| Show OVER I AUL TOMB TOM Of OE PAUPER KING Strange Strafe Monument of Monarch Who Pawned His Kingdom For Debt HAD ADVENTUROUS CAREER ruptured I Only ly to In Meet Death In III Cu A Lift Life Tragedy Special correspondence O DON April llAn ancient LONDON L monument which bo ho de der described scribed us ns one II of the most l curt curl ells and Interesting In III ondon I Is I L n just now nOlI attracting attention tying owing to 10 tile the necessity of ot lt Its ilK renovation Thin Is I the tablet which wan erected by h Hor Jor ire In III 1767 t to Theodore I T Tl Il l u Uj u n of rt COM laslea Ol IMI who In London distinguished d himself hy by pawning ning nil his kit for Cor the of bin credit creditors ors urs MONUMENT lIO UIl Nr This Thin very Cry monument stands In III the Ih courtyard of or Kt St Annes church Hoho oho In the thi very wry heart of o l At Atone Atone one fine time Kt Ht Annos Amin wan Willi u n fashionable fane line une attended by lJ the great glent of 0 the tho land but now new It In tucked In Wardour street not nut far form fm nt circus dr l u curious lion Hon on the tho tomb of ot the th hardup mon mol arch frequently attract the attention of or America visitors to 10 London Hero Is h the inscription In Near this place IH In Interred Theodore King 1111 of nt Who lied died In III tilts this Parish December IX Immediately utter after leaving tho the Kings Bench Prison Prisms oll Ity II the Ille benefit of the Act ct of III In consequence of which lIe He registered hU hla hi Kingdom 1 of Corsica Fur For the hc use 1180 of or his creditors creditor EPITAPH II INT I N I lust Tu st 1 brn beneath r those thir sr somewhat prosaic a t nn ans are arc some am tr tta s com composed c ot f posed by Rotten who was In III In III having tin the monument pi ned over OCI the grave Bravo of the Impecunious nun ous king jt I Brave great teacher to le u n level lell brings II U r s and beggars I galley alloy slaves 1111 C andu and u kings Hut ut Theodore this fIU I learned oer cr lira ii Irate Fate huh rd Its ilK lessons on Ills hla living head 1 t a n kingdom but hUl denied dented him bread The story of ot thin the rondeau king mid rends lik hk one olle of the th tragedies from Crom rani German re It seems that Theodore lor faint lIlIIe faintly by ly Ms ills kingdom In III the thc tic good I oot old ions lomi I way wn Originally ho ha hown haivas wn ivas Huron Huon Theodore Neuhof sun son un of ot u It nobleman who inn on Murch 1 II n with a n band of o lurTa tur rs at lit In III u Corsica Ho lie auh al ll tho wild III Inhabitant and Wile was king eventually by hr the lire peo people JIll In Ut C duys I t u Ss Corsica IM was fO Icing fought aught ou hl over nI t by lIy tIll the French reach and std and HI HI Theodore wan waH once or twice driven from rom his hlf kingdom by bythe h bythe the Ih He lie returned victorious victori ous eun nu on nu two then occasions a hut but ultimately ills hI r ower Conn was la broken and he Bought nought refits teu la III London Loudon PAWNED lilt HIS KINGDOM l The King Ilog ot or Corsica COl It Il able to obtain co credit c on Oil tint also of ot his kingship nil and by Ity his realms ho hu managed to tn live lile Finally however ills hiM c creditor who possibly found It cult to 10 real realF Iz h F on Oil their I tho the nUl v u t person of nr lilt thi king f log himself lf emit and 1 rl 11 1 t ills his majesty Into a II prison Aft lingering In III vile viii ell for CUI sov I M months Vie hI was WLl In III con COI conf COIC f C m lit tiny ty ly with the Ihl Insolvent net act lilt HIS SAD I 1110 If it out nul of nf Jail the oho poor pelt Ip R was seas 1 In a n plight than limn when whenn I III Ii n II i He III hll HI a iI 1 sedan chair tho 1 IH hype 1 of Ih cab ClIft of o today and n ii I to 10 be br lo to tine the Port ii miens Ma III HI The fill ambassador happened In t Li Iii 1 out at nt leant t II to tOrim ore whose In flU il I rat ii was doubtless IOU known In to bu ho an rut one and th king on fin Iu lun IUn ip lg II to pay puy lilt tho sedan etan man mar found thai he hue did 1111 not col Nl i tho n II t of lit 12 1 n cents Thereupon ho hI let peti petition tion i to lIl be bo tel taken nn to lit h n It h of his i I Silio 1 from 1011 whom lie Inc begged he shape I rhe hf plight must have IIII been Icell a II av av v TV ry wad III one nun Indeed for fat the tho V t fer nr 3 taken to la his hili tailor 18 t 10 jl 1 m he became I very HY III and In III b n three threet Ile t II 1 an un dead He Iii JI would tilts have been bee it bur 1110 I i in 11 hail it tat i a It t I 1 Hy II oilman come com forward ranIl ft amid anil r him decent Itel it burial lu lit si HI h li 1111 death occurred on nil Ilea Dec I ll H 71 1 i 6 limit hut Iho tablet reads Use DEc U J I 11 lieu ve m er It Il does not mako otake tau h o to III u Iho royal lie Ie 1 ago age um III tits III Just now I AFTER I DEATH 1 II T I 1 i tr tee r Rol nl who u ho h b by i tho Ihl hu wn way S 1 unto into till for fill fu l nt c her heir wh loath UH of nt Chit ChILI I 1 lift life will now mbar time for v 1 owl ami nn 1 paid for rill a 1 monument um over a rr I Theodores which but bill j f oo would hav hll been u unmarked n unknown to III thin day The rive crown r I i fur 1 Ito Ihl u table IH Is I 1 n of r I II Ili ru nl ns 1111 on ou the kings own ussa colon 1 II try power of which tin till I 5 f 1 41 i j ii My r I iy did Illel nut not to tu tf of hi t 1 tug t tin r I r I 1 It II Is In pretty plainly soon seen oo that thai rr came attic 11 III l f b I Ills his untimely 1111 tI I end cud 1 t i Lt starvation nail and worry A l COSTLY U Ran Ih int tut II 0 1111 of nf tho ho lo to put fin tin flu the he tab i r several of nC thorn them oh 1 t r I to Theodore being hell Riven Ito Iho ti II ll tie 11 or IH king kill hull bul on mt going nun hen the lie tout mat t I compelled them to tu ad lul ai KM I Ile h I royal In Il 1111 ii 1111 of Cf Urn tilt august j Tatter nufi Tho con coH c ft of ff tho monument j ha rr p l grave rno I kept him alive for tor many a 1 II I i mir long perhaps to have 1110 en ci Ihl jib d 11 him hint to write homo and raise I I f for h n wind muted nut But It Is l a ix n 1 rather Into halo tiny day ur II un 1 In In III heroics However pro ilia may havo heen c C 1 e 1 L P f 1 L y a li t 11 r rl I 1 l I ri 1 t ti i J 4 Mt at 1st t t a l I c rl J Ji r a 1 J o L 1 J ium r t ri BM tr a V lf c itA 1 i 7 t I J I haAn HOW THE NEW MOTOR SERVICE IS SUPPLANTING THE OLD AND PICTURESQUE OMNIBUS oe OL however gingerly he might ml ht have featured the tho vital Hul lame flame It Il would ha a i out by hi this time lime KO so titter after all nIl perhaps ills bis Is in It none nono the tho worse o ofT off for fIn his earthly experience ew rl ence Illee CC Do Ill thin this as us It stay may Ilse renovation 1 II 11 of his hta tablet with Its 1111 std lad tote lulu of hu hll human human man mUll wretchedness II should not bo be lust lost us till a 1 claM opportunity 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