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Duchess 20 60 for q morning sail on hts
yacht. aud toak the cordon-bleu with him.
The luncheon hour arrived. but Her
Royal HlNhncss had not returned. and
as the Prince never waits for any one no
ordered the rerast to be served The
landlord WIS Ia despair. for among the
"surprisea' OF ar. Bennetrs thef was "a
bonnie Riacee. which on the application OF
q match wouid slowly unfold aud display
lta treasures divided into tolorcd quarters.
However, al tine last moment. thinking -
make sure OF the effect the landlord
crammed three cartridges inso the tube
and applied the light. Instantly there
was terrific explosion. Tho windows
were shattered. and the Prince ond tho
other guests we're drcnched with leo
cream
The confusion WAS aiiayed only by tho
hearty laughter inso which Ills Royal
tliEhuesa broke. AZ 20 the landlord. he
fcd and hid himself for three whole days.
But the noise had attracted the notice %
the euthoritiee. ard messengers were.
when the explanation was given. sent on
in hot haste 60 the telegraph Offices 20
stop any dispatch which imaginative cor
respondents might head Attempt on the
i-ifo Of the Prince 81 Wales"
But only those IN the room knew OF the
anhir. My informant was one Of them.
Tho iate King Humbert. OF Italy. at
The time Of his marriage had a wide
spread reputation for gallaniry Not
even tho beauty Of the young Queen
could prevent his seeing that the ladies'
Of the court were fair and saying 40,
IN moro zeal than discretion. Marg-
horita. his cousin and his bride. aas
PROUD as well a. beautiful and stormy
times were predicted.
The tale they tell. says a former Lett
ter IN the Philadelphia Record, 81 how
Marguerite. IN the fun splendor Of her
youth and royalty. passing through the
Pi,ti palace apartments 20 some state
ball. surprised the King. young. too. and
sull moro q soldier than "a prince. pour
ing fntteries into the ear Of the prettlest
81 her genuewomen. Not one word dfd
Marghefita say. but. lifting her splendid
fan. she broke Il with one blow on tho
offending 1adyfsof- honor's shoulder and
passed silently ON to the ballroom.
One verslon-and the prettiest-says
that Humbert gathered the pieces OF tho
fan, bowed low 20 the lady and passed
a. silently after The walls 81 the palace
shook with rumors that night the floors
vibratod with whispers. everybody fore
saw "a scandai-a horror.
Everything had political conse-
quence" IN those days and white-haircd
ministers trembled 10 think OF the amount
% mischief a girls resentment might
lead 20. And what happened? The only
thing for which nobody was prepared
nothing The young Princess pursued
her stately way without a word or
murmur: The young Prince became q
royal lover. The Queen. from that first
youthful trial Of womany dignity 60 the
moment OF her ovcrwhclm ngly woman
~ grief. has never forgotten that she "a
a Queen. or. rather. she has never need
ed TO rcmembod f.
AZ the city clerks once IN Lowell
Mass. there was filed last week the Sec
ond marriage Of John j Burbank. aged
80. and his former WIFE two years his
junior The couple were divorced fif.y
years ago and each had married since
that time and lost their mates through
death. The reconciliation was brought
about hv n son. He has spent the best
part Of his time in an effor 20 unite the
lives OF his parents The newly welded
Mrs Burbank WAS neighbor OF Mr.
Burbank Ia Haverhill. ". H.. where both
were born and where they grew up side
By side IS neighhors
They were married IN 1913 and when
burbank. who was = stalwart young far
mer became the father OF boy not q
patch of darkness was 20 be seen upon
their cloudless horizon. But differences
arose between them. These cuimlnai ed IN
drastic measures when Burbank iitd a
bill for divorce against bis wife and the
mother OF his infant boy
a few years after the divorce Mrs.
Burbank came 10 Lowell and was married
70 a man named Barnes. She room was
left a widow. and later in iife made her
home at intervals with Frank j. Burbank.
her son, who II prominent business man
as.fst