Well aware of tbt queen's beauty
aod fascinations, Alexander thought
sbe might perbapa btvtsomt inSueooe
over the French emperor, and persua
ded btr to meet hia at Til-sit Though
Louise uould ntver speak of tblt man,
the author of til ber eountry't misfor
tunes, witbont a shudder, still, for
Prussia's aakt, tbe waa willing to sac
rifice ber own personal feelings aod
dignity. It wss k tore trial to this rt
fioed, sensitive woman to meet as a
supplmnt the despot wbo hsd driven
ber husband from tbe throne, aod cast
tbe foulest aspersions oh her honor.
Loulso says In per diory, "What
tragglea It ha eoat ma God only
knows: for If I do not hate tbia man,
I look upon bin aa tbt one wbo baa
caused tbe mtsfortuo or tba king and
the eouttry."
Sbt msdt two visits to tbt bsugbty
conqueror. Napoleoo acknowledged
tbat tba Queen of Pruseia waa tbo
bjoet beautiful woman be bad aver
ten, tad he deolared thai whateTer
toolo of oooveraation be broached, sbt
4.Dr'f wjvfc) th'f ojot dab!)
PA.. JULY G, 1871.
taot aod delicacy, lo oomo baek lo ber
one themo Vauus. She Implored
Nspiisoo to prove himself indeed a
hero by showing mercy to a fallei foe,
and, if he would inatce no other eon
cession, at least to restore Msgdebnrg."
Just before dinner Nepolion gave bor
a roso ; sbo at first refused it, then at
oepttng-it with an arch smile, tbe said,
'-Yes, but at loait with Magdeburg "
' I must observe to youfr majesty,''
said Napoleoo gruffly, "that it ir
who give, and yon only who must
recoive."
Tbe king was present, silant and do
jecled at tho aiight bis wife's unavail
ing sacrifice.
