The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-25


Prince Carr. mad son, Oluf. A neigh
boring principally Iessengen- had lost
It's rulers In the male line. none re-
naming except the Princess Clothilde
and her younger sister Minna. Clo-
thnde. who occupied the throne. being
a very feminine woman. was ayerse
20 the duties OF sovereignty. She
would have abdicated 10 favor OF her
sister but Minna had no more desire
to rule than Clothlide. Indeed. the
people OF Essengen we're a turbulent
lot who required the strong hand Of a
man to govern them and made no Sc
cret Of their contempt for a sovereign
queen.
There was every reason why the two
contiguous principalities should be
Joined under one head. Negotiations
TO that effect were entered upon be-
tween Prince Carl on the one side and
the mobiles OF Essengen on the other.
II was proposed that Prince OIuf
should marry the Princess Clothilde.
the two TO be prince and princess Of
the united principaiities. After many
demands and concessions compact
was made, and MOTIFS remained but
the consent of tie two parties most
especially concerned-prince UIuf and
Princess Clothiide. Prince 0luf visited
the princess. and. as luck would have
It, she fell desperately In love with
him.
One Of the points claimed by the
princess subjects was that she should
be sovereign equally with the prince.
her husband. for at the time OF the
nuptials Prince Carl was TO abdicste
in favor OF bis son. There was so
much feeling among the people OF Es-
gengen that in order 10 satisfy them
one OF Clothilde's ministers suggested
that she wear the iron crown OF the
sovereign on her bend &C all public
functions The crown being heavy, a
light one was made and the princess
wore 1t nearly all the while.
Great preparations were made for
the wedding. which was to take place
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the bridal couple were to TAKE up their
residence 10 Atruria. The princess was
so deeply in love With oluf that she
desired his presence mott of the time
10 Essengen This vas not pleasing to
the Princess Minna. who had conceiv-
ed great dislike for the prince In
deed. she gave out to those about her
that she would be glad when the cou-
pie were married, since then they
would remove TO Atruria and she
would no longer be troubled with the
presence OF very dlsagreeable man.
Shortly before the nuptials were 70
take place the Princess Clothilde fell
Ill. There was at the time so much
feeling on the part OF her people as TO
her united sovereignty with the prince.
who was TO be her husband. that al
though she was an invalid. her minis
fers insisted on her still wearing the
Iron crown. On one occasion when she
bad left ii of citizen of influence
who opposed the union OF the prinei-
palities was admitted to see her and as
soon as b, bad left the palace at
tempted to foment revolution Oh the
ground that the princess had left off
the crown.
Princess ClothIlde grew worse and
died. but few days before the APP
pointed marriage Prince Carl, his son.
Prince 0luf: the AtrurIans and many
EsseHgens we're bitterly disappointed
that the prospective union OF the two
countries had thus fallen through.
Prince 0luf. however. who had taken
as much liking to Princess MInna as
she had taken dislike to hins--indeed.
It was said that had she been sover-
eigH she would have been his choice
proposed that al that had been ar
ranged should be carried out. Miana to
become his wife instead Of Clcthilde.
The proposition was acceded to by
the union party OF Esssngen. but all
expected that Nina even for reasons
of state would NOT marry d msn she 80
ceYaIaliy dialiked However. the coun-
ell went tt her In body. represented
10 her the Importance OF the union of
the two countries and proposed that
she become the wife of the man who
was to have married her sister.
She fatly refused
Then commenced struggle on the
part OF the unionistg Of Essengen.
Prince Carl and especially Prince Oiuf
to induce her to change her mind
Prince Oluf. who had been Ia love
with her instead Of her sister from the
start, was wild with disappointment.
He voiced her with delicacy, but did
not succeed III changing her antipathy
FOR him. But what he could not bring
about was id part effected b. the prin-
cess ministers. Finally on their rep
rcsentation that # was her duty to
sacrifice herself for her peoples good
bhe consented to the marriage,
As soon as the fact was given out to
the people the prime minister advised
The princess to wear the iron crown
And now q strange thing happened.
Prince Oluf was advised that the prin-
cess desired to see him. He entered
gloomy from the fact Of a dislike on
the part OF the woman he loved that
he had not been able TO conquer What
was his surprise when the princess put
her arms lovingly around his neck and
her head dropped on his shoulder.
She married not only for reasons of |
kate, but for lore.
Recently experiments in Paris by /
scientists have established the fact
that metal clrclet worn on the head
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