Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-07-11
WEYLER'S ROMANTIC MARRIAGE
His Wife Was Only a Humble Peas
ant Beauty.

His Wife Was Only a Humble Peas
ant Beauty.
A very pretty little romance sur
rounds the wooing and wedding OF
Gen. Weyler, SPANS most bloodthirsty
officer.
Weyler's marquise is not her hus-
bands equal in birth. Royal blood
flows through his veins, though not
from sanctioned source His wife is
peasant born and peasant reared,
though no woman in SPANS proud
court holds her head higher or moves
with better grace than the Marquise of
Teneriffe, who may one day share the
throne of dictator of Spain.
Weyler is a native of the BaleariC
isles. His services during the Carlist
earned for him the lieutenant colonelcy
of crack infantry regiment, one of
the show regiments on service at the
Spanish court. All the officers were
noble, and the social set in which they
moved was the most exclusive in the
kingdom.
TWenty-fOur hours before the cere-
mony every officer in his regiment re-
ceived an urgent request in writing to
meet Lieut.-Col. Weyler at the door Of
the Cathedral of the Holy Cross the
next day. The lieutenant commander
gathered them about him on the side
walk, and without preface made them
this little speech:
Brother officers, none of my people
know that [ am to be married this
morning. l did not tell them for rea-
sons of my own, mainly because l de-
test useless dicussion. But I was not
going to the altar on my wedding day
unless accompanied thither by my good
comrades. So ask you to stand by
me as witnesses and friends. And I
want you to take note of what I shall
do when the officiating priest shall
have united me to my young BRIDE"
Then Weyler abruptly lead the way
into the church. Kneeling at the al
tar, with only one attendant, was a
beautiful young girl.
Gentlemen, my future wife" said
Weyler; will you do me the honor to
witness our marriage?"
The full religious ceremony was gone
through with, and the officers signed
the register as witnesses.
Weyler took his wife's arm and led
her to neighboring convent, the Off
GERS following at his request. He
placed the bride in charge of the abb
bess, babe her goodbye with formal
words before them all and then turned
again to his companions in arms.
"Queridos hermanos, I have married
this maiden because love her and she
loves me. She has had no educations
and therefore is not at present fit to
associate on equal terms with your
mothers, wives and sisters, or to figure
in society as the wife of your colonel.
so have arranged that she shall re-
main for two years under the care Of
these worthy nuns, who will teach her
all she ought to learn and eventually
turn her out credit to the regiment
During the interim I shall not disturb
her stulies by my visits, though she
is mine and I am hers. Have I done
right?"
Viva Weyler! Viva Ell Triente Col
onel! Viva Dona Paquita!" cried the
officers.
Thank you, my brothers," said the
commander. ''Now let's get break
fast"
For two years the lady remained at
the convent. Weyler never saw her
during this time and communicated
with her only through the abbess
Two years from the wedding day he
called for her, and that very evening
the Marquise de Teneriffe appeared at
court with her high born husband.
Her story was known to ALL She at
once took higher place in the regard
of her sovereign, and ever after was
prominent among the great ladies of
Spain.
Weyler had known her when she
was a barefooted child and he mill
tary cadet. Years afterward he re-
turned to the Balearic isles. While
riding one day he was caught in
storm and sought shelter in a peas
ants cottage. There he found his child
hoods friend grown into a beautiful
young woman. He began his wooing
at once, and the strange ceremony at
the Church Of the Holy Cross quickly
followed on his return to Spain.-New
York Journal.
GYMNASTS AT ALDERSHOT.