Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-01-20

81 see a crown, a royal crown" he
said, mo, two crowns!"
Il see two royal crowns" he went
on. "One is fatal and bloodstained,
the other leads to happiness and pow
er. | am hesitating for l do not know
which of the two you should accept
the first or the second"
On the following day the strolling
soothsayer made bold to visit the pal
ace at Cettinje and demanded that he
see the Princess Xenia. The aston
ished turnkey at the gate would have
barred the old man, but he was so In
sistent that the news of his visit was
conveyed to the princess.
admit him at once" ordered Xenia.
81 have come" said the soOthsayer,
slowly and solemnly, Ito warn you to
refuse the first crown offered to you,
no matter what it may be, because that
crown will fall with blood"
Prophecy Proved True.
The warning was not forgotten. Soon
afterward Xenia refused King Alexan-
der and his crown did fall in the blood
lest royal slaughter of modern times,
dragging his queen down to death with
him and setting up another dynasty.
"He was right, as l knew he would
be-" declared the princess when word
of Alexander's assassination came to
Cettinie. And her father, who had
been angered at her refusal OF
throne. perforce had to agree with her.
Xenia. of course, had more abiding
faith than ever in the soothsayer's
strange words.
Il will take the second royal crown
when it is offered me-" she said, calm
ly enough. ct will be the crown of
happiness, as the old man said, and
that is what most desire in this
world"
But the years sped on and no crown
was offered The lovely Xenia passed
twenty-five years and twenty-stx and
twenty-seven. Her next birthday, April
10. will be her thirtieth. The people
of Montenegro think that it is high
time their princess should find herself
a husband So does Queen Helena of
Italy, her elder sister, who has already
tried several matches for her, only to
be met with the curt mot until | can
convince myself that the crown offered
to me is the Happy Crown
The much discussed, much Travelled
Duke of the Abruzzi has met the SUI
perb Xenia, and they say he has made
up his mind to marry her if she will
have him. for the reason that he rea-
Lies that he must marry, and if he can
not get Miss Elkins he must take some
one who has at once royal blood and
the good will of his autocratic family,
who are a power unto themselves.
Ouene Helena is delighted and the
| Dovager Duchess d'Aosta-his step
mother who was Princess Letitia
Ronaparte-is only too willing, for it
will get the impetuous and lovelorn
duke off her mind.
Hard Combination to Overcome.
| No engagement has been formally
announced and perhaps none will be-.
The duke may yet change his mind,
as he has before, and live out his life
true to the American girl. He may re-
main faithful to the pledge of lifelong
celibacy which, 1t is said, he and Miss
Elkins mutually made, but Queen Dow
ager Margarita, Queen Helena, the
two Duchesses d'Aosta and the Count
ess of Turin are a feminine combina-
ton that might well succeed in over
riding the scruples of the royal lover.
If they do it will not be the first royal
marriage in which the heart has been
in another place.
Not that the Princess Xenia is not
lovab!e. Far from 1t. Indeed, she is
one of the most attractive young WON
en- in all Europe, despite the fact tnat
she comes from such a backwoods
kingdom. Few of her equals have her
charm of manner, her tact and grace