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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914.
GEORGE ABE
T FABLES IN SLANG
NEWES
The New F&Me of the Loeesome Camp on the Frozen Heights
ELAM was tlm Main Whlzzer In n
huddle of Qnci'ii Antics, bounded
on the North by a gleaming
Cemetery, on the East ! a
limping Subdivision, on the South by n
leettcd Creamery, nnd on thu Wwt
by nn expanse of Stubble.
Claudlne was thu other two. thirds of
the Specialty.
She wns a snappy little Trick, and It
Was u dull hour of the Day or Night
when she couldn't frame up a now
General Order for the Itrendwlnner.
The Marriage came olT during the
third summer of her twenty-seventh
year.
Shu accepted Elam ahout a Wceft he
lore he proposed to her, thu simplify
ing the Ordeal.
While the Wafer on the License wan
etlll warm, Miu put on her spanned
Suit, moved to the centre of the Ring
nnd cracked the Whl.
After that Khun continued to be a
Hellion nrouml the Olllco. hut In his
private Quartern he was merely Otto,
the Trained Seal.
Claudlne could make him hark, play
the Cymbals or go hack to the Blue
Bench.
There Is one Elam In every .Settle
ment. All the wlo Paper-Hangers and the
fly Oultar Players had him markeil up
as a Noodle, but Hotnehow, every time
tho winning numbers were hung out, he
would be found In Line, waiting to cash.
He was not bright enough to do any
thing except gamer the Gold Certifi
cates. Elam had no Ear for Mule, ami.
coming out of the Opera House, never
could remember the name of the Play
or which one of the Burglar was the
real Hero.
His Heading was confined to the
Headlines . of a conservative Paper
which was still printing War News.
Baseball had not come Into his Life
Whatsoever.
A cultured Steno, who knew nhoitt
George Meredith and Arnold P.eiinett.
had to do his Spelling for hliu at 1 1
Bucks per.
The Cerebellum of Klam was prob
ably nbt.ut thu dimensions of a Malaga
Grape
Sizing him by his Looks, one Would
have opined that Nature meant him for
a Tlcket-tnker In a suburban Cinema
Palace
Nevertheless, he had his Opinions. He
believed that Congivss should always
adjourn Immediately after convening,
and not tamper with Hnsmess. He felt
confident that Our Country might de
velop a Future If the Labor Unions
could be suppressed,
Klam was a mental fSnat and a spir
itual Microbe, but the Geezer knew how
to nnnex the Kale.
When Providence Is directing the
Handouts, she very often slips some
Squarehead the canny C.lft 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 Rhnft
In the Cemetery. Klam became the Loud
Noise around a dinky Manufacturing
riant down by the Yards.
The Crutker-lSarrel Coterie and all
the Old Ladles who had become tr'tsele
bound from wielding the Sledge pre
dieted that Klam would put the Organ
ization Into the Pitch, wrong side up.
The Well-Wishers, the Brotherly
Lovers, and the total membership of
the Helping Hand Society sat back
waiting for Klam to be dug out of the
Pehrls. so they could collect Witness
Fees nt the I st-mortem.
The Junior earned their abiding Dis
like by putting one across.
He made the Fossils sit up In their
padded Itocklng Chairs and pay some
attention to the Idiot Child.
He never could hold down any Posi
tion until tried out for a Captain ,.f
Industry, and then lie began to Hat
l.li) and Field 99S.
After the dusty Workmen hnd manu
faetuit'il the Product, and the Salesmen
had unloaded It, and the Collectors had
hi ought In the Louies, then Klam hail
to sit at a Mahogany Desk with a Pic
ture of Claudlne In front of him, ami
figure how much of the hard earned
M iziiina Would be doled out to h.s
gleedy Kmployees.
Somet lines he would be compelled to
fork over nearly half of the Gross,
v hereupon his Heart would ache and
he would become Morose.
In a few Years he had a lot of new
Ihiitdlugs, with Skylights ami Improved
Machinery and alt sorts of humane Ap
pliances to enable the Working Force
to Increase the Output.
As the ltauk Account expanded and
the Happy Couple found themselves on
Plush, Claudlne lcgau to scan the
Horizon nnd act restless-like.
She said the Home Town was Impos.
slbte. It certainly did seim Contrary to
Iteasnn.
Any Woman with a salaried Husband
could bust Into Society If she King In
a Choir or owned an Ice Cream Freezer.
Claudlne was for migrating to some
high toned Community beyond the Ills
Ing Sun, where she could sit in Marble
Halls nnd compare Jewelry with proud
Duennas of her own Station.
Seeing Claudlne at the corner of 8th
and Central, waiting for the Green Car,
one would not have suspected that she
harbored Intentions on the Court Cir
cles of Europe. One would merely have
guessed that she was on her way to the
Drug Store to purchase much Camphor.
Hut she had taken a Peck at the Palm
Itooms and the powdered Lackeys and
the Tea ltlot at the Plaza, and sho was
panting Inwardly.
She wanted to hang n sliver bell
around her neck and go galloping with
the white faced Thoroughbreds.
It was no good trying to work- up
Speed on a half mile track In the
Prairie Mud.
Once In a while Claudlne made n hold
Sashay to stnrt something devilish, hut
the Fillies trained on the Farm did not
seem galted for the Grand Circuit.
As for the Servant Probltin. It was
something Ferocious. City Help could
not be lured to the Tall Grass, and all
file Locals had been schooled at the
Hallway Eating House.
Klam nnd Claudlne had a Cook named
Gusta, born somewhere near the Arctic
Circle In Europe.
Her Fried Chicken drowned In thick
Gravy capie under the head of Regular
Food.
She could turn out Wallles as long as
thete was a Customer in s.jIii The
Itlscults on which she -special. zed w re
light as Down.
The things she fixed to Eat wore
Fine and Dandy, but she never ha 1
heard of a Cuisine. When you took
her away from regular Clio . and made
her tackle .something Casserole or Ku
Tusse, she blew.
Also there was a 'Maid who .should
have belonged to the Stevedores' L'nlon.
She could pack Victuals In from the
lluttery nnd slam them down on tin
Table, a la Commercial Hotel, but when
It came to building up an intricate De
sign with an Ingrowing Napkin, three
Spoons, four Knives, tive Forks ami
all the long stemmed Glasses, to say
uothmg of an artful pyramiding of Cut
Flowers around the Candelabra, then
she was simply a female Itlaeksmlth.
Claudlne would throw a Dinner once
In a while. Just to subdue the Wife and
Daughter of the National It ink. but the
Crew would nearly always crab the En
tertainment. With tho Support accorded by the
bone headed Staff, she had a fat Chance
to give a correct Imitation of Mrs. Stuy
vesant Fish.
All during tint nine Courses she had
to yelp more Orders than the Foreman
of a Street Gang. A Megaphone would
have lie!ied some.
The Hostess who wishes to look and
carry on like a Duchess certainly ftmls
It vexing when pop eyed Lizzie leans
against all of the principal Guests In
linn and then endeavor.' to shoot the
Episcopalian Hector In the Neck with
a gush of real Champagne.
After one of these lliv Affairs, at
which the Rummies had balled up the
whole Menu, Claudlne came to the front
with an ritlmntum. She said she was
going to can the awful Birthplace and
spend the remainder of her Natural
among tho real Dowdy-Dows.
"Hlght-o, Untie t" spoke up Klam. "To
day I have put the Works Into n new
Combine which makes me a Junior no
fai' as the plant Is concerned, but boosts
me Into the Charley Schwab division
when It comes to Collateral, I have
three million Iron Boys and most of It
Is Turkey. I am foot-loose and free ns
a Kohlu. Let us beat It to the Big
When tho Town Hack followed a
Wagon-Load of Trunks to the Depot,
Claudlne leaned out and said: "Fare
thee well, O you Indian Village! Th.s
Is the Parting of f.ie Ways for Little
Sunshine."
Next wo see them In tho gaudy
Diner, eating Sweetbreads.
Next day, thousands of warm-hearted
New V irkers were packed along the
Water- Front all the Way from the Bat
tery to Grant's Tomb, giving royal
Welcome to the Corn-fed Pilgrims. At
any rate, they were Packed.
When Khun and Claudlne entered the
Hotel, the discerning Betl-IIops had
them stand 1aek until rim others had
leglstered.
They w. re Important, hut they did
not carry any Sign..
Elam should have worn the Letter of
Credit on the outside,
fter they hnd taken the Imperial
Suite and Invited all the Servants on
the Twelfth Floor to n Sliver Shower,
they found that t'ae Call-Bells worked
fine. If Klam moved In the general di
rection of a Button, n handsome West
Pointer would lilt In with a pitcher of
"All the wise Paper-Hungers had him marked up as a Noodle.'
Show. It Is about lime that the vast
Territory lying toward the East should
be aroused from Its Lethargy. Go as
far as you like."
The two were foxy. For monetary
ami real-estate Reasons they did not
give It .ait cold that they were making
a tlual Getaway. They planned to have
Gusta remain at the dear old Dump as
a Caretaker, but It was merely n Bluff.
Iced Water nnd then hover around for
his Bit.
Both realized that the first requisite
was a lot of new money.
liven when they rapped sharply with
a Spoon and ordered Garoon to 'hurry
up the Little Birds with a Flagon of St.
Itegis Bubbles to come along ns a
Drench, they realized that they did nut
look the Parts.
Klam still combed his Hair In the
stylo approved by the "Bursters' Guide
and Manual" for 1SS7.
Claudlne was fully clothed as far up
as her Neck and didn't have the Nerve
to hoist the Lorgnette.
. Klam went out nnd had himself
draped liy a swagger Tailor who was
said to do a lot of Work for the Van
derbllt Boys.
In his Afternoon Wear he resembled
the Manager of n Black-Goods Depart
ment. After donning the complete Soup and
Fish, known In swozzey circles as Thir
teen and the Odd, he didn't look as
much like a Wnlter as one mlg.it have.
supposed. He looked more like the
'Bus who takes away the Dishes.
Claudlne yielded herself up to a Mo
diste. The Good Woman from out of
Town was n trifle Long In the Tooth
at this stage of our Narrative, but
Mine. Bunk convinced her that she
was about half way between tho Trun
dle Bed and her First Party,
She ordered all the chic Noveltlcs-ec-ommended
for Flappers, so that Khun
began to walk about ten feet behind her,
wondering vaguely If his Family was
still respectable,
i The new Harness and a careless habit
of counting Money In Public s on gave
them an enviable Reputation In the
principal Cafes, although they could not
observe that they were moving any
nearer to the Newport Colony.
The shift from Pigs' Knuckles to
Ambrosia and Nectar 'had been a little
sudden fop Klam, and sometimes, when
they were darting hither and thither
from ltoad-IIouse to Play-House anil
thence to the Louis XIV. Stttlng-Iloom
by way of tho Tango-Joint, he would
moan a little and act like a Quitter.
Whereupon Claudlne would Jack him
up and tell hltn to pull out his Cuffs and
push back the Forelock and try to be
Human,
No use. He was strictly Hltz-Carl-ton
from the 1'innps to the Topper, but
the word "Boob" was stencilled right
across the glossy Front.
When they hail conquered all tho
Fating Places In the Tenderloin they
moved on to Europe, where they were
Jint ns welcome as Influenza.
It was great to sit In the Savoy nt
tho Supper Hour, surrounded by the'
best known people mentioned in the
Court Circulars.
It was Indeed a privilege for Elam
and Claudlne to be among the British
Cousins, even If the British Cousins did
not yeem to place Klam and Claudlne.
Looking In any dlrect.on they "ould
see naught but frosty and forbidding
Shoulder Blades.
After partaking of their Sole and
Grouse ami winning a pleasant "Good
Night" from tho Chevalier In the
Check Room, they would escape to thel
Apartments and talk lo the Dog.
In Parts they did better.
They learned that by going out on
the Boulevard and whistling they coul 1
summon a whole Regiment of high
born and patrician Down ami Outers, j
Most tf the Titles were slightly worm-1
eaten nnd spotted with Fungi, but nev
ertheless Genuine.
It was Nuts for Claudlne to assemble
all of the Noblemen to be picked up
around the Lobby and give them a free
run and Jump at the Carte du Jour.
Her Dinners soon became the talk
iff the ChambeMiialds employed at the
Hotel.
Any one willing to cut loose on Cav
iar and stuff raided under Glass will
never dine alone In gay Paree.
Whenever Klam made u noise like
l.nou Frogs, he found a lot of well bred
Connoisseurs nt his Klbow. all ready
to have something unusual brought
up from the Cellar.
The securing of an Invitation to one
yjjym-
'Once he talked in his Sleep about Codfish Balls, and next morning
she lit on him something scandalous."
of Claudlne'A formal Dinners was al
most tut dllllcult as getting Into Luna
Park.
However, the list of guest sounded
Heal when sent back to America nnd
printed for the entertainment of per
sons; living In Boarding Houses.
Claudlne became slightly puffed. When
sho found herself between a couple of
perfumed IjuIs wearing Medals, she
would glvo Friend Husband the otlleo
to move to one side nnd curl up In the
Grass and not ruin the Ensemble by
boring In.
Klam was usually at the foot of the
Table behind a mass of Orchids, once
In a while ho would try to crowd Into
the conversation Just to let them know
that old Bendy Money was still present,
hut every time he came iip Dearie
would do her hlamedest to Bean him
and put him out of the Game.
Claudlne could tnako a stab nt the
new Pictures In the Salon and even run
nimbly around the edge of the Futurist
vogue.
Klam was ready to discuss Steamship
Lines or Railway Accommodations, hut
when he wiih put ngalnst the Tall Brows
he began to burn low anil smell of the
Wick.
Often, when surfeited with Trulllcs,
ho would wonder what had become of
the On en Corn, the K. and K., the reg
ular Chicken with Giblets, the Huckle
berry Pie, the smoking Oyster Stew and
the Smearrase with Chives, such as
Gusta used to send In. These remind
ers of a lowly Bast were verv distaste
ful. Once he talked In his Sleep about
Codfish Balls, and next morning idle 111
on him something scandalous.
After the Parisian triumphs It seemed
a safe bet to return home and make a
new effort to mingle with tho Face
Cards. This time they took a I rouse In New
York and went after Grand Opera as If
thev knew what It was about.
The San of an Earl consented to But
tle for them. He refused them Butter
with their Muls and kept them trem
bling most of the time but they deter
mined to do things Right, even It both
died of Nervous Prostration.
When they began making real II .i.h
way and were recognized In tin t ,n
by some of the Headllners, Hi ,bnp
would chide Klam for his eatly I . . ji.t.-t
nnd Fears.
"This has got the Middle Wi st M, n '
forty ways from the Jack," she v l
exclaim, gayly, as they motoiel ,-.
avenue. "Mo for the white 1
It's a good thin.,' oil had a pa ' n '
if you wmld now bo wearing d. '
able Cuffs and putting Sugar on u
Lettuce." Two years had elapsed since the es
cape from being Burled Alive. T' v
were, to all outward appearances, c -v
broke. i
ne day Claudlne allowed tl. . -t.
was tired of Bridge and the gay It- . t
She announced that she was si i us'
away to Virginia Hot Springs t I
out and rest.
Klam said that while sho wa- I a
up, he would Inspect certain Mi
Properties In Canada.
He drove Honey to Hie trn'M. M " .
tore back to the iinl-i ,'al Hiuik. i1 . . I
a few Props Into a Suit Case, nnd i. . I
ed for the Grand Central.
He never stopited going mit ' lie
(.licked in tlio i.ik winy, if on i
Gn.pe Alitor, past the Wood'hil v . ,
the Kitchen t ( the old Horn s'- a n
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tiiinii ill ill ri r. me a.iii, ,i
Gusta n-arH I'e-led when sh" ln :
the long-los. L( s.
"Get busy," he said. "One fried S- it,,
the size of n Lap-Robe, smothertd u.th,
Oiilniis. two dozen Biscuits without unv
Armor Plate, one bushel of hotm-m ule
I'.irk and Beans, much Butter, .u .1 a
Gallon of Coffee In a Tureen,"
"You will have to wait a while" ,,1
the faithful Gusta. "There Is a 1
order of Ham and Cabbage ah. I .f
you. While you are waiting you n "
go up and call on the Missus, S l i
put on her old Bluu Wrapper and V
Yarn Slippers, and is now lli-. . ,i
Feather Tick In the Spare Room '
.1oruI; The onu City iVuilc mi M ,v
horn so.
(Copyright, 151-1. I; the McClurc .V- trs-
IIUJIIT tfjmifl'(ffl!.)
TRAGEDIES AND DISASTERS THAT HAVE SADDENED LIFE OF EMPEROR FRANCIS
Continued rout First Vagc
to the turbulent Balkan country, for
Its development. The Berlin treaty of
1879 really crystallized this policy, and
eet forth Austria's admission that her
ambition lay toward the south with
Salonlca and thu Egean Sea as It. aim.
For more than thirty years all the
Emper i's efforts were dlrecttd to this
end. Year by year he saw Turkey
growing weaker, nnd year $iy year the
goal seemed to be nearer. Then by a
totally unexpected political convulsion,
the wnr of the Balkan allies against
Turkey, he saw all his hopes over
turned, his caiefully reared diplomatic
and strategic policy thrown down llko
a card house, while he himself was
helpless, held In check by Poweis be
did r. t dare defy. In all Francis
Joseph's long reign he has ucoompllshcd
but one brilliant piece of diplomacy, the
success of which was measured by that
final political yardstick, the aggrandize,
moot of Ins country. That success was
the annexation of Bosnia and Herze
govina. It Is a grim fact that this
single piece of fortune 'has now been a
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 conlllcts that he
has been powerless to reconcile, A
relaxation of absolutism was eatly
lorced upon him, but thu measures
adopted were futile In creating a spirit
of union, while frequent military and
diplomatic defeats sowed further to
disunite her antagonistic elements. The
dualistle compact with Hungary was
made In the Interest of liuindgcnclty
1 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 a politi
cian not to recognize It for what It Is,
a political expedient and nothing more.
So far as bringing about actuul 'homo
geneity In the empire Is concerned It
ncvep hud the faintest possibility of
achieving such a result. The constant
strife between the different political
and racial partlei In his country has
always been a souice of great bitter
ness to Francs Joseph, and more than
once, the last time no. later than 1912,
has diiven him to threats of abdication,
Allhnot.li lilsliire 1 litiire PMtiei'rni.il
With the political disasters of the long
reign a more vltul and dramatic Interest
Is furnished by the shadow of personal
tragedy which has practically from the
beginning been laid across hltn. "May
you he stnltttn In the persons of those
you best love." ran the curse, and before
ho had been many years on the throne
the young Emperor felt the sting of Its
fullllment. Any one of the tragi dies
of his house would be a dark chapter In
any reign: the execution of his brother
Maximilian In Mexico, the dreadful
death of his only son nnd heir, the mys
terious disappearance of his kinsman
Archduki John Salvador, the assassina
tion of the Empress Elizabeth and the
linn! terrible murder of his nephew and
heir.
Hut these arc only the principal events
In the story of his life. Tragedy did not
end tin re for Francis Joseph, Indeed It
has never ended, for In no ramification
of his family relationships have Miirow
and humiliation been spared him. In no
royal family of Europe have there been
so many mesalliances, In no family have
then been so many scandals that
Haunted themselves and refused to 1k
hushed, in no family has there been so
much personal sorrow and public hu
miliation. The execution of his brother was a
deeptr sorrow to Francis Joseph in that
almost from the beginning of the Mexi
can1 affair he foresaw disaster hut was
powerless to prevent It. The civil war
In Mexico Just prior to our own civil
war left that country In a condition
that made intervention of some kind
huvltablc. France, with the backing of
Spain and Great Britain, took up the
matter and In 1SC3 occupied Mexico
city, foniud a provisional Government
and offered the crown to Archduke Fer
dinand of Austria, who, contrary to the
strong advice of his brother, uccepted
It, and after renouncing all bis rights
to the Austrian succession was crowned
In May, 180 1. Ills reign of three years
was accompanied by Increasing dlllicul
ties, disasters and civil warfare.
Ho was constantly urged to abdicate,
hut refused to do so, and after a long
siege In Qucretaro was captured, con
demned and executed, while his own
brothel-, one of the great monnrchs 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
milian, went raving mad, nnd for the
remainder of her long life was confined
In a remote castle in Belgium, a con-
I slant unhappy reminder of a great
tragedy of the house of Hapshurg.
"May your children be brought to
ruin," was the Imprecation of fie Hun
garian Countess, but f r twenty-five
years Francis Joseph could safely be
lieve that he had escaped Its fulfilment.
His son and heir had grown to man
hood with the most brilliant promise.
He was a wrltet nnd artist of no small
attainment, with Intellectual gifts that
commanded admiration. At the age of
23 he was married to Princess Steph
anie, the daughter" of Leopold of Bel
glum, This was distinctly a political
marriage, and brought no happiness to
either. Dynastlcally too It was a
failure, for the children of Stephanie
were all girls, and so dlsqualllled for
the succession,
The wild life of Rudolph, the unfoptu
nale jealous dlsposltl n of Stephanie,
the Emperor's disappointment In the
lack of an heir, all combined to create
a family discord that could not be
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, It Is
known that the Prince and the beauti
ful Mario Vetsera, with whom hu had
long been desperately In love, were
found dead t gether In a blood bathed
room In the hunting lodge at Meyerllng.
The nctual condition of the bodies, and
uny actual facts as to the manner of
tho death of the unhappy lovers has
never been known, though on no sub
ject has there been more speculation
It Is said that the secret was known
hut by three persons, Cardinal Rampolla,
who was the representative of the Pope,
and us such was entitled to know tho
facts; the Emperor himself and Count
Hoyos, who rode In from Meyerllng to
tell the stricken father tho terrible
news, It Is said that when the ghastly
tale had been told the Emperor sent
Hoyos from his presence and refused
evei 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 vio
lently at odds with his father over his love
affair, saw no way out hut to kill him
self nnd take Marie Vetsera with him.
The other version has It that the
Prince was killed by the uncle of the
Vetsera, who sought to avenge the girl's-honor-,
and that the girl was herself a
party to the attack, fearing her lover's
defection. On these two foundations,
between which, so far ns the known
facts are concerned, there Is little to
choose, has been erected a hundred
structures of mystery nnd romance, of
unbridled passion, of death dealing de
votion, of scandal and misery nnd sor
row which neither power nor wealth,
nor even time, has been able to sup
press. In all Its dreadful detulls Is was a
blow such as few men In any walk of
life have ever been called on to en
duie, and, It Is said, tile 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 surmises, though every physical
evidence of tho tragedy was utterly
wiped out. Thu Ixtdy of the nfortu
nate Mario Vetsera was hurled In
secret nt midnight In tho Cistercian
Abbey at Helllgenkreuz. her mother
was compelled to leave Vienna In
stantly, go to Venice and send notices
of tho girl's death from there. The
lodge JU Meyerllng was torn down, the
entire topography of the surrounding
park changed and every physical re
minder of the dark Incident destroyed.
The tragedy of Rudolph has always
been a mystery of death In tho I laps
burl,' family, hut thcro Is another trag
edy tnoie mysterious still that haunts
It, and this. Is a mystery of life. Arch
duke John Salvador, tho nephew of the
Emperor, was a man quite as promis
ing and brilliant as the young heir had
been, but llko him too the ruin of his
llfo was duo to his passion for a woman
below him In rank. Ludmllla Stuhel,
an actress, was directly responsible, .for
tho mystery of John Orth, tho name
tlio Archduke took when, maddened by
the utter Impossibility of a recognized
marriage between them, ho deliberately
defied all the traditions of his royal
birth, threw away all his rank and
titles, and boldly eloped with thi
woman ho loved.
He bought a ship In England, and
with himself nnd Ludmllla as the sole
passengers set out for South America.
In July, 1890, they put In at Monte
video for supplies. Shortly afterward
a terrific hurricane lashed the whole
coast, causing great loss of life and of
shipping. Tho ship of the Archduke
never camo to port, nor has the slight
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 Orth" 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 proof of his kinsman's
death, and has lived for twenty-live
years In a constant state of nnxlety
ns to his ultimate reappearance, a com
plicating factor, In the family. It Is
said that ho has had every fresh claim
ant linctlgated, and that no rumor,
however vague, reaches him without
being definitely run down, The es
tates of John Salvador were not allowed
to revert lo tho Crown, and were held
for years awaiting their owner's re
turn. Fnhappy royal marriages are not so
unusual us tu bo cited as an evidence
of d unmic tragedy, but thu marriage
of Francis Joseph and the young Eliz
abeth of li.ivnrln, which began as a del
lea to love romance and ended In open
scandal mid assassination, stands out
above even the most unhappy.
Elizabeth was only 1C and a 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 a few years they were
happy together, yet Immediately on the
royal bride's arrival In Vienna tno
causes were evident that later led to
disaster. The proud Austrlans did nut
consider the Bavarian Duchess a proper
match for their Emperor, utid she was;
snubbed as much as they dared. Her
love for horses anil athletic exercises
endeared her to the Hungarians but
still further alienated the memlerH of
tho court at Vlennn, Quarrels with the
Emperor soon hecamu so frequent and
violent that they could not be hidden.
Tho charming caprlclousness of tho
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 excuso for Jealousy.
Shortly after tho birth of an heir to
the throne, the 111 fated Rudulph, Eliz
abeth defied all royal conventions and
left her husband. She lied to Corfu,
and thence, hearing that Francis Jo
seph wo In pursuit, to Minorca and to
Madeira. Here the Emperor abandoned
the puisult. For eight years the royal
couple were openly estranged, but at
tho end of that time powerful intlu
ciiCCM effected all ostensible reconcilia
tion, In order that the Empress might
share the coronation festh Hies 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 her
splendid villa In Corfu, now the prop
erly of Emperor William of Germany,
and wandering around the country,
her eccentricities amounting almost to
dementia, and everywhere regarded ns
the most unhappy lady In Europe.
In September of 1S9S. 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 u part
In these festivities nnd was preparing
to set out from Geneva for Vienna
when, while wnlklng on the quay, she
was stabbed to death by an Ttnllan an
nrchlst 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 tho Km
peror's life, because they havo been con
cerned with those members of his fam
ily who occupied the most exalted rank.
But In every family relationship ho
has been stlcken. Hardly a brother or
u sister, a nephew, a nleen or a grand
child but has brought him sorrow or
disgrace. Princess Stephanie, tho widow
of Rudolph, hecamo notorious for her
excesses, which her father-in-law was
powerless lo control. 1 lor daughter, who
pleaded with the Kmpernr to restrain
Stophanlo from marrying Count Lon
yny, herself brought grief to the fam
ily by shooting her husband's para
mour and exposing nn ugly scandal.
The scandal of Princess Louise of Co
burg, while not In Francis Joseph's Im
medlnto family, yet concerned him
deeply on nccnunt of her relationship
to Stephanie and on account of the re
lationships of the Coburgs nnd Hups,
burgs.
In his brothers and grandchildren the
aged Emperor has found, only trouble.
Maximilian was executed . and Arch
duke Louis Victor, after a shocking
scene In public In which he was
thrashed by an angry father. wn obliged
to lleo the country. He was later con
fined In nn asylum, a hopeless paretic.
Of his gnindchlldren his favorite, Eliza
beth, daughter of his daughter Glseln,
eloped with a young lieutenant whom
she had seen only twice before, while
her sister, Louise of Tuscany, lifter
shocking Indiscretions, published u book
which gloried in the humiliations she
had brought to her family.
This Is not the only book wh
brought chagrin to the Kiupi-i
the recently published "My I't
the Countess Larlsch, a niece
Empress Elizabeth, raked up tin
story of Rudolph and all tin
scandals dead and alive of the A
court. Love affairs too h,i
popular source of family tioo' i
the lesser Hapsbiirgs as well
great ones of the name. The lu
cent disaster was that of t.
duchess Isabella Marie, who i
lifter her marriage to Prince :
Bavaria left her husband and
herself us a nurse In a b"-i-Vienna,
a post from which n
of argument or pressure i-eiil.i
her.
Although the hand of tlir
has often been dlieeted tow n-l i
Josvph, yet tho spell of the i it:
yon live on 111 lonely, uni.r e
horrible grief," seems nlw.ij
protected hltn. The first
against his life was in i i
I luugarliiu, Joseph I. ll.cn l l
his throat before his troop-.
peror's Injuries were slur! '
would-be assassin was haiii:.,!
day. In ISGfl, as he was s 'l'l
his carriage to attend a t'
Prague, he was attacked t '
With a pistol. The weapon w '
to the ground by an Enuhshm
third attempt was made u
Trieste when a band of i. i
concealed bombs 111 the h"ti
bo was n guest. The boinl.
covered and the chief i
Overdank, died on the gallou
"May your family he v-
was the anathema of H.
Collllti-s, ami three tune- i
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rows, of his later life
old Emperor. By his un
marriage, the climax of on
romantic of royal lou stor.
cession to the none too
was further complicated.
for the future was added l"
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death another stonn has ib
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