Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-26

T 1T ) ne WHO lllpOSslble, the pm
cess amended Pm just trying to show
you
'Or to shock me. You are so like
your grandmother"
'Thats the best compliment any one
can give me. which is lucky, as it's
given so often" laughed the princess.
Dear adorable Virginia" She cud-
died into the pink hollow Of her hand
the pearl framed ivory miniature of a
beautiful, smiling girl which always
hung from a thin gold chain around
her neck They shouldn't have nAAed
me after you, should they, If they
hadn't wanted me to be like your
1T was partly question of money,
Hear" sighed the grand duchess. "If
my mother hadn't left legacy to my
Hrst daughter only on consideration
that her own extremely American
name of Virginia should be perpetual
ed''--
ut was a delicious way of being pa
triotic I'm glad she did it. l love
being the only royal princess with
American blood in my veins and an
American name on my handkerChiefs.
Do you believe for an instan: that if
Grandmother Virginia were alive she
would let Granddaughter Virginia mar
~ Prince Henri de TouraineT
Il don't see why not" said the grand
duchess. "She wasn't too patriotic to
marry an English duke and startle
London as the first American duchess.
Heavens, the things she used to do if
pne could believe half the wild stories
my fathers sister told me in warning.
And as for my father, though a most
charming man, of course he could not
-er-have been called precisely es-
Unable, while Prince Henri certainly
Is, and an exceedingly good match
even for youth present circum-
stances"
"Call him match if you like, moth
er. He's undoubtedly a stick But,
no; he's not match for me. There's
only one on earth" And Virginia's
eyes were lifted to the sky as if. in
stead of existing on earth, the person
in her thoughts were placed as high
as the sun that shone above her.
Il should have preferred an Eng
lishman for you" said the grand duch-
ess. 'if only there were one of suitable
rank free to-
I'm not thinking of an Englishman,"
murmured her daughter
IF only you would think of poor
Henri.
'Never of him. You know, said
would be DASH
: Don't repeat 1t! Oh when you look
at me in that way, how like you are to
your grandmother's portrait at home
the one in white. painted just before
her marriage. One might have known
Tou would be extraordinary That sort
Dc thing invariably skips over a gen
fration."
The grand duchess laid down the the
Dry as law, and. whether or no she
we're right it was at least sure that
Ihe had inherited nothing of the first
Virginia's daring originality-some Of
her radiant mothers beauty perhaps,
watered down to gentle prettiness. for
The hereditary Grand Duchess of Bau-
menburg Drippe at fifty-One was still
, daintily attractive woman. middle
aged Dresden china lady. with a per-
feet complexion preserved by an al
most perfect temper. surprised eye
orI
donal upper lip.
She was not by birth hereditary
Her lord and very muchl her master
had been that and had selected her TO
help him reign over the hereditary
grand duchy Of Baumenburg Drippe.
not Only because her father was an
English duke with royal Stuart blood
IN his veins but because her Virginian
mother had brought much gold II the
cXcheqCer AfterwaTd
be had freely spent such portion Of
that gold rs had come 10 his Golfers in
trying to keep his iittle estates intact.
But now it was ali gone. and long ago
be had died Of grief and bitter disap-
lointment The hereditary grand duchy
u Baumenburg Drippe was ruled by
] cousiniy understudy 81 the German
Emperor William H.: the one son Of
nc marriage had been adopted as heir
p his crown by the ehildIess king Of /
the haudsous and lanIemta-
W ext=avagant old Duke of North .
was dead. his title and vast
states had passed 20 distant and dis
=recabIe relative. and fhe widowed
grand duchess. with her one fair
laughter. had lived for years in a pref
b old house with high walled gar
len at Hampton court. lent fv the
generosity Of the king aud queen 81
England.
For = long moment tho Dresden
'hina Lads thought fa silence and some
hing ~ sadness Than she reused her
eli again and asked tie ozle and only
oval princess with an American name
shat. In the way 81 a match. she real
y expected
What do | expect - e-hosyi Virginia
WY. I wish fer the moca-Bo.
aean the sun But ! dou't expect to
- If
Is that q var u saving y0l never
1teud n NARY
-T-- sfraid IL zuos1nts to that zd-
sftted virginia ~sinze thsre Is ozlT
-e rsn n IRE v0rztI uoasd have fer
~ bastard
NY dearest. A uzB pa have -
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