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Show fob Late Queen of the Belgians ""rv in fh -Trib- 1 I!.--. j ( 1 tlr Intr, q!1..r-n nf iium j 1 ' Vf'";l1 i'M be.n a ' - ;, ''Ui- an,J ,iv,,'i i" iniK-h re- ' f .1 -r,a. y..t h.-r d.-:.ih can- ; x 'I !o..j,!y repretl.-.i through- I t,. : '" " "r h"r ado;.!i.,i., an(j 5 'air. to be .a widespread : " ' ' '-"'l her husband could I , 1 1 '": dily sj-ared than j . w ith.oa being in t,V last j j ; '',' s!;-V" to conventionalities j f t)'"l!' shl'- '' "r -v'i1ty un- J 1 n " ' 'ryinj; aid ;, '. cir- ! I ..fl" "' Parted to ;h :,,ne of I I '1 recp..(.ta,,ii;ty h..-h her j ! ,.;, :i;S ""e ev.-rUi'i in his j y l'""V. j . ; ( J 1 of scandal ever tarnished I ; .. -r ..-.eie. although she was as ; : "Oj as Rifted as hor nmcin I ' ' , ifs of Austria, and, like . k ,c sne er.1r.yf.fi the most mar- I ; , , l-,u..r over horses, which she! . j ,-.'o teach th-m all sorts of ,. ' -o;r- have brought Tor-:.. Tor-:.. . ., " - y '-jre us. In fact, 1 refcill ; :t " Jrjars ago her gr. in J a onrome entertainment lat - s '' k tfle benefit of some ..;hlr-, ..;hlr-, she was interested jfd , '"course oJ which she put lifer through all their astop-r' astop-r' ' er feats. She was a sple-n-j 'jt-hand whip, a most ac-equestrienne, ac-equestrienne, ,a skfjlled f"3 I'ossessed a perfect genius f" of hand. Beside that.f.ne y r..c-3y cuituredbimyle AndVm- ' : ' : I s " . : u.r .l ""' "t hujA.j, mil 1 '" l I V affected in her intercourse with people, especially with the peasantry in the district around Spa, Where she made her home for so many "ears, and was entirely free from arrogance. She was not on'lv deeply respected by the Belgians Bel-gians "but likewise popular and in much closer touch with them than her husband. The fiagrancvof the king's shortcomings shortcom-ings was a cruel blow to her feelings, brh as a wife and as a queen, and when to these were added her sorrows in connection with the tragic deaths of her son-in-law. Crown Prince Rudolph, and of her favorite nephew; Prince P, ild win as well as the horrible scandal scan-dal in connection with her eldest daughter, Princess Louis of Saxe-Co-burg she withdrew completely to Spa ard but rarely appeared at any court fn.irtinn or in society. iBefore she became a complete invalid inva-lid about a vear and a half ago. she devoted herself to the care of her unfortunate un-fortunate sister-in-law. the demented Empress Charlotte of Mexico,- and from tlie time that the latter was placed under un-der restraint, in 1S67, until eighteen months ago, she never allowed a single week to pass without paying the express ex-press several visits. j s Indeed, the consort of Maximilian may be said to have owed her life to her For when the chateau of Terveu-ren Terveu-ren " in which the empress was confined, burned down in such a mysterious manner eighteen years ago as to suggest sug-gest incendiarism, d the afflicted ; . : I I IIIIIL. . , . . ' lady absolutely refused to quit her apartments, the queen made her way, at the risk of her life, into the blazing palace and gentiy led her sister-in-law-out and into safety. In these days, when royalty is so fond of traveling abroad, and when mon-archs mon-archs are often absent from their dominions do-minions for months together. Queen Henrietta distinguished herself by always al-ways remaining at home. Indeed, she only left Belgium thrice in the last quarter of a century, once to attend the wedding of - her daughter, Stephanie, Ste-phanie, to the Crown Prince Rudolph at Vienna, the second time to be pres- ent at Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887, and the third time'to pay a species of farewell visit to her uncle, the Dus d'Aumale, at Chantilly, shortly before he died there. The queen seldom interfered in political po-litical matters, and, indeed, the only time that she may be said to have done so was when she broke off the match between Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and her daughter, Princess Clementine. The prince had already received the consent of King Leopold and of the princess, and the engagement had been announced, when, suddenly, the prince received a summons to visit the queen at Spa. What passed between them there is a matter of speculation. But the," prince did mot return. .to Brussels to take leave ot: either the king or the princess, but wnt off straight to Vienna, Vien-na, his departure "being followed almost immediately byan intimation that the projected matrimonial alliance would not take place. It is believed that the queen' either vetoed the match in consequence con-sequence of the relations of the prince to the. Roman Catholic . church, by which he; has ben subjected to the ban of minor excommunication, or else that she warned himof the curse that is be-lieved'jto be-lieved'jto rest orrthe reigning house of Belgium, ' -and , thftJhe un.;orl would bring intold mitei 1 j'f Visit?" for 'sttwie' w "-r xiyed 1 health. ,"" V |