The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-01-14
NUMBER 30.
Romantic Ssory al " Co,1.fcsx.

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! The Empress Eucrui,.. ~. mattel. tn.. k.r
: OF t~o hrnii~lhcrrs. l"-. >ry,tl.-a Countess
! Na'entiue de- hiu.a,. t,rau,iIuI. .t,tI ;,,.d
! rich, 10 marry ihr Prrc. d, E,anificn...r.r.
| handsome. bad and i.,,r 1lt. only two
/ points "n which tie w" agreed ~ctr .,,4ld
| looks aud youth. This PROV, 4 Insufficient
/ Ia keep them Together The liIi.cc went
"n the Mexican oxitd d.ti,,ii : Iifc i.rirccSs
st"'d at home. ld Il Si,"ilc>> li''. and o-,-l,
/ h.n' long letters, which he uId not take. Tie
trouble IT, answer. When he rciu,n d she
| went I" lirr>t to meet him. Bu lac Lad
already ,taftcd to Paris. She Iur> ned hi,u
There, only a. iird thai lac had left fer his
chateau. lie wr"ie thence his first letter
to her. after an absence of two years. |.
was COMPRISED "f these touching words: :
Madame What have you done with
my shirts? l don't find them in tile ar
morie''
When !he two firaily met in Paris, IT was
orly Ia separate. Tie Prirce began a
Sc ndalous life. The Princess sued for a
separation. II t"'k hrI seven yeats tnc Gain
il. The French law does n,t ,tc.,rl,iz..
divoi CT. So Thai neiIIi,.r IaIty cpulL IDEALLY
marry again. even Hfter The sepaTaffoe de
c0rps had been drcrccd. Bur mca,iu Iiil,
the Prince s. had fallen ia love With Prince
George Bibc>c", "f Moldavia, Wallachia.
and was bound L. many him. Having Il @
will. she found tie way. A very devious
way u WAS. She moved to Dresden aud
had herself naturhiz,-d as Il Saxon. Then
she got AN absolute divorce from "A Dtesdcu
count. There was no obstacle To- her civil
marriage. out>id" of France But "A r,li-
cinus difficulty remained. Tie Catholic
church repudidies divurce. The Ppi,e
would not sanction Iemarl iacr The
Princess de Peauffiem"It received lac news
calmly, aiJuled R"manI>In fnthwiIh. and
joined tle 1Ierk chuIch. The Greek pIics.
at Dresden, q native Russian, baptized her
aud said h- Mould I.eIfnrm the marriage
service for her, provided the emperor of
the Russias would give his consent That
por"ui;'ie had :he ease laid before him.
and made no ubjrctiun. Everything Was
legal. as far H. Russian laws and Gicez
Catholic rules wrIe concerned. The re-
l%i"us maIIiag" nas PROMPTLY reformed
III Dresden, and The civil marriage follnMGd
it at the Nailachi;,n legation in Paris.
The Russian minister attended lie ceIe-
m"ny and sIgn,d IEe contract. AID vet
the Princess Bihesco is still tie Princess
Bcau!frrmunt in France FIench law and
Catholic law give her one u.lard tile
Greek church and ih. rest uf Europe give
her another. She is the wife Of two men.
Her position in Fiaucp is unique. Size
i, liable To prosecution fnr hig amy. and can
be, it is said, cXIrddiied from any oiher
civilized country e." Which She u,ay fee.
Her first husband eau take Iusscs>i,,n of
their TWO cl.id en-. even &c lhc halter should
wish To remain with their mutLrr. If she
has any children 10y her second husband,
they viii be legally known 10y tile name uf
De Bcaulii cnnui, not B b,scn. If the
counts should giant tlsm The latter mairP,
it would MAKE them illegitimaIe and nica-
lable of inl'eriilng any pant of their mnih-
eI's immense fniiune. Finally. If Madame
b. B. should ever decide G." 60 back 10 the
first r.. the second would be helpless. 81
this wifi, has The choice, in France, of two
husbands. Possibly lolyandry is intro
duccd upon the soil If Europe CAicd. o
Tribune.