The Harrison times., 1911-12-02

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y oh MoW fairs of royalty, but 1t s an ex.
IEE l4 INSI act term of purely German
ITHl HlHNl I1E genealogical law and means a
IHWgM I'll legal and binding marriage that
w does not raise an un.royal wife
~ TO royal rank
Now, II false morganatc
marriage Is the easiest thing imaginable and a
true one dIsadvantageous but quite possible
how shall we sufficiently admire an emperor
SDMfts a little countess to be empress beside
mn Add an unstable throne new in ITSELF
newly mounted, in sore need Of royal alliances;
add the bitter opposition Of his family, the
laugh OF the world, the contempt OF statesmen,
and the estrangement Of partlsans; make the
beloved one a foreigner completely unpopular
with his people and you will have the ee-
ments Of Napoleon HIS herosm in loving
Eugene
Few kings since Cophetua have loved like
this
Among so many royal loves that lacked de-
votion ~ shines like a star
It bekns' with a gypsy at Madrid EugenIe's
msther, widow, camarera mayor TO the
queen, lived in her own house In the Plaza del
ANGEL
One day-Eugenie being thirteen and tom
boy-they refused to take her In the Prado
carriage promenade, which. with the opera
stlll remains the common ground where poor
proud IQmlies meet the great ones Of Madrid
as\eN0ls The Countess de Montijo clung to
horAXffIage and her opera bvx
AySne Tomboy Eugene was sliding down
the Jbanlster She slid too strong banged
against the ny.screen front door and fell mani.
mate gyrsy woman, passing took the girls
head In her lap and brought her TO- Then she
looked NttentIvey at her and saId'
"The senorItN woe born under the open sky,
the night Of battle"
"Whatl" exc aimed the countess returned
with tte carriage She was struck BY tho
truth Of the words Thirteen years ago, at
Granada m earthquake had forced them to
camp might In the garden and Eugene was
there proma'urely born
what viii be her future2" asked the super.
stitlous mother
"She viii be queen" snd the gyrsy
The prediction was bod and beauty only
could nft the thIrteenveorod girl to Its
realization hut beauty had already done much
for that family
so dreamed the mother che herself had
beer really roor girl daughter Of british
subic.A WHO had failed In business In Malaga
His NSs KrkratrIck and he Ind long
beef Nmer6Nn vicc'eonsul Ee Ind married
one Of two beautiful sisters, vet stll poorer
see how hereditary beauty win force its way,
through four generations, from It's unadorned
SELF 10 throne
Tho nrpi was n poor Spanish Rirl Gnegros,
whope cote popqcqqon woq hor heauiy Gre
vene French wine merchant Of Malaga, mar
ried her md had TWO lovely daughters; and
two forelon conoula French de Lessons and
Scotch KlrkrntrIck. lrtcd hcm Nv marriage 10
the fret rounds Of the social ladder From tho
De Ieaedre alliance came The "gsond FrNncAa'
Of suog and Panama; but Klrknaiflcke wife
gave him q daughter Of such rAre charms that
a Spanish rrandee, with race at court
and of considerable family, married her for
love
lie was n duke MARQUIS vlscoWnt and
La baron but the title by witch he had been
| known to the world VIVA Count de MontlIo
bic had two daughters ralrer vet than mother,
.grmndw<lher or greatgrandmother and he
(scS genie was one her sister P'''' was
| On Me thIrteenyeorold gIr the gyrsy's nre
3evtiaa. made formative mrreaslon Con
Inrmlrg II, as ahe grew M she saw her elder
NIs,er pocca maria FrencIecn) mohe nm I'M
preceden'ed match even IN 'hn' family P'cc0
knrghl tho rich md mighty Duke Of Alvo
Wi'"hef lnUn tNe buNV w NlNH 'Oulu WHY wv
hirg
Freenle growing 10, refused brilliant sran
Nah offers, fret TIE Duke Of OeeonN, then tho
Ilch and handsome Young nube of 0ce'o
eMo In truth lnsnred her with "a certain
&ywratrv nnd admiration Pe was 20 oiroc
0ye" Put II was not love Deem IN her heart
Nhe loved dream prince the unknown OF The
1yray endowed by her girls fsney with thou
Msrd charming nttrihutes che smiled NJ tho
Ibsurdity OF n Who're cou'd such rrince beY
o. pho held oIr from All other sutors
\ Whom her mother took her TO Paris her
Ienn enred at an nneyree'ed nremontlon
The handsome dartbrowed eareworn man
~ Young who M French PRECEDENT received
the Flyaee become n romantic ngure In her
Yen rugenlc wlahcd 10 attend presidential
ccrt'cn Per mother hcsI'0'ed II would
ehe hem rldlculoua with the mlldewed smart
"Rm my father was an oH'eer Of The grea'
proeon." pale Fugene, and che Ind her way
Tho prlnceproeldont weighed down with lhe