The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-29
condition, and the Emperor YVES lost in


and lips dared not utter what his hear
added. 1t must be for all my powe
would be weaker than her tears.
On the following day, at the review
the Czar, whose eagle eye embraced at ;
glance, sought and saw in his battalions
nought else than green plume anC
black charger. He recognized in him
who wore the one rode the other, a sim
pie Colonel of the Bavarian Light
Horse, Maximillian Joseph Eugene Au
guste Beauhernois, the Duke of Leuch
tonberg, youngest child of the son @
Josephine (who was for brief time
Empress of France) and of Augustie
Amelie, daughter of Maximillian Joseph
of Bavaria, and admiral and charming
cavalier in truth, but as far inferior then
to. Marie Nicolewna, as simple soldier
to an Emperor. -i.sis.A Il
"Is it possible 2" said the Gear to
himself as he sent for the Colonel, with
the design of dissmissing him to Munich.
But, at the moment when he was
about to crush him in word, he stop
ped at the sight of his ghter-faint-
ing in her caleche. @
"There is no longer doubt" thought
the Gar; g tits indeed he."
And turning his back upon the stupi-
(ied stranger, he returned with Marie to
the Imperial Palace.
For six weeks, all that prudence, tenn
pered with love and severity could in
spire was essayed to destroy the image
of the Colonel in the heart of the prin-
cess. At the end of the first week, she
was resigned; at the end of the second,
she wept; aud the end of the third, she
wept in public; at the end of fourth,
she wished to sacrifice herself to her
father at the end of the fifth, she fell
sick; at the end of the sixth, she was
dying.
Meanwhile the Colonel, seeing him
self in disgrace at the court of his host,
without daring to confess to himself the
cause, did not wait for his dismissal to
return to the regiment He was on the
point of setting out for Munich, when an
aid-de-camp of the Czar came for him.
"I should have set out yesterday" he
said to himself; might have avoided
what awaits me. At the first flash, save
yourself from the thunderbolt.
The bolt in reserve for him was the
following: He was ushered into the
cabinet, where kings were only allowed
to enter. The Emperor was pale, and
his eye was moist; but his air Was firm
and resolute.
"Colonel Duke" said he, enveloping
and penetrating with his glance, " you
are one of the handsomest officers in
Europe 1t is said, and L believe it
true, that you possess an elevated mind
"a thorough education, lively taste
for the arts, a noble heart, and loyal
character.
':What think you of the Grand Dutch
ess, my daughter Marie Nicolewna
This point blank question dazzled the
admired, adored the princess, without
being fully aware of it. A simple NOR
tai adores an angel of Paradise as an
artistic adores the ideal of beauty.
The Princess Marie, sire " ex
claimed he, reading at last his own
heart, without daring to read that of. the
Czar; your anger would crush me if
I told you what think of her, and 1
should die of joy if you permitted me
to say it. " F-l--.
" You love her; 'tis well, resumed
the Czar, with a benignant smile; and
royal hand, from which the Duke was
awaiting the tLunderbolt, delivered to
the Colonel the brevets of General Aid
de-Camp Of the Emperor-the brevets
of commandment of the Cavalry of the
Guards and of the regiment of Hussars
of Chief of the Corps of Cadets, and
of the Mining Engineers-of President
of the Academy of Arts, and member
of the Academy of Sciences and Uni
versities, of ST. Petersburg, of Moscow,
of Keasan, of the Council, of the Mill
tary Schools, etc. All this, with the
title of Imperial Highness, and several
millions of revenue.
f" Now" said the Gear to the young
man, who was beside himself with Joy,
" will you quit the service of Bavaria
and become the husband of the Princess
Marie ?" The young man could only
fall upon his knees, and bathe with his
tears the hands of the Emperor
" You see that also love my daugh-
ter" said the father, raising his son-in-
law on his arms.
The 18th of July following, the
Grand Dutchess was restored to health
to life and the Duke Beaucharnois de
Leuchtenberg espoused her in presence
of the Representatives of all the royal
families.
Such an act of paternal love merited
for the Gear and for his daughter CEN
tury of happiness Heaven, with its Sc
crets, had ordered otherwise. On Tues
day Nov. 5th, 1852, the Duke of Lench-
tenberg died at the age of thirty-fve-
worthy, to the last, of his brilliant desti-
ny and leaving to Marie Micholewna,
eternal regrets.
ALI the young Princes of the wold will
again dispute the prize of her hand, but
she has been too happy as wife to con-
sent to become a Queen.
A WIFE's HoPE.-The Buffalo De-
nsOcracy says, [" in letter from Paris,
dated oath Oct, and received by us yes
terday, the writer thus speaks of Mrs.
Edward Sandford, whose husband, a
welI-known N York lawyer, was drowned
with the Arctic-" have called on her
(they were patients of DIR. B.'s) to offer
my services, in any way in which can
be useful to her But she says she feels
quito at ease about her husband, being
fully persuaded that he has escaped in
some way.
All, poor wife, and mother, would it
were true
E&Why is lean dog like man In
deep meditation A. Because he's a
thin cur.