Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

Il withdraw the authorization" said
the terrible mother-in-law. Tears. pro-
tests were without result the baby boy
was given wet nurse and gOverness.
replaced later by tutor, the Count
Bombelles, who many years later took
part in the orge of Meyerling. which
terminated Rudolph's life.
And Elizabeth was only at the begin
ming of her troubles.
At this moment there appeared at the
Palace Theater-run by the emperor-a
Nine Roll. actress of small talent but
radiant beauty. Could 1t be the en-
peror who was in love with her? At
vacation, when it was learned that the
Roll would take a villa at Ischl. sum
mer residence Of the imperial family.
every one said: Now we shall know who
il Isl" The bijou town was too small to
keep a secret. And within week II
was known to the general stupefaction
The phantom lover of Nine. Roll APP
peared Enthusiastically. 1t was the en-
peror,
1t was too much Elizabeth told him
that he must choose between Nine Roll
and herself; and the emperor pretended
10 send away the actress. But the wife
was not deceived. She waited she mad
aiken a resolve.
She called her old nurse, brought from
possenhofen
Pack my valises," said Eliza beth, I'VE
leave tonight
For long,"
For always.
The two women slipped from the
iiofburg and took the first train a the
southern station. Only next morning
did her mother-in-law learn OF her
flight. An hour later the chief of po-
lice learned that the empress was en-
route for Trieste and the imperial
Yacht. A telegram was sent to retard
it's departure on some pretext, while
high functionaries followed on spe
cial train.
What they were empowered to prom
Use is not known; but Elizabeth return
ed home
The scene was terrible between hus-
band. wife and mother-in-law. Francis
Joseph. fearing scandal, dragged him
self on his knees before Elizabeth and
even reproached his mother for her
cruelty.
But nothing could change Eliza beth's
determination. That night, Prof. Skoda,
Of the Vienna faculty. after much re-
pugnance and long discussion. signed
bulletin. declaring that the health of
the empress demanded a milder climat e
that Vienna. The next day. accompan
led by high dignitaries, she left for
Antwerp. where a magnificent yacht
was hired to take her to Madeira.
She tired OF Madeira. The imperial
yacht was put at her disposition. She
visited Norway. the Mediterranean, the
Adriatic. Francis Joseph came on her
Unexpectedly at Venice and persuaded
her to return temporarily to Vienna, for
the sake of appearances.
To distract her mind, she spent millions
on a chateau at Linz. where her great
pleasure became to break in young horses.
This was the period of her friendship
with the famous circus woman, Eliza
REM. whom Elizabeth declared to be a
better lady than any of the Vienna court.
Finding Linz too near to Vienna, she
spent other great sums on the chateau
of Goedoelloe. in Hungary, where her
tanning of the man-killing stallion of
Count Festetics became almost a his
torical event.
1t was whispered that Elizabeth was
trying to get killed without the sin of
suicide. Such was her trip to the noun
tain shrine Of Mariazell on horseback,
where no horse or mule, had ever mounted.
The guide tore her from the saddle just
as her horse slipped over the precipice.
AS Countess Hohenembs, she rented a
seaside villa in Normandy None knew
that the lady In black who galloped
across the land bore on her forehead
a diadem far heavier than her golden