South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-02


king was TO wait his future bride at
the frontier station OF Irun, where
he was 10 receive her in state. The
princess travelled in a special train,
and the Marquis Del NUM- applied
himself TO amuse them during the
long and wearisome journey be-
tween Paris and Bordeaux. He sue
ceeded so well in doing il that both
the future queen and her mother
kept him talking with them until
long past midnight, with the con-
sequence that when they retired for
the night the young princess was so
tired that she oversight the next
morning and could only be awaken
ed with difficulty as the frontier
was being neared. Her maid some
how had mislaid some Of her things
and the Marquis Del NUM- suddenly
discovered TO his intense conster-
nation that Irun would be reached
before the bride-elect had finished
her toilet
This would never do. as he knew
but too well that she was expected
TO appear at her best. notwithstand-
ing the early hour. and 10 accept
the greetings of all the authorities
of Irun, not to mention those of the
King. But the experienced diplomat
easily found a way out of the diem
ma. He called the conductor of the
train and on his own responsibility
caused il to be slowed down 50 that
il reached its destination one whole
hour after its scheduled time, to the
/ JOY of Princess Ena. who never for
| got this first service rendered TO her
/ by the marquis, and TO the conster-
nation of King AlphonsO, who for
so minutes paced the platform of
the station at Irun wondering what
| had happened to the train that was
/ bringing to Spain its future queen
and imagining all kinds of dreadful
! things. II seems that he was the
/ first one TO laugh when he was told
afterward the reason of the delay.
A Narrow Escape.
few days later the marquis
was called upon 10 render another
/ service, this time a serious one. to
ibis sovereigns. He was riding be-
| hind the carriage in which AlphOn-
so XIII and his newly welded wife
were returning to the Madrid pal
ace, after the marriage ceremony
when the bomb which was thrown
at them by an anarchist exploded
in front of it, and he was the one
who helped the queen to alight art
er the catastrophe and who re
NAMED beside her while the king
attended to the victims of the at
tack and saw them removed TO the
hospital. Afterward he accompanied
her back 10 the palace. where she
arrived. white and trembling. hard
| ly knowing what had occurred 10
her
The young sovereign never forgot
the help that Del NUM- had been 10
her on that memorable day. and she
remained upon terms OF affectionate
and respectful friendship with him
ever since. They correspondent fire.
quently. and whenever the queen
( happened TO be in San Seba stian
/ the marquis used TO come and see
her from Biarritz. where he yener-
ally spent the sum ner months. i'm q
/ beautiful villa he had built for
/ himself there. in view Of the sea
and where ne breathed his last. aft
er career which was always sue
cessful. and singularly lucky. mas
much as it never was interrupted
/ by any of those untoward accidents
such as happen so often in diplo-
matte life. He will be sorely missed
both in Madrid and in Paris. where
II will not be easy TO replace him
just now.