The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-06

and where she had many friends and
acquaintance VINO appreciated hel
very much. begged her to take me
with her. which she promised to do
! That was the situation up to june
rs. o. 8. July Q. N. 81, 1900.
On that day she came to my vine
yard, accompanied by our two young
est sisters, who. together with oul
youngest brother, Nicodemus, were
living in her house.
The moment she arrived she said
to me: II have something Of ths
greatest Importance to tell YOU"
l took her into one Of the rooms
OF my villa. She looked very seri.
Gus and very troubled. The moment
we were alone she asked me In grea,
agitation:
Dear sister, give me your advice!
What am to do? Something nas
happened that none of u could have
foreseen!"
l was disturbed by her agitation
an intense fear came over me, AMI
l begged her to tell me at once wha,
was the matter.
1.-THE king has told me that he has
decided to make me his wife and to
marry me! What on earth am l to
do?" she said, in evident bewilder.
ment.
l was dumbfounded. For some
moments did not know what to say
At last ventured to observe that she
was intelligent and Q woman Of great
good sense, and that she should act
as God directed her, and not ask me
for advice. finished by asking her
what answer she had given him.
II implored him not to talk about
marrying me! I told him that ]
would not listen to it-that our mar.
riage is an impossibility. What
would his father. King Milan. say
to it? What would the Servian dig.
nitaries say. who expect a foreign
princess for their queen?"
A strange fear overwhelmed me
felt that we were standing before
a great and grave crisis. l begged
her to do all she could to make the
king abandon that idea, to do every.
thing SO that later ON she should
have no reason to reproach herself.
my dear sister," she said, "you
do not know the character Of the
king. When he once decides to dc
something, no one-not even I-can
induce him to change his resolve
But you are right, and am person.
ally of the same conviction, that II
is my duty to do everything to in
duce him to give up the idea of mar.
rying me-"
And she really did everything she
could to persuade him that he ought
not to marry her. l doubt very much
that any other woman in her place
would have spoken to him as she did
She reminded him that the Serviar
people did not like to see young men
marry widows; she drew his attention
to the difference in their ages; she
told him that she feared she woulc
not be able to win the love Of the
people. But all her arguments were
useless. He laughed at them, and
repeatedly assured her that nothing
could change his resolve.
Extremely alarmed, she though,
that the only way to Illustrate the
kings intention was-to leave the
country. live abroad. and make the
king forget her. When she told
him what she contemplated dsing
the kings answer was:
IF you really mean to leave me
by leaving Servia without my con.
sent, then I also will leave ServiA
the crown and everything, and follow
you. I want to be happy. and with
out you cannot be happy! I wan
you to be my wife before God and
before my people,"
After such a declaration, what
could she do? That that statement
was not an empty menace and thai
King Alexander earnestly meant te
do what he said. everybody wht
knew the kings character would al
NIT. She argued with herself IN
this way: "If I consent to the mar.
riage. fear the consequences FOL
him, but II do not consent, and &C
away. then he will do what he said
leave the throne and the country
and be ruined! Whichever way
act, people will make me responsi.
BILE and attack mel" She used e
walk about her room in great dis.
tress. exclaiming repeatedly. "0h
God, why hast Thou brought me into
this terrible dilemma? Thou know.