The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

/ He was soldier. q sailor and o pam
phleteer. and he could compose good
waltzcs that were popular in Vienna
and other Austrian cities. IL was quite
natural that he should have love
affair with n fascinating nymph OF the
ballet" II was then that he withdrew
| from public life TO live quietly in his
| Castle OF Crth on the shores OF the
Lake of Gmunden.
The lady of the ballet was not the
| Archduke's first love. His first love
AFFAIR was with an English girl whom
he met when he was only a Lieutenant
| oi ltussars. one OF his letters to this
I lady fell into the wrong hands and
became public property. This IL what
he wrote 20 her. and It would seem to
prove that ne had pretty wit.
| Mos. dsrlngest % angc, girls. mus,
! lavish on you terms OF .ndearment. You
/ are my lovellest love. mia cara carsslma.
ma petite chere. my own sweet rose OF
| Kent. I thought myself often In low be-
! for" | hid III" happiness to meet you, but
/ wus mistaken You Ill my soul as
! nobody Else has ever done.
( | am in despair at being told ] mus:
/ not pay you further attention. My i'm
periaI rank stands in the way. cay you
and your honorei mother. OF courtshp
pour L. hon motif II should. did not
realize the utter vanity Of being penned
/ up with n tribe OF seventy relatives on an
! Isolated peak I hate my position and
| an,> determined 10 live rs man should
and not Ike q poor creature who must be
! spoon fed from the cradle to the grave.
| II depends on you whether I shall &c
| on as an arch duckling' or not You
spoke OF the sad life OF Penny Smith
| Yes. IL was "A sad one hut why? Tho
| primo. NJ ha ~. Ill
go and work for living for himself an,
/ his wife. My courage Is equal to EN- graf =
| ing 10 Australia, where l am sure I
should fall on my feet I could be
manager OF a theatre teacher o.
French, German. Italian, or tho curator Of
a zoo or n botanical garden. or I could be
| a riding master or a stock rider
| without going so far as Australia
| might get married IN Italy 10 the girl OF
! my choice. ] was born a Tuscan and the
| statutes OF the grand ducal family are
dead letters there As you can never be
an Archduchess. shall be only too happy
| TO cease to be an Archduke. but hone ever
to be counted your darling Arch-duckiinx.
JOHANN.
or. since you like my soft italian
name. Giovann!-but not on any account
tDon) Juan.
! This English lady, however. was not
moved by tho Archduke's appeal, for IL
she married him she wanted to marry
him as an Archduke and not as q
teacher OF languages or a riding master.
He also proposed matrimony 20 the
ballet dancer. to whom he suggested he
could support her by taking a post as a
skipper In the merchant service which
was foolish. as he had plenty OF money
in the bank TO keep both OF them in
comfort.
But" writes Mr.. Gribble. no wanted
the common lot. and labor as we'll US
matrimony was part OF II. Nor was
he making an empty boast. for he had
passed the tests and held master
mariners certificate. That was the con-
dillon OF things with him when not
long after the Meyeri.ng tragedy he
had his Anal quarre. with Francis
Joseph"
John Orth. the Archduke, came "a
America, and no one knows whether he
ever returned 10 Austria or not or
whether he is living to-day or dead
The last letter received from him was
written after his arrival In South
America:
! "Once away from Vienna find every
thing peaceful. My loyalty to my
fatherland cannot be shaken. Across
| the wide waters wait II a salute"
| That Is the hnal gesture, and one can
get little out Of 1t beyond the fact that
John Ortiz was q true Hapsburg, who
must needs strike an attitude.
Some mysterious man tried to make
Evelelgh Nash, who was the publisher
OF the Louisa OF Tuscany and the Marie
l.arisch books, believe that ne was Johl
Ortiz and was ready TO publish his rec.
elections in book form.
/ II can't write my life under NV own
name" said the stranger. "but II YOU
want "reminiscences Of tho house Of
Haps6urg l can provide you with
plenty Of them"
There. for tho moment, the matter
was left. but presently there was a
sequel. Information was received that
the same traveller had also visited
Paris, and there also had been invited
to little dinner In a restaurant; bu,
In Paris the inquiry into his represen.
tations was pursued more carefully.
Princess Louise Of Saxe-Coburg, who
Was then in Paris and who had known
John Of Tuscany well, consented to
como tn the restaurant and look at the
stranger without making herself known
to him. He did not recognise her anA
she did not recognise him.