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man, but with some education and
more grace and mother wit. Such
society was altogether more to his
tastes than that of the stiff court o,
Copenhagen, at which he did not make
his appearance for long time. By's
royal decree of September 10, 1899
he was banished to the fortress oi
Fredercis in Jutland. Old soldiers
and sailors friends were not allowed
on visit to Fredercis, and even little
Louise Rasmussen could not find heI
way to the fortress, but with many
tears, on the order of her parents, sci
out on a journey to Paris, where she
became an ornament to the corps dt
ballet. A few days after Frederick
arrival at the place of his banishment
a decree of divorce between him and
Princess Wilhelmina was issued al
Copenhagen.
The death Of the King and the as
cension Of his father to the throne, re-
leased Prince Frederick from prison
at the end Of little more than two
years, and he was then appointed
Governor Of the Island of Funen. =
But being inclined to fall again into
his old ways of living, his royal
father soon after insisted that he
should marry once more, and after
some negotiations, Princess Caroline,
of Mecklenburg- -Strelitz was chosen to
be the second wife. Inthe full bloom
of youth, very pretty, and highly ac-
complished, it was hoped that she
would wean Prince Fredericlzfrom his
low-born companions, and bring him
back to court and to sense of his
Crown-princely duties. But this the
young Princess failed to do.
Frederick, although he acknowledge
hor to be prettier, thought her as
proud as his first wife, and before
long absented himself more than ovor
from the Court and his new home
What, probably, greatly contributed
to this estrangement was an acciden-
tai meeting with an old friend of his
youth, Louise Rasmussen. Poor Lou
ise had seen hard times since she loft
Denmark for France. Though an
ornament for some years of the Paris
corps de ballet. she was soon shelved on
the appearance of greater ornaments,
and had to content herself with be-
coming a member Of u wandering
troups of actors, disseminating dram
attic art through the little towns Of
Germany, Hungaryand Bohemia. The
speculation, with all its hardships and
miseries, proved very unsatisfactory
in pecuniary sense, and Louise Ras-
mussen was glad to drop off the stage
of destitute Hanoverian village, and
to proceed on foot to Hamburg. The
wealthy merchant city gave her new
friends, among whom she sojourned
for another couple of years, and then
returned to Copenhagen.
Getting to tho dangerous boundary
Of thirty, Miss Rasmussen now re-
solved to become steady, and accord
ingly settled down as milliner and
dress maker, working for the shops
and for any procurable private custo-
mers. One evening, coming home
late from her work, she was arrested
at least this is the Copenhagen
story-by the sight of a fire, and
with wonted energy ranged herself
along the human chain of assistants
whose hands passed the pals of wa
ter from the canal to the fire engine.
She had not beeu there long when
she observed that gentlemen oppo-
site, busy in handing pals, stared
very hard at her, as if trying to rec
ognize an acquaintance. She recog-
nized him at once; it was His Royal
Highness Prince Frederick, heir to
the throne Of Denmark. The conha-
grafton being subdued, Prince Fred
erick gallantly offered her his urn to
to accompany Miss Rassmuzzen to her
humble lodgings, and, in few months
longer she found herself installed in a
pretty little villa on the island of
Amager, from which, at the end of a
year, she migrated to larger man
sion, with numerous servants about
her. Horeshe had the satisfaction of
hearing of the divorce of Prince Fred
erick from his second wife, after
union of five years. Princess Caro-
line returned TO Mecklenburg Strelitz,
and Louise Rasmussen was declared
fdrorite en- tire.
King Charles VIII. died on the
Goth of January, 1913, and on the
same day his son ascended the throne
as Frederick VII. One Of his first
acts was to elevate Louise Rasmussen
to the rank Of Baroness Danner, which
title was advanced soon after to that
Of Countess. The mattcr created
some discomfort at first among the
people; but was judged less severely
when it was found that the royal fa-
vorite used whatever influence she po-
sessed for the benefit Of the nation
Besides, the King loudly declared
more than once that he would prefer
n thousand times giving up his throne
than separation from his friend. -
The Countess Danner became almost
his sole adviser, and her influence
grew to such an extent that she was
able to persuade the King to make
her his lawful wife. The more an
nouncemcnt of his intention created
storm of indignation throughout the
leading to protests on all
parts and to strong remonstrances
from the Ministers; nevertheless,
Frederick VII. was not to be shaken
in his purpose, and, on the 9th Of
August 1850, he gave his hand, in
the church of fredericksburg, to
Louise Rasmussen. A short while
after the King, with his consort, Wis
tied the southern provinces Of Den
mark, and being rather coldly re-
ceivcd at one place, his Majesty made
q very frrnk speech at a banquet Civ
en in his honor. He told the guests
that though a King. he had bv no