Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-29
A ROYAL ROMANCE.
All for Love, or the World Well
Lost"

Lost"
Love" not only "laughs at lock-
smiths. but takes an especial delight
in girding at the old-world prejudice
of heralds, court marshals and ancient
dowagers, to whom the mere idea of
an admixture of the blood royal with
the "ignominious puddle stagnating
in plebeian veins is as a "rock of
scandal and stone of offense." The
blind god is ruthless iconoclast, an
inveterate remover of social land
marks, jealous deity, sternly intol-
Grant OF any worship save his own.
He plays the mischief with class dis
tinctions. casting his whimsical spells
alike over the exalted and the lowly,
in such sort that their life-destinies
are indissolubly fused by the glow of
mutual passion. Prince and peasant
are submissive to his sway; peer and
proletary obey his impulsive DEGREES,
which breathe fierce defiance of prec-
edent and anoble scorn of worldly con-
siderations.
How irresistible is the might of Eros,
when he deigns to put it forth with
divine strenuousness, may be gathered
from the Royal Romance lately re-
counted by our Vienna correspondent
The disclosure of this modern version
OF "All for Love, or the World Well
Lost, of which princen renunciant
OF mundane dignities is the hero, and
hospital nurse the heroine, has, we
are assured. excited much livelier in
terest in continental court circles than
the alternating probabilities of peace
and war which have exercised the
minds of European statesmen and
inanciers for several weeks past.
In these prosaic days of ours, when
the marriage dc convenience is no
longer an institution peculiar to the
noble and wealthy. its practical advan-
tages over the marriage de cGur''
having been largely recognized by the
industrial and trading classes, it is in
deed. refreshing, from the sentimental
point of view, to see one born in the
purple chivalrously running counter
to the most venerable and deeply-
rooted traditions of royalty, and un-
hesitatingly sacrificing titles. emolu-
ments and privileges of high birth in
order to gain his hearts desire. Not
less satisfactory to all these kindly
souls that sympathize with the trials
and SORROWS of Cupid's votaries, and
grieve over the cruel axiom that "the
course of true love never did run
smooth, is the circumstance that, in
this strange story of Prince Oscar of
Sweden and Miss Munck. the sternness
OF parental authority has yielded to the
fervor and consistency Of a mutual at
tachment.
Another pleasant feature of the tale
is the generous disinterestedness dis
played by both its principal personages
the royal youth, eager to resign his
prerogatives for ga pair of black
eyes," the untitled maiden, reluctant
to injure the temporal interests of the
object of her affections, and ready to
devote the remainder of her DAYS to an
obscure but useful calling, foregoing
happiness for her loved ones sake.
Old and young alike will rejoice that
30 pretty q romance. teeming with
tenderness and grace, free from sell
fishness and guile. and perfectly cred
table to all its characters, should be
destined to wind up happily. and that
the curtain should fall upon this touch
Ing love-drama to the merry sound of
pealing marriage bells.
"Once upoc a time mot long ago.
however-the granddaughter of al
mighty monarch, herself welded to
the heir apparent of regal throne,
numbered among her maids a young
lady OF bourgeois extraction and dow
eriess, but renowned for her rare
beauty. graceful bearing and fascinat-
ing charm of manner. This highly
attractive "demoiselle d'honneur -
was an orphan. and her deceased
father, Colonel Munck. of the Swedish
army. had left her no other inherit
ance than a spotless name. borne by
> long line of gallant soldiers Anx-
5ous to establish her in life. her friends
persuaded her to accept an offer Of |
marriage rendered to her by a wealthy
cavalry officer, and her wedding day
had been fixed. when she discovered
that her 6ance's affections had been |
bestowed upon another; whcreupon |