Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-05
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,,urrNTNA OF Holland, the mae
LiaIsnt little girl queen, Is TO be
w welded Jan. i. After a ,,,.n,o y,
W me peace OF half the cabinets i y,
,rl,h omlnous anticipauons IN
tuIor a. her intentions, 70 say nothing
fesa,u . W. the heads OF all the royal
Of y w., "."7 If marriageable age Winner.
u u,,ra selected totally untnousn. y,
il,,'I nj am obscure house-a man WIN wy,
p,', grsat prospects and no fortune the
no - odicially assured that the
IuulO d.. entirely a love AFFAIR and on
mac" 's mart at least, there is no
5.nbt HAT strong affection eNis's, , pu,
49,. ~ a dlsauietlng story TO the erect
, .g., her 6ance. da2zled by ampltloh'
'D1 ',s , ms love for an obscure Ger
Sav.'" ,',,aosss 10 become the consort or
ma" f,.srest most dashlng and most
s',,dh1 ouecn in Europe vi eoulse'
80 NAV be not grain OF truth IN
W. s,ory for jealousy Is quality not
'ug I'm s'v' even 10 royal breasts ana
I'M u''"' ors many disappointed courts IN
vr,ore which are prone to look upon
~, ~ darker aspects Of the approaching
, ~, OF the little queen.
'" .c,a - s,ory OF Wilhelmlna's courtship
-, nrstty one. she met her promised
$500 Duke Henry Of Mecklenburg-
grSwerlp. al the German court Wheh
sre vos visiting there with her mother.
Ts, ,opor man was a lieutenant ana
.,.s somstiroes called upon to attend
oue.n Wuhelmlna and her mother,
Gusen Emma, when they were III heeu
Of military escort
on one expedition the royal 'arIlase
mot with an accident and the young
90" 49," hv his promptness averted possible
lrnv TO the ladies. lie showed MS
,ost nv escortlng them, their accident
ta,lrg loft them In a somewhat dlsheV-
olsd state back to Potsdam by Sc
cIuasd way where they were In no dan
ger OF meeting any one
The acquaintance thus favoraoly be-
gun was kept UP unknown to the Ger
man emperor who had intended that
tba rIcb little queen should marry his
second son, Prince Frederick one day
oulte by chance he discovered the state
oT o0airs and sent young Duke Henry
ont M the way until Wilhelmina and
her mother had left the German court.
The Circumstance that enlightened
the kaiser was a matter OF gossip In
Perln for weeks. The very afternoon
after the incident OF the carriage Duke
Henry while IN attendance upon the
kaiser and his guests scratched his
hand upon an iron fence the blood
squirting forth freely Wllhelmina, who,
with her mother, was then In conyersa-
ton with the German emperor noticed
the accident and sprang to the assist
ance Of the duke, wrapping the wound
with her own lace handkerchief En-
peror william made no secret Of his
disapprobation, but attributed It 10 VIII
helminas lack Of respect for her elders.
Soon after this the young lieutenant Of
chasseurs was transferred elsewhere,
but not before he had declared TO VIII
helmina his love for her The incident
IS said to have occurred IN Sans Souci
park
But said the royal coquette after
Duke Henrys ayowal they say that
Prince Frederick also loves me. What
OF him?'
Too loyal to press his suit against
the son Of his sovereign and patron,
Duke Henry bowed his profound de-
spair and was about to retire, feeling
that his love was hopeless, when VIII
helmIna, giving him her hand, said In
German:
J desire TO know thee better"
The courtshp was continued at the
home Of the mother Of Duke Henry at
schwarzburg- Rudolstadt There the
young lovers had an excellent opportu-