Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

eldest son and heir of the Marquis di Cas-
tro of Naples, head of one Of the most an
cient and aristocratic families in the Ital-
ian peerage. But for the fact that he re-
fuses to be separated from the woman of
his choice he might exchange the squalor
of cheap London lodging house for the
splendor of his fathers palace, whose null
titudinous windows overlook the eternal
blue of the Bay of Naples. But with an
arm around his wife's waist he declares
that he would never return to his ancestral
halls while his father lives unless the mar
quis would consent to receive his wife also,
and that the marquis has declared he will
never do.
His wife is pretty enough to grace even
palace. But her parents are plebeian folk,
and before her marriage she earned her liv-
ing as a dressmaker, and the proud old
marquis is no believer in the modern doc
trine that
True hearts are than coronets.
And simple faith than Norman blood
Ermenegaldi is only twenty-three years
old, tall and good looking, with an air Of
distinction which is all the more marked by
contrast with the shabby suit of clothes
which is all that remains of his once extern
slve wardrobe. After passing through col
lege he entered the army and obtained a
commission In a cavalry regiment. Two
years ago at Turin, where his regiment was
then stationed, he met the pretty dress
maker and fell desperately in love with
her.
II told my father" he said, "and we had
terrible scene. All my arguments and
pleading were In vain. My father Is an
aristocrat of the old school and-and he Is
no longer young. and 1t Is hard, perhaps,
for age to sympathiZe with the passions OF
youth. A foolish fancy he called my love.
and told me | must and should conquer 1t.
For me that was impossible. And for the
young lady it was also impossible. We
tried it and failed. We were miserable un-
less we could be together At last we
could stand 1t no longer and decided that
the best years of our lives should not be
spent apart. 1 went to my father again
and told him there was only one women In
the world I could be happy with and my
mind was made up to marry her at all
costs,
My father has always the grand man
ner, but his rage was something fearful.
He told me If married so much beneath
me he would stop every farthing OF my al
lowance and as long as he lived should
never receive another farthing from him.
or course he could not keep me from inner
iting the estates after his death, but / do
not forget that he is my father, and ! hope
that he may live many years yet
The young nobeman left his fathers roof
without his fathers blessing and resigned
his commission in the army. determined to
sacrifice everything for his sweetheart. But
then the course of true love encountered
another obstacle. According to Italian law
a son under twenty-five years OF age cannot
marry without the fathers consent To
escape this the couple fled to Paris, only
to discover that French law imposed sinai
lar shackles on Cupid.
! They learned thar things were made easier
for lovers IN England and crossed the cham.
nell Immediately after their arrival ia Lon
don they were married at the Church o.
st Peter, In clerkeRweli- the church OF the
Italian colony. That was four months ago