The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
Z = AUGUST BOYN.
Who went back to serva from Minnesota and died there

stroyed, and So far as he knows not.
a scrap of paper Of any kind IS on
record anywhere or in the possession
of any one that. could be used to prove
his Servian kingship.
At the. time of his fathers death
the son received letters from a man
in Seryia Who had become acquainted
with his father and who had seen the
valuable documents he had in his pos,
session. and John was urged to leave
the royal lists as a claimant to the
throne. but he never became interested
in the matter and let it go as mere
incident in the family history.
Content to Remain Here. - &. !:
There is not the least likelihood that
he will ever claim any rights to the
throne Of Servia, as he says from what
he has heard of the Serbs he does not
think he would ever care to go there
to rule them. He realizes that the ex-
LATED honor would carry with it con-
siderable wealth and power, much
more, than he possesses at the present
time. but he believes in the old adage,
Uneasy is the head that wears a
CROWN. He has a farm in the great
potato belt of Minnesota, and says that
he would much rather be a potato
king under Uncle Sam than a Servian
king, tho it has been said Of old that
| every Seryian is a noble.
/ Mother. of the Heir.
The wife of August Boyn, who is
now "a, lives in a modest little home
| back amid the jack pines and ever
green on the outskirts Of Princeton.
She is a small, frai appearing woman,
'tbent over with the inf1rmities OF old
age and cannot speak English so that
1 she can makes herself understood
. / ~ Inys q 10 Crr
all alone and looks after the two little
rooms that have been her abiding
place for many long years. It has
| been over a quarter of a century since
her husband parted with her never tc
return from land that as story and
but which the strange fortunes Of fate
forbade him to ever possess.
i The frosts of time have faded many
/, events from the memory of Mrs. Byon
I vet she can recall very wildly the
{ the time when her husband babe then
all goodby and started for far-awa!
q Servia, the land of his fathers nativ
q ity. AS her mind goes back to thu
/ days when her husband went ava.
i and she was left in almost destitut,
81 conditions with "a family Of severa
s children to battle in a new country TO
& the necessities Of life, it all seems t,
81 her more of a dream than a reality.
q Never Sanguine of Success.
She evidently did not share her hus
I bands anticipations of becoming thu
i possessor. Of great wealth hidden ava,
i in Servia, nor of the possibility Of hi
being placed in possession Of crow
rights, nor did she ever realize tn
value and worth Of the papers an
documents that her husband had KEEP
from the time they were given hin
when a child,
But she realized that he woul'
never make the long journey that h
did unless he believed that he ha,
good prospects of acquiring something
far better than a small farm in Mime
sofa, and with this confidence in hin
she struggled along bravely, working
in the, fields and doing a mans work
hoping for the best, and for the gla
tidings of discovered wealth and rio
treasures that were to make them a.
happy.
= Within a year she received the sa
Il tidings of his mysterious death an
Z his burial in a strange country, and i
place of rich gowns and queenly robe
3 and precious Jewels, it was her IL
Il to wear widows weeds and live on
: more than the allotted span of life j
IA humble way, thousands of mile
from the city of Belgrade where Au
n gust Boyll had hoped to have his fam
i lily records redeemed by some snbstar
tiaI recognit ton OF his kingly rights.