Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-09

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IN - HEN kings love u mentioned.
M the mind flies to the morgan
attic.
AAI In America the word has
II been msused for seemliness In
NV mentioning the usual heart az
|" fairs of royalty. but II is an OK.
lEFl I'd NM act term Of purely German
INlMl l1e genealogical law, and means
lIWWlq legal and binding marriage that
does not raise un-royal wife
> to royal rank.
Now, II a false morganatio
marriage is the easiest thing imaginable and
true one disadvantageous but quite possible.
how shall we sufficiently admire an emperor
who lifts little countess to be empress beside
him3 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 partisans; make the
beloved one foreigner completely unpopular
with his people. and you win have the ele-
ments Of Napoleon Hrs heroism In loving
Eugenie
Few kings since Cophetua have loved like
this
Among so many royal loves that lacked de-
votion II shines like star.
II begins with gypsy at Madrid. Eugenie's
mother. a widow, camarera mayor to the
queen, lived in her own house In the Plaza del
Angel
One day-Eugenie being thirteen and a tom
boy-they refused to take her in the Prado
carriage promenade. which. with the opera,
still remains the common ground where poor
proud families meet the great ones of Madrid
as equals. The Countess de Montijo chung to
her carriage and her opera box
Alone Tomboy Eugenie was sliding down
the banster. She slid too strong, banged
against the fy-screen front door. and fell mani
mate. A gypsy woman. passing, took the girls
head in her lap and brought her to. Then she
looked attentively at her and said:
THE senorita was born under the open sky.
the night of a 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 prematurely born.
''what will be her futureT asked the super
stitious mother.
"She will be queen" said the gypsy.
The prediction was bold. and beauty only
could lift the thirteen-year-old girl to it's
realization; but beauty had already done much
for that family.
So dreamed the mother. She herself had
been a really poor girl. daughter Of 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
see how hereditary beauty will force its way.
through four generations. from It's unadorned
self to a throne!
The first was a poor Spanish girl. Galegros.
whose sole possession her beauty. Gre
vigne. French wine merchant Of Malaga. mar
ried her and had two lovely daughters; and
two foreign consuls, French de Lesseps and
Scotch Kirkpatrick, lifted them by marriage to
the frst rounds OF the social ladder. From the
De Lesseps alliance came the grand Francois"
Of Suez and Panama; but Kirkpatrick wife
gave him daughter of such rare charms that
Spanish grandee. with q place at court
and of considerable family. married her for
love.
He was q duke. a marquis. q viscount and
baron but the title by which he had been
known to the world was Count de Montijo.
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 thirteen-year-old girl the gypsy's pre-
diction made a formative impression. Con
nrming IT, as she grew up she saw her elder
sister Pacca maria Francsca) make an un-
precedented match even In that family Pacca
caught the rich and mighty Duke Of Alva
Higher than the Duke Of Alva could only be
king,
Eugene. growing up refused brilliant Span
fish offers: first the Duke Of Ossuna. then the
rich and handsome young Duke OF Sesto.
Sesto in truth inspired her with "a certain
sympathy and admiration. He was so attrac-
tive!" But II 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 at the
absurdity of It. Where could such prince be!
Yet she held OF from all other suitors.
When her mother took her to Paris her
heart leaped at an unexpected premonition.
The handsome rkbrowed. careworn man,
still young. who. az French president. received
1t the Elysee. became romantic figure In her
eyes. Eugene wished to attend presidential
reception. Her mother hesitated. 1t would
make them ridiculous with the widowed smart
set
But my father was an officer Of the grea.
Napoleon" said Eugene. and she had her way.
The princepresident. weighed down with the