The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-11
THE mAcKEY-CoLoNNA MATCH.
Purely Love Anair-FIlthy Lucre No Factor

Purely Love Ahair-Filthy Lucre No FactOrs
Correspondence San Francisco Chronicle.
The match seems to me to be a purely love
one am very glad of this, for the days Of
youth are like the spring of the year-the sow
ing time of the seeds of happiness. Don Fern
ando and Miss Eva met for the first time last
winter, and the lives of both date from that day.
Ihelr original meeting was in Rome at the
house of friend with whom she and her aunt.
the Countess Telfener, were staying They liked
each other from the start. and her heart used to
nutter more than was its won't when along about
o'clock tea the gallant young prince presented
himself before the fair one who had so deeply
wounded him with her tender glances. What
followed was the same old story that
you married people know OF from
experience, and about which us miserable old
bachelors have read until our hearts become
hardened. Sometimes it was only glances and
sometimes sighs then one day, when she was
seated at the piano and he stood by her side
Cufnlngthe music their fingers touched, and that
seLtieo IL The Mackeys returned to Paris, and
IN the summer went out to their country palace
not far from the capital The prince followed
them, and so, too, did certain other one who
hoped to build real castles in Spain by means Of
an alliance with the rich Americaine He suc-
cceded in making fool of himself, and mon
prince very jealous. A duel was talked Of, and
then Mrs. Mackey and her daughter departed for
other chimes. When certain steamships had been
launched and baptized, Madam and Miss Eva
came back to this CITY, Very soon arrived letter
from Naples that called for a prompt answer
from the occupant of the mansion in the Rue
Tisit A lieutenant in the Italian army cannot
have congeS as often as he wants them any more
than can officers in other armies. His duty as
soldier detained Don Fernando down to Verona,
but his uncle, Prince Di Gataipo, came to the
assistance of the brave young man whom wicked
Cupid had thus dared to wound. The old prince
wrote a letter, in which he asked formally and
frankly the hand of Mrs. Mackey's daughter for
his nephew. To this madam replied that while
it was true that Mr. Mackey was not Miss Evas
father he had long since taken that paternal
place in her young and innocent heart. and as
her husband loved Eva very much she had for
warded the substance Of the princes letter to him
for his personal consideration.
She added, however, that she, her husband
and her daughter were all Americans, who loved
their country its institutions and especially its
matrimonial customs. Therefore, said she, it
would be quite out of the question to think of
arranging dot, or any other sort of wedding
portion, in advance, as is customary in Italy and
other continental countries. In other words, so
she observed, if his nephew, Don Fernando, per-
sisted in marrying ner daughter, it would have
to be a la Americana and he must not have any
''great expectations" To this the uncle prince
replied that neither he nor his nephew asked for
a single centissimo in the way of dot, that the
daughters hand and heart were quite enough.
He also wrote, in answer to Mrs. Mackeys OBJ
servation as to obtaining the consent of Mr..
Mackey, that if Miss Eva lost one father she
would gain another that he would be to her ell
that 1ather Snould De; JnaJ MS palace, tho
palace of his ancestors, should be her home, and
that all possible efforts would be made to make
her as happy as the day was long and her life as
bright and joyous as the sunny sky of Italy had
ever shone over. In due course of time letter
came from America containing Mr.. Mackey's
consent to this marriage. This good news was
forwarded to the Prince, who soon got leave of
absence from his regiment and hurried up to
Paris to throw himself at the feet of Miss
Mackay. At least suppose, he did this; if he
did not he is not the man that
take him to be. He would have been lack
ing in homage to one lovely beyond my
power of description, to one who is as good as
she is beautiful have heard people say that
Miss Eva Mackey is in i'll health; that she is too
delicate, or some other such remark; all contrary
to truth as it is to good taste. She is a young
lady of excellent health and with most noble
character She adores music, is fond of htera-
ture and the fine arts and loves her parents de-
votedly. She has great faith in her religion,
that of the Roman Catholic Church. l suppose
people have come to the conclusion that she is
an invalid because she never dances. She does
not dance because she does not like it: she does
not believe in it, and the reasons that she gives
for her disbelief are great deal better than
some of those which have heard uttered by
fanatical Presby terans.