The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-17
MATCH THAT FAILED.

er, and Is compelled to beat a retrea
To escape his wiles. Otherwise, III,
rich father Of beautiful and bounti
, fully lowered daughter would no
have hurried away from the Italian
, capital short time ago TO escape from
entd1elements that promised TO be toe
compromising
tie settled with his family in a hote
In Rome and the layishness Of his en-.
tertlining attracted the society of the
city ABOUT him A rumor based upon
the apparent intimacy Of the two fam
lies. spread that the daughter was be-
trotasi 10 an Italian prince Sudden
ly tna family pulled up stakes and de-
parod for Florence going thence to
Parts, much 10 the astonishment OF the
society in which they had been en-
ioyihs themselves.
Tho facts OF the case We're told by
the father, who laughingly said that
1 he mo never before found il necessary
/ to run away, but he had to retreat this
time he did moi want his daughter
/ TO harry penniless foreigner, and
4 flight seemed the only means of escape
On the arrival Oh the family in Rome
( An american woman with a French
! title decided that a certain young
prince was the predestined husband OF
the Gaushter. He was introduced, and
the woman took delight in what she
considered the progress of the affair
Apparently she sought no other reward
than the satisfaction an American wo
man abroad may take in arranging
matches with titled foreigners.
The father did not suspect her mo-
tive The daughter took pleasure in
the devotion Of a handsome young
man, but did not pretend to have any
more serious feelings
The prince came frequently to the
house, and il was natural in the course
of events shat his mother should call |
on ;he strangers
LpitI the young man and his mother /
rame to dine, and while the host took /
in the mother to the table, the hostess /
sat next to the son, who escorted her
into the dining room. This was a con /
VentiOnal arrangement which would +
have been followed under any circum-
s'ance, and the Americans saw no sig /
rlfiCance in it,
But the match maker seemed very
ed the arrangement of the guests, ana
duriuS the whole dinner she nodded
and smiled as If she were in the most
satisfied humor. The next afternoon
she called on her host.
Il thing the princess will send her
lawyers tomorrow she said
Lawyers" repeated her host in as
constituent why should she send
her lawyers to me2"
To her embarra ssment the match
maker learned that the thought of a
marriage had never entered his head
Nor was his daughter more inclined to
wed the young man who had been
dangling about her
But all Rome is talking about ii to-
day" she explained why did you [
take in the princess and your wife her
son? Why do you suppose the old
came mere last night |
ITO enjoy my dinner and the society /
If my family and guests, | suppose I
answered the American. II never sup I
posed that she came here because she |
thought her son was going to marry z
my daughter. never said word to
cad her to believe that. Did you?" I
This was delicate ground She /
lyOIded tie question. III
well, everybody takes the dinner
asst night as the forerunner of the en- /
she went on. at is though Il
o be a settled matter II wouldn't S
urprise me to have the lawyers call at !
my minute q
"E,erything happened that day TO
lrove The truth of the American wo- y
ran view There were even congrat- b
l'ations from more intimate friends
willie remote relatives of the young a
ts.ians family called and left cards {
81 night the situation had grown so
ease that the American really was h
Incasy.
The sutton was not in Rome that 5
lay. having been compelled TO pay his q
to an uncle who was celebrat- b
ng his birthday and who, having the
My money the family possessed, was a
realtL with great consideration. This
nan was the head of the family, and 3
he nephews visit seemed to have .
'artictdar meaning at that time. o
!, was not until he had consulted his o
that the American decided on
he only course 10 free him from en- s
a:rassment. b
He never said word the daughter
aid TO show that he expected to
marry me. | would not have allowed t.
in 10. as I have no affection for him te
He's a nice fellow aud knows ev- to
r cody here. That's all.
Then we leave for Florence in the in
Forming" was the answer RI
Before the sutton had returned from ol
10 visit TO the uncle and the princess
al time to start her representative. =
q thc way the American family had hi
Ii cheu its tent IN Florence. There
spmeG the certainty OF relief here. p;
liu- IL did not continue long That
iEht after dinner the princes cord 10
as Brought up He was not refused | 70
To morrow morning We go to u