The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27
A ROYAL ROMANCE
REVEALED BY DEATH
Known Son Of Austrian EN-.
peror's Titled Physician Cast
Off Because of Love.
HE MARRIED A
Emperor Franz Josef Wished Him to
We'd a Nobleman, But His Love
for a Daughter of Bohemian
Prevailed.


New York special: When the vol
lime Of human pathos Is finally pub
.ished. q page will be filled by the story
Of the life and love of Blla Szabo, a
disinherited son OF Count Bila SGabo,
physician to the Austrian emperor.
Franz Josef. and of his sweetheart
wife, Rosa, for whom he threw away
wealth and title. and in whose arms
ne died on Monday, at their home, go
West Forty-third street.
The romance Is best told by Mrs.
Szabo herself, a beautiful woman. just
is she told it last night.
"Bila," said she. was born at Buda-
pest OF a noble family. His father.
he Count Szabo, has long been the
trusted medical adviser Of the Aus
.rian Emperor n the royal family.
When Bila was Is years Of age he went
20 the University OF Vienna and be-
.roops Of our country-the Uhlans.
When Bila was 20. his father, the
'ount. with the APPROVAL Of the emperor.
arranged a match between my hus-
sand and a noblewoman of the court.
3ila did not love anybody at that time.
v lS aSISCt ~ tIl0 SItSaSSiiiSilA
Met His Fate at a Reception.
given by a friend. Some young officers
If the Uhlans came in. Bila Szabo was
among them, and that is how we came
20 meet. My father was not Of noble
blood. but he was not poor. He owned
many large hotels in Austria. When
sila found where I lived he came to
zee me. and after a while told me he
owed me and wished to marry me.
II loved him. too" said the dead
mans wife, with fearful f%rankness. II
could not help loving him. He was a
gentleman In all his words n actions.
but l told him I would not marry him
oecause-we were different-you I'M
lerstand."
narrative Mrs. Szabo broke down and
sobbed bitterly, for the young couples
happiness was just beginning.
But Bila was strong In his deter
mination to marry me" continued the
ae told his own father; he told the
emperor-told the whole world, in fact.
The emperor said 1t must not be; Bila
must marry the noblewoman whom he,
franz Josef, had chosen for him. Fol
answer Bila-my Bila-broke Off the
Engagement with this noblewoman and
,aid ne would marry none but ne.
| kSO6d 2ACllSSlllChs Lux AGd6ilSh VI
Bohemian. The Count Szabo was
angry, and said he would disinherit him
Of all his estates. Bila laughed. for he
had esates in his own right. The en-
peror, too, was angry, and said he
would exile him Bila laughed and
came to me and offered to marry
me and take me with him to this coun-
said he would go first and make q
home in America for me. then send for
me. And I promised l would come at
ais command.
She Was But Eighteen Years OLD.
$50 he came to this country twelve
years ago. 1 was only eighteen then,
but I was a woman, and / waited for
Bila to SEND for me. But when he
wrote 1t was to tell me how hard 1t was
If luxury at court to make a living.
Austria laughed and said: He will
never come again. You will never see
aim l wrote n told Bila what they
said. He was angry n cabled me
7ght together. l hid the message from
ny people and one night I stole from
my fathers house, sold all my Jewels
IND set out for America. l arrived
1ere quite safely In November, 1903.
md there was Bila-handsome, gentle
ma " INC Ou ll0
pier.
we went straight to the city hall.
ind there we were married. Then he
brought me to these rooms, where we
lave been so happy.
ut was only last Wednesday that he
:ook Ill. He had been teaching Latin
and Greek in q private house, and
caught pneumonia on the way home.
All Saturday-all Sunday, / sat with
ny arms around his neck, and he made
ne promise that I would go back to
Austria and ask my fathers forgive
aess. At / o'clock on Monday morn
ng he died, and I sat all alone with
him till morning-just as he had died
with his head on my shoulder"
SO ended the life and the love OF a
nan who de1ed his king and kindred
,or the sake Of a Bohemian girl. He
will be buried at Calvary cemetery on
Sunday, after which his wife will re-
turn to Austria to tell Count Szabo
Ind the emperor how Bila died.