Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-27

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thrusting his pathos to the quick.
MY dear boy, 1 do not say that be-
| heve in you; do not observe etiquette
with you. But am going to tell you a
little story about the Tuileries. You have
never seen the palace Of the TuileriesT
l said l had not.
1T has been restored for the use OF
these Bonapartes. When l say these
| Bonapartes, Lazarre, 1 am not speaking
against the Empire. The Empire gave
| me back my estates. | was not one OF
| the stringent emigres. My estates are
| mine, whoever rules i'm France. You may
| consider me OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Do so. My dear boy, I am, My heart is
| with my dead king My carcass is very
comfortable. both in raris and on my
ancestral lands. Napoleon likes me as
an ornament to his bourgeois court. l
keep my opinion of him to myself. Do
you like garlic, my boy?"
l told him l was not addicted to the
use of II.
Garlic is divine. God gave it to man.
A hint of 1t in the appropriate dish
makes life endurable. l carry a piece
in gold box at the bottom of my vest
pocket, that I may occasionally take 1t
out and experience a sense of gratitude
for divine benefits"
He took out his pet lump, rubbed II on
the outside of his wine bottle, poured out
| a glassful and drank II, smiling adorably
at me in ecstasy!
1--WE were speaking of the Tuileries
You should have seen the place when 1t
was sacked after the flight of the royal
family. No, you should not have seen it!
] am glad you were gone. Mirrors were
shattered, and lusters, vases, china, gold
candlesticks. rolled about and were
trampled on the floor The paintings
were stabbed with pixies; tables, screens,
srH1N nlnfr ha1 nd rnr nnt
cut to pieces; garments of all kinds
strewn and torn; all that was not carried
off by pillagers being thus destroyed. 1t
was yet a horrible sight days after the
mob had done its work. and slaughtered
bodies of guards had been carried away,
and commissioners with their clerks and
assistants began to restore order"
did you see the Tuileries at that time,
monsieur"
II did. / put on the clothes of one OF
my peasants, slumped in Jacquots
wooden shoes, and kept my mouth open
as well as l could for the dust. The
fantastic was yet in my blood. Exile
takes that out of everybody except
your royal uncle Of Provence. But l
knew in my heart what would help do
with that mob. If our turn ever came
again.
His dark eyes rested on the red wine
as on a pool of blood.
sick of the ruin. l leaned out to look
in the garden, from a window in the
queens own apartment 1 stepped on a
shelf which appeared fixed under the WIN
dow; but 1t moved, and / found that 1t
could be pushed on grooves into the wall.
There was a cavity made TO hold II, 1t
had concealed two armchairs placed op-
poslte each other. so cunningly that their
paneled sides looked a part of the thiclS
wall. 1 sat down in one of them, and
though the cushion was stiff. felt some
thing hard under It,"
Monsieur du Plessy glanced around In
every direction to satisfy himself that no
ears lurked within hearing.
"Eh, bienl Under the cushion found
the queens Jewel easel Damonds-bags
OF gold COMA half circlet of gem9l-
since the great necklace was lost such
an array had not seen the light in France
The value must be far above a million
francs.
The marquis fixed his eyes on me and
said:
What should l have done with It.
Lazarre7"
1T belonged to the royal family"
answered.
But everything which belonged to the
royal family had been confscated to the
State. ! had just seen the belongings OF
the royal family trampled as by cattle.
First one tyrant and then another rose
up TO tell us what we should do 10 bat
wealth, and then to go TO the guillotlns
before his successor. As a good citizen,
! should have turned these Jewels and
stones and coins over TO the State But
was acting the part of Jacquot. and as
an honest person I whipped them under
my blouse and carried them away In
my straits Of exile / never decreased
them And you may take inventory Of
your property and claim II when we rise
from the table"
NJ
reached across and caught hts hands
You believe In me-you believe In met
do observe any etiquette with YOU.
Lazarre? This Is the second time 1 have
brought the fact TO your notice. 1 par
ticularly- wish you 20 note that do not
observe any etiquette with YOU"
What does a boy who has been broueht
up among Indians know about etiquette?
But YOU accept me. or you could NOT nut
the property you have loyalty ana at such
risk saved Cor my family into my hands"
dont accept even your uncle OF Prov
ence. the King OF Spain, and prefer 10
can him by that modest title Since Won
died or we're removed from the tennle
he has taken the name OF Louis XVIII
ana maintained court at the expense Of
me Gar OF hunsia and the King of Spain
he Is fne Latinist; quotes Latin verse.
ana keeDe the mass bells everlastinRlv
ringing; the Russians laugh at his roval
maheesi But In my opinion the sacred
gentleman ls either moral slush or a very
ueep quieksand. IL astonishes me-" said
tffe Marquis du Plessy TO fnd how MANY
people 1 do disapprove of i really -
quire very little OF the people am Obliged
20 meet.
He smoothed my hands. which were vet
holding his. and exploded:
The Count of Provence Is AN old t,,r-
tlel Not exactly q reptile. FOR there 4
food Ia him. But of deVilish nat-head
and cruel snap Of the jawse'
How can that be-" / arsued. when
his niece loves him so7 And even 1. IN
the American weods. with mind ecllpaed,