OBSCURE PRINCESS.
J'here ha* ju-,1 died in (lie workhouse of the JJaui-h "I liyc<g<ide "Margaret, I'n'nccss uf Araueania mid Patagonia." Inc. "Alinanach do Golha" does not recog"ifc' her title or her lain father's kiugiliiiii. He was Antoine Tounens, a lawyer, am! (ho son uf a (.insmii butcher. ' Jn Mil, Willi a hanilfui uf follower.-, lie persuaded tin- people of Aiaucania to accept' hnn as ruler, achiptoil the slvlo uf King Orelie-Antoinc I, and began' In develop his kingdom in fine stvle. The Civilian Government sent an armv against him, subdued his kingdom, and eonlineil his Majesty Ui prison, from which it needed I'rench intervention to release him. He died in JS7B in Rival poverty, and his daughter has hud a like hapless fate. Tim modern world is 100 disciplined for (he heroic swashbuckler who was happy in the specious days of Elisabeth.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 9
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142OBSCURE PRINCESS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 9
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