The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-28
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one s-r.ne night eleven years ago, a
,...- gentleman. with q red face. nut
g-..Ear features. and prominent eye. came
,-...-r into Vienna ort Of the myste-
r- East
r.. ar.at-1rr.o began life by herdlng
es.-r then founding dynasty. He him
sell sa4 .sst rau0uuc-d a throne.
F.~r.. rest. be owed a Budapest hosier
- r--r- with a trjae 20 his tailor. On
.r..ra.rs ,a. hote. he popped into bed.
rE. rr.usalhic monarch. He slept as
?. had never done lu SCrvia. <here. un'
s.rt.. style of Milan ~, nc had been a
p..ta-. o.. ais people.
u.rr fr belgrade. his son Alexander.
AZ. twelve. reigued IN bis stead.
l.-sr Natalie. his divorced wife. pre-
fr-.f any other part Of Europe. Sne
Vas tie daughter of a Russian colonel
named Kechko, O large landowner In Bes-
ssr.u.a-
~ had dovry a seven millions" she
exclaimed. sadly. 20 her lady-in-wait!ng,
while fhe two were one day smoking Gig
e~r.-es. "ard my mother came OF royal
hood 7 should have married better"
Hay husband c0ucurred lie spoke Of
h-ras h.s worst enemy.
Their quarrals eliminated In a fracas
2, tr- cathedral on Easter Sunday. The
service had just ended. and the court was
fling OUT before the royal pair Accord
f-r f9 che national custom, the King
kissed each man upon the lips; the Queen
each woman. 4 woman presented herself
whom Natalie chose not TO notice. The
woman stood there eXpcCtant. stopping
ta. procession, waiting 10 be kissed. The
Queen. with face averted, stared coldly at
Le high altar. she was paler than usual
that was al.
Kiss Niadame!'
The significance Of the episode pene-
trat5a from end 70 end Of the cathedral
Milan turned.
Ha had come straight from dinner TO
attend the service, and showed temper.
Kiss Madame -," he whispered husk-
iy rlltching al his wife's arm.
kiss Madame" he repeated, this time
81 tones which could be heard throughout
The building Natalie still refusing. the
King then and there proceeded to person
aI violence. Many assert he tried TO strs n
Gle her, i is certain that some Of the
clIruers AID foreign ministers found Il
necessary % intorpOse. They hurried the
poor Queen away.
She went abroad, taking the crown
prince With her. July, 1883. found them at
W.asraGtn
The woods behind the Platte, the Kur-
Saal Gardens, where one Of the most sup
e-5 OF string OTChestras walls out Wagner
twice q day constitute an environment
tedtiing afflicted royalty. But the rain
itI that summer as It has never fallen
any summer since. Natalic's villa, az the
edge OF the town, was desolat!on. On the
most desoIate day Of all, and at that most
oes1.ate hour when luncheon is just end
ei. The son stood at the dining-room win
COW fnlrSting after a break in the clouds
The bell at the front door rang 1t proved
tAe kneA Of mothers happiness.
The Devoted Father.
It proved likewise an emIssary from
King Milan. who found that he could exist
no longer without his child The events
which thereupon ensUed in the squahd
tragedy Of these anointed sovereigns scan.
daliZgd Europe.
Those who participated make a pictur-
Cque assembly. First comes the unhappy
mother, Dersistently dressed in deep
mourning, appealing to every FAlropean
n'i,n'ate In turn, and getting back sermo-
.r.tes on postcards. Then there was the
Lre-cating general from Servia. who shall
20 name.ess; and the Servian archbishop,
me memory Of whose unbrushed beaver :
Wsitully recalled in Wiesbaden to-day. Ia
The center of the cOmbatants stands the
little prince himself the son OF a marriage
managed SO badly. the descendant of
peasants. the gTeat-grand-nephew of a
man who herded swine.
Alexander having been snatched off bv
NE irusslan police. was returned to King
@i.an- That devoted parent had another
L."e surprise in store. He chose the birth
,.F Gi the kingdom In the following
ala.en The event had been duly cele-
.I3jeo az the cathedral Midnight found
lAr ministers and representatives from
I'!tlSn courts gathered together in the
f...,e to congratulate the sovereign.
'h'tn hac not attended the service He
,''1.ii"'d the assembiage by the curt an
r."4.r4arnt That he proposed 10 resIgn
10 was excited; his voice was fevarish
il' clo not stop 10 explain. but pIumued
GOWN on his knees before his son In that
. llude he ealloped through TIE oath Of
a..y. NO wonder the child burst into
June and October.
Thus we get back to the starting norrt
az this sordid little tale. Ey-Eipq MILAN
SAFE In bed at Vienna. while tn. bahv
-'irSaucer !, reigned In his stead The
'-oy mas grown up since then. Now ne
announces ne viii marry lady some say
'lleen years his senior. She once belong
90 10 Queen Natalic's household and the
ministers declare that she f. unyor,b,, 80
81 upon The throne. As the religions car-
FTruuE NJ hErT0fhn1
nosaaE. the King cannot change his mind
EX-king Milan has sent several corrpIip,-
tory ielegrams. All Serria opposes tba
marriage, so much so. indeed, that the
brides house in Belgrade has 10 be yuar5-
cd day and night. Meanwhile she ana
ia- King are quite happy. driving abaur
iae capital in an open carriage.
Truly it is not good 10 be a King in s.
Via The mother who bore this one and
loved him visited Belgrade a few Nee;-s
alter his accession. She lived q month
Ni.a.n rprrkinC distance Of Alexander
ie-ate before the regents suffered him 20
'' h-F lie came q last one cherries
noon, TO invite her warmly 10 g
'Aa}. Tor iynastic reasons" She went
.t .r'grnct. For r third time b. nor M
..N i.tesaIdtan heiIesS as,on'shgd Ell
Aen The King had secured himself
A ..s lalace-aEa!n FOR dynastiC rea-
.. ---E F.iIlsttlS escorted the OT-r-1
I. .-r qus'. Adhcrtnts rescued b-T MOI
,...l' b.oodshpl In black. as ,lWuys
y >+'Ir smiled sadly on the students Nh
1.a.-.4 her carriage home. an ,0ectiva
,'i .rr.ou followed next day. She tool
81. ..~ Odessa nom a frontier town an
y, Danube. The public stage knows her
r. 81. was too fond ~ politics" King
.laG'cd Natalc's requiem fror, bis
M. .aa.e or The boulevards Behind ne
~a.e domestic GisC1rd OF that most
fable ot married couples loomed RUS
.", Queens birthplace whittier sha
.'..t But IN her husbands evcs
900 was The place where th- asSasSIns
irrm- where the rival dynasty ha5
"'..s4 90 hatch their plots.
Mny BE DeIhronrd.
N.'e Alesander's appearances before
nis people are coups d'ctat. He hc-an
~ years ago, al the age OF seventeen
su..'.s IN examinations spur.cd him 1p
- .-,i'" tEc regents 10 dinner. At n,td-
n''H' That appanage OF his race. an adj
want I.un.a q piece of paper IN his
,a..A- The King. following the inveterat.
.'... OF MS father straightBay burst in
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