decree of exile be revoked.

After some time this was done, and the Duke returned to France to live in
Chantilly, which, by the terms of his gift, he was at liberty to use
during his lifetime.

The Duke was seventy years of age. His death was caused by the news that
the Duchess d'Alençon, a favorite niece of his, had been burnt to death in
a dreadful fire which has just occurred in Paris.

Some charitable ladies organized a bazaar for the benefit of sick women
and children.

The great ladies of France were interested in it, and its opening was one
of the fashionable events in Paris.

One afternoon during the progress of the bazaar, when the place was full
of visitors, and many of the greatest ladies in French society were in the
building, buying and selling, a cry of fire was raised, and it was found
that one of the stalls was in flames.

Unhappily, there was but one exit to the building, and the fire spread so
rapidly that it was impossible for all to escape. A number of the ladies
were burned to death.

All Paris, indeed all Europe, is in mourning because of the disaster, for
there is hardly a noble family in Europe which was not represented at the
bazaar.

The Duchess d'Alençon, one of the unfortunate ladies who perished in the