The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-27


| do any amount of specializing. But he did
accomplish his love making and to such
effect that it held his sweetheart true
through eighteen years Of opposition and
separation.
| When Miss Lowery announced to her
parents that she meant to marry Juan
Brunetti and none other, Judge Lowery
! storTned and raved, while her mother de-
cIared that never while she lived should
the marriage take place-and, sadly
enough it never did.
When BRUNETTE went to the judge to
| make a formal request for his daughter,
! or at least to consent to the engagement,
| Judge Lowery would not even listen 10
such an idea. His decision, he declared,
was for once and for always. His daugh-
ter was destined for something better
than a penniless attache, with neither
fortune nor prospect.
Brunetti wet his way sadly enough but
not disheartened. His sweetheart and he
correspondent while he worked in foreign
countries at his diplomatic duties, fondly
hoping for an impossible rise in the near
future
Miss Lowery, then in tn stutsrfeh X
Miss Lowery, then in the first flush of
her girlhood, did not lack her attention,
even though it was known she was down
cast over the sad outcome of her little love
affair with Brunetti.
First among those whose attentions the
gay world of Washington said at that time
was likely to WOO her away from her
Spanish lover was Admiral Dewey, then
captain in the navy, a widower, with one
little son. sooner did he see the coast
clear than he pushed his own claims with
an ardor that, according to all accounts,
must have discounted that of the absent
Spaniard.
Tt certainly looked as though he was
in to win. But no, Miss Lowery would
not have Captain Dewey as a husband,
however much she thought of him as
friend. He was q constant caller at the
house, a man far more attractive person
ally than the silent scholarly Spaniard,
who was almost dumb in general society.
It was no wonder that Judge and Mrs,
Lowery should have grown to have to
have great fondness for Captain Dewey
or that they should have urged upon their
daughter that she was defying fate not
to listen TO his pleading. All that could
be done to further his suit with their
daughter the judge and his wife tried, but
without avail. Tt was BRUNETTE Miss Low
cry loved, not Dewey, she told them.
Time went by and the years sped on,
Brunetti saved money at long intervals to
come to this country for a short visit to
his sweetheart But even with the most
scrUpUlous saving the visits numbered far
short of half a dozen in eighteen years, /
In the meanwhile, Dewey whenever he |
came to Washington, made his first call |
at the Lowery house, and invariably with |
in short tim of his arrival here renewed |
his pleading with the woman he so ardent |
ly longed to make his wife.
Suddenly after fifteen years of waiting, (
during which the young girl had develop |
ed into the talented woman of mature !
middle age, there came sudden and I'M
expected change. An old uncle who had |
borne the title Of Duke de ARGOS, together |
with the estates that went with the title +
died, and both name and title fell upon
Juan Brunettis father. There was /
speedy interchange of letters across the |
Atlantic, and then, more unexpected still, |
came one deeply bordered with black
from the absent Spaniard to his sweet
heart. His father had died. Brunetti
was now Duke de ARGOS and was heir to
one Of the proudest titles and handsom-
est fortunes in Spain.
No sooner had ne attended to the bust
ness arrangements necessary upon his
changed condition of life than he took pas
sage for this country, arriving here to
find that Miss Lowery's mother, who had
t,o1 !
Gently died. Nothing would deter him
from his intentions of marrying his sweet
heart, however, and so Judge Lowery &C
his daughter from Washington,
where 50 many sad memories clustered
about their home, to the Summer place
at chester-by-th-sea There the mar
rage was quietly performed and almost
thereafter the Duke and his
bride started for Mexico, where ne had
been sent as Minister by his country.
And Admiral Dewey? Well, he did not
attend the marriage. He was away at
sea at the time, trying his best 20 for
get the romance ne had for so many years
hopelessly cherished in his heart.
After year of married life the clouds
of the Spanish-American war began to
gather The Duke and Duchess de ARGOS,
after a short visit in Washington on Their
way from Mexico, sailed for Spain. Brief
as was his stay here it was sufficient for
runners to be rife that the Duke de ARGOS
was likely TO succeed de LONE as Minister
to the United States. Since that time he
has resided with his wife in Spain. Lv-
ing at a fine country place outside Of Ma
drid.
Quite recently the Duke de ARGOS and
his wife took a splendid house IN Madrid,
where they lived in style betting their
wealth and position.
Since reports prove correct and the Duke
de ARGOS IS 70 be sent to this country 10
Spain in the Diplomatic Corps,
ne and his wife VIII undoubtedly occupy
the house which at present time. because
Of the pretty little love tale in which Ad-
miral Dewey figured 50 conspiCuously, Is
one Of I calpehesmWashiDa onTmetGrngt
one CT the places always pointed out 10
strangers visiting Washington.
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