The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-03-04

gaining six months respite. During
| these six months the course of true love
ran in grooves, and the two young folks
became still more tenderly and devotedly
attached. The state wedding, however,
came up again as a near probability. The
prince set out for Paris to stave off the
event, and finally, finding there was
nothing to be hoped from delay, he sent
word for tho lady TO be ready at Ger.
tain time for the ceremony which would
give him wife and lose him possible
crown.
MARRIED TO THE GIRL or HIS CHOICE.
Coming back to st. Petersburg, the
father requested Alexis to prepare for
! the betrothal ceremony. The Prince re-
fused. He declared himself willing to
abdicate such rights as he held under the
empire, but demanded the liberty which
the poorest Russian has, Of marrying the
girl of his choice-that is if the girl will
| ing. The Emperor dismissed him in dis
grace, and expecting severe discipline,
the Prince went straightway to take ad-
vantage of what might be his only oppor-
tunity, He planned his campaign dis
creetly, and in week was married to
the girl of his heart, in the indissoluble
formula of the Greek Church. The cere-
mony ended, he took train incognito with
his wife, and at the frontier sent cards to
his family. The Car instantly sent cour-
iers after him, ordering him to return,
but on foreign territory the Prince is his
own master, and cannot be compelled to
return, as in the good old times, when if
one King did MT help another he had to
fight. During heautumn and early win
ter the Duke has been touring with his
wife, bringing up finally in Dresden,
where, within a week, they nave taken
modest villa on Berg Strasse, and gone
to housekeeping in charmingly simple
way.
Dresden aristocracy was in u fever over
the arrival when it was known that the
Grand Duke was really here-a fact first
made known by the presence of fifty
trunks, belonging to the Princess, at the
Hotel Bellevue. Official Dresden held
aloof. 1t must first be seen what the
King would do and say. The King of
Saxony is particular person. So far as
power goes he is not great. SaXOny has
perhaps three millions of people, but
what the kingdom lacks in the prestige
of power it makes up in the stiffness, ex
Cusiveness, and prodigious .punctilio Of
the court. A Ieft. handed recognition was
finally accorded the runaway. The
Grand Chamberlain called on the Grand
Duke. There was nothing said about the
Grand Duchess, mind you. Alexis re-
fused to be seen on such terms. He had
sent his cards to the King, as is the Gus
tom of princes arriving in the dominion
Of friendly potentates, and the Grand
Chamberlain should have brought cards
from the Queen as well as the King. A
truce was patched up by the King calling
in person, the young people capturing
him by their youth and good looks.
THEIR MARRIED LIFE.
Meantime the young people enjoy bur-
CHER life very evidently. They ride about
and walk about when the weather per-
mits, and look as happy as the fabled
doves, The cares of the household don't
seem to trouble Mrs. Alexis She comes
out in charming Partisan costume daily,
her golden hair hanging over her shoul-
ders in girlish carelessness. With light
blue eyes and creamy complexion, she
looks hardly seventeen, and is only nine
teen, while the prince is twenty-four.
The Russian Court has been doing every
thing to drive the young man home,
where the proper machinery NAV be set
in motion to annul the marriage. Re-
quests have been made on all foreign
Governments to refuse the Grand Duke
official recognition while under the ban
OF the Car. There is an almost insupera-
Bile difficulty, however, in the way to an
/ n ,ument of the marriage, as the Greek
Church allows no divorce. tits supposed
that the Gar, as the head of the church,
will take the responsibility of declaring
the rite void, if he can bring his son to
consent, but even this power is held in
debate by those who understand the re-
lat on3 of the Church to the State in
RUSSIA.
The family of Mrs. Alexis are enor-
mously rich, andif yearnings for place do
not come to the young man, he need have
NJ misgivings now for tie future. His
tather-in-law gives the bride colossal
dowry, and so far as money goes the
match might rejoice the most worldly of
parents. Even in the event of a recon-
ciliation, the wife cannot be received ac-
cording to her husbands rank at the i'm
7 erial court, an obstacle which would be
apt to keep the couple in seclusion, un-
less they can make up their minds to the
annoyances which the Marquis of Lorne's |
marriage has brought upon him. All
things considered, as the thing stands
the Grand Duke, even without formal |
reception into the imperial family, has,
as chessmen say, the best of the board
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