded and q DR..
Gerard was summoned to attend her.
This doctor. who after the overthrow
OF the empire became Mayor or Beau-
walls. and whose statue figures on the
fell in love with his fair patient and
married her. with the consent OF the
count. who richly lowered her.
The Intimate relations between the
death, in $780, ana, although her hus.
band made no professions or being
Royalist, but who. like his father
too, remained on the iricndIiest terms
with the count, active cores pondence
being nlternated with occasional vis-tl
It's to Frohsdorf. until tho death Of
the count
Few outside tho former coterle at
Frohsdorf are acquainted with this
strange romance in the life Of the
Comte dc Chambord.I of which evidence
exists n the
De Chambord and his adopted daugh-
ter and after her death. with her
husband.
/ Emperor Nicholas. who during the
past winter, has been seen en- almost
Of st. Peters burg. without any escort.
or walking with one Of his officers
along tho Neva Quay. even entering
shops e buy bonbons Tor ms ,dae
run down the other day by5,n street
ear, without tho driver the latter
being even arrested. has Just received
petition through the
Some time ago q syndicate OF about
$50 OF the greatest captains OF In
lustry Of Russia organized q floating
sXhibitton Of hHssan produce tns n nnd
pose the largest liner OF the Russian
of Steam Navigation. namely. |
the Emperor Nicholas II. The eXhi-
billion, starting from Odessa, visited
the Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek and
Egyptian ports with great success, but
where$si 1t achieved the most brilliant
results was at Salonlca, Now the lat
Ter may DO descrihr = as the head
quarters of Jewish trade in e tho
ottoman Empire, OF a. populatiQn Of
l22,Oe0, close upon $4,000 are Jews
who have monopolized for the past Ave
centuries ntne-tenths of the trade of
Macedonia and. indeed. of nll the Eiu
:opean provinces OF Turkey. Tt was
' g 7 : 1 Ct one moment that the Jews
nent,of their corell gionlsts in Russia,
would a.de L 9 to accord any attentlonI
n chnrg OF Prince ANATOMY. as com
nissiOner..general,a and Of ,l,rivy. Coln-
,ll0rg 81 N tchanoW, representing . 4 tho
Iinister Of Commerce, But Instead Or
his the Welcome which the exhibi-s
ion received at Salonica was more l.
,ordial and moro brilliant than any
where else. n The lea ling j evil ll spaper
IT. Salonica, the ,lEp oca,. y rged tho He
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