Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-10-03

r. CCiVuo tuutl . poidCV1 duu III OEaeI
TO be constantly Aear Marie, lie
would even 60 into the fields, where
lshe and her parents were at work,
and take part in their labor. II made
people stare to see q Prince SO madiy
in love with a simple peasant girl;
and many shook their heads, and
said it would turn out badly. while
Others called ber sly schemsr, or
something worse. But these were,
| for the most part, fashionable women
with marriageable daughters, who
thought il 4 dreadful thing for >
Prince TO be ia love with peasant.
obody had the courage to re,non-
slrate with him; and if anyone had
done so, It would only have incrsas-
ed his love for Marie.
The strangcst part Of the AFFAIR."
| was that Marie herself was all this
while ignoran. Of her conquest. She
never suspected the Prince OF loving
her. The rich patients at a small
watering place like Llcbensteln are
apt to do strange things to pass
away the time, and she thought It
nothlng extraordinary that the
Prince, who had nothing else to do,
should amuse himself with amateur
farming. She knew that he liked
her, and that she liked him, and that
it was to both pleasure to be to-
gethcr; Of a warmer feeling she ney-
Ter dreamed. But the time came
when she was undeceived. One Sun
day evening, aftes church, size and
Prince we're sitting together in the
cottage garden, softly governing
He had taken her hand, and was
Hooking into her frank blue eyes, when
| with sudden and irresistible i'm.
pulse, he threw his arm round her
waist, drew he close to his side, and
kissed her passionately on the fore.
head. Dearest cne!' he whispered,
as the startled and surprised glrl,
tried 10 free herself from bis en-
brace; dearest Marie, will you be
my wife n
"Your wife! o, sir. what have I !
done to deserve this from You p
Alexander drew the trembling girl
closer to his side. "My darling"
said he, very tendcrlY, "you cannot
| believe that do not mean what /
say. In what way could I better
lshow my respect, my trust, my love,
than BY making you my wife p
"Ah, that can never be. You chm
not make tinc lady out of "A poor
peasant girl like me. The gulf be-
tween us is too wide and deep"
sMaric is right" said her mother,
who came into the garden in time to
hear the last words, and who easily
guessed what had been said before
l*'Such unequal marriages lever come
to good. No marriage is happy
where the parents, blessing is with
held, and yours will never consent
that you should marry peasant
girl
The Prince would have protested
strongly against this; but the moth.
ar with q decision of tone which con-
vinced hin tnat nothing wohid
change her purpose, begged him first
to acquaint his parents with the
story. "God knows you have be-
come dear to u.s. she said, "but for
Marie's sake and your own, it is best
that their consent should be obtained
before we talk any further. lftheirs
is granted, you may be sure ours. will
not be withheld"
This was SO reasonable that the
Prince could not bnt acquiesce, hard
| as it it seemed from the lovers point
Of view. He could not, however,
help stealing look INTO Marie's eyes;
and though she had not said q word
since her mother came in, he knew
from that moment that size also loved.
With silent pressure Of hands the
lovers parted.
II.
Prince Michael, Alexander's faith.
err, was every inch an aristocrat. He
| was born at least a hundred years too
late. He would fall into . paroxysm
Of rage at the very whisper of tho
word liberty--for others. Otcoutse
he was violently opposed TO the
emancipation OF the serfs, ana would
willingly have allowed the Czar to
cut his ears off, if that would have
given him the right to do the same
for his dependents whenever he
liked. He was not very amlable to-
wards his delicate and loving wife,
although it cannot be said that he
treated her with absolute harshness.
She was very religious, and that
pleased him. ave must maintain
religion" was . favorite saying Of his.
| He observed the church fasts and
ceremonies with great regularity, and
never passed a church or saint s
picture without making the sign Of
the GROSS. A deep drinker, like his
,ifavori1e Peter the Great, he was vc-
hemcntlY religious when under the
Influence of liquor; and at such times
he was very apt to mistake the VII
lage priest, his boon companion At
tho table, for psstllent hereto, and
to pummel him with great zeal 1t
often happened that this worthy co
clesiastlc whose hair and beard had
Inever been trimed, had 3 bottle brok.
, EN- over his head. But he endured
the punishment with becoming meek
ness, for his stomach's sake, and ire
quently avenged himself upon his ir'
ritable patron by stealing tull bot
tie of his best brandy.
The only peraon in the world, ol
whom Prince Michael seemed to be
} really fond, was his brother Dimitry,
ia good-naturcd, reckless man Of the
world, who spent most Of his time IN
| the gambling saloons Of Germany
!, his wife he only endured. while he al
! most despised his weekly son. who
!, loiterad about quiet wstering places
]. avo;ded snciatv. and would rather