Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

weapon not 10 be QesplSed. Her letters to
the Princess Maria Isabella (Mrs. Perkins)
at this critical juncture were full of ardor
and expectation.
THE PRINCESS PLEADED FOR HIM,
With the proclamation of Alfonso as
King, December 90. 1874, Mr.. Perkins,
name was enrolled in the list of prescribed
persons by the new government at Madrid,
to which capital his wife went to re-establish
herself with the powers that were With
the prestige of her birth and the various ex-
cuses that could be offered on account of
her youth, as well as the friendship of Don
Francisco, the Kings father, the Princess
was not long in regaining the favor of the
court.
In the meantime Mr.. Perkins, who had
been left without resources in Paris, a prev
to persecution and the victim of deception,
lived life of mental torture and physical
discomfort Finally the prayers of his wife
prevailed with Alfonso and his advisors,
and Mr.. Perkins was allowed to join his
family at Madrid. He had served in a
debtors prison for obligations contracted
under authority from his royal patrons, and
otherwise had suffered ind1gnities which
would have disheartened q man of less for
titude.
The condescension which permitted Mr..
Perkins to once again take up his abode
with his wife and children was to some ex-
tent vain show. While those nearest 'fthe
fierce light that beats about the throne"
treated him deferentially. he found himself
in continual hot water, owing to the over
bearing nature of the Spaniards and their
distrust of him as foreigner and dislike
for him as an alien interloper. Every favor
he was accorded was at the cost of his self
respect. The naughty grandees who
swarmed about the person of the boy King
were possessed with envy that an American
could hold so exalted place, while they
were, as a rule, obliged to cool their heels in
the ante-chanbers.
CHARGES AGAINST PERKINS.
Every secret of the family, every dis
closure in politics written by correspondents
from Madrid to the Paris press was at
tributed to Mr.. Perkins. He escaped sew
eral times confinement or Punishment
through the intelligence and activity of his
wife in disproving the accusations which
his enemies lodged against him. His de-
parture from Spain-at least for a period
was decided on and hastened by the publ
cation in Paris newspaper OF private
letter he had addressed to a diplomatic
friend. This unwarranted infringement
upon a confidence heaped troubles On Mr..
Perkins, which made his condition unbear-
able. Surrounded with every luxury and
ostentation that such relationship as his
implied, he found, nevertheless, that per-
manent residence at the capital was incom-
patible with liberty and domestic duties. and
resolved. therefore. to withdraw until time
would be his intercessor.
More of a Bohemian than a courtier, he
severed his bonds-temporarily as far as
those of parental character were con-
cerned-and returned to America. Since
then Mr.. Perkins has occasionally re-
newed his acquaintance with the Span
iards, briefly visiting the country to see his
children.
CAREER OF THE HERO.
And now glance at the hero and heroine.
Mr.. Perkins was the son of a gentleman
farmer of Connecticut. He was sent TO
Paris for education when child. While
studying law his health gave way and he
went to Italy. He was at Naples when
summoned to America by the death of his