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Madeira. Here the Emperor abandoned
the pursuit. For eight years the royal
couple were openly cstranged, hut at
the end of that time powerful intu-
enCeS effected an Ostensihle rcCOnCilla-
ton, in order that the Empress might
share the coronation festivities that
were to make the royal couple King
and Queen of Hungary. From this
time forward Elizabeth officially lived
in Vienna. though she was never really
there, spending much of her time in he-
splendid villa in Corfu. now he prop
crty of Emperor William of Germany.
and wandering around the country.
her eccentrcitics amounting almost to
dcmentia. and everywhere regarded as
the most unhappy lady in Europe.
In September of 1898. when the empire
was preparing for great festivities in
connection with Francis Joseph's golden
jubilee, another sensational tragedy laid
its blight on the house of Hapshurg.
Elizabeth had consented to take "A part
in these festivities and was preparing
to set out from Geneva for Vienna
when. while walking on the quay. she
was stabbed to death by an Italian an
archist who seemed to have had no
other motive for his crime than that
the Grand Duke. whom he had expected
To kill, had failed to put in an appear
ance.
As has been said, these great tragedies
have been the high lights in the En-
peror's life, because they have been con-
Cerned with those members of his fam
lily who occupied the most exalted rank.
But in every family relationship he
has been sticken. Hardly a brother or
sister nephew. IA niece or a grand
child but has brought him sorrow or
disgrace. Princess Stephanie, the widow
Of Rudolph. became notorious for her
excuses, which her father-in-law was
powerless to control Her daughter, who
pleaded with the Emperor to restrain
Stephanie from marrying Count Lon
yay, herself brought grief to the fam
lily by shooting her husbands para
mour and exposing an ugly scandal,
The scandal of Princess Louise Of Co.
burg. while not in Francis Joseph's i'm
mediate family. yet concerned him
deeply on account of her relationship
to Stephanie and on account Of the re-
lationships of the Coburgs and Haps-
burgs.
In his brothers and grandchildren the
aged Emperor has found only trouble,
Macmillan was executed and Arch
duke Louis Victor. after shocking
scene in public in which he was
thrashed by an angry father, was obliged
to flee the country. He was later con-
fined in an asylum, hopeless paretic.
OF his grandchildren his favorite. Eliza
beth. daughter OF his daughter Gisela,
eloped with young lieutenant whom
she had seen only twice before, while
her sister. Louise OF Tuscany, after
shocking indiscretions, published book
which gloried in the humiliations she
had brought to her family.
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Prince was' killed by the uncle of the
Vetsera, who sought to avenge the girls
honor and that the girl was herself
party To the attack. fearing her lovers
detection. on these two foundations
between which. so far as the known
facts are concerned. there is little to
choose, has been erected a hundred
structures of mystery and romance. of
unbridled passion, of death dealing de-
votlon, of scandal and misery and sor-
row which neither power nor wealth,
nor even time, has been able to sup
press.
In all its dreadful details is was a
blow such as few men in any walk of
life have ever been called on to en-
dure and, it is said, the Emperor Of
Austria has never been the same since
it fell upon him. He has never been able
to crush the memory of it or to sup
press surmses, though every physical
evidence of the tragedy was utterly
wiped out. The body of the nfortu-
aate Marie Nctsera was buried in
secret at midnight in the Cistercian
Abbey at Heiligenkreuz, her mother
was compelled to leave Vienna in
stantly. go to Venice and send notices
of the girls death from there. The
lodge at Meyerling was torn down, the
entire topography of the surrounding
park changed and every physical re-
hinder of the dark incident destroyed.
The tragedy of Rudolph has always
been a mystery OF death in the Haps-
burg family. but there is another trag-
edy more mysterious still that haunts
it, and this is "A mystery of life, Arch
duke John Salvador, the nephew of the
Emperor, was "A man quite as promis-
ing and brilliant as the young heir had
been, but like him too the ruin of his
life was due to his passion for woman
below him in rank. Ludmilla Stubel
an actress, was directly responsible for
the mystery of John Orth, the name
the Archduke took when, maddened by
the utter impossb!lty of a recognized
marriage between them. he deliberately
defied all the traditions of his royal
DlTln, Threw away All MS rdHh anu
titles, and boldly eloped with the
woman he loved.
He bought a ship in England. and
with himself and Ludmilla as the sole
passengers set out for South America,
In July. 1890. they put in at Monte
video for supplies, Shortly afterward
terrific hurricane dashed the whole
coast. causing great loss of life and of
shipping The ship of the Archduke
never came to port nor has the slight
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est authentic trace of its passengers or
crew ever been discovered Naturally
on such a soil of mystery a dozen
Growths Of romance have sprung up.
There have been John Orths" in South
America by the dozen, while Chicago.
New York and Denver have each pro-
duced a claimant for the royal honors
and estates of the vanished ArChduke.
In spite Of all the evidence Francis
Joseph has never, it is said, accepted
as final the proofs of his kinsman's
death, and has lived for twenty-five
years in IA constant state of anxiety
as to his ultimate temperance, COM
plicating factor. in the family. 1t is
said that he has had every fresh claim
ant Investigated, and that no rumor,
however vague, reaches him without
being definitely run down. The es-
tates of John Salvador were not allowed
/ to revert to the Crown, and were held
for years awaiting their owners re-
turn.
Unhappy royal marriages are not so
unusual as TO be cited as an evidence
of dynas,ic tragedy, but the marriage
IF Francis Joseph and the young Eliz-
abcth of Bavaria, which began as "A del
icate love romance and ended in open
scandal and assassination stands out
above even the most unhappy.
Elizabeth was only &c and great
beauty when the young Emperor saw
her and broke off his proposed marriage
to her older sister in order to wed her.
Although for few years they were
| happy together. yet Immediately on the
| royal brides arrival in Vienna the
causes were evident that later led to
disaster The proud Austrians did not
consider the Bavarian Duchess "A proper
| match for their Emperor, and she was
| snubbed as much as they dared. Her
| love for horses and athletic exercises
| endeared her to the Hungarians but
still further alienated the members OF
| the court at Vienna. Quarrels with the
Emperor soon became so frequent and
violent that they could not be hidden.
The charming capriclousness Of the
young girl became the disconcerting
eccentricity of the woman. She was
eXacting and suspicious. and the life Of
the court with which the high spirited
young Emperor surrounded himself,
gave her ample excuse for jealousy.
Shortly after the birth of an heir to
the throne, the i'll fated Rudolph Eliz-
abeth defied all royal conventions and
left her husband. She fled to Corfu.
and thence, hearing that Francis Jo-
seph was in pursuit, to MinorCa and to
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to the turbulent Balkan country, for
1879 really crystallzcd this policy, and
set forth Austria's admission that her
ambition lay toward the south with
Salonica and the I;gcan Sea as its aim.
For more than thirty years all the
Emperors efforts We're directed to this
end Year by year he saw Turkey
growing weaker. and year 10y year the
goal seemed to he nearer. Then by
totally unexpected political CONFUSION,
the war of the Balkan allies against
Turkey, he saw all his hopes over
turned his carefully reared diplomatic
and strategic policy thrown down like
q card house, while he himself was
helpless, held in check by Powers he
did r9t dare defy. In all Francis
Joseph's long reign he has accomplished
but one brilliant piece of diplomacy, the
success of which was measured 10y that
final political yardstick, the aggrandize-
meat Of his country. That success was
the annexation of Bosnia and Herze-
govina. 1t is "A grim fact that this
single piece of fortune has now been
boomerang to him. for from them has
come this last crushing blow to his
pride.
From the beginning of his reign
Francis Joseph has seen his country
racked by Internal conflicts that he
has been powerless to reconcile
relaxation of absolutism was early
forced upon him, but the measures
adopted were futile in creating a spirit
of union, while frequent military and
diplomatic defeats served further TO
disunite her antagonistic elements. The
dualistic compact with Hungary was
made in the interest of homogeneity
and much was expected of it. But the
Emperor was disappointed in this as in
everything else, for although it has
served as a fairly successful stop gap
Francis Joseph is too astute polit-
clan not to recognize it for what 1t is
@ political eXpedlent and nothing more.
So far as bringing about actual homo
genelty in the empire is concerned it
never had the faintest possibility of
achieving such a result. The constant
strife between the different political
and racial parties in his country has
always been "A source of great bitter
ness 10 Francis Joseph, and more than
once the last time n later than 1912,
has driven him to threats of abd.cation.
Although history Is more concerned
with the political disasters of the long
Reign "A more vital and dramatic interest
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slant unhappy reminder of great
tragedy of the house of Hapsburg.
May your children he brought to
ruin" was the imprecation of the Hun
Earian Countess. but FIR twenty-five
years Francis Joseph could safely be-
lieve that he had escaped its fulflment
His son and heir had grown to man
hood with the most brilliant promise.
lie was a written and artist of no small
attainment, with intellectual gifts that
commanded admiration. At the age of
% he was married to Princess Steph-
anie, the daughter Of Leopold of Bel
GUM. This was distinctly political
marriage, and brought no happiness to
either. Dynastlcally too it was a
failure. for the children of Stephanie
were all girls, and 50 disqualified for
the succession.
The wild life of Rudolph, the unfortu-
nate jealous dispositi n of Stephane
the Emperor's disappointment in the
lack of an heir, all combined to create
family discord that could not he
concealed and which subjected the
members to the most scathing gossip.
Finally after seven years it flared up
in the most mysterious royal tragedy
of the century. the death of Rudolph.
For twenty-five years the actual
circumstances of this tragedy have been
the best kept secret in Europe. 1t is
known that the Prince and the baauti-
full Marie Netsera, with whom he had
long been desperately in love, Were
found dead t gether in a blood bathed
room in the hunting lodge at Meyering.
The actual condition of the bodies. and
any actual facts as to the manner OF
the death of the unhappy lovers has
never been known. though on no sub
ject has there been more speculation
1t Is said that the secret was known
but by three persons, Cardinal Rampolla,
who was the representative of the Pope.
and as such was entitled to know the
facts: the Emperor himself and Count
Hoyos, who rode in from Meyerling to
tell the stricken father the terrible
tale had been told the Emperor sent
Hoyos from his presence and refused
even to see his face or hear his name
again.
Two general versions OF the tragedy
have been rife for all the years, though
there have been hundreds of variations
of the details. one Is that Rudolph in
volved in political intrigues and vlo-
lently at odds with his father over his love
affair, saw no way out but to kill him
self and take Marie Vetsera with him.
The other version has 1t that the
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Is furnished by the shadow of personal
tragedy which has practically from the
beginning been laid across him. "May
you he smitttn in the persons of those
you best love" ran the curse, and before
he had been many years on the throne
the young Emperor felt the sting of It's
fulhlment. Any one of the tragt dies
Of his house would be a dark chapter In
any reign: the execution Of his brother
Macmillan in Mexico, the dreadful
death of his only son and heir the mys-
ferrous disappearance of his kinsman
Archdukg John Salvador. the assassina-
ton of the Empress Elizabeth and the
final terrible murder of his nephew and
heir.
But these are only the principal events
in the story of his life. Tragedy did not
end there for Francis Joseph, indeed it
Of his family relationships have sorrow
and humiliation been spared him. In no
royal family of Europe have there been
so many mesallianccs, in no family have
Their, been SO many scandals that
Haunted themselves and refused to be
hushed, in no family has there been SO
much personal sorrow and public hu-
initiation.
The execution of his brother was a
deeper sorrow to Francis Joseph in that
almost from the beginning of the Mexl-
can affair he foresaw disaster but was
powerlcss to prevent 1t. The civil war
IN Mexico just prior to our own civil
war left that country in a condition
that made Intervention of some kind
Inc vltable. France, with the backing of
Spain and Great Britain, took up the
matter and in 1868 occupied Mexico
city, formed a provisional Government
and offered the crown to Archduke Fer
dlnand of Austria, who, contrary to the
strong advice of his brother, accepted
1t. and after renounclng all his rights
to the Austrian succession was crowned
in May 1864. His reign Of three years
was accompanied by increasing difficult
ties, disasters and civil warfare,
lie was constantly urged to abdicate,
but refused to do so. and after "A long
siege in Queretaro was captured, con-
demned and executed, while his own
brother one of the great monarchs in
Europe, was powerless to save him,
Distracted by the horrors she had
undergone and obsessed by the idea
that Francis Joseph might have in
tervened. Carlotta, the wife of Maxi
milan, went ravlng mad, and for the
remainder Of her long life was confined
in "A remote castle in Belgium, CON
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When they began making real Head.
way and were recognized in th, rtrk
by some of the Headliners Claudine
would chide ELAN for his early Doubts
and Fears.
This has got the Middle West SIS nnol
forty ways from the Jack" she would
excaim, gayly, az they motorcl up the
avenue. ME for the white Ish,.'
lis a good thing you had pa ',mHk,r
N you would now be wearing dy'I,.
able Cuffs and putting Sugar on Your
Lettuce"
Two years had elapsed since tn" cs-
cape from being Buried Alive. They
were to all outward appearance city
broke.
one day Claudine allowed tho III"
was tired of Bridge and the gay Routine
She announced that she was slipping
away to Virginia Hot Springs To- Good
out and rest
ELAN said that while she was l.rs
up, he would inspect certain Mining
Properties in CsnaGa.
He drove Honey to the train, then 10
tore back To tho nGll al Home. ch.i.l.l
a few Props into a Suit Case. and h.II-
ed Tor the Grand Central.
Gucked in the Back Way. IT, OUCH 'ha
Grape Arbor. past the Wood'h'd. into
the Kitchen 4 the old Homestead n
which he first saw the Light Of Day.
Gusta nnarlN k""led when sh" laup,N
the lonG-los. Bcss.
Get busy" he said. zone fried S',lk,
the size of n Lap-Robe, smothercd with.
Onions. two dozen Biscuits without any
Armor Plate. one bushel of homemade
Pork and Beans, much Butter, and
Gallon of Coffee in a Tureen.'
You will have to wait while" stI
the faithful Gusta. "Thcre Is a dnV''s
order of Ham and Cabbage ahead Il
YOU. While YOU are waiting you might
20 up and call on the Missus. 81. has
put on her old Blue Wrapper and the
Yarn slippers, and is now lying ou
Feather Tick in the Spare Room ..
Moral: The only city People are uoSc
born so.
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paper SyHdicdte)
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This is not the only book which bias
brought chagrin to the Emperor it
the recently published My Past hy
the Countess Larisch. a niece Of 'h"
Empress Elizabeth, rakcd up the Whole
story Of Rudolph and all IN" other
scandals dead and alive Of the Austrian
court. Love affairs too have n"'u {
popular source of family trouble for
the lesser Hapsburgs as well as the
great ones of the name. The most y
cent disaster was that of the N'h'
duchess Isabella Marie, who tV"' days
after her marriage to Prince G"ur-" 'i
bavaria left her husband and enrolled
herself as nurse in a hospital 40
Vienna, "A post from which mo- amount
of argument or pressure could d.-i"I-'
her.
Although the hand of the ass l-s'n
has often been directed toward Francs
Joseph, yet the spell of the cW-D may
you live on in lonely. uuhruN'n IVA
horrible grief" seems Away FOB have
protected him. The first attempt
against his life was in l>a3. when
hungarian, Joseph LlhcuyL tried I" cur
his throat before his troops. The I'm
peror's injuries We're slight a'I 'i'
would-he assassin was hanged o.. hrA'
day. In 1866. as he was sirpp.'- II""
his carriage to attend theatre 81
Prague, he was attacked hN U'u
with IA pistol. The weapon Wa
to the ground by an Engllshw Ih'
third attempt was mad" IN ''- '
Trieste when band of Cuu-ri''"''
concealed bombs in the house H Nh.'"
he was IA guest. The bombs N' NJ
covered and the chief g." il'''
Overdank, died on the gall""-.
"May your family be extern li'd
was the anathcma Of the u ii'h''
Countess, and three times hJ- rance
Joseph been called On 10 morn NV
heir to his throne. After II Jpn
death the succession fell % ... '"
perOrs brother Charles Louis. 81.
under the domination OF On"
vanced branch of the Roman ' ~
Church in Austria. Charlie
ing shortly after Rudolph TIE
sion passed to his oldest ~N.l '"
Ferdinand, who was, in his 'f.'
at any rate, probably the Ir'.. ,
of all the siNty-siN Ar'h'
Austria boasts.
Francis Ferdinand Wa
quiet, inoffensive tempe 'A ..
through him two of the h"'. -. '
rows of his later life were ''
old Emperor, By his IN.
marriage, the climax of on ~
romantic of royal loNe si"I'.'
Cession to the none too S'i'
was further complicated, ara
for the future was added To .' ~,
in the present for the axe"
Now, by the tragic circumSta''
death another storm has d"..''
intrigue, revolutionary spIi''
archy have been loosed ah""
head of the stricken OLD ".. b..
in lonely, unhruk"n ana lmI'
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r LAM was the Main Whizzer in a
X huddle of Queen Anncs, bounded
- on the North by a cleaning
Cemetery on the East by "A
JUMPING Subdivision, on the South 10y a
deserted Creamery. and ON the West
py an expanse of Stubble
Claudine was the other two-thirds OF
the Speciality.
She was n snappy little Trick. and 1t
was a dun hour of the Day or Night
when she couldn't frame up a new
General Order for the Brcadwinncr
Inc Marriage came off during the
third summer of her twenty-seventh
year.
she accepted ELAN about a weef be-
Tore he proposed To her, thus simplify
ing the Ordeal
while the Wafer ON the License was
sun warm, she put on her spangled
suit, moved to the centre of the Ring
and cracked the whip.
After that ELAN continued to be n
Hellion around the Office, but in his
private Quarters he was merely Otto,
the Trained Seal
Claudine could make him bark, play
the Cymbals or go back to the Blue
Bench.
There is one Elan in every Settle
ment.
All the wise Paper-Hangers and the
hy Guitar Players had him marked up
as a Noodle, but somehow, every time
the winning numbers were hung out. he
would be found in Line. waiting to cash.
lie was not bright enough To do any
thing except garner the God Certifi-
Gates.
Elan had no Ear for Music. and.
coming out Of the Opera House. never
could remember the name of the Play
or which one of the Burglars was the
real Hero.
His Reading was confined to the
Headlines of conservative Paper
which was stlll printing War News.
Baseball had not come into his Life
whatsoever
cultured steno. who knew about
George Meredith and Arnold Bennett.
mad to do his Spelling for him at II
Bucks per.
The Cerehellum of Elan was prob
ably about the dimensions of a Malaga
Grape
Sizing him by his Looks. one would
have oplned that Nature meant him for
q Ticket-taker in a suburban Cinema
Palace
Nevertheless. he had his Opinions. He
believed that Congress should always
adjourn Immediately after converting.
and not tamper with Business He felt
confident that Our Country might de-
velop "A FutCre II the Labor Unions
could be suppressed
Elan was mental Gnat and a spir-
itual MicrObe, but the Geezer knew how
to annex the Kale
When Providence is directing the
Handouts. she very often slips some
Squarehead the canny Gift of corralling
the Cush. but holds out all the de-
lectable Attributes supposed to dis
tinguish Man from what you see in the
Cages AT the Zoo.
After the pater had earned his Shaft
in the Cemetery. ELAN became the Loud
Noise around a dinky Manufacturing
Plant down by the Yards.
The Cracker Barrel Coterie and all
the Old Ladies who had become n'iscle-
bound from welding the Sledge pre-
dicted that Elan would put the organ
ization into the Ditch. wrong side mp.
The Well-WisNers the Brotherly
Lovers and the total membership of
the Helping Hand Society sat back
waiting for Elam to he dug out of the
Debris. so they could collect Witness
Fees at the P1st-mortem.
The Junior earned their abiding Dis
like by putting one across.
He made the Fossils sit up in their
padded Rocking Chairs and pay some
attention To the Idiot Child.
He never could hold down any Posi-
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Iced Water and then hover around for
his Bit.
Both realized that the first requisite
was "A lot of new money.
Even when they raped sharply with
a Spoon and ordered Garcon to hurry
up the Little Birds with Flagon of st.
Regis Bubbles to come along as a
Drench. they realized that they did not
look the Parts.
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Show. 1t is about time that the vast
Territory lying toward the East should
he aroused from its Lethargy. Go as
far as You like"
The two We're foxy. For monetary
and r'al-estate Reasons they did not
give it cut cold that they Were making
final Getaway. They planned TO have
Gusta remain at the dear old Dump as
a Caretaker. but it was merely a Bluff
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