The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-16

cuSt0med to such things than l, he
pretended to take no interest in it.
about I a. m. he ordered me to go
down to the queen and ask her if she
wanted any nourishment. On entering
the room, in which two lights were
burning, l saw gendarmerie officer
sitting in the left corner, and ap-
preaching madame saw her all dressed
in black lying in the bed.
with her face turned to the win
dow, she leaned her head on her hand.
Madame said, trembling, you
took moth : last night and almost
nothing during the day. What do you
wish for this morning?'
"The queen shed floods of tears.
She answered:
my girl, don't want anything
more; it's all ended with me-
81 took the liberty of adding:
Madame, l have kept on my stoves
bouillon and vermicelli; you have
need of something to keep you up;
| allow me to bring you something
1.-THE queens tears redoubled, and
she said:
"'Rosalie, bring me some soup
Prying Eyes.
II went for it; she took a seat and
could swallow only few spoonfuls;
l call God to witness her body re-
| ceived no other food
"a little before this day an &C.
| clesiastic authorized by the govern
ment presented himself to the queen
| and offered to hear her in confession.
| Her majesty, learning from him that
he was one of the practicing Paris
| priests, understood he had taken the
| oath and so she refused his offices.
| The incident was talked about in the
| house.
when daylight had come, that is
to say about a. H., 1 returned to
madame to help her dress, as she had
suggested when she took the small
amount of bouillon on her bed. Her
majesty went into the little space |
usually left between the feather bed
| and the wall. She herself unfolded
a chemise which had been brought
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ing signed to me to remain in front
of the bed so as to keep the sight of
! her body from the gendarme, she
stopped down and dotted her dress
in order to change linen for the last
time. The gendarmerie officer at once
drew near and, stopping by the foot
of the bed, watched the change. Her
majesty Immediately put back the
fichu on her shoulders and observed
to the young man with great gentle
ness:
"'In the name of decency, sir, per
nit me to change my linen without
Witness.
81 could not agree to it, was the
gendarme's rough reply. My orders
are that 1 must have my eye on all
your movements
Wretched Remains.
"The queen sighed, put on her last
chemise with all possible precautions
| and all possible mOdesty, took for her
outer garb not the long mourning
dress which she wore in the presence
Of her judges but the white deshabille
which served ordinarily as a morning
! costume, and unfolding her large mus
| lin fichu, she crossed it under her
chin. The worry caused by the gen
darme's brutality prevented me from
noticing whether she still had the
medallion of NJ. lie Dauphin; but it
was easy for me to see that she care
| fully rolled up her poor chemise; she
wrapped it in one of her sleeves as
| if in a sheath, and then pressed this
| linen into d space she perceived be-
tween the canvas-paper and the wall.
THE day before, knowing she was
about to appear before the public and
the judges, she had arranged her hair
rather high from a feeling of decOrum.
She had added to her linen cap, which
was bordered with small ornamental
folds, the two streamers with she
kept in a cardboard box; and under
these mourning streamers she had
neatly adjusted a black crepe, which
gave her a pretty widows headdress.
On her way to death she kept only
the simple linen cap, without stream
ers or marks of mourning, but hav-
ing only one pair of chaussures, she
kept on her black stockings and her
kid shoes, which she had not put out
of shape or spoilt at all during the
seventy-six days she was with US.
Il left her without returning to bid
| her gcod-by or even to make her a
single curtsey for fear of compromis-
| ing and distressing her. went and
cried in my room and prayed to God
| for her.
"When she had left that fearful es-
tablishment, the first usher of the
tribunal accompanied by three or
four persons in his own employ, came
and asked the concierge for me and
ordered me to follow him to the
queens late room. He let me take
back my looking-glass and the card
board box. AS for the other objects
which had belonged to her majesty,
he commanded me to wrap them up
in bed-sheet. They made me sweep
up even q bit of straw which hap
pened, | do not know how, to be on
the floor of the room, and they took
away with them these wretched re-
mains of the best and most unhappy
princess that ever lived"
| 10 uy the Bell Syndicate. Incl