The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-16

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things that kings like Alfonso have tc
take into consideration, and one Is
the desire Of all his subjects to heir
MIN get married. Almost everyone in
Spain wanted him to marry the Prin.
cess Louise of Orleans, daughter of the
late Comte de Paris. This princess is
a beauty and the most popular OF all
princesses with the people of Spain.
Perhaps, If the king had been permit
ed to make love for himself without
anyone interfering, the princess would
now be queen Of Spain. At any rate,
the French and the Spanish all hoped,
and maybe the princess did, too, but It
was not to be. The king simply
passed her up" and 1t is said that
her sister, the queen of Portugal, suf-
fered more from, disappointment than
did the princess.
Right then he started a Irritation
with another royal girl, the Grand
Duchess Helena, the dark-haired,
black-eyed, beautiful daughter of the
Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia.
King Meets His Match.
o 1t Is said In st. Petersburg, in
fact, all over Europe, tha. Helena is
the worst firt of all the pripeesses, 80
In that direction the conquest of the
king was not a brilliant success. May
be he met his match. At any rate,
Helena wasted no time, but turned to
the other and more exciting, If less
dangerous, firtations, and the alliance
between Russia and Spain was dropped
with mutual honors.
The affair with the Princess Ade-
laide Of Parma threatened for a time
to be serious. That filtration took
Europe by surprise and the king, who
had been proclaimed a laggard in love,
began to show evidences Of being a
heart-breaker. 1t seems that he was
attracted toward the pretty and "im-
possible" princess Impossible from a
political standpoint) on seeing her,
and conducted his firtations for him
self. but in a short time he dropped
that.
Then came the most amazing of all
his fl%rtations, n that was rather
forced upon him, but which he en-
gagged in with such good will that all
the court at Madrid was shocked. This
girl wasn't a princess, but just a plain
miss, and her name was Miss Anna
Campbell, her father being q multi
millionaire of Buenos Ayres. Miss
Campbell, whose mother was a Span
ish lady. was at San Sebastian, and
fell in love with the king, who seemed
to reciprocate her affections.
Perhaps loves young dream was
budding, and possibly the king would
liked to slip away after supper,
meet his "best GIRL" and take a walk
with her through some shady lovers
lane, but the queen mother simply
asked Mr.. Campbell to take his girl
away and the Irritation ended like a
flash.
Religion an Obstacle.
The affair with the Archduchess
Of Austria was short. The
match was considered cminently de-
from political and church
and she was pretty, and
graceful, and witty. But no sooner
had people begun to talk than the
king apparently fell head over heels
in love with the Archduchess Gilmore
Marie, daughter of Archduke Charles,
who is declared to be the most beauti-
Jul young woman in all Austria. The
attraction appeared to be mutual and
here was a lot of gossip, but it ended
nothing.
The affair with Victoria Louise of
Germany followed within a few weeks.
There was much secret rejoicing in
Spain over the possibility that the
King would get married and settle
to a nice, steady life of ruling !
With the favorite daughter Of the
iaiser to help him handle the reins OF
The young people ap-
extremely fond Of each other, /
tut there was an obstacle. No one
Who is not and will not become a Ro-
nan Catholic a hope e to become
queen of Spain-and the princess is
Lutheran.
So that Irritation ended in gossip
md the king, possibly in pique, start
ID a Irritation with the Archduchess
Gabrielle of Austria, who was much
by the kings mother. Gabri-
lie is beautiful and clever, and a
killed rider, and she rode right v
he kings heart when they met, but
whether they had a lovers quarrel or
whether the king objected to having
lis mother pick a wife for him, or
whether something else happened, no
me knows except them, and that was
lropped.
People had begun talking about the
ling by that time, and when he
eemed to fall head owe heels in love
With the Duchess Marie Antoinette of
observation-disclosures It was whis-
that he had met his fate at last.
The duchess is a perfect type of Ger
nan beauty and is the daughter Of the
\rchduke Frederick Paul and q great
riend Of Emperor William and all
lis children. Indeed, it Is said that