Evening star., 1915-12-05

de Eemours, the Princess Wietgen-
stein and others, in descending scale.
refused his offers. Nathalie Gechko
daughter of a Russian government
clerk ranking as colonel, saw only the
princely crown and accepted him with
delight when chance threw him in her
way.
The Serbians liked Nathalie, but Mi
Ian was a hard one.
To raise pocket money he levied
war tax and made war with Bulgaria
to Justify it. Though badly beaten, he
proclaimed himself king, as Milan l.
To raise more pocket money he was
said to have duplicated the Serbian
bank note issues from the printing
presses, signing and numbering the
notes for himself, as convenient
Nathalie saw trouble ahead. Wisely,
she put money aside. Thus, with a dot
of only 100000 francs, she was able to
buy the Villa Sachno at Biarritz, val
ued at a million and half, and her
domain in Bessarablia, worth eight
millions any day.
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Milan preferred to spend in Paris
Every time he came to blow his money
in the gay French capital the Danubian
retainers of the Karageorgevitch lay
for him. Princess Helene had to round
them up, like a hen gathering her
chicks. in corner wine shops and the
news behind the Square du Bois,
bIoodthirsty crew of muttering, an
cient men by this time. who would fall
asleep whenever they sat down.
mo bloodshed in Paris,'' she would
warn them. II know that the Obreno-
witch swine rolls in his luxury, in easy
reach. No matter, he's a guest of Paris.
We are guests of Paris. You are guests
of Paris. There must be no knitting at
the closing of night restaurants!
Thus King Milan did not die gaudy
Partsian death, thanks to woman. 1t
was the more virtuous in that it be-
came harder and harder to get a shot
at Milan in Serbia. After Russia and
the skouptchina had paid him six mil
lions to abdicate in favor of his son
Alexander, he returned there only once,
to get more money. The pretext was
that his son desired Milan to take
charge of the army" The skouptchina
hastened to vote him three more mil
lions.
At the same moment somebody" has
tened to plug father and son with ex-
plosive bullets, in their carriage, in
the open streets of Belgrade. The
shots missed The unknown escaped.
The Karageorgevitch declared it all
plant" to round up their best friends
Effectually. there was a state trial. and
many of the Karageorgevitch were
jailed, tortured and shot. Pachitch. his
poor bones twisted and crushed, con-
Ie6Seu Ill tney asked MIN. Even the
heroic Knezevitch broke down under
the slow fire.
The race of Miloch seemed to be in
full sap.
Alexander obrenovitch reigned with
his Queen Draga. and Queen Draga's
sister was girl who danced, after sup
per. at Maxim's, In Paris.
Young Peter found 1t a long way to
Tipperary.
His father. the ex-king, always back
and forth on the edge of the promised
land, died on a trip to Temisvar. His
mother. Persida, the ex-Queen, died on
a trip to Vienna.
Peter went through st. Cyr. the
French West Point. At his Aunt
Helene's. in vacation, he found pocket
money and home cooking. Baby Arsene.
growing up with her. prepared for st.
Cyr In his turn. She helped him with
his lessons. got him coaches, saw him
enter. feted his outings and celebrated
his graduation.
In course Of time Peter married Prin-