Show I y Ending to Romance Ii 1 Of O Loved Belgian Princess Special Fob Feb years the I BRUSSELS continental have Ilu bron Clemn Clemen ot Of D to Victor Na a apoleon the French pretender and then don the tho story afterward So whon the began to revive rele im f telY King Lt death tho they were not taken vcr very es I IS as Victor Napoleon n a and three children al ely But I ant am In a posItion to 10 n ay that now Cor or the first th Ith repot bave ae a Coun foundation atlon nn and nm am r se give somo Inside facts taets abOut thiS arc to be marrIed next ii 1 I c lobe 0 first moment po ty Ly Lytho tho of oC court otI eti six years cars ago the Bel learned learnd Iq pleased surprise that jO joy had m l Into t tile life lite ot Clemn Une tte hc youngest est daughter of oC the lat Leopold 11 for tOI to took look on the thc gracious and Bad ad prin ru a martyr to filial dut duty Tto rao of oC her enga ement to Napoleon made many happy who pitied the ss wear weary rho rhe announcement was not pr i mature but the nt at It wre f v rol fOi lUng Leop Leopold ld his hs con f sent to the tho proposed marriage put an anI I end to nil all thought of oC It during hIs life lICe lICer r King Leopold elC elCI I just he was a hard man to all and to his hh own family anti he hei h i f nOer his mind 7 ROMANTIC AFFAIR t The nIC between the tho i gian princes and the pretender to lie liet f t throne was n a romantic one For f 4 years he was was exiled from FrancO the tho chief ot of time the has lived lIed In Brussels Ills His to out appearance was one ot of some Iome somewhat what morose resignation Ho He did mt plot In hIs great house on the hut but neither did he show con contentment n with his lot He seemed to 1 hae little Interest In life lite The he Issued from Crom time to time thoo to bo be devised for nothing mol than to satisfY followers more ho hopeful Cul jand enthusiastic than himself People ar now learning that what seem J stagnation was In truth still sUlI water run runt fling deep Dru Brussels ehl Is n a small elt city yet et Prin Princess t cess eess Clementine seldom met Princ Victor In un any public place The of oC the fact that the tho two were was given ghen at one of oC time the hors back baek os which are arc am among m the favorite recreations of Brussels ro o clet At this Prince tor tOI wa was the winner and PrIncess Clem attached the trophy troph a bunch of oC J rIbbons to his coat Her net act seemed r it at once tIme the ena engagement 1 was declared to be certain o formal Cormal demand for Cor the kings 4 con to It quickly quick King t t refusal was lashed flashed out at 9 1 like lightning I happened to he be beat lat at the palace wh when n Prince VIctor 11 r I riv ed to make his demand Tb II tate 4 liveries of oC his hiN s servants lants the Green of oC Napoleon and the gorgeous MA 1 t trappings ppl gs of oC his attracted V my attentIon as the princes carnage drove up to the palace Before I ad time to ask what such great meant I saw from the tho window wh rd I 1 stood steed the prInce hurr hurry out enter hIs carriage and drive awa away His arid Princess t was waR bitter and amI unexpected Hopeless as ase e their outlook when Icing Leopold 1 refused then the they resolved to walt vait tor f r ther Non that the lite 4 princess Is 18 definitely 1 r ne I been fixed tot di t lL it t II li de decided that e the royal pah v f t c s boase on y nUi tn In the tho diu of oC Brussels bo hb j ome years can nd IntI a at t for tl the 1 t OF STATE King Leold has d hI hi fo fot fot t t hIs dau to marry the Bon Boria Boni i P pretender ozi reasons or of state stat stater statHis r HIs on terms with tho ho Fr republic ho said SO SOlie solie I lie could not to nn an with one ht t to the re Quill as lit ron Ils reasons ot of tate was waH tho l M of oC the tho lie he was wall a grandson landson of oC Louis Philippe The rite strongest st of oC all 1118 reasons wits WIlS his to toc c beep Princess Clementi no b by bun to toL L hy his side at public core cere j and disprove by such Hueh appear the stories told ot of disunion In royal rOal household Unfortunately tor or the happIness ot of f Princess 1 Clementine these were true tru itt In the royal there thero little union except on the tho surface I the was born In 18 1872 I household WIS vas already spilt Into hostIlo camps Tho death of ICing Leopolds only fon son the tho Count do dor dol r l In 1869 embittered the les lesot lives ot of hoth the and Queen and little i t love loc was bestowed on tim tho three daugh daught of these t Pride Is tho characteristic ot of the Coburg race mec I It led Kin King Leopold Leonold to an empIre empire In Africa jon inon and lit It lell lellI his eld st the Princess I Luise Into to noth 1 ln can ier er that thai made for tor ordinary appl to one ne ot of other her birth and race I It led Kin Killer LeQ daughter t f l to happiness S tor or It hI her to put 1 aside wih with little t V I ithe the empty state of oC an empl S 1 widow to murr marry for love on one qC rank royalty The Tho of oC the Co Coi i burgs b Is greatest and noblest In Primi pt pf I It she sho shoel what S she truly bellev I tl to tobO rl rh bO J her el duty u to her I rather and h her during 3 sad l cr From the thO moment to womanhood V sho wa was malle made the bufer buffer o n her r Cam am V She Sho ule ed tortures Again and n aln she Mho was mallo to bear the most She bore bolo thorn thom In never but never her proud neck nee 1 TRUE TO lEIt FAMILY ro al all her family the tho princess V Troed tru true o onlY one she Bhe V j I could lean on was her aunt tho COUI Coun Countess tess of Flanders King Alberts mother V itlie f the coed angel of oC the ro royal al 1 family I It was to the ot of S Flanders she turned when PrInce Vie Vietor tor pressed his suit and th the countess ought valiantly for Cor her out DUt success s IThen hen iCing Leopolds brusque refusal was spoken It wa was In the Palace of oC the countess that the princess found Consolation there that her meetings 1 with I Prince VIctor toole ulace olace through the lonc years earB ot of wait In log and there that the re renewal renewal newal ot of her was made wi will h 1 no forbidding ot of the banns this time for Cor the consent of oC the tho new kIng Albert I ha has been given al already already ready to the marriage JEALOUS OF DAUGHTER DAUGHTER The sd sad life ot of Princess Clementine has UP to the present prevented her from showing the 11 cay spontaneity which makes princesses loved loed by the Ule crowd Indeed she sho was wae prevented from popularity KIn King Llo Leo Leonold nold saw aw to that Hers was always a prominent hut but nays always a secondary role Whenever tho he people cheered her too loud loudly she sho was ordered Into seclusion ni a a naughty child Is sent to tobed tobed bed Such an IncIdent happened when she lall lasi accompanied ICing Leopold to Antwerp The people knowing there had hul been division In the royal roal Camly family and I thInking the tho appear appearance anee ance beide beside the tho kIn king showed reunion manifested their joy by cheering her tar far more loudly than the thea cheered the tho king TheIr spokesman urged urd wih with loyal heat that Princess should repeat her visit Kin ICing Leopold expressed himself enchanted by tho ho popular display but he hurrIed the tho princess awa away an and never allowed her herto to return Many thIngs made macic Princes Princess demon Clemen tine reluctant to wander In time the royal roul parks or go treel freely among the public Out or of doon doo drIving has been her chief recreation She Is a good whIp and a gOod horsewoman and shared the tasos of her future futuro husband In doors In her hem own residences she 1 Is Isa a charming ho hostess As things wore were she preferred small gatherings of oC private friends to wide gatherIng circles ot of ac ances The have found her always graceful but sometime cold Those who have hae met her In her Intimate circle are ale confident that now her long trails passed she wi will b found Cound to be Cul till of oC warm sympathy In Inno inno no wa way cold and wih with happiness shInIng In her e eyes es as beautiful as she Is WILL rILL hAVE VE A BIG DOT She Sho wi will not be a bride I King Leopold I II desIred to lelve leave nothIng to his three daughters but their theft equal shares of oC the whIch he had inherited from Crom hi father father Leopold I Al All else ho he pos possessed he let left In trust of oC various companies to bo be used part partly a as the reigning kIng of oC the Belgians wIshed part partly for tor tim tho embellIshment of Brussels The Tho Del Bel glan law luw doc does not permit of oC such I disposal or M property In Belgium no noman noman I man kIng or common can leave leavo moro more than oneCo rth of his property to other others than hIs hels heirs I It Is alread already certaIn that PrIncess share sharo of h her r fathers Cathers estate will amount to some millions of oC dolar dollars Prince Victor Napoleon Is alread already master of oC millions He wi will not plot In Belgum Belgium but It Is hinted he wi ill yet et prove himself to be 10 a man quite quiteo o other her than he Is generally thought to tobe tobe be His studies Into the hIstory and the needs or of France are arc profound Ho He Hohas has formed n a great Napoleon museum In his hOUGO In Brussels Possessed ot of great wealth and wih with a proud wife b by his side de he may yet throw ot off hat seems Ida hIs lethargy and touch tIme the heart of oC France MALCOLM K K DOUGLAS |