The evening world., 1911-01-25
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By Albert Payson Terhnne
By Albert Payson TEE


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Nc. 26-An Undelfvered Note That Killed a Monarchy.
F a note, handed in at the door of q Paris banquet hall one MA
in 1901. had been delivered Frances throne might perhaps \
been saved. a we'll Is her King and Queen; and the horrors Al
~ the Reign of Terror might have been averted. III
The note wa addressed to a big, noisy. hideously ugly ma4V
Honore Gabriel Dquet. Count Of Mirabeau; a genius in whose fat why \
hands rested the future of a nation. lee
Mlrabesu a nj of the strangest figures in all history; a mass
myriad contradictions He was a great scoundrel and q greater patriot.v
Rovany. CmonnwhuO onsn" ,i"" S,u ns was, vas t po,.v t,ssn a, ~ s.w.s
time he was Royalty's go-between with the People
His oratory and some of his writings seemed half divine. Other w1tingsI
almost more than any other mar of his day to save his country, and he de-
voted his life to its service. Yet his private career a unspeakabie.
poE Yet ~omsn went mad overt him. n ne eommia.s
~ suicide when se failed Ito hold his, love And he had !.
An Ugly magnetic charm hat won the alteration and loyalty oil
S3 The possession IF half Of hi. faults would hAv. been
r.,a r., Ms.s.,u .a 10 a@ to ssa q nso an w .Tn ays %n , as . nSDs'. . black
brilliant he had all the elements Of . popular idol And Il he used ns|
~ A. n, youth ns his s-, ,. oun :'ssDe' led his father to put ss him in prison: Their
new s4%. .! tony would e. hin S.s TO saparty
polite. of tn. day HI. fsnow- noDsmsn refused to receive hin IS y. q them
'"; n. Trsnea % Revol,t an'S wa. IS slowly ss' coming st to 'S a %i%a%' S' r. King ueu.
n,T pe S%. SS Ssa %eo on tn p o %nus"ss YOKE ky Il a tsoprsss SnG s S's S.a no oso yes clearly Sss
1 nsssns ,1s mi !, ssy .i Tssay "e cash- sS nm OF tn s, 10 kiOs a.a : M ss o :.s
a%G, Of the -, mo mar, al, n Sn the establishing sS ,Sa sn Of " r repHeI .,,o Is Kings ssns eaS': Z
peoples rights dsresanded n the former erao Of espohc tyranny brought bach
it's own tavor,e way Of ..ttins the affair. tut daily the Royal party ". grow.
Into this oonfu,on strobe MraOe.u. standing head and boulder .oov. q.
snanins the rao of tn. mot and urging thu King t. gran, a tn constitutions,
Not only the Jacooin. but a. Queens adviser. hated him lie began to suffer
from harp attacks of iinessw which Ina symptoms nm
n~~>>>>~~>>~S pleasantly Ike hose of slow poison. o..
A Hint Of III I believed in such things" he said to a friend. 9"
pot.on should say had been poisoned"
At dinner one night another nan drank Mrabeaus ~
of coffee by mistake ad became dangerously NJ Soc
arerward Mirabeau was guest of honor at a formal banquet His friend Prime
George Of HesseCassel received a private hint that Mrabeau vas to be pot1onel
at his feast The Prince hurried to n banquet hall. He could lot ret In. 81
he scrawled a note OF warning to Mhabeau. The note through a waters -
lect or stopped by Mrabeaus cnemies-was not delivered. As Mrabeau lett thd
hall Prince George me him and repeated the warning M-abeau laughed:
They ire quite capable of 1t. But its. toe late to dhcuss II nov.
Instead If gong 4 a doctor as thu prince begged him to. Miraheau spent ~
lresto Of tn niht In wild revery. Next day he fell ILL.,. All Parsw was stricken wu
grief when 1t as announced that he could nt recover. Tho street In front o.
tho house vas guarded to prevent any noise from disturbing him. On April =
lTl he died. hrsts nactts a carefully rehearsed death scsne. y
n French nation wen into mourning Theatres m toresw WS U0o
Men wpt aloud in n streets. One hundred thousand people '"owepaHeose1
to the grave m a salute of $1,000 muskets wal hrd. .TH4.
The Jacdns rejoced. The asst barrier to their hngedfor Reign OF TsHVs
was gone They destroyed the monarchy. beheaded the King n Queen nd
as soon a they dared ug u p Mirabeaus CONN an buried 1t IN . unknowu
eray In a convict emetery.