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belonged to him。 He was an enthusiastic gardener�察�and imported�察�among a 

hundred   other   fruits   and   plants�察  �the   ;Queen   Claude;   plum   from   France�察�

which was successfully acclimated on his   farm。   In New York a   plum  of 

that kind is still called a ;green gage。; The house has changed hands many 

times   since   we   used   to   play   around   the   Grecian   pillars   of   its   portico。 A 

recent owner�察�dissatisfied doubtless with its classic simplicity�察�has painted 

it   a   cheerful   mustard   color   and   crowned it   with   a   fine new   MANSARD 

roof。   Thus   disfigured�察  �and   shorn   of   its   surrounding   trees�察  �the   poor   old 

house stands blankly by the roadside�察�reminding one of the Greek statue in 

Anstey's ;Painted Venus; after the London barber had decorated her to his 

taste。 When driving by there now�察�I close my eyes。 

     Another      house�察   �where    we    used    to  be   taken   to  play�察  �was    that  of 

Audubon�察�in the park of that name。 Many a rainy afternoon I have passed 

with his children choosing our favorite birds in the glass cases that filled 

every nook and corner of the tumble´down old place�察�or turning over the 

leaves of the enormous volumes he would so graciously take down from 

their places for our amusement。 I often wonder what has become of those 

vast IN´FOLIOS�察�and if any one ever opens them now and admires as we 

did   the   glowing   colored   plates   in   which   the   old   ornithologist   took   such 

pride。 There is something infinitely sad in the idea of a collection of books 

slowly gathered together at the price of privations and sacrifices�察�cherished�察�

fondled�察�lovingly read�察�and then at the owner's death�察�coldly sent away to 

stand for  ever unopened   on the shelves of some public   library。 It   is   like 

neglecting poor dumb children� �

     An event that made a profound impression on my childish imagination 

occurred   while   my   father�察  �who   was   never   tired   of   improving   our   little 

domain�察  �was   cutting   a   pathway   down   the   steep   side   of   the   slope   to   the 

river。   A   great   slab�察  �dislodged   by   a   workman's   pick�察  �fell   disclosing   the 

grave of an Indian chief。 In a low archway or shallow cave sat the skeleton 

of the chieftain�察�his bows and arrows arranged around him on the ground�察�

mingled with fragments of an elaborate costume�察�of which little remained 

but the bead´work。 That it was the tomb of a man great among his people 

was   evident   from   the   care   with   which   the   grave   had   been   prepared   and 

then    hidden�察   �proving     how�察   �hundreds     of   years   before    our   civilization�察�



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another race had chosen this noble cliff and stately river landscape as the 

fitting framework for a great warrior's tomb。 

     This   discovery  made   no little   stir   in   the  scientific   world   of   that   day。 

Hundreds came to see it�察�and as photography had not then come into the 

world�察�many drawings were made and casts taken�察�and finally the whole 

thing was removed to the rooms of the Historical Society。 From that day 

the lonely little path held an awful charm for us。 Our childish readings of 

Cooper had developed in us that love of the Indian and his wild life�察�so 

characteristic of boyhood thirty years ago。 On still summer afternoons�察�the 

place    had   a  primeval     calm    that  froze   the  young     blood    in  our   veins。 

Although   we   prided   ourselves   on   our   quality   as   ;braves�察─  �and   secretly 

pined to be led on the war´path�察�we were shy of walking in that vicinity in 

daylight�察�and   no   power on   earth�察 �not even the offer   of the   tomahawk   or 

snow´shoes   for   which   our   souls   longed�察  �would   have   taken   us   there   at 

night。 

     A place connected in my memory with a tragic association was across 

the   river   on   the  last  southern    slope    of  the  Palisades。    Here    we   stood 

breathless   while   my  father   told   the brief   story  of   the duel between   Burr 

and Hamilton�察�and showed us the rock stained by the younger man's life´ 

blood。 In those days there was a simple iron railing around the spot where 

Hamilton had   expired�察 �but of   later   years   I have   been unable   to   find   any 

trace of the place。 The tide of immigration has brought so deep a deposit 

of ;saloons; and suburban ;balls; that the very face of the land is changed�察�

old lovers of that shore know it no more。 Never were the environs of a city 

so    wantonly     and    recklessly    degraded。     Municipalities      have   vied   with 

millionaires in soiling and debasing the exquisite shores of our river�察�that�察�

thirty years ago�察�were unrivalled the world over。 

     The glamour of the past still lies for me upon this landscape in spite of 

its many defacements。 The river   whispers of boyish boating parties�察  �and 

the woods recall a thousand childish hopes and fears�察�resolute departures 

to join   the pirates�察 �or the  red men   in their strongholds ´  journeys   boldly 

carried out until twilight cooled our courage and the supper´hour proved a 

stronger temptation than war and carnage。 

     When I sat down this summer evening to write a few lines about happy 



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days   on   the   banks   of   the   Hudson�察  �I   hardly   realized   how   sweet   those 

memories   were   to   me。 The   rewriting   of  the   old   names   has   evoked   from 

their long sleep so many loved faces。 Arms seem reaching out to me from 

the past。 The house is very still tonight。 I seem to be nearer my loved dead 

than to the living。 The bells of my lost ;Is; are ringing clear in the silence。 



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         CHAPTER 17 ´ Royalty At Play 



       FEW more amusing sights are to be seen in these days�察�than that of 

crowned   heads   running   away   from   their   dull   old   courts   and   functions�察�

roughing it in hotels and villas�察�gambling�察�yachting and playing at being 

rich   nobodies。     With   much    intelligence    they   have   all  chosen    the  same 

Republican       playground�察    �where    visits   cannot    possibly   be   twisted    into 

meaning       any    new    ;combination;       or   political   move�察    �thus   assuring 

themselves the freedom from care or responsibility�察�that seems to be the 

aim of their existence。 Alongside of well´to´do Royalties in good paying 

situations�察�are those out of a job�察�who are looking about for a ;place。; One 

cannot take an afternoon's ramble anywhere between Cannes and Mentone 

without meeting a half´dozen of these magnates。 

     The   other   day�察  �in   one   short   walk�察  �I   ran   across   three   Empresses�察  �two 

Queens�察  �and   an   Heir´apparent�察  �and   then   fled   to   my   hotel�察  �fearing   to   be 

unfitted   for   America�察  �if   I   went   on   ;keeping   such   company。;   They   are 

knowing enough�察�these wandering great ones�察�and after trying many places 

have hit on this charming coast as offering more than any other for their 

comfort and enjoyment。 The vogue of these sunny shores dates from their 

annexation      to  France�察    �  a  price  Victor   Emmanuel       reluctantly   paid   for 

French help in his war with Austria。 Napoleon III。's demand for Savoy and 

this littoral�察�was first made known to Victor Emmanuel at a state ball at 

Genoa。   Savoy   was   his   birthplace   and   his   home�   �The   King   broke   into   a 

wild temper�察�cursing the French Emperor and making insulting allusions to 

his parentage�察�saying he had not one drop of Bonaparte blood in 

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