The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-07
RIO YAL Love.


in London; having Travelled under nv
escort. WIS fortunate enough to find
u home for her. IN the hnusc ct a lady
who had been my mothers oldest and
dearest friend.
We were separated, II few dNs after
ward, b, the distressing news which
reached me uf the state OF INV brothers
health. went at once to his house In
tie country. His medical attendants
lmd lost all hope ot saving him; they
told me plainly that hs release from a
life ui suffering was urur ut hand.
While ! was still In attendance ut his
bedside. | heard from tho secretary. lie
inrluscd u letter. directed tu mc in u
strange handwriting. opened the en-
yelopc, aud luuhed for the signature.
Ny friend had cuirappcd into send
Ing me AN HnuuN nous letter.
Besides addressing me- in French IA
language never used IN my experience
at the legatiun). the writer disguised
the identity of lhcpcrsuus mcniiuncdhy
the use of classical names. IN spite of
these precautions, | felt no difficulty In
arriving ut n conclusion. MY CORE
spOndents special knowledge Of Court
secrets, and her malicious way of com
munlcating them, betrayed the Baron
ess.
translate the letter; restoring to the
persons who figure in II the names nm
der viii ch they are already known. The
writer began in these satirically familiar
terms:
when you left the Princes domin-
ions, my dear sir, you no doubt believed
yourself To he II free agent. quite
mistaken You were mere puppet and
the strings that moved YOU were pulled
by the Doctor.
Let me tell you how.
con certain night, which you well
remember, the Princess was uneNpcCt-
edly summoned to the presence of her
father. His physicians skill had sue.
ceeded in relieving the illustrious Prince,
PROSTATE under nervous miseries. lie
was able to attend to state affair of
Importance, revealed to him by the
DOctOr-who then for the first time ac-
knowledged that he had presented him
self at Court in n diplomatic, rs well rs
in medical capacity.
"This state affair related to proposal
for the hand of the Princess, received
from the Grand Duke through the au-
thOriZed medium of the Doctor. Her
llighness, being consulted, refused to
consider the proposal. The Prince ask
ed her for her reason. She answered,
i have no wish to be married. Natur-
ally irritated by such ridiculous ex-
cuse, her father declared positively that
the marriage should take place.
"The impression produced on the
Grand Dukes favOrte and emissary
was of different kind.
Certain suspicious of the Princess
and yourself, which you had success
fully contrived to dissipate, revived i'm
the Doctors mind when he heard the
lady's reason for refusing To marry his
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regret that he had suffered himself to
be misled by cleverly managed appear
ances. lie could not recall the favor
able report which he had addressed to
the Duke-Or withdraw the proposal Of
marriage which he had been command
ed To make.
In this emergency, the one safe
| course open to him was to get rid of
| You-and, at the same time, so to handle
| circumstances as to excite against you
the pride and anger of the Princess. In
the pursuit of this latter object he was
assisted by one of the ladies in waiting,
sincerely interested in the welfare Of
her gracious mistress, and therefore
ardently DESTROYS of seeing her High
ness married to the Duke.
"A wretched old French cons orator
was made the convenient pivot on which
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AN order for the arrest of this foreign
republican having been first obtained,
the Prince was prevailed on to extend
his distrust of the Frenchman to the
Frenchman's niece. You know this al
ready; but you don't know why it was
done. Having believed from the first
that you We're really in love with the
young lady, the Doctor reckoned CON
lidently on your devotingyourse to the
protection of friendless girl, cruelty
exiled at an hours notice.
"The one chance against us was that
tender considerations, associated with
her llighness, might induce you to hest
tate. The lady in waiting easily moved
this obstacle out of the way. She alb
stained from delivering u letteraddress
ed to you, intrusted to her by the Prin-
cess. When the great lady asked why
she had not received your reply, she was
Informed quite truly that you and the
charming opera singer had taken your
departure together. You may imagine
what her Ilighness thought of you, and
said of you, when | mention in concll-
sion that she consented, the same day
to marry the Duke.
$50, Mr.. Ernest, these clever pc nile
tricked you into serving their interests
blindfold. In relating how it was done
hope may have assisted youth form
ing correct estimate of the state OF
your own intelligence. You have made
a serious mistake in adopting your pres
ent profession, Give up diplomacy
and get farmer to employ youin keep
ing his sheep"