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graphed to an undertaken in that city
to forward the body to her. This
was apparently done, and in u
time a box enclosing an elaborate
coffin which in its turn was supposed
to contain the body of the maiden,
arrived.
Just as the ceremonies OF the funeral
were about to begin the mother in
sisted upon having the coffin opened,
which was done forthwith, and. in
place of the young girl, there was
found the body of an old Russian
military officer. dressed in uniform,
decked off with medals, and holding
a naked sword in his hand.
kilograms were Immediately dis
patched to Nice, and it was learned
| that the bodies had been mixed up;
the maiden had gone to Smolensk
instead of Potsdam.
Then Smolensk was wired and the
Russian authorities were i~nterrogated
in every direction. Today an answer
came saying that the body of the
young lady had been duly buried with
full military pomp and circumstances,
and a general holiday had been en-
joyed in the town to do reverence to
what was supposed to be the officers
nlCAlOI1. A0 " w a. tAO
Russian, is To- pulling the widow.
An Arch Duckling.
The missing Johann Orth (Arch-
duke John SALVADOR is a nephew of
the Prince of Capua, with something
Of his taste for romantic adventures
and courtships. Here is a letter writ
ten when he was a young lieutenant
of Hussars to a young lady of whom
he became enamored as she was COM
ing in a Lloyd's steamer from Port
Said to Trieste:-
Most darlingest OF angel girls-I
must lavish on you terms OF endear-
Inent. You are my lovliest love, mia
cara carissima, ma petite cherie. my
own sweet rose OF Kent. / thought
myself often in love before / had the
happiness to meet you, but was mis-
taken. You fill my soul as nobody
else has ever done. l am in despair
at being told that / must not pay you
further attention. My imperial rank
stands in the way, say you and your
honored mother, of eourtship pour le
bon motif. 1t should, did Inot real
ize the utter vanity OF being penned
up with u tribe of seventy relatives on
an isolated peak. l hate my position,
and am determined to live as q man
should, and not like a poor creature
who must be spoon-fed from the
cradle to the grave.
1T depends on you whether | shall
go on as AN arch duckling' or not.
You spoke OF the sad life of Penny
Smith. Yes, it was a sad one; but
why? The Prince of Capua h aid not
the manliness 10 go to work for a liv-
ing for himself and his wife. My cour-
age is equal to emigrating TO Aus
tralia where | am sure | shall fall on
my feet. l could be a manager OF a
theatre, a teacher of French, German,
Italian, or the curator of a 0 or bo-
tanical garden, or / could be a riding
master, or a stock rider. Without go
ing so far as Australia, | might get
married in Italy to the girl OF my
| choice. l was born a Tuscan, and the
statutes of the Grand Ducal family
are o dead letters there. As you
can never be an archduchess. / shall
be only too happy to cease TO be arch
duke, but hope ever to be counted
your darling arch duckling.'
JOHANN
-or since you like my soft Italian
name, Giovani-but not on any ac-
count dom juan
The young lady's honored mother
brought her to see that an archduke
working for a living would be as sorry
a creature as a drenched fowl. Better
to marry a low-born mechanic and
emigrate with him to Australia. She
had the good sense 10 point out that
the Archduke was like abolting horse
and had a trick of getting the bit be-
tween his teeth. If he were taken at
his word by his Kent rose, she might
expect him to repent. In any case the
Imperial family would have nothing
to do with her. As she was balancing
in her Mid what to do a rich brewer
made her an offer, which she accept
ed. Johann did not break his heart.
but she takes to herself the fiattering
junction that if she had run away with
him to Italy or the Antipodes, he
would not have been the wild fellow
that he turned out.-Pd7is Letter IN
London Truth.
Find Time for recreation.
She who gets discouraged on the
road, and gives up the attempt in
despair, returning to the common
round of domestic duties, because she
cannot make time" for her music or
reading. for her writing or drawing.
deserves sympathy-but not too
much. By firmness and management
of her work she could make a little
time now and then for the things that
lie nea her heart. And perhaps the
fact that some other has tried
and succeeded may induce her 10 try
it, too.
Whether there will not be some time
a better system of accomplishing
housework than the present mixed
up and often aimless style. methods
that will enable a wona to finish her
work occasionally leaving time for