Show oil i i u jl J tir azars czars romance Theol lowing episode is said to hav been related by the czar himself to it dimate frienda his elder brother w died at nice was as is first betrothed to princess dagmar of denmark on his deathbed he left his brother the present czar a letter in which he begged him to take his place in the heart of the princess the grand dalre alexander however was a very bashful lover and had not the conrage to carry out his dying brothers last wish till one day the grand duke vladimir said to him if yon will bot fulfill the wish of conr dead nicholas I 1 shall propose for the hand of the princess my kelf A bhart time after ahn grand alexander set off to copenhagen and one day being alone with the princess dagmar he handed her tremblingly the letter of his brother when tha princess had red it she blushed and aard 1 also received a letter from nicholas in which he begged me to become alexander asked to be allowed to read the letter the princess fetched it and together they read it the cernel was a marriage cor london news |