The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1912-11-30
Honor Denied Wife Of a Cars
Brother Sought by Daughter.
Would Be a Grand Duehess-Romanee
In the Career Of Grand Duke
Michael, Long a Resident
of England,

London.-One OF the most beautiful
girls now In England IS the young
Countess NADIA Torby, who is with her
father and mother, the Grand Duke
Michael and Countess Torby, who are
paying a round of visits IN the north,
The mother never received her title
Of grand duchess because OF the stern
point Of view Of the Romanoffs, but
now that the beautiful NADIA has
grown up-and she Is one Of the most
beautiful girls imaglnable-it Is gen
orally supposed that she Will demand
for herself the rank that her mother
has never attained
When the late King Edward was
still tho prince Of Wales he made Il
move to obtain for tho mother the
rights that the Russian government
had denied her, But he became king
and died without gaining this delight
ful epd, What tho attitude OF the
present English sovoreigns 10 in tho
matter n not known, But tho story
OF the Torbys remains an interesting
episode,
II all took place when the Grand
Duke Michael was the gayest OF
princes and was living in reckless eS'
trayaganco at Monte Carlo, lie was
riding one day IN Nice when his horse
plunged just rs he was approaching
n young woman who was also seated
on spirited animal,
Tho horse Of the prince frightened
the horse Of tho lady, which promptly
boltcd with her, Tho grand duke rode
In pursuit, caught the flying animal
by the brIdlo and rescued the maldon,
who Immediately tainted In the arms
Of his imperial highness, The prince
then fell desperately in love with the
gIrl and pursued her for months, beg
gIng her to marry him, llut the say
lIfo Of her sutton, together with her
knowledge OF what morganaue mar
rIaRes always lead to- gave tho young
woman pause, and she refused to smile
upon her royal lover
It was then, however, that the
Grand duke made the most solemn
yows, declaring that he would aban
don hts fast life forever and taxi up
an cYIBtencc that would be a model
Of domestlcIty VOWS, by the way, that
no has kept with tho utmost Rightly
over since
llo was no sincere that the lovely
Countess Torby consented to wed the
duke, The ceremony was performed
in the Greek church, and the once
dashing princb settled down to quiet
life In the utmost Hoelusion IN out OF
tho way places In England Two
daughters were the fruit Of this union
and the devotion Of the royal father
to hls family became pFoyefblal IN
Europe For many years no was never
separated from his wife for n day
Now, the late ear was n brother OF
the grand duke, and he always re'
fused 10 receive or even meet tho
IOuntthb lOIU4I Nhu lH' pi't'ht Nh"i
holds firmly 10 tho same rule,
II the marriage OF the Grand Duke
Michael and the Countess T0rby had
been merely nm ordinary morganNllc
marriage there would probably not
have been 30 much fuss made about
Il, nut there IN something under
lying all this attitude OF the Russian
court
Tho mother Of tho eountesa was
Countess Natalie Nuremberg, NOR
ganalIe widow OF Prince Nicholas OF
Nassau and Luxembourg The lady
moreover, was the youngest daughter
Of Rnssia'a famous poet Pushltih,
Now the latter was a greatgrahdsoh,
in some strange way OF Peter the
OrentB coal black negro, Hannibal
Tho Countess Torby, therefore, has q
strain Of negro blood In her veins,
and this seems 70 initiate against her
ieeoentOh, At II very recent date
tho mother of Countess Torby was
still living and the romantic reminds
eenaee connected with the pubhbh
episode are Too near 70 ehdear either
her daughter or her granddaughter
ia tba Russian court