The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-09

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= Mt been misuscd for scemliucss in
NE mentioning the usual heart ar
l. LAw fairs of royalty, but Il Is an ex
lHf ID INNI act term Of purely German
lTPI Hi ID genealogical law aud means
IIWW legal aud binding marriage that
~ does not raise an uurOyal wife
O to royal rank
Now If false murganatic
marriage is the easiest thing imaginable and
true one disadyantaEcous but quite possible.
how shall We sufficiently admire An emperor
who lifts q little countess TO be empress beside
him? 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 estranRemcnt Of pHrtisnus, make the
beloved "A foreigner completely unpopular
with his people, and You will have the ele.
monts OF Napoleon HIS heroism in loving
Eugene
Few kings since Cophctua have loved like
this
Among many royal loves that lacked de
yuton It shines like star
II begins with n gypsy nt Madrid Eugenlcs
mother a widow camarera mayor to the
queen lived in her own house in tho Plaza del
Angel
one day Eugene being thirteen and q tom.
boy-they refused to take her in the Prado
carriage promenade which with the opera
st remains the common ground where poor
proud families meet the great ones Of Madrid
rs equals. The Countess de MontiJo chung to
her carriage and her opera box.
Alone Tomboy Eugene was sliding down
the banister. She slid too strong banged
against the Hyscreen front door and fell maui
mate. A gypsy woman, passing took the girls
head in her lap and brought her to Then she
looked HttpDtiyply Mt her and said
The senorita was born under the open sky
the night of battle"
What" exclaimed the countess. returned
with the carriage She was struck by the
truth OF the words Thirteen years ago. at
Granada an earthquake had forced them to
camp a night in the garden. and Eugene WAS
there prematurey born
What will be her future" asked the super
stitous mother.
She will be queen" said the gypsy.
The prediction was bold and beauty only
could lift the thrtecnyearold girl to It's
realization; but beauty had already done much
for that family
SO dreamed the mother. She herself had
been really poor girl daughter Of n British
subject who had failed in business In Malaga
His name was Kirkpatrick. and he had long
been American vice consul He had married
one Of two beautiful sisters yet still poorer
sec how hereditary beauty will force its way
through -four generations, from its unadorned
self to a throne!
The FIRST was poor Spanish girl. GalIcgros
whose sole possession was her beauty Gre
v!gne. French wine merchant of Malaga, mar
ried her and had two lovely daughters: and
two foreign consus French de Lesseps and
Scotch Kirkpatrick lifted them by marriage to
che flrst rounds of the social ladder, From the
De Lesseps alliance came the grand Francois"
OF suez and Panama but kirkpatrick's wife
gave him n daughter OF such rare charms that
a Spanish grandee with a place at court
and OF considerable family. married her for
love
He was a duke. n marquis, viscount and
a baron but the title by which he had been
known to the world was Count de Montjo
He had two daughters fairer yet than mother
grandmother or greatgrandmother and he
died Eugene was one. her sister Pacca was
the other.
On the thrteen.year.old girl the gypsy's pre-.
diction made formative impression. Con.
nrming II, as she grew up she saw her elder
sister Pacca MARIA Franciscan make an I'm.
precedented match even In that family, Pacca
caught the rich and mighty Duke OF Alva.
Higher than the Duke OF Alvs could only be a
king.
Eugenie growing up refused brilliant Span.
1sh OnerB, Urbt tne DUKE Oh OsbunH, lHeH tne
rich and handsome young Duke OF Sesto.
Sesto in truth inspired her with "a certain
sympathy and admiration. He was so attrac-
tive!" But 1t was not love. Deep In her heart
she loved dream prince, the unknown OF the
gypsy endowed by her girls fancy with thou.
sand charming attributes She smiled al the
absurdlty OF H. Where could suth prince be?
Yet she held of from all other sutors.
When her mother took her TO Paris her
heart eaped at an unexpected premonition
The handsome, dark.browed. careworn man.
sti young. who rs French president received
at the Elysee, became romantic figure in her
eyes Eugene wished TO attend a presidential
reception. Her mother hesitated II would
make them ridiculous with the widowed smart
set
Put my father was an officer Of the grea.
Napoleon" said Eugene, and she had her way.
The princepresident, weighed down with the