The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-10
|kTt and Prince in a Romance.
From the New York World.
CH ApTI.R

they watched with interest the fea-
lures grow upon the paper
This attention attracted the notice of
the youth who was being drawn, and he
glanced up to see what was happening.
When he saw a man sketching him he
deliberately urned Yer a wine card,
drew a pencil from his pocket and,
without a smile, began to sketch the
artist. The artist laughed and hurried
ly finished his picture. The model
laughed back and finished his. Then he
rose, walked yer to the group of art
lists and asked to see the sketch for
which he had posed, at the same time
offering the artist the one he had
drawn.
Not bad" said the artist.
I like that" said the yfung German.
What is your anne?
The artist drew forth a card which
read:
S. GUANCI, Scultore.
ct am a SCULPTOR" he said briefly.
The German opened his cardcase and
handed his card to the artist, at the
same time directing the waiter TO bring
another fiasco of wine. The sculptor
started as he read:
FREDERICK WILHELM.
Deutscher kronprintz und Won Preus-
sen.
The young men presented their com.
panions mutually and spent an houi
talking about art and beauty. The 1tal.
ians congratulated the crown prince
on his coming wedding and they all
became good friends. Before they part
ed the crown prince had commissioned
the sculptor to make a bust of him as
a present to. the charming Duchess
Cecilie. who was SO soon to become
his bride. and had promised to give
Gnanci a few sittings before return.
ing home.
CHAPTER II.
Berlin was full and gayly decorated
The wedding of the crown prince and
Duchess Cecilie Of M~ecklenberg was
at the gates of the palace looked more
important than ever as they saluteG
the imperial carriages bearing the
royal guests that were arriving by ev.
cry train.
A youth, bearing a large n well
wrapped parcel, pushed through the
crowd to the police gates, and was
halted by the sentry.
Il want to see the crown prince" he
said.
You cannot pass" said the sentry,
Signor Guanci protested in volubie
Italian that was lost upon the soldier,
but he succeeded after much argu-
ment In getting his ard sent in to the
palace. After waiting a long time an
aid-de-camp came bursting out and
brought the sculptor past the sentries,
through the gates n into the splendor
of the imperial palace, where the crown
prince embraced him, took him to a
room assigned a valet to wait upon
him, helped him to remove the wrap
pings from the bust, praised it's ex-
ecution, and carried it himself to the
lodging place of the duchess, present.
ing 1t to her as a wedding gift.
The young artist remained in the pal
ace until after the wedding, a personal
guest of the crown prince, and was in
troduced to the bride, the kaiser. kais-
erin, and all the other royalties who had
for the CEREMONY. This ga ave
him a vogue in Berlin. Reinhold Begas
the emperor's favorite sculptor, encour-
aged him to remain and took him into
his own tudio Orders for portrait
busts poured is upon him. and he was
soon on the high road to fortune.
CHAPTER III.
Judge and Mrs. o. e. LIE Fevre arc
among the leaders of society in Denver.
They have a daughter by name Fred
erica, whose fame for beauty has
spread all over the middle Rocky noun
tain region. AS a girl at Miss VOL
colts seminary and as a young woman
at Bryn Mawr, she had shone by her
musical talents n by her ready wit.
as we'll as by her beauty. She was fond
~ A0AI6 SAAAN III ~ . SldDleS were
we'll stocked. At horse shows in Colo
RADIO she rode her w and won
several blue ribbons. and when she ex-
hlb1ted In New York and st. Louis she
returned Triumphant with more.
Charles Estes of Philadelphia, son of
the rich manufacturer of musical in
struments, spent some weeks in Den
to Freddie" LIE .Fevre. Her friends
thought she had been won at last, es-
pecially as his attentions were evident
ly encouraged by Judge and Mrs. LIE
Fevre. There was a report that they
were engaged, but those who knew the
girl Intimately ridiculed it, saying they
were very good friends and that she
iously as a possible husband.
Last May the lie Fevre family went
abroad to remain four years. Miss lie
Fevre was to study music and lang
uages, n the judge laughingly said
she need not think of matrimony until
her studies We're complete. A few
months g Judge LIE Fevre paid a
flying visit to Denver. n said: Fred
die was working eight hours a day
and getting along famously.
CHAPTER ".
At a small reception in the house OF
a unsteady inclined woman in Berlin
Signor Guanci was presented to Miss
LIE Fevre. He heard her sing, and her
voice touched his warm Italian heart.
She and her mother visited the studio
of Reinhold Begas and admired the
work OF the younger man.
Music and sculpture, sister arts,
brought the girl from the golden west
and the man from the sunny south
together. Their interests were sim
liar. but not identical-suficiently
alike to unite them, and not alike
enough to overlap. In the conversa-
tions on their several arts Cupid in
terposed. The Italian Wooed and the
American vas won. Now the cables
their betrothal.
The Latest Joke.