The Washington herald., 1912-10-09
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On the tower Of o. Anns's Church.
soho. in London. factng ~ psn epaes
leading out into wardouf 0trost and {
few yards from shaftssbusy Avsnue. 4
. memorial tablet with this inscfiptidn:
Near this place 10 inferred Thsodors.
King Of Corsica. who died in this parish.
December xIth. NDCcLvI. immedIatsly
after leaving ths KinGs Bench Prison.
BY the beneht Of the Act Of Insolvency.
In consequsnce Of which he registered
hts kingdom. Of Corsica. for the uss Of
his orsditors
The savs great teacher. to . level
brings
Heroes and bessars galley slaves and
But Theodore this moral isarn'd srs
dead.
Fate pourd its lessons on his living
head.
Bestow'd a kingdom and denied him
bread.
Time IL eating away the stone just
~ It u swallowing up the memory Of
the King who lies buried there. How
few who read the curious inscription
know what . romantic career 10 COW
cred by that line-"Bestow'd Q kingdom
and denied him breadr'
King Theodore was Baron Theodore
Won Neuho6. . nobIeman Of westphalia,
In Prussia. He was one OF the most pic
turesque OF adventurerA BY sheer blum
he carved his way from the position of
page-boy to that Of King: but no blum
could save him from falling from King
to begsar. At the end Of the seventeenth
century Theodore. . fatherless boy. was
page to the Duchess Of Orlsana Hand
some. he quickly became great favor
lite with her grace and her circle. 20 that
when he wished to enter the army, the
duchess obtained for him . captaincy In
one OF the finest regiments OF France.
Ordinary military duties did not.
however. satisfy the youths overpow-
ering ambition. and that. together with
his heavy gambling debts. made him
throw up his chances OF q career In
that direction. He went to Sweden,
where he was employed in diplomatic
service until the death Of Charles XII.
at Frederikshall. in 1918.
We next fnd him In Spain playing
the role Of favorite Of the Queen, and
In command OF a Spanish regiment.
Fortune smiled upon him. He was IA.
vored by winning the hand Of Lady
Forsheld. one OF the great beauties Of
her time. q daughter Of Ireland. and q
near relation Of one Of the most infu.
entail Spanish grandees.
But Theodore had not learned the
art OF living according TO his means.
He was soon crushed by debts, and,
helping himself to his wife's Jewels,
he fed to Paris. There he entered Into
with tho notorious Scot,
Law, who was in the midst Of his Wild
cat financial schemes. in the hope Of
retrieving his fortunes by participant
ing in questionable deals. But he had
no luck: Laws plans all miscarried.
and the baron had to fee before the
'1ettres de cachet." which the authori-
ties issued against him.
For twelve years Neuhon wandered
about Europe. occasionally experience
Ing run Of luck. but mostly decidedly
In 1872 he was in Genoa,
at a time when the republic was wag-
Ing war against Corsica. The isla anders.
having received help from England,
managed to turn the tide OF battle in
their favor. From prisoners Of war
In Genoa. Theodore heard the story Of
the Corsicans' brave struggle for inde-
anu hc cHteTeO IHtO H6BOClA.
tions with the chiefs Of the island. He
himself to be depicted to them
In glowing colors-a grandee of Spain.
= prince of the holy Roman Empire. a
peer OF France, a lord Of Great Brit
ain. a soldier. courtier.
The picture impressed the Corsicans as
lid Neuhof promises OF plentiful stores
II war material. and they invited him
o become their King. In an English
'essel he sailed to Alerta. on the east
'oast OF the island. and there. dressed in
Moorish garb. he landed. accompanied
~ two French officers. three Moors and
.leven Italians. all gorgeously dressed.
Before leaving the continent he had re-
,eived help from several quarters chief
y from Sultan Mahmoud I. and he was
bile to provide himself with a battery
Il ten guns four thousand muskets, pro-
'isions and war stores. Just what the
-orsicans required to drive out the
senoese
Theodore. therefore. was received with
ejoicings. At Cervione he was crowned
With crown Of laurel and oak leaves. |
lie set earnestly to work. organized the |
rmy and drove the Genoese almost en-
irely from the island. He minted money. |
ought the republican enemy on the sea. |
nd instituted an order of nobility. Hum |
lie Corsican peasants became counts and |
ukes. 4 court of semi-barbaric splen- |
or was set up. 1t was as though the |
oyalty % Rajah had appeared.
But at last when the Genoese made a |
etermined effort to reconQuer the island. !
'heodore's resources were unable to |
tand the strain. Genoese banditti were
ct loose in the island: pamphlets were
catered everywhere. telling the island
Rs Of their Kings past history: the |
money he minted would not buy any
hing: the coins were regarded as curios. |
iradually. seeing his powerlessness and
good deal Of his real nature. his sub
FUNNYBIRDS,