The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-18
How She Won an pcror

| A correspondent thus relates the romantic
way in which the Empress of Austria cap
tured her Emperor: The Empress Is the
Youngest daughter of Duke Macmillan DO
seph, of Bavaria, and sister Of the cx.Quecn
Sophia Of Naples. Francis Joseph was &c
have been ailianCcd TO the Princess Sophia
| to make The acquaintance Of whom lie went
to make visit to his uncle's castle OF Pos
senhoiIen, where his four young lady cousins
and been born and brought up. The Prin
cess Elizabeth then in her sixteenth year and
remarkably beautiful, was not TO have been
allowed to see the young Emperor, both be
cause on account Of her youth-she was not
supposed to be "Out''-and also because
being much handsomer than her sisters, the
willy Duke desired TO secure his imperial
nephew for his eldest daughter before the
former should have been allowed to catch
sight of his youngest as he felt very sure
that the hand of such beauty as she prom.
| ised to be would be sought far and wide
when it should be in the matrimonial mar.
kct. So the young lady was told that she
was TO stop with her gOyerncss, and not to
presume to show herself IN the drawingroom
during the visit of the Austrian cousin. But
being lively and spirited, and brimful of GU.
riosily to see the youthful Emperor who had
SO suddenly succeeded to the troubled but
brilliant crown of Austria, the Princess Eliz.
abeth cOntrived to give her attendants the
slip, and to hide herself in a corridor along
which the imperial guest, who had arrived
an hour before, and was then dressing III the
rooms set apart for his reception, would have
to pass in going to the banqueting hall. As
the young sovereign passed along this CORR
dor the Princess who was watching for him,
sprang cut of her hiding place, laughing at
the success of her vancouver, and crying
gayly: Cousin Franz! Cousin Franz!
wanted to see you, and they wouldn't let me,
and SO hid myself here to see you go by
1t appears that Cupld's bow, so innoccnly
beyond that qualification Of her curiosity to
see the grand young cousin, whose quality
as Emperor had excited her Imagination,
straight to the mark. The Emperor fell over
head and ears IN love with the gay and beau
tiful vision that had presented itself SO unat.
fectcdly before him. What passed between
the two young people has never transpired ;
but, few minutes later, the imperial guest
entered the drawingroOm with his cousin on
his arm, and presented her to the amazed
circle OF relatives and courtiers who were
awaiting his appearance, as "the Empress OF
Austria, my engaged wife The anger OF
the elder sisters is said to have been quite
lively, as was, perhaps, quite natural under
Inc circumstances. Inc young IT'hCeSs
dincd that day in the banqueting hall, seated
beside the Cousin Franz SO suddenly met.
amorphosed into his "mpcrlal spouse" and
the Duke, though yeXed for the disappolnt-
ment of his eldest daughter. hat. at least the
satisfaction Of having this splendid match
secured for his youngest. The marriage
took place when the Princess had reached
the mature age of sixteen, and all her hus-
bands subjects were enchanted with her
youthful beauty and her remarkable grace
! and kindness"