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

laugh at It. When, . little later
she noticed the persistence Of Kins
Alexander's attentions to her dame
d'honneur, she tried to use Draga'l
influence for her own purposes. A,
that time she particularly wanted
to persuade her son not to 60 to
Carlsbad-where he was to meet
his father, King Milan-but to re.
main in Belgrade drinking at home
the mineral waters. But in this she
did not succeed.
When they returned to Barritz
Queen Nathalie one day forced Draga
to sit down at her own (Nathalie's)
writing table and write to King Alex
ander that Eat the order Of the queen
she, also. takes the liberty Of asking
his majesty to come to Barritz!"
This was the very first letter which
Draga wrote to King Alexander.
And King Alexander came to Biar
ritz. this time received somewhat
coldly by his mother, who could not
easily forgive him for spending sew
eral weeks that year with his father
During his sojourn at Sachino on
that occasion Draga arrived at the
conclusion that the young kings
love for her was not the Temporal
~ effervescence Of a young mans
heart, but that It was the real and
deep love Of an affectionate and
true, loving, warm heart. She her.
self, poor woman, Notwithstanding
her youth, beauty and affectionate
disposition, never knew what true
love was. We ought not to wonder
that she was longing for such love,
nor ought anyone to reproach her
that at this time she began to waver
in her. until then, absolutely firm
resolve not to encourage the young
kings love for her.
However, she would not have Civ.
en- way II the king had not at this
time had narrow escape from
drowning in the sea. His swimming
teacher, in his efforts to save the
kings life, lost his own.
Arriving at Sachino, after having
been saved from death, he managed
to be alone for few moments with
the object of his love. When she
told him, deeply moved, how she
thanked God he had been saved, the
young king implored her to allow
him, "in celebration of his having
been brought to life again." to kiss
her. She allowed him to do so. II
was their first kiss. Who can Justly
reproach her for that, in such an
extraordinary circumstance, she dill
not refuse the request?
Meantime, her life in Queen Ma.
thatlie's service became more and
more intolerable. Nathalie, seeing
that her plans for exclusive tnfiu.
ence with her son were not success.
full, became very irritable and Ill.
tempered. She came to the conclu.
sion that Draga could not and would
not make herself tool for her am.
billions. Indeed, Draga refused tc
exploit the young kings tender love
for and devotion to her to estrange
him from his father, even to secure
the further friendship and good
graces Of Queen Nathalie. This can
be proved by Queen Draga's letters
to King Alexander from that time
letters by which she tried to induce
him to show every Difference and re-
spect both to his father and his
mother. Those letters were kept in
King Alexander's private archives.
On the night of the assassination
they were carried away, but they
have not been destroyed. Those let
tiers will one day prove the abso-
lutte truthfulness of my assertions.
My sister left Biarritz and arrived
in Belgrade in November. 1897
From that time she lived only for her
beloved king and for us. Queen Ma.
thalie tried to persuade her to re.
main with her, and, indeed. retain.
ed our youngest sister. voyka. with
her. But all her efforts were un.
successful.
The Engagement Of King Alexander
and Queen Draga.
After the arrival of my sister from
Biarritz in Belgrade all sorts Of In.
trigues were started against her by
those few friends-mostly in petit.
coats-whom the ex-Queen Malta.
lie had in Belgrade. They were an,
noyed by the reserved and most dig.
nified behavior of my poor sister
and still more by the constant de.