The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
Love Letters of Royalty
Just Human Expressions

who win be. a. have been, your most
loyal servant Of your rigor does not for
bid me, promise you that not only the
name shall Be given you, but also that
Win take you for my mistress. east
ing on all others that are In comps-
tition with you out Of my thouEhts
and Affection. and serving you only"
So he goes on. this amorous rnosmtain
Of flesh. addressing her aa ssDarlinR." or
"Ayne avne sweetheart" aEhinE; II
would you were IN my arma OF IN yours.
for ! think IL l. a long tims since Iyss
you"
But Anns played her cards evinntnxiy:
she held the infatuated King on ana led
him on til he divorced the unhappy
Katherine IN order to marry her. Than
there are no more love letters but pres
emily Queen Anne BoIeyn's last Letter
to her King. written from the Tower On
the eve OF her execution-So plteous q
letter that Henry IL said 20 have vspe
when he read IT, but he let the execution
proceed. none the less. for he was already
writing 70 Jane Seymour. This hoptnH
shortly to recsiye you n these arns
your own servant and sovereign :"
Good Queen Bees : love letters are
admirable for their Teticence and DOWN
right honesty. Those from Mary. Queen Of
Scots. to Boutwell, are % charged with
passion and womanly tendemesS that
they almost make one forget her dis
loyalty to her own husband a. well ~
to BothweIrs wife In writing them
The short notes Of Charles 20 his
Queen Henrietta and another Of AsrTG
to her lord. the Third William. are stAid
and calmly anectionate. and the number
that passed between George " and the
famous Mrs Fftzherbert are % full OF
sentiment, 50 touched with the ARTIFICIAL
ity Of the period that. though they
interest. they fail to move ona
But pass from them to the letters Of
Napoleon. and Il something like coming
out Of the painted unrealities Of theatsr
into the glow and pulse and fever Of Life
itself. The passion IN them may be fire.
quently coarse, but at least II T. genu-
Inc. II Is the natural man giving nat
ural utterance to his natural feelings
II awake with my thoughts full Of
you" he writes to Josephine. shortly
before their marriage. your portrait
and the remembrance OF the delIrious
evening of yesterday have not allowed
rest to my senses Meanwhile.
my sweet love. accept a thousand kisses
but do not give me any. for they burn
up my blood"
A few days after their marriage one
finds this cold. calculating. remorseless
world conqueror at the head Of his army.
while preparing for another battle. find
ing or making time to write to her.
Far from you there Il no toy-away
from you the world is a wilderness. .
You have robbed me OF more than my
soul-you are the only thought Of my
life. IL am tired OF the worries OF my
profession, IL I am fearful OF its issue.
II men disgust me, II I am ready to
curse hfe-if put my hand on my heart.
your portrait there beats I am trying
to reach you. am dying 90 be near you.
The idea that my Josephine might
be III and, above all, the cruel. the fatal
thought that she might love me less.
withers my soul. stops my blood. makes
me sad. cast down., and leaves me not
even the courage OF fury and despair.
To die without being loved by
you, 20 die without that certainty Is the
torment OF hell. Ny soul Il sad.
my. body is tired my mind is dazed men
worry me. ought indeed. to detest
them; they separate me from my dar-
ling. - Good-by, good-by. lie
down pray you let me sleep
Many times 1 hold you in my arms
happy thought-but. but IL is not you
And after all he divorced Euch be-
loved mate. He placed his crown above
all else. He found that in order to per
petuate' his dynasty he was obliged TO
seek an alliance with the naughty Haps-
burgs. to marry the Archduchess Marie
Louise. Love in a crown is as mortal as
love in a hut FLANEUR-
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