Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-26

Grant came to New York, he came too.
But by and by he went away, disap-
pointed and detected, to continue his
trip around the world.
So you see that when Mrs. Potter
Palmer went to Rome last January the
beautiful young woman who accom-
panied her and who called her ~"auntie'
was not so ingenious and inexperienced
in affairs of the heart as she seemed.
On Feb. 1 they were driving through
the Eternal City when they met the
Russian ambassador going in state to
the Quirinal. Among the military at
taches there rode a tall, handsome
young man Of imperial bearing. He
wore the uniform Of a lieutenant of the
Imperial guards. He looked with re-
spectful admiration at the younger Of
the women in the carriage.
The next evening he asked his host
to be sure to present him to every
American woman at the ball. He met
them-fair, dark, stout, thin, short,
tall-and still there was a look of dis
appointment in his eyes. The last lady
to whom he was presented proved to be
the object Of his anxious quest.
"Miss Grant" murmured the host,
''his highness Prince Cantacuzene
Comte ~speransky desires to be pre-
sented."
The prince called every day for a
week. Then Mrs. Palmer decided to go
to Cannes. 1t was a great disappoint-
mentY to the prince. But he was a re-
sourceful young man and proved equal
to the emergency. He is a skilled diplo-
mat, although only rs years old, and
diplomats were ever successful lovers.
Prince Michael Cantacuzene applied
for a special leave Of absence from his
duties as military attache Of the Rus
sian embassy at Rome. It is a fashion
common to young diplomats. He ex-
cused himself on the plea that he wish
ed to join the party Of the Grand Duke
Sergius, with whom he wanted to dis
cuss some minor matter of state.
The Grand Duke Sergius happened
to be at Cannes. Accordingly Prince
Cantacuzene appeared in Cannes the
day after the unexpected pleasure
and imperative orders from st. Peters
burg to join the grand duke" Not
withstanding the imperative orders
from St. Petersburg, " the Grand Duke
Serg1us saw little of Prince Cantacu-
enc Had he been a sensitive gentle
man he might have felt the slight, but
everybody knows the grand duke isn't.
He only pulled his long mustache and
smiled.
Mrs. Potter decided to leave Cannes
as suddenly as she had left Rome. This
time the grand duke was not available,
and the prince followed them to Paris.
His excuse this time was not diplomacy,
but love.
All through the spring the courtshiI
continued, and at last, one May morn
ing, the prince sent a very important
cablegram to General Fred D. Grant ir
Chicago. He had cabled a request fol-
the hand Of "Little Sunshine" The
answer was favorable.
The engagement was simultaneously
announced in Chicago and Paris.
'There is really very little to say about
the engagement, said Fred Grant. 81
received a cablegram from Paris asking
me to give my consent to the engage.
ment between Prince C~antacuzene and
my daughter, and I replied that there
was no objection to it SO far as I knew.
I have known Prince C~antacuzene's
family for 30 years."
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who is RESPONSE
BILE for Miss Grants career in society,
has no daughter Of her own, and since
the bringing out Of her niece four years