Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-04-01
A ROYAL ROMANCE

A ROYAL ROMANCE.
As old King George H. WAS tai
the air In kensington Gardens ons
summer morning In the middle q,
last century. says the writer OF =,
terestinK article In the January :,
Der OF the cotnhill. a little girl ~
years. who was walking with h.,
,ers and the Swiss nurse. broke /.
from the party. skipped up 10
king. dropped enrtesy. ana rr,e
him with the remark: "Commen, y
porter -yous. N. lie roiy voas ave,
une Krande ct belle maison n..s
pass" The old king. familiar. ana
haps bored. with the pomp ana
quet,e OF his usual relations With
subjects. was pleased beyond msaa
at the originality OF tho in,rodaetior
he took notice OF the child. Of
had her to visit him at the pal
afterwards. even fompsd ~ith her.
pn, her In large china Jar, vA(
instead OF showing fright she q
''Malbrouek sen sa-t-sa kusrrs''
him from under the I'D. The little
VAS Lady Sarah i@nnoI. aud
daughter Of the Duke Of Rlchmaa
great osieer OF the court. she and
sisters had the privilege Of being
the gardens 10 see the royal pros
| made. i, VAS the prettiess su,rs
| imaginable To the great world sA(
this young lady vas destined sos
time To play a great part Tea d
dozen years later all fashionable u
don xas asog with excitement. M
letters. reported every moysmsn,
every rumSr Of Lady Sarah. for II
the question Of 1871 whether she
or vas not to become queen o. n
land.
In 1855 Lady Sarah entered Ionl
society. and returned To ,hs care
Harry Fox and bis wife q, HOLD
House. a tall. beautiful shy xifl
fourteen. Two years later the ID
was IN rap,urss. In fart. ssd I'll
young mrn we're making shsspb d
at tn. beauty OF sixtsee. There \
my Lord Carlisle: mr. Lord Er
whom she refused: my LORD Nsvt
tis. with whom she f'is'<d despsfStl
Mr.. Thomas nunbury. whom abs Of
~ard. married. and no doubt . =
OF others whose names krs cot feel
ed. Las, OF all. there vas the Pm
OF Wales, nov become Ceofes III
England. Who was a wiiiias virs
He saw Lady Sarah often
There vas no Irritation here:
king was In deadly earnest Then |
no stupid royai marriage act 10 'oe
this the king. perhaps In the hsh9
bis own experience. ,houshhuib
yidsd for his relations when they
gan to marry into Horny Wolpo1
family. but a, present the King 81
his own mind. and there IL no ao'
that n Lady Sarah had known ~
she might have assembled the tnfs
In 1861 as Queen Of Great Britain
Ireland.
Shortly afterwards Lady Sarah -
into somersstshire. rode out. tel
her horse. and fractured her 'es
faithiess wbotsle made some nns'
ing remark when told Of the aee'as
the faithful king was all solicitnae
the suffering young beauty. me ~
girl ut last. perhaps. hne~ ne' n'1
but II was too late. There NaA =
In the rumor in the princess y
! Mccklenburx than Fox thoush'
was all over: there was no doup' ~
! II at all. The king summoned
J council to announce the msrriss.'
! Lord Hareourt went over TOT
7 princess. and the little. seh-poss,'
, lady came across the Channel 70 !.
~ieh. and was not seasick TOT :.
I half an hour. but sang and pia'eu
the barpsIchord nearly all 'ne
! Poor Lady Sarah'--and her 'o'
! we're not over yet. either.
The king selected her ~ one "
bridesmaids. "all beautiful u.s.
says Mr.. walpole. but with ne'
features nor air: Lady Sarah va
far the chief angel" The mar',Ae,
? not take place till 10 o'clock ~ -
, There were the pretty of'o.'" !"
with Lady Sarah at their heao, :"
row. and tho king had moIs
for Lady Sarah than for me- p :.
r through the ceremony. Wneh
over. up comes my Lord we''"
) land.
III And then the old Jacop'..'
has hardly any eyes a. s''
, takes Lady Sarah for the queen '
, on one knee. and takes her ms"
kiss Il. Lady Sarah has to draw
? with a blush. and cry: ! am no :,
queen, sir" and George selwyn y
that bitter Jest: you know ne !. =,
loved Pretenders. Did ever Io"'
end in such embarrassment LOT
: young girl Of sixteen7
Il takes a police force OF 1'sci -. ~
protect the interests OF rev 49,,
.,.,. xotr.. crime and diso