The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-06

sympathy were shown by tho natives
{ and the numerous bathing population
at this new trial ofthe aoyal family at
tle very moment when the Austrian
alliance was about to be made public.
The King and royal family awaited in
pltorla tho transfer of tho remains to
the Escurial, where the body was
placed in the pantheon Of the Spanish
| princes, not far from tho chapel of
| Queen Mercedes.
Immediately after tho mournful
ceremony tho King, with tho royal
family, the Princess of Aeturias and
the two Younger lnfantas surviving,
and with their rctinue, set out for the
royal country scat Of La Granja dc San
, lldcionso. The road comes down q
very steep slope, in Il zig-zag, through
seven turninSs, called Las Sietc Rcvu-
cltas, winding right and left at very
sharp angles. The distance from,
Villalba or.Escural to La Grania is
travelled over by the diligcnccs in five
or six hours, but the King, who is
young and hccdlosss Of danger, by re-
lays ofhorscs ut very short stages, con-
triyos TO get over the distance in two
and half and even two hours. The
seven tnrnings are ut all times trial
on tho travellers nerves, especially as
the drivers come down hill with the
same teams of eight or ten horses or
mules with which they toll UP the
ascent, thus rendering the rounding of
the sharp corners an extremely ticlilish
operation. The King was returning in
light chaa-a-bonc, drawn bv six
horses, with some twelve or fifteen
persons Of his suite seated beside him,
On going round the last but ono of tho
seven turnings one Of the hind wheels
flew OIL, tho carriage broke down and
those seated OIL the foremost bank
the King, General Echague, command
CT Of the Royal Halberdicr Guard, land
othcrs-wcrc thrown Oh the ground.
The position who who had charge of
tho leaders, with a happy presence of
mind, turned sharp to The right to-
ward the hill and stopped thus the
hcadlong course Of the carriage, which
| would otherwise have been wholly
overturned aud thrown down the
! prccipicc on the left. When The crash
| was over and the cloud OF dust had
cleared it was found that tic King law
on the ground with his right shoulder
diSlocatcd and half smothCrcl bv the
weight of tho Marchioncss Of SGDcrun-
ia, the lady in waiting to the Princess
OF Austuria, very bulky person,
whose dress was torn to tattcrs by The
violence OF her fall. General Eciauuc
had also his right shoulder disocatcdi
The Kings face was bleeding; it was
| not at first clear whether from the
mouth or the nose. Two doctors-thc
Marques of San Grcgorio and Senior
AltOnSo-Were in the carriage with
the King; they had neither medicines
nor instruments about them, but, with
the aid Of the bystantlcrs and the scafs
Of some Of the mounted forcstcrs of the
suite, they bandagcd the arms and
shoulders of the sufferers, and mes
scrger was sent Oh to La Granja for
fresh convevanccs.
Under very sad auspices, therefore,
did Alfonso start for Arcachon to WOO
Christine. Few places could have
been found more appropriate for his
courtship. The Villa Bcllcgarlc is
situated in the pine woods Oh the
downs behind Arcachon, and it is one |
of the prcttiest Of the many villas in
the Vile dIlivcr, which was created
less than fifteen years ago.
Archduchcss Christine proposed that
the first Interview should be in the
Casino, and be ostcnsibly Il chance
mectin|. 1t dill not di,ouodo her
when sl,o ,r..s informed that no sub |
scribcr could bccxcludcd for hcr con-
vcnicncc, and that many of the ladies
subscribing were OF le monde CONNIE
u n'en t"M pas. Ale nso put an end
to the difficulty she had raised by, the
moment he had had time to dress after
ms Journey, Fastening to the Villa
Bcllcgardc to pay visit. lie repre-
sentcd himself as being in too great
haste to see the object Of his affections
not to, III this ms ,cc, disregard her
Will. In making her this assurance he
bent low over hand and kissed it. This
handsome behavior dissipatcd all re-
serve and pique. 1t was dusk. The
King proposed turn in the garden
The Archduchcss consented, and her
stcpmothcr and all tho Austrian and
Spanish courticrs, rs had been no
doubt agreed beforehand among them,
remained in the drawing room. The
delights Of loves .young dream the
King enjoyed again amid artificial
Dloom and aromatic shrubbcrics. He
ana ms iilamoratn were seen walking
hand in hand. u tender speech, doubt-
less was made, and a corresponding an
s"cf returned. When the happy pair
rc-cntcrcd the villa, Christina, who
had an engaged ring on her finger,
lcu the monarch to her stepmothcr,
whom she thus addressed in French:
81 have the honor, madame, to pre-
sent to YOU my future husband" AL
1onso gallantly kissed the hand of the
Archduchcss Charles, who, he hoped,
would accept from him the duty of a
son.
Alfonso was delighted with his
Hancce. lie wrote SO warmly in her
praise to his mother that Queen Isa-
bella hastcncd to issue an invitation to
Christine to spend a few days in Paris.
Accompanied by her mother, the
Archduchcss arrived there incognito
one September afternoon. That same
evening Queen Isabella, impatient to
see tho atlianccd bride of her son,
called on tho Archduchcss, accompa-
nied by the MARQUIS dAlta Villa. A Q