The Harrison times., 1911-12-02

rous loyalty He laid before her all the disad'
vantages OF the brilliant yet uncertain posi-
tlon he was offering her He EXPLAINED TO her
his unpopularty with the old French ariNo'
Gratis the bad will Of certain great powers the
possibility Of his being assassnated by some
secret ociety Of which he had become mem
ber in his adventurous youth There were nos
tilities even in the army, in his opinion the
most serious danger; but he could cut them
short by declaring a war
81 would not have It otherwise" she an
swered 81 will take my risks beside you so
may ! be worthy"
As queen she lacked dignity She had
NOT been born TO the solemn selfaprreciation
Of royalty and she was mixture OF lighiness
and austerIty generosity and sense Kindness
and Indifference, In which the transitions
were abrupt and dIsconcert!ng to French order
lness
Alone among the soyereIgns OF Europe
Queen Victoria had received her cordlally
more, she had taken up Eugenle and imposed
her on the courts Of Europe Yet even at
Windsor where the imperial couple were re-
ceiyed with extraordinary pomp, Eugenles In.
souciance threatened to play her a bad turn
that would have illustrated her unimperial
attitude
quarter Of an hour before they were TO be
received by Victoria and her beloved consort
In the throne room, Eugenle discovered that,
among the hundred trunks OF the French visI.
tors hers alone had not arrived! The EN-.
peror was deeply mortified that the discovery
should have been made so late, as showing
lack Of discipline and serene orderlness, and
on his advice Eugenc had already begun to
pretend n headache due to suppressed scosck'
ness when one OF her ladies' dared to offer
her choice OF gowns,
blue dress OF the simplest descrlntion
seemed the only one that promised we'll Great
ladies' and maids fell upon II deity, and In
few minutes the blue gown was reodusted 10
the empress SO EugenIe--wthout Jewels,
flowers ut her corsNge and flowers In her hair
appeared before the British court In her own
dazzling beauty She made an immense sue
ceqs
What most touched Vctorla's heart II may
be tod, was the pathetic and pretty way In
which the young couple spontaneously connded
certain doubts and fears TO her M m cSpe
rIenced mNlron and mother Of eight They
had been married two years, and as yet there
was no heir when the little prnceimperIal
was born one Indy only was permitted to he
present with the doctors and the serving
women all the time This was the Countess oi
from FnslNnd 10 help along
Az had been done for the King of Rome II
was announced IN advance that should the In.
FAINT be boy cannon would flro not twenty.
one times but hundred
II hOprcNed after midnight and the Paris.
l0nS, awakening counted the cann0n,shota
When they got rest twenty'one the Parsans
rolled over IN their beds and yawned well,
she Ia uckyl"
The bIgnmous old Jerome had bitterly per.
secuted her M nm n'erloner His son plon'
P'on her hNter and delrAetor bY inheritance,
was not PERSONA grNta with Fugene So Na.
roleon who enjoved smoking cigarettes with
the rerrobate father Of The present pretender,
Victor, was forced 10 visit him secretly One
day, some tine after the marriage he came,
sat down, and said
Prince docs your wife make you acenea7"
mo" ferlIed the husband Of Cotlde, the
daughter Of Victor Emmanuel
There Ia no living with Furenle" sighed
Napoleon "rhe moment give audience with
another woman | risk n violent quarrel"
"CrOck her on the side Of the face tho next
time she makes you n scene" suggested plon'
p'on
Don't think Of f." exclaimed tho cmreror.
"You don't know cugene ale would oEcn n
TO The end women took advantage Of this
breezy ndenendence natural eSuberance, md
inerhdiebble uneonven'ionnllty Of Fugenle 10
lay trors for her Hers was continuous per
formenec Of The Lady walking amid the rout Of
Come Among others Nine de Melternlch
wife Of the Auatrlan Ambassador seemed 70
have vowed Fuoeniea destruction once al
Fon'aheb'eau che almost led her into going
TO The races IN short skirts
MY dear Pauline" someone asked her
would you counsel your own sovereign 20
get herself m In short skrls9"
"rho Ia different" replied The Metternlch,
my emrress Ia roynl princess real en-,
press While yours, my dear ID Mademo,
Bte de Nortl0l"
Wes she only Mademoleel'e de Monitor
D'd she not keen her word "eo may | be
worthy" to toe fmnire aud 20 France
Twenty years later, IN her dealings with
Hfmarek after The Franco prueeian war, En
genie had practically concluded tren'y while
refusing TO concede IAN inch Of French terri
tory" The Republicans taking the deal on, Of
her handa agreed 10 tho oaa OF Aaaoe and