The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-01

district of SSalmora They had coma out
for the day with a party OF friends. and.
ike many other lovers from time irnma-
mortal, they had managed very beautifully
TO lose the party and lose themselves
and their nearest way. Nevertheless,
they walked sayly along back toward Bal
moral over the springy turf, evidently
anything but cast down at the loss. sud
denly the gentleman spied a piece OF white
heather growing close by. He gathered
it and presented IL 20 the sirl besids him.
For she was true GIRL barely eighteen
at the time! But she knew the meaning
OF such q gift from such a person. and
she clearly whispered. Yes" loud enough
for the Happy lover TO hear. For WHEN
they reached home there had to be tell
ing to papa" and mamma. OF something
that had happened And the next news
heard was that the Crown Prince of Ger
many was betrothsd to tho English Prin-
cess royal
White Lodge. Richmond Park. was the
place where the Duke OF York did his
'courtjus'' of the Princess May. and 1t Is
generally stated that ii was IN the small
but well-kept gardens round the pretty
mansion that he went througfl the cere-
mony which. as the old man said long
ago. comes to all OF US who want to be
married sooner or later Prince George
meant business from the first, as every
sailor does IN all that ne undertakes. The
Prince went TO stay for Il few weeks with
his sister. the Duchess OF Fife. at Sheen
House. not FAR from the park gates. and
lie could be seen each day strollng jaunt-
lily UP the pretty road. Sheen Lane that
led from that residence tn White Lodge.
Sometimes he was not alone. for the lady
OF his choice accompanied him in his
moonlight walks. But those journeys.
whose object even the dIllest observer
seemed to guess beforehand. ended Just
+af ola Iaor cd nf
true identity OF her future Queen, and
saw with pleasure that Ii was to be an
English maiden who was TO be raised 70
that honor.
The Queen herself has. In her hook.
Leaves from the Journal of Life in
engagement Of the Princess Louise TO the
Marquis OF Lorne. now Duke of Argyll
She says under date of October 8. 1870:
This was an eventful day Our dear
Louise was engaged TO Lord Lorne. The
event took place during a walk from the
Glassa1t Shiel 10 Loeb Dhu. She had
gone there with jamie Ely. the Lord Cham
ceIIor, and Lorne. I had driven to Pan
uanich Wells, on the south side of the
Dee. with Beatrice and Mrs. Ponsonby.
Eve got homo By :. Louise, who
returned some time later. told me that
Lorne had spoken of mis- devotion to her
and proposed TO her and that she had
approve Though I was not unprePared
for this result. felt painfully the thought
of losing her. But gave my consent,
and could only pray that she would be
happy q,
The Car proposed TO the Princess Nix
of Fiesse during 4 family party at Copsn
hagen in 1894. He had made up his mirM
long before that if he married he wouts
marry whom he pleased. rather than on "a
commended to him by his counselIors 70 81
State reasons. And his choice had faflers
upon the Queens granddaughter from#
Hesse. Accordingly. the party at thes
Rosenberg Palace. the scene of that for
mer proposal IN 1859, had been arranged
on purpose TO allow Nicholas to meet
his lady love under the happiest auspices.
Some say that the Car proposed during
an evening party, others that he did 81
in the gardens around the palace during
a walk with the Princess. Probably the
latter story is the more nearly correct.
In any case the scene of the betrothal
of the Prince OF Wales so many years
previously to the Princess Alexandria
must have been almost coiuciGent with
the scene of the engagement of the Gar
and the present Czarina.-New York Sun.