A ROMANCE
At Iglau, m Moravia, on April 25, the marriage took place of the young lady m whom the Emperor William of Germany has taken great interest since he made her acquaintance at Gastein aome six years ago. Every day during that visit the Emperor, sitting at the window of his hotel, noticed the young lady m question, who iv tho daughter of a cloth manufacturer, At the window of the opposite hotoi In the Stranbinger Platz tio it happened that when oce aay the familiar face was i missing, the tnonaroh sent an adjutant to enquire the cause. Thu3 the little romance began, and the good Emperot never ceased his Interest m the fraulein, who was a olev;r, wjII educated and lively girl, but not a beauty m the ordl- j nary sense. The Unapt ror addressed her : whenever they met on his walks, and front year to ypar he pressed for her pro, Qklße tv come again the following season. The tnonaroh further obtained a promise from her that if she should become botrothed she would let him know. This happened last winter, and the lady thought politeness required hor to inform the Emperor of the day of her weeding with Herr Kilian, a merchant of Iglau. Toe ooasequenoe was that on the 23rd inßt, there arrived a large parcel from Berlin containing a bracelet richly eet with diamonds, a jowel-box adorned with the Imperial crown, aocompalned by a letter from the First Court Chamberlain saying the Enperor himself ohose this present, and that he desired tho bride to wear the bracelet at the ceremony.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1662, 14 September 1887, Page 2
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268A ROMANCE Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1662, 14 September 1887, Page 2
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