The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

nav la man--in verify the mod
smut. y sorrows" above all others.
n. ...... zone. his family scattered,
49,. ...... locking and trembling un-
,...... .,.n Of booming cannon. his
,.,........,I ny the sound of screaming
'r. ,.......uIzcd means Of dying thou
..,I. vl...ng Of mothers and wives
,,.., ...r. ne stands his head bowed,
49, ... udumitable spirit crushed.
,,l.. % Sides rises the dense black
..g... GOWNS villages, farmsteads,
,Nlm. 49, . sacrifice to the god of war.
r.r . the dim past as men Of to-
I.. ... mr. back in the earliest
,r..|.. .u ..d excitement in Cal,for-
d.. ..... railroads. crossed our own
rr..,.... ...r'. before any one dreamed
trl, would he fired on. Francis
I..r. . hearted, laughter loving
sod .t .. ended the throne. He had
n, U...y '. r1Iy at hat time, 20 incur
ih, Responsibilities and worse which
,wr... ...I bring; he was merely a
s.g. ..... al'y boy who In the United
SH... u..1. finishing his course in
"a preparatory school before entering
h. freshman class of some college.
I.. .. ... o. mother who was cold,
r... .... .uovcd by tender consid-
.r...4 ..- son; and she compelled
HIM ,u .... upou his immature Shout
lars DO. harden of state 1t is related
that .. ..' day NE was crowned nearly
sN,y-s.NrH ears ago. hight OF ravens
passed ...r 'lmu'z' whereupon Old
wives .uj so'rs shook their heads and
gr,vod ..r they knew what the blrds
ot . m'H had meant In times past
and ..gD was a whole mock or them.
It'll. house If Hapsburg is cursed"
thoy .r,I. and more than one of them
remembered this when they saw the
sr,u.r.4 youth logged by fate, sur
rounded uu AN sides by tragedy, worn
by misfortune. dsgraced by scandal.
none ~ which he had knowingly
hr..-.t 40 himself
He .H rut long been Emperor when
one H.-.f ., attended great bail try
nr '0 appear happy and gracious, al
tul-. bis heart was torn by hangings
and -... -ugs Of victims OF the Hun
garau revolt. At certain moment
wh,r Oh, music was hushed it is said
one y. 'Ho -lrs.s, the Countess Karolyi.
approached and stood before him, her
tt. .' w '''''' 49, - $500 $50
h,r v.u.r .udN shaking with emotion,
for .'. Younger son, her own beloved
boy Wts one ut those victims.
"May i,ayen and hell blast your hap
p.rrs-' she screamed. May your
family 10. oNtcrminated! May you be
smt.,u ,hc persons of those YOU hes.
love May your children be brought
10 ruin and may your life be wrecked,
and yet may you live on in lonely, I'M
broken and horrible grief to tremblc
when you recall the name OF Karolyi"
W.th the last word Of this curse the
grief r-l2,d woman fell unconscious To-
Oh. floor. and Mortified, attendants at
gra from the blthe young Emperor,
auw pal. and trembling, carried her
away. How has the omen Of ravens,
he y.r-, # Countess Karolyi, been full
au.lo
q, ,V, occasions Francis Joseph was
,..r,.....,l in disastrous wars. once
,t.r N.,,r.on III wrested Italian
..-........... sr,,, rim and again when
a.,rr.r.g and sadoUa in 1SG6 brought
49,. ,,r',, - eolf-destruction
r,,.... ....,,r,, iatsr sou bis brother
,,,..,...., ias.a,ad thor exocuted hv
-. I,. 10 Nta,,ioo ,Tb.sa uare
.... ., 1~ -, svcb a yolnna Of
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"''"'l oo' ne 'nioue" me - -
ie uF That Emperor VINO no" Is saiH
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crown lr'hce l'uuoIpn' s"v .,,i. % ,
"'y SON. gre" 10 hiahi'oou' pi1ii'ou NJ, 10
~ di'isi' author ana tIaNtnet' "mIs
rs nave ever oeen rlle tha' nc "aa
"''e man muralIS errat'c' put so sle"'
'f" .5 intellectual E.its that ne Wo"
.e ADMIRATION OF equaiIy orI'llaht per
Aa+'7 throughout EUROPE IN uu'
me .e married Princess StePhahle'
0Hl."r II the King OF be1glum-thls
d ->'l, bat unhdpplness ana Tragedy
.F' part In TINS relationship
To "- seven years later that rudolph
'. N.'r Ncts'Ta' the beautltul young
"+- ."r NJ Hungarian nohIeman' ana
.f.r taoy fen In love, Rudolph APP
't p. Rome for a divorce In order that
"-.. we'd her. and the rope sent
.'''r 20 the Emperor. ON receiving
r' Is Joseph summoned the Irihce'
-' long they sat in conference
f.s father said TO MS son hetOTe