Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-27

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at her hotel. And when the
tall, golden haired heiress met the
slender. delicate Queen, those two
women knew at once that they
had mutual sympathies.
They liked each other. from
their first meeting. They settled
down to talk intimately, of
painful subject, because Of their
mutual trust. And heard just
what they agreed. The Queen
said she would give much. could
her son marry so lovely and vir-
tuous a young. woman as Gael.
But royalty had its rules>-aHd
its duty. Yet her son was fail
ing. sad and weary and miser-
able. Work and duty were not
enough to fill young mans life.
1T is not good tc be so alone,
when the best of his life is still
before him, said his mother, who
loved him
No, agreed the girl who also
loved him. it was not good
Then. his mother said she was
convinced he would never love
another girl, nor want any other
for his wife. And he should not
live alone Then and ah, this,
/ know from very truth, SO that /
can see that scene myself And
then, with tears, the older woman
took the girls hands, held them
warmlY,-as they sat, tete-a-tete,
on sofa My friend described
the scene 10 me.
He will, never be happy or
useful 10 his people, without you.
Yet he cannot marry you. And
so l ask you TO come to Belgium
10 live near us at the Palace
and 20 be TO my son as his
wife"
After she asked this. there was
a long silence. At last the girl
spoke:
Ny father has arranged q
marriage for me- Such an alliance
as you suggest an, dear Mad
anne the Queen it would go
against everything my father
wants for me 1t would break
his heart But bon Dieu, | love
him as he loves me the King
oh. do not know what to an
swer / do not want 10 hurt my
father And ] do not want to
hurt my love
Long moments passed in 81
lence Then the Queen kissed her
on tfc forehead Go away" she
besought and think IT over
And may the good God hep rs
all 10 "A wise decision
How and when l never heard
the decision was taken. But /
lid know. almost as soon as II
had happened that the engage
ment Of the helrcss and beloved
daughter OF one Of our great in
dustrialists. 10 Comte K was
not 10 be. Instead. shortly after
this she went travelling She
ended uu I'm Belgium
Near the Castle az Laeken in
the park. is a white villa, entirely
surrounded by trees and large
wall. There. month after
queen Elizabeth's visit, tall
young woman Of athletic figure
and rich gold hair and deep blue
eyes went 20 live. very quietly.
Then as 10 was told TO me older
unKnoWing people of the entour-
age Of Queen Elizabeth shook
their heads. remembering a.
they asked:
Was history repeating itself
KHd had another King Leo
pold the uncle Of this present
King. installed another lovely
-ii,strii,. -,-r-t4r,rt very vrfia two GER
erauous past
But only the people OF the
court circle asked tins. for the
lady Of the villa lived so very
quietly behind her wall IN her
wood-funged garden that no
Brussels burgher or commoner
ever realized she was living there
Yet an ~ aIistocratic Brussels
these tr1t-i- ttiirC tiT111E III COun-
sci. OF saw HIM as he rode about
his capital remarked the change
in him Leopold seemed happy
and vital and fun Of purpose,
again They said the sad young
husband was forgetting OF
course. he would always revere
the memory of his beautiful dead
Queen But IL was not good for
"a young man 10 live always with
lE mourning
So the fateful doomed days
F0cI sped while IN Germany,
ia.g forged their cannon and
cotpo nicl their conspiracies
against thc peace of all the world
Tic peace. as well of little Bel
Eium
There We're those IN France
,eho realized that Furope was