The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-25

beautiful, when a certain James Murray,
a Scocth gentleman in the service of the
pope, arrived at the castle of CLAW to ask
for the hand of SobieSkis youngest
daughter for James Stuart, then styled
the Chevalier St. George. 1t is said that
the pope, who had an equal affection for
both young people, had long wished the
marriage, and even before the subject
was publicly mooted the Chevalier st.
George always wore round his neck a
miniature OF his future betrOthed.
The pope's envoy brought with him
quaint royal love letter, which doubtless
laid the foundation of the sincere and
loyal affection afterward borne 10 the
pretender by his wife Madame" ran
the epistle, the Incompatible graceS of
your person. the eminent qualities of your
wit and of your heart have long inspired
in me the truest admiration. May hope
that you will not repulse him who hopes
to heuceforth love you alone. My SUI
preme wish is to see you happy. Your
virtues will draw down divine benedic-
ton on my cause, and will redouble the
affection and ardor of my subjects"
But the young princess was destined TO
go through many perils and trials before
she finally met her lover. As it was OBJ
vious that the Chevalier st. George
could not come to seek her at CLAW, it
was arranged that the princess and her
mother should go to meet him at Bologna
George |, King of England, was then the
close friend and ally of the emperor Of
Austria, andalthOHgh Mary Clementina
and her mother Travelled inCognitO and
under an assumed name, they were both
arrested at Innsbruck. Meanwhile the
chevalier, who seemed by this time to
have worked himself to perfect frenzy
of affection for his unknown betrOthed,
suggested to her parents, her pontitical
godfather and herself the possibility of
her ping from her quasi imprisOu-
ment and making her way disguised to
Italy, where he could ultimately join her.
After much hesitation the little princess
consented to her lovers plan.
The couple were married in Venice.
From the day of marriage Mary Clemen-
tina bore the name of Queen Of England,
being always styled by the pope your
Majesty" She then entered the Crsuline
convent, and waited patiently for the re-
turn of her husband At last he came
back from his disastrous Spanish expedi-
ton to his faithful bride, and during their
all too short married life it is said that
he had but one reprOach to bring against
her-Of her exceeding piety and love of
God. To her two sons, Charles Edward,
the Young Pretender, and to the Duke of
York afteTWard cardinal to the Roman
Church, she was much devoted, and it
was owing to her efforts that they were
both brought up in the Roman Catholic
church rather than as Anglicans, which
their father would at one moment have
preferred.
The heroine of this romantic episode
died at The age of "a in a Roman convent.
CuriOusly enough her dead body was
treated in more queenly fashion than she
had ever been herself during her short
life, for although she had asked to be
buried in the Dominican habit her wishes
were disregarded, and around her corpse
was wound a purple mantle, while a gold
crowp was put on her brow; and 50, with
scepter in one hand and golden apple in
the other, Mary Clementina was buried
in ST Peters. the pope placing on the
stone which marked the spot