St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-19
HER LOVE, NOT HER LUCRE.


have always an eye to the main chance.
HER LOVE, NOT HER LUCRE.
The Billing and Cooling nof q Golden
Girl aud a Prince With Il PedigPee.
Paris Letter in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Thousands of persons are doomed to great
disappointment, for the wedding of Miss Ev-
elyne Bryant-Mackay to Don Fernando Col
onna, Prince Di Galatro, is going to be a
very private affair. Miss Eva, as she is called,
is only daughter by adoption of Mr.. Mac
kay. Her father, DR.. Bryant, was her moth
er's husband. He lived for many years in
California. Miss Bryant-Mackay was born
in the Golden State some two and twenty
years ago. She came abroad with her moth
er and lived in Paris ever since. The full
name aud title OF the gentleman TO
whom our young and charming compItriot is
TO be united is Don fernando julien Colon
ma, Prince Di Galatro. He was born in 1858
and on the death of his uncle, Don Mare A n
tome Colouna, will succeed to the titles,
property and palace Of this, one Of the oldest
houses in Italy. The Colonnas, who have
always been a powerful, noble family, have
four lines reaching out from the ancestral
tree. One branch is the famous Roman
family, immensely wealthy and widely
known. As the old Coloana-Shgliano line,
to which our young Prince belongs, the Ro-
man branch is, however, Of less royal blood,
than is the Neapolitan house. The re sidence
Of Don Fernando's uncle Is 10 Naples, as
has been that of his ancestors for many GEN.
turtles. He and his are relatives of the roy
al Bourbous of Naples aud the two Sicilies.
The match seems TO me to be ID purely love
one. 1 am very glad OF this, for the days of
youth are like the spring Of the year-the
sowing time of the seeds of happiness. Don
Fernando and Miss Eva met for the first
time last winter aud the lives of both date
from that day. Their original meeting was
In Rome, at the house OF q friend with whom
she and her aunt, the Coun tess Telfener were
staying. They liked each other from the
start, and her heart used to futter more than
was its wont when along about O'Clock tea
the gallant young prince presented himself
before the fair one who had so deeply wound
ed him with her tender glances. What fol-
lowed was the same old story that you mar
ried people know Of from experience. Some
times it was only glances and sometimes
sighs; then one day when she was seated at
the piano and ne stood by her side turning
the music, their fingers touched and that
settled it.
The Mackays 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 Ameri-
cane. He succeeded in making a fool Of
himself and mon prince very jealous. a
duel was talked of and then Mrs. Mackay
md har far ~ har alfr
When certain steamships had been launched
and baptized Madame and Miss Eva came
back 30 this city. Very soon arrived letter
from Naples that called for a prom pit auswe
from the occupant of the mansion in the Rue
Tilsit. 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 a soldier detained Don
Fernando down at Verona, but his uncle,
Prince Di Galatro, came TO the assistance of
the brave young man whom Cupid bad thus
ared to wound. The old prince wrote a
letter. IN which ne asked formally and frank
Is the hand Of Mrs. Mackay's daughter for
his nephew. To this Madame replied that
while It was true that Mr. Mackay was not
Miss Eva's father, he had long since taken
that paterual place in her young and inno-
cent heart and as her husband loved Eva
very much she had forwarded the substance
OF the princess 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 es-
pecially its matrimonial customs. Therefore
said she, 1t would be quite out Of the ques-
ton 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
II his nephew, Don Fernando, persisted Ia
marrying her daughter II would have to be
Ia Americana aud he must not have any
''great expectations. To this the uncle
prince replied that neither he nor his nephew
asked for a single ceutissimo in the way OF
dot, that the daughters heart and hand were
quite enough. He also wrote In answer 10
MIRA. Mackay's observation as to obtaining
the consent Of Mr. Msckay, that IL Miss Eva
lost one father she would gain another; that
he would be 10 her all that a father should
be; that his palace, the palace OF his anets-
tors, should be her home, and that all posi-:
ble efforts would be made to make her as
happy as the day Is long and her life as bright
and Joyous as the sunny sky OF Italy had ev-
er shoue over.
In due course Of time letter came from
America containing Mr.. Mackay's consent TO
the marriage. This good news was forward
ed 10 the prince, who soon got leave OF alb
sence from his regiment aud hurried up to
Paris to throw himself at the feet Of Miss
Mackay.