The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-03
LOVE- rNDEn PALACE nooFs.
Royal Marrying aad Giving in Mar
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Even the loftiest social regions are
not free from matrimonial storms.
Only the other week a princes house
hold went TO pieces as suddenly as any
brokers' could have done. The affair
has been kept very quiet, but neyerthe-
less am able TO relate the story TO
your readers.
The husband. the son of the de-
throned king Of Hanover, who died in
Paris, sent his wife, the daughter aud
sister OF reigning kings, back TO her
family, and this, too, at a time when
she had but recently presented him
with a child. The illnstrious couple
were married less than two years ago.
The wife, Marie Sophie, Princess Of
Saxe-C oburg-Gotha, Is, according Ia
Nine. de Metternich, ''la princesse Ia
mieux ct la plus elevec de Europe. -
Indeed, her extraordinary height threat
ened 10 make an old maid OF her, when
n day n prince came along who was
taller by several inches than herself,
and, moreover, had a very pretty for
tune OF his own, and was not disposed
TO be exacting in the matter OF the dot,
80 these two royal highnesses were
welded. For the first month all went
well. The princess is witty and charm.
ing. She paints with talent, and is n
fine musician. II she does not enthrall
your eyes, she knows how TO capture
your ears. In short she Is a delightful
companion. The prince is n man who
can appreciate these accomplishments.
II was thought the Almdnach dc Golad
had chronicled another happy royal
marriage. Presently II was announced
that the princess was about To become a
mother. Unhappily, the baby proved
10 be a girl. This was q bitter disap-
pointment for the prince, and the first
link in the conjugal chain was broken.
The prince WAS not gentleman enough
TO conceal his chagrin. lie went 50 far
us to address bitter speeches to his wife,
who, having a sharp tongue OF her own.
answered them as they deserved TO be
answered. In n little while this prince
ly household resembled that whose In.
terror is so comically displayed in the
first act Of IA Boule," at the Palais
Royal. The tempest was In the air; IL
only needed an anonymous letter To
%precipitate 1t. From this letter the
prince learned that, in fancying him
self his wife's first love, he had been
cherishing m Illusion. While still a
young girl at the court of her father,
she had cast favoring eyes on n brilliant
gentleman, the Count de R., and
things had gone $ far that, to cure her
OF this fancy, her mother took her to
Switzerland, where they spent n whole
season in travel. The writer Of this
mischievous letter invited the prince To
satisfy himself rs To its truthfulness.
and indicated the means Of doing so.
What man or woman was cowardly
enough 10 commit this scoundrelly nc.
ton don't know; what | do know is
that the prince did not disdain TO act
upon the ANONYMOUS letter. lie made
Inquiries, and their result Infatuated
him. lie went on in such a WAY that
the princess, one fine night, slipped out
and took the first express train for her
fathers capital. The prince set out
soon after for Italy, with the intention
Of afterward spending some time in the
Orient. The affair is so recent that |
suppress the names.
These early love affairs among ou,
young princesses are a good deal NOR,
common than is generally supposed
The Grand Duchess Olga, OF Russia,
now Queen OF wurtemberg, became SC
much int rested in NJ. Brcssant. In,
elegant amour cur of the Comedie Fran,
caise, then playing in st. Petersburg
that the Emperor Nicholas, her papa
had to send the too fascinating actor
across the frontier. II Is no secret fol
any n in English society that Prin
cess Louise, to-day Marchioness o.
iorne, and Princess Mary, OF Cam
bridge, ut present the Duchess OF Teck
had idyllic ilirtations, when they wer,
young girls. with two gentlemen of dis
tinction at the court OF Queen Victoria
Everyone remembers the romantic mas
ala. - I..z-