The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-15
HOW SHE WON AN EMPEROR.

| correspondent thus relates the romantic way
| In which the Empress OF Austria cap ured hel
| Emperor. The Empress is the youngest daughter
| Of Duke Maximilian Joseph, OF Bavaria. and sis.
ter Of the ex-Queen Sophia, of Naples Francis
Joseph was to have been affianced 10 the Princess
| Sophia, to make acquaintance with whom he
went to make visit to his uncle's castle of Pos
senhoffen, where his four young lady cousins had
been born and brought up.
The Princess 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 sup
posed to be 'Out"-and also because, being much
handsOmer than her sisters, the willy Duke de-
sired 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
promised to be would be sought far and wide
when it should be in the matrimonial market
So the young lady W, told that she was to stay
with her goverless, and not to presume to show
herself in the DRAWN room during the visit of
the Austrlsn cousin But being lively, spirited
and brimful of curiosity to see the
youthful Emperor, who had so suddenly sue
ed d to the troubled but brilliant crown Of Aus
tria, the Princess Elizabeth conrived to give her
attendants the slip, aud to hide herself in cor
rider, along which the Imperial guest, who had
arrived an hour before, and was then dressing for
dinner IN the rooms set apart for his reception,
would have to pass in going to the banquetmg
hall AS the young sovereign passed along this
S0NNNNo-
sprang out Of her hiding place, laughing at the
success other maneuver, and crying gayy, cousin
Franz! Cousin Franz wanted to see you, and the
wouldn't let me and hid myself here to see you
go by. 1t appears that Cupfds bow, 80 lnnocently
shot off by the merry girl. who had no thought
beyond the qualification OF her curiosity to see |
the grand young cousin, whose quality as Empe- |
ror had excited her imagination, went straight |
to the mark. The young Emperor fell deeply in |
love with the gay and beautiful vision that had |
presented itself so unaffectedly before him.
What passed between the two young people has |
never TRANSFERRED; but few minutes alter, the |
Imperial guest entered the drawing room with
his young cousin on his arm, and presented her
to the amazed circle OF relatives and courtiers
who were awaiting his appearance as "the EN-
press OF Austria, my engaged wife"
The anger of the elder sisters is said to have
been quite lively as was, perhaps, quite natural
under the circumstances. The young Princess
dned that day in the banquet1ng hall. seated be-
side the "Cousin Franz so suddenly metamor-
phosed into her Imperial spouse" and the Duke,
though yexed for the disappointment Of his eldest
laughter, had at least the .tisfactlon of having
his splendid match secured for his Youngest
The marriage took place when the princess had
cached the mature age of sixteen, and all her
husbands subjects were enchanted with her
youthful beauty and her remarkable grace and