Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-01

vant?" she asked.
1 replied that I greatly enjoyed all
the country around Italy.
II live in the United States" I re-
piled, but l am from the state of
Florida"
us Florida beautiful?" she inquired.
Yes. Your Highness," I said, ut is ex-
quisite, as beautiful as Italy"
She seemed pleased at the reply and af-
ter a few more words. in which she invit-
ed me to inspect the yacht. I withdrew.
most favorably impressed with Italy's fu-
ture queen.
No one at that time though that the
Princess Helene of Naples would so soon
become Queene Margherita, the Pear of
Savoy.
Queen Helene was born January 8. 1873,
with no very golden spoon in her mouth.
She was the third of seven daughters OF
Prince Nicholas, Lord of the Black Noun
tain Kingdom of Montenegro.
|, Her father, bravest of men, a high
ambitions for his favorite and most beau
tiful daughter, and when the late Gear of
Russia. anxious to win the good will of
this small but mighty people who held
one of the southern outposts of Russia
sent for Helene and made al inmate OF
his palace and a protege of the Czarina,
with the well understood purpose of mar
rying her to his son. the young girls
widest dreams seemed on the point of
becoming realities.
IN RUSSIA.
Did she love the Carovitch? Well, that
is a question upon which the dark-eyed
beauty has not opened her lips. But that
she loved the idea Of one day becoming
| CZarina of all the Russias. mistress of the
most splendid court in all the world. there
is no question how she stood there. she
| would have given her two black eyes and
| pearly ears for the chance.
The CZarina fell in with her HUSBAND 8
idea. and the Montenegrin was treated as
kindly and as lovingly as if she were a
daughter. She bore herself becomingly,
| and those who saw her would Gcarcely
have imagined that she was brought up
in a squalid little village of 1000 inhabl-
| tants among the Balkans, CettinJe by
name. where her father was more like a
highland chieftain than the ruler of a
people according to the modern idea OF
kings. =,
But she had been we'll tutored, and
spoke Russian, among four or five other
we'll. and, though she had
never known what it was to have an
allowance and fine clothes, she wore the
| clothes provided by the czarina as II
to the manner born. Wonderful is the
Iadaptability of woman.
But it was not to be. Nicholas, the
present czar. would not have it. He
l looked Ol lie SPIVleiN o'ih' 49,
face over which men raved and women
went. for it's beauty. and the form OF
Hebe, with admiration. but when II
came to marrying her he said no. In
stead he married AliX Of Hesse and
Helene Of Montenegro went back to
her fathers court, her great ampltlon
thWarted.
1t is said tina Nicholas later tried to
Iarrange a marriage between his daugh-
ter and the King of Servia, Alexander
but that she turned up her nose and
declared him to be a nasty fellow, g
Verdict which nations have echoed
But, though the Russian Nicholas
would not marry Helene, he did no.
wish to be on bad terms with her father
With great tact hi and his wife pushed
the fortunes Of the beautiful MOntene-
grin. And it was while she was q guest
of the czarina at their coronation ina
the engagement with victor Of I~aples
was announced.
It is said that the royal lovers met
first at Athens, where the prince, ar
ardent yachtsman, was cruising. He
had been engaged and d~isengaged ir
turn with every eligible princess ir
Europe and had really cared for none
His tastes did not lead him much into
the society of women. He loved his
yacht. He loved the chase. He lovec
the arts of war in which he had per-
fected himself. But he was believed to
be a woman hater.
But when he met the dark beauty OF
. the mountains he was a woman hatel
no longer. For several years he cruiseC
in the same waters each year, meeting
each time the woman of his heart. One
day he persuaded her to go on a pelas-
ure trip to Venice. He did not tell hel
what his scheme was. 1t was to have
her meet King Humbert and Queer
Margherita as if by chance.
That meeting was most successful. II
was then that the gallant king declared
her to be the most beautiful woman ir
Europe land after that the pathway OF
the royal lovers was strewn with roses
King Humbert gave her a betrotha
gift which cost 5000, 900. 1t was a superb
bracelet.
The wedding took place in Rome, Oc-
tober. 1896. Since then the prince anG
princess have enjoyed life. They broke
the hearts of the Neapolitans by leaving
Naples and taking up their residence
in Rome, dividing their time between