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u Many8years ago there existed In Eu-s
rope q principally, lCalpurnia, SO small
that Its population numbered only a
few thousand persons. They we're very
exclusive. never adopting foreign cit
liens and Observation-Disclosures each
HotherrMSThe consequence was that he
reditary@ diseases becamesso plentiful
among them assto threaten, their ruin,
Theodore VII, then prince, 1T last is
sned q decree prohibiting marriage be-
fWesnzpersons@related5 within the~dfth-
generation. Under this law marriage
Wassextrsmely difficult Il y. ag@sssg & et
One adffthe first persons on whom the
edicts reacted was the hereditary prince
Theodore, who, like the people, must
marry within the principality: At the
hmeitasWaa BAsnedt heawasfsttadyingSat
q oreignSuihiyetsity butsswasa aboutto.
finish IFS course and was expected to
return.sand.m marry in order to secure
the succession: Meanwhile hts father
directed, the heralds to 5examine, the
family treses, the nobility with d.
view TO discovering some fam iy into
which thes young prince Could legally
marry. Theygy reported that but -ons,
family. the Count Of Nervin,s, nm be
Within the llmits99 III this family was
}ehe unmarrieds woman vergtia, TWEEN
EtyTEyearsSSold I'M eyeryfWa attractive.
and2a NerylsuItablep match for the
young prince. 49,, 4
: Theodore SatAonce sent the: prime min
lister Ito the count {Vergilia's father,
Wfthya proposition for his daughter!
The minister returned, reporting that
the COUNT felt greatly honoredb by the;
proposition, but his daughter had de-
"c1ared that she war moi inclined to
marry she was q |wayiward girl wheo
had always been, used TO- having her
own way. and her fathers command
that she should return q, suitable al
swer;to her sovereign had had no effect
upon her. r %fR
Theodore was much perplexed. He
wrote Of the refusal to his son. But
Theodore paid mo attention .toatt and
soon after. his agraduatiopft wrote hts
father that, be was, minded to travel.
TO this his father replied, advising him
-he was overfond iof the boy and sell
dom communicable come home at
once, that the only woman Fsheas could
marry was accepting the attention Of
ka young foreign artist who had recent
w appsaredsand solicited t~hesprvilage
Eof painting III portrait She vat Tor
him every day. and her father feared
the heasdstfohlgg Egghiff Afiiovo$Wtith
him and would diSrsgardanot only the
wish Of herSsoveraign. but the national
Eycustoma45ofaa mhryytpgo SSonly within gthe
country Eo this Hls warning the, prince
Edtd not reply, and 3hts ,thatheFsconelyded
Ith 81; hs sthaae gons beyond 9n5Iss ths,E sash 2. q
MeaniWsEh5lil.e, the alrHst, rodrigo RHulp,ez.
Pa young spaniard, was busy with the
portrait Hekwasa very Respectfully ksep.
Ing his 3diatsnee fram The hlghborn
dame, but, she noticed whenever he
sttrove to dnterest her inssofder TO catch
EAbessAbest expression that he was q man
Forfeiture. Gradually as Virgilia gave
him encouragement he showed by hia
mapnsr$tlsat he, loved her, and onesday,
forgetting sKerseI9 "A sheS9cai8ed But q
hdaclaraHon. Then the Girl. with hef
oyer bent upon the door, told him of
the proposition Tor her hand for the
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Her face was avertsd. He stUao III
beside her. placed his arm around her
Vstet AZ her bead Z ap 4 ~ ~
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Suddenly be released hsR.
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NWNhsn Sths artist 4SiiaSt Yoggelfat "A Wa
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Whssssa event hsaseafns u
hin osaeS knew. an kltnaYsEeslea
informed heR 9asheRsthat sheswpnta I'd
what the interest of her sovereign
and his people required OF hen. 4 $50
decision was communicated to The
young prince. who wrote herr frank
Iettsr thanking her fer assst gfyins
her consent. Perhaps you loya an,
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home Al fsAthe women
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