The times., 1898-04-18

up this girl, who entrapped him. and
marry as soon as possible And that
ended the matter for her,
| But there was desperate woman to
be reckoned with. and she made her
way to the Princess of Wales and told
her story.
Il am your sons wife" she said.
| The Princess of Wales is a woman, and
a woman who has suffered. She listen
ed and she gave her sympathy.
She also made what she considered a
| master stroke. She sent for the Prin-
cess May and let her listen to the wife
of the man who was hailed by the
nation as her own husband to be. But
they did not know the stubborn ambi-
tion with which they had to deal. This
gentle young girl, who made flannel
petticoats for the poor with her own
hands, looked this other young woman,
so pathetic in her helplessness, over,
and said:
Aunt Alexandria, I do not think you
should allow such creatures to come
i into our presence"
The Princess of Wales went to the
| poor girl who was her sons wife and
! put her arms about her, and comforted
| her, and told her that it should all
| come out right in the end. But it did
not Prince George was not made OF
the stuff which gives up a young bride
in love with him and the greatest
throne on earth for scandal. obscurity
and a woman of whom he was already
beginning to tire.
The wedding went on. The Princess
of Wales. heartbroken, did not speak
to her husband or her son for three
long years. and Ii was she who set
Ia1
But the huzzaing multitudes were not
entirely deceived. Rumors crept out
And one bold man wrote two letters.
one to the Prince of Wales, and one To
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and ask
ed for the truth. The answers to those
letters are marvels of subtlety and de-
ception. Neither the Prince nor the
head of the Church deny the fact OF
Prince Georges marriage, but evade 1t
by thousand phrases of sound The
letters they wrote were published. The
people of England saw their dynasty
safe. and nobdy gave a thought 10 that
poor, heart-broken girl who had be-
lieved in the word of a Prince. at least
nobody but one friend.
A beautiful young girl in English So
ciety had admired beautiful girl lit
tie older. One was Miss Seymour and
the other was the daughter of the cele-
brated Mrs CornwalliS West. The
short years flew by and the lovely child
became the Princess of Pless, who, rich
and powerful socially, could afford to
have such friends as she chose. She
chose to keep up with the deserted
wife. who hid herself in small towns
| in Ireland or ON the continent anu who
had no name but Seymour.
ha NIX Duchess
of York went to Ireland, and presently
the world heard that Prince George
was devoting himself to the Princess OF
PIess.
When a woman knows a man has de-
serted another woman for her, her faith
in him is not very strong, and the
Duchess of York grew uneasy, and, es-
Gaping from the house unnoticed one
day, she followed her husband through
plantation OF young trees. AS she
came near she heard his voice in en-
dearments. Wild with fury, with the
ungoverned nature of a race which has
never controlled itself, she broke
through the shrubbery and saw in her
husbands arms, not the young woman
she considered her rival. but beauH-
full little boy.
what is this?" she asked angrily.
Whose child is this for whom you
have so much more aHectlon lndH IOr
your own?"
There We're tears on her husbands s
cheeks as he turned to her and an
swered:
HE is my child. the son of my wife.
whom you have seem
It is not fear of the Princess of Pless's 5
fascinations that has caused the Prin-
cess May to make such frantic efforts
to get her husband out of England.
and when she finds it impossible, has
sent her to Germany for six months. 1t
is that "son of my wife who is the
real rival. and nobody knows what
changes that child's hand will make in
the ruling of Europe.