Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-20

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the palace. The prince was eyi6s,..
much struck with the pronos., 49,
said he would think 1t over. y.
pressed desire to see his mar !.
ter, with view to giving him f,-ss
instructions. and the represa,.s..s
was introduced to bis apart,,.-.'
What passed between them was
known, but after the meetip.
prince told the princess that he =,
proposed her plan to Sinister.
1t had been arranged that the =.
nuptiaI festivities should last = ~.
then the wedding. after which -.
should be another week Of reio,cs.s
The princess was much interesseS :
her matchmaking between the two
resentatives and was quite pIeasss :.
find every evidence that the two -,
been violently smitten with each oth..
The prince and his Representative 4.
conferences occasionally, and tbe -
mer reported to the princess that Il.
latter had agreed to her plan OF na,
ing through the ceremony of mars.
with her who was enacting the n,-
OF bride expectant, though he sssrss
to get into trouble by marrying 1 pr,.
cess while pretending to be a pripes
But Adolf declared that he would m,E.
that all right. assuring the man Of Il,
personal protection.
The conspirators could not. OF cour..
go so far as to have a public marrssr.
celebrated between the two. so IL NJ.
arranged that Shuster and the princes.
representative should be married mi.
vately-that is, If the spurious princes
would consent to the match. The dav
before the royal marriage was cele
brated Shuster announced that be had
won the lady's consent. and the prince
and his fiancee agreed that the ns,-
rage should be celebrated that sane
evening in the private chapel Of The
palace.
A few Of those most intimate with
the princess were admitted to the o.
cret and to the ceremony. All watch
ed the proceedings with great gustn
Nothing could be more interesting than
a marriage between two commoners
each thinking the other to be Of royaI
blood. Many comments were passed
on the pair, the most frequent Of
which was that. though commoners,
each possessed the carriage and dignL
ty of a person Of the blood royal.
The groom had stipulated that In
mediately after the ceremony he
should take his bride whittier so eYer
he pleased and no questions asked 50
when the pair had been congratulated
they stepped into one of the royal car
riages and were driven away.
That night the prince disappeared
On the dresser in his apartments was
found a note stating that his name
was Herman Shuster. He had per
sonated the prince till just before bis
arrival at the capital, when his royal
1ighness had suddenly decided to en-
Ter in his own propria persons. BE
whom the princess had taken for
dummy was the real prince. He had
fallen in love with the princess repre-
sentative and married her.
The princess, astonished, mortified
gave orders to cease the preparations
or the wedding that was to take place
hat day at high noon and shut herself
ID in the palace. There was but one
natter of comfort for her-n her be-
rothed had Tilted her he had married
commoner. This would insure II
troubles for him in the n d
ure and might cost him crown.
But within a few days strange ner
anne from a neighboring kingdom
rhe king of this country had recentg
led and left the throne to his daugh
er. The young queen was much Dc
owed by her subjects. being given 70
harity. She was used to going amonz r.
he poor and the institutions for me
DOR incognita for the purpose
the needs of the former ana
DIRECTING abuses in the latter. sne
ad found these incognitas so pleas
Mt. relieving her. as they did, non
be gaze of curious crowds, that 81
ad adopted them when travelling
ne of her Journeys she had been SUM
loned to the palace of the reignns
pyereign and had been assigned
uty by the princess royal. the lsue
linking her to be a commoner. h1w
j the palace she had happened
leet the heir apparent OF anolas
ingdom, love AFFAIR had resai'r'
nd the queen had been privately mar
ed
When the princess heard this neNs
lie was more astonished than pelols
hat an imposition had been praeuss
BON her and what an extraordinss
,incidence, the queen and the pm,
Getting under such circumstan
ut what excited the wrath OF nel
err, the king, was that two kinsoous
ing near his own would now pe W..
under one sovereign. the t~o
,ther being far stronger than DC -
mself. ~
Soon after his marriage Prince ao
MT deputation to the lady 70 sns-
had been betrothed to otfer az w.
e apology. They said that ai'el
rming her that he would De ~
nted by another he had been So
It'll desire to win her love 10 Us
Nv. but her adoption OF sinln
IN as his own had placed lin NJ
influence that he had been u0A'
resist
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