The Washington herald., 1914-11-22
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the King could be elected from the
Tuileries as readily now as when Napo-
le0n returned from Elba. At the thought
that the extled Emperor might even
across the ocean they furiously demand
ed in their meeting at AK Ia Chap
pelle in ISIS that he should show himself
to his custodtans twice a day.
Even when the welcome news came
that the prisoner of Longwood lay in
the nameless grave beneath the willows.
they still could not rest at ease: For
there was another Napoleon at Vienna,
and all the while they had been hardly
less fearful and watchful OF him. Their
suspicion and alarm Obliged his grand
palace walls and frightened his timid
mother virtually into abandoning him.
The Little Eagle.
A faint and pathetic shadow on the
pages of history is, poor rAiglon. the
pale shade of his mighty sire. That he
might be born, an Empress was de-
throned and the proudest imperial race
in the world gave its daughter TO Cor
sican plebeian. whereat EmperOrs quar-
relied. Russia was invaded, Moscow
burned and the Cossacks raced across
Europe and broke down the gates Of
Paris. His first wall was heard round
the earth; kings kneeIing by his crib OF
gold acclaimed him the inheritor of the
loftiest throne and the widest domain
OF modern times, and the crown of
Now, while yet in his lisping child
hood, his crown and his inheritance were
gone. his father. was taken from him
and he was all but deserted by his
mother. Snatched from his home, he
was deprived OF his French cOurtiers
and servants and carried into a foreign
country. where he saw not one familiar
face and was surrounded by strangers
who spoke strange language, under
orders to wean him from his mother
tongue and speak to him only in Ger
man.
Living in his grandfather's palace of
Schoenbrunn at the edge Of Vienna, he
seems TO have had no playmates, for
fear they would, with bOyish frank
he had been dedicated in his cradle.
and even his little toys were put away
lest they keep alive a recollection of
his nursery in the Tuileries. His very
name was denied and he was no longer
Napoleon Francis Charles, but Joseph
Carl Franz. being addressed as Franz
in the family circle of the Hapsburgs
likewise changed to Herzog Won Reichs-
tadt. In the official patent creating his
dukedom. his paternity was ignored as
II he were the unlawful child Of Ma
RE Louise by an unknown father, and,
after the manner Of illegitimate children
OF princes and princesses he did not
rank as a member OF the imperial fam
Even all that remorseless obliteration
Of the identity of the young Napoleon
did not suffice to aIlay the anxieties Of
the grand alliance which stipulated that
to his mothers little Duchy of Parma
and not he permitted even to live with
her, where his presence might enlist the
and support Of his mothers
subjects. The allies insisted that there
must be no possibility left for the son
Of Napoleon to inherit the smallest SOW
ereignty anywhere.
Nor was that enough. When the EN-
peror Francis of Austria announced that
he would make his grandson the Duke
OF Reichstadt and confer certain estates
on him and his heirs. a new terror seized
upon the grand alliance at that sugges- |
ton OF posterity. Pozzo di Borgo took |
the lead among those who demanded that |
the Napoleonic race should be extermin- |
under vow Of celIbacy, or at least that |
he should be forbidden ever to marry. |
The grandfather, however, did not Yield |
10 that extreme demand; but when he |
disturbing references to the heirs Of the |
luke.
The Unknown Father.
With the nations dreading and his own
kindred regretting his existence;
lmidst plots for his assassination, which /
we're tomented by hatred Of his blood,
;oncocted by enthusiastic Bonapartists in
france; breathing an atmosphere OF mys-
cry and suspicion; detecting concealment |
n every face and awkward avoidances in
very conversation, the little eagle grew
lp. The creature and the victim of his
extraordinary environment. he passed
rom shyness to taciturnity, from fear
o deceit, and became the baffiIng prob
EN- of the corps Of solemn pedagogues
yho were chosen to eradicate any dan
'erous atavistic traits in his nature
While they nodded him into an Austrian
nd a Hapsburg.
Notwithstanding the oblivion in which
lis origin was studiously wrapped, he
sed to be king" and he persisted in
he habit Of including his father in his
rayers,, since no one appeared to have
he hardihood TO forbid him. When
hose who constantly watched him were
ratified TO fnd his childish thoughts Of
is exiled parent growing dim, his In
crest would be revived by some pass