The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-31
How Mars and Cupid Combine to Join Humap
HeartS---Some Love Stories Of
Famous Fighters.
'anpous Fighters.

and handSomer rival Is not much consoia-
ton to man before or after he has been
blown into splinters for the good OF his
country by the enemy's dynamite. AS 1t
was, the fair Virginia was obdurdte. she
did not wish to marry her fathers friend,
and she would marry the fascinating Span
lard. Her father, who was wise. grumhled
little but when he found his daughter
mind made I'D withdrew his opposition 20
her marriage with the foreigner After
ALL the only thing he could find 10 the
Young mans discrcdit WAS that hes had NOT
been born under the Stars and Stripes. and
for this he could not well hold nsm fespoa-
sble,
The Countess Brunette is now the Ouch
ess d'Arcos and graces the court OF her
majesty Queen Christina. While her old
time lover is squaIing up accounts oS max
ing it decidedly uncertain whether he an
cestral glories Of the DArcos Will soon
have a court to grace.
Then there Is Admiral Cervera. II is
rather difficult 10 imagine that rather fat.
commonplace looking old Spaniard lifting
soft lays 10 the languishne music of a
guitar under the window of fair inamoFatas
( or writing broken-winged verses TO a lady
Hus Or eyebrows Old Kentucky makes a
picturesque background for romance. and
the compiler If Admiral ccryera's passion
/ ate love story was most happily gifted
{ either i'm facts or Imagination. with tiery
/ devotion" says the chro0icler. che poured
! his whole soul al the feet ~ this queeny
/ daughter of the fair southland. The mar
u1is'' the historian goes on IN relate.
/ knew his powers and left unused art
! q fascination which would make the heart
/ Of The chsrmer his own. she was the
/ daughter Of Congressman Turner, OF Ken
/ lucky, and then a belle OF Washington 50
j ciety Even for a kentuckian. however.
/ the Marquis de Cervcras wo0nc was 4 bit
| tropical Once the marquis who was then
| a military attache at the Spanish legation.
made a feast and. bidding all Washing
/ ton come. after moDopoiizing every dance
| which the fair Kentuckian would spare
| him. ended the evening by proceeding 10
/ go down 0n0n his knees and declaring his
/ euneful accompaniment Of "A guitar. The
! admiral was very fond of music n those
/ days-not the kind the guns Of Santiago
/ gave him. Miss Turner was naturally in
dignant. blTf the Spanidyd was 80 absorbed
in his love song that he di3 not notice that
When he had finished the rapturoue
Audaisian dltty The marquis cast him
self AT the lady's feet or where they had
/ heen. for the lady had sailed. much n
/ ceused, from the room. Broken-hearted
/ ne gathered together his possessions and
! his damaged heart and two weeks after
/ departed for Spain. Miss Turner is now
Mrs. W T. Abrams. the wife Of LEADING
fourteen years. considered a great beauty
! A fmiTa| fterVera In time s9aced himself
with a Spanish bride.
The romance Of Young NJ - Laura VIII
Jams and Gen. y ss3~v Merritt. the mill,
iarr governor of the Philippine islands. l.
a story tha: has awakened widespread In
fsresf. owing % ae popularity u she dis
tingn.shed officer. Miss Williams l. one
Of me bel,es Of Chicago where Gen Mer.
rte was stationed FOR some years snf
first knew rer AZ child Gen Merritt f.
a wi3ower OF 81, she q girl a little over %
They VIII be married when the war i.
over
Admiral Sampson, who bas In his owr
case twice found the course % true lovs
10 r7la smoothly. SCI 20 excellent an *
ample ~ i husband that 40 Of Ms daugh
ters have married naval officer, Tie nov
has "A very charming romance IL his owT
family. His lovely young daughter, Nils