South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-20

him. as soon as they had heard Of
the incident.
The Three Sisters.
All the three sisters Of the duke
OF Arenberg married we'll Lud-
mile. the eldest. became. as 1 have
already said. duchess OF CrOy; the
second is the wife. or. rather. the
widow Of a cousin OF hers. Prince
Francis Gutenberg. whilst the third
and youngest gave her hand TO
Prince Stephen OF Croy. the head Of
a younger branch OF that family and
the owner OF one OF the most ia
nous castles in Belgium. that of
Roeuix, which is considered one Of
the wonders Of the architecture OF
the middle ages.
The duchess OF Croy became a
widow when she was barely SO years
old and for some time it seemed as
| if she would never dream Of marry
ing again. She came. however,
prominently 10 the front in social
and aristocratfc circles when her
son, the present duke Of CrOy, an
I nounced. to the Indignation OF the
whole OF his family, his intention to
marry the lovely American. Miss
Nancy Leishmann, with whom he
had fallen violently in love. For
some time this question of the mar
riage OF the head Of the illustrious
house of Croy became the one sub
| ject of conversation in Paris. Brus-
sells and Berlin salons, and the kali
ser was even asked 10 interfere and
to forbid IT, This he might per-
| haps have done if the crown prince,
who was a personal friend of both
the duke of Croy and Miss Leish-
mann. had not interfered. much TO
( the disgust of all those who hoped
that this "meSailianCe" would be
prevented in some way or other.
The marriage, however, was cele-
brated in Switzerland. and the
I beauty and grace of the charming
young bride won for her the hearts
OF all those members of the Croy
! family, who had consented to be
present at the ceremony. among
others the Dowager duchess, who,
much TO the surprise of those who
d
was, declared herself quite satisfied
with her sons choice This was
more than his sisters did, the eldest
| of whom married to a Bavarian
| prince said that she would never
consent to receive the American"
as she disdainfully called her. The
young couple settled in their castle
/ of DuImen in Westphalia and once
or twice pat in an appearance in
Berlin. but in spite of all the efforts
made by their friends and by the
crown prince and princess, the Ouch
ess was not presented TO court and
both she and her husband remained
more or less ostracized by all those
who secretly envied the beautiful
girl, who had carried away one of
the best matches in the whole Of
Germany.
Again i'm Belgium.
After her sons marriage, the Do
wager duchess of Croy left Dulmen
and settled once more in Belgium.
One did not see much of her in So
ciety and she was supposed to lead
a quiet life and to be very much
given to pious practices Though
she was still young and very beau
tiful, no one ever thought that she
would marry again and consent to
change her name and title, of which
she had always been Unfortunately
proud.
But the other day the news got
round that for some years the duch-
ess had been in love with the man
ager of her sons estates and for
tune, and that she was going to
marry him, in spite of every oppo-
sition which her determination
might encounter on the part of her
children, mother, brothers and sis
ters. The naughty lady had dis
covered at last that she, also, had
a heart, and that it was worth while
TO live and love" through this
might imply the loss Of a position
in the world such as but very few
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