Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-07

marriage or N1lhelmlna and Heinrich
& Of MeclIenburg- Schwerin. In the early
part of 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm, having a
second son with no matrimonial entan-
1 clements, thought he saw a way of
uniting the royal houses of Hohen-
zollern and Orange. He invited the girl
queen and her mother TO Potsdam to
visit him and his family. At the same
time Heinrich of Mecl1lenburg-Schwe
in was there with his mother. He was
/ about pa well-built, good-looSing fel.
low, with no end of uniforms and with
the reputation of being a fine young
man. When the Hollanders arrived at
the Potsdam palace of the Kaiser
Heinrich happened to be near the coach
door as they came up, and opened it
and handed the queen and her mother
out.
1t was a little after that-two days,
it is said-that in opening an iron gate
for her as she was walking with the
Kaiser, Heinrich scratched his hand so
the blood came. With a little cry, Will
helmina ran to him and bound it up
with her handkerchief She and Helm
rich looked into each others eyes. The
Kaiser saw the look and was wroth,
and arranged 70 have the duke continu-
ally absent from her side after that
but Wilhelmina and he managed to
meet in the garden Of the palace in n
shaded place, and there--the third time
they had seen each other7ghe confessed
that he loved her so madly that he
could not live without her
"Well," said the young queen, ac-
cording to that tradition which, like
all royal traditions, is fixed to make
the queen as shy and humorous as pos
sible. what about Prince Frederick,
of Prussia? lie loves me, too"
Wells of course, Heinrich either be-
ing wise or loyal, would not ru1 against
the prince, so he begged the queens
pardon and started to leave, but she
put out her hand ard detained him.
while she said: Il want to know thee
better"
The love affair progressed smoothly
and the two were married, after which
they started for Honeymoon Of I'M
alleged bliss at Loo, near Amsterdam.
They were hardly away from The
Hague, however, before there were GU
mors of quarrels because the queen re-
fused to pay Heinrich's debts. SO VIC
lent were these quarrels that the dow
ager, who tried to restore peace, was
made i'll by them. Wilhelmina had set
tied on Heinrich out of her private for.
tune an annual income Of $4,000, and
she refused to be responsible for any
thing he had done before marriage.
Heinrich took the money quickly
enough, With the title of Prince Of the
Netherlands which she gave him, but
when he asked for extra spending mon
ey and she refused it he grew wrOth.
He was not pleased either to learn that
the queens husband was not recog-
nized in the Dutch constitution as OF
any more importance than a burgher
Heinrich 5 creditors had become clam
orous, and finally on May 8 these usur-
ers, who represented every capital IN
Europe. decided to throw the notes into
the open market In Amsterdam and get
what they could for them. At tina, VIII
helmina was enraged- She ordered
Heinrich to make Arrangements to pay
them out Of MS own income and he re-
fused. The notes were dishonored and
the royal couple grew farther and
farther apart. The Cowager tried to rec
oncile them. and the quarrel was re-
peatedly reported PATCHED up. But IT
always broke out again