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Show HE WAS AN A3DENT LOVER. Archdoke J oh n't Proposal to Strange Young Lady. The Archduke appears to hive a babit of falling in love in a precipitate way, and a story has just been brought forward of an affairs d'aniour of his on board one of Lloyd's steamers between Port Said and Trieste a few years ago. i The object of tbe royal affection on this ' occasion was a young Australian lady, and from all accounts she might have married the wayward Archduke if her mother had not been with her to restrain re-strain and advise her. The following copy of a letter written to the young lady in question is somewhat amusing, not to say interesting, as showing the character of the man: "Most darl ingest of angel girls: I must lavish on you terms of endear-t endear-t merit. You are my loveliest love, mia cara carissima, ma petite cherie, my own sweet rose of Kent I thought myself often in love before I had the happiness to meet you, but was mistaken. mis-taken. You (ill my soul as nobody else has ever dono. I am hi despair at being told that I must not pay you further attention. My imperial rank stands in the way, say you and your honored mother, of courtship, pour le bon motif. It should, did I uot realize the litter vanity of being penned up with a tribe of seventy relatives ou an isolated peak. I hate my position, and am determined to live as a man should, and not like a poor creature who must be spoon-fed from the cradle to the grave. It depends on you whether I shall goon as 'an arch-dnokling' or not. "You spoke of the sad life of Penny Smith. Yes, it was a sad oue; but why? The Prince of Capua had not the manliness man-liness to go anil work for a living for himself aud his wife. My courage is equal to emigrating to Australia, whore I am sure I should fall on my feet. I could be the manager of a "theater, a teacher of French, German. Italian, or the curator of a zoo or botauieal garden, gar-den, or J could be a ridiug-mastcr or a stock-rider. Without going so far as Australia I might get married in Italy to tho girl of my choice. I was born a Tuscan, and the statues of the Grand Ducal family are now dead letters there. As you can never be an Archduchess Arch-duchess I shall be only too happy to cease to bo Archduke, but hope ever to be counted your darling 'Archduck-liug.' 'Archduck-liug.' " "Johaun." |
