Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-12

ticH Of his royal hishaess when he
came in the character of sutton. He
imagined thar he had been in-used In
London and buried back 70 Paris
20 forget bis modification in the
society of Miss Cook, then
bearing a more cuphdhious nom
de gucrrc. She and he soon
after went 70 Tho Hague 10 become
man aud wife. The kingof the Meth
erlands himself fell in love with her,
aud gave her an estate in America.
Petroleum dubbed up on the estate
and made the beautiful Eliza one of
the richest women of her period.
Crown Jewels were flung into her lap.
Her equipaee became a deeper orange.
The prince, in whose honor she had
first adopted that snowy color, re-
nounced the land of his birth and
came to amuse himself in Paris. He
determined only to go back to live in
The Hague as king. He had an eye
for feminine beauty, and so had his
illustrious sire. The clash of flial
and paternal rivalry drove the heir
into furious tantrums, inasmuch as
victory was invariably on the side of
the crown.
The Prince of Orange harbored no
malice against the Murat family for
the trick which had been played 0 n
him in their interest. If his father
had agreed he would have taken the
the Princess Ann for his wife, and he
found much solace in her pleasant
company for his love disappointments.
a place was kept for him at her break
fast table when she became Duchess
dc MOuchy. At the hunting PARTIES
at her chateau in the discs, he often
appeared. Her children pulled his
mustache, aud he called Miss Fraser
who gave him excellent advice that
a not taken" my aunt The
princess Mathilde's was another house
that he liked when there was no arts
tic gathering at it.
Six or seven years ago the Prince of
Orange again seriously contemplated
matrimony. lie had been visiting his
mothers people at Stuttgart, whence
he went to pay a visit to the Neip.
pergs, to one Of whom her only sister
was married. There he met a Hun
garian lady, a young widow of roman.
tic tastes and poetic aspect. The
in which he aud she were visit
UfS was Oh the edge of a lake in
Austria. Moonlight boating parties
were a fayoTitO pastime. Tsiganes
played in a chalet on an island. The
haxen-haiYe widow sang divinely.
The prince pressed her to ay from tile
world with him. She replied that she
would prefer TO go publicly with him
to The Hague, and be taken there by
him in presence of the court for bet.
ter or for worse. TO The Hague he
went, but without her, to prepare the
way for her. Dutch law, it was found.
did not stand in the way Of a mesal
lance. Diplomacy came to the res
cue OF the king and queen, who agreed
in refusing TO accept the Hungarian
widow as a daughter in law. II was
discovered that she was poor, aud in
love with and Austrian officer, who was
glad to espouse her for the dowry
which the king of the Netherlands
sent to her.
II was the settled determination of
the Prince of Orange to repair the
Injury done 20 Nine Santierre by the
Cafe d'0rslye- clandre, whenever her
husband died or a divorce law was
passed By the French chambers. She
looked forward to being the queen
Of Holland. As she was likely to
have retained her influence over her
royal lover. it is, perhaps. a good
thing for the Dutch hat be was called
away premafqFelY,