THE DUKE ALEXIS AND HIS LADY-LOVE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2150, 24 November 1875, Page 4

THE DUKE ALEXIS AND HIS LADY-LOVE.

Tlie young Duke Alexis; when on his travels in America, was reported to have been bored to death by the gushing attentions of the ladies of the great country^' Had they known that the young man'%ff9 married; that he had run, away with the lady to whom he was married; that he was not bn speaking terms with 1 hif papa because he was married; and that he dare not be seen in publicl with the lady herself— they might,; perhaps haye^ceased'to woo and worry him. Itis wonderful how these young Princes can carry on and even Jeames fail, to find them but. The story of the Grand Duke's trouble has just come to light by the trial of a. divorce case, in St. Petersburg. In that C^urt" a.HcfSsian lady was divorced fr@m Alexis, taking with, the decree a .guarantee of a, good round annuity. The disclosed facts were that she, being a countrywoman'of. the 5 Czarina, the Emperor's wife, became.a maid of honour. The Czarina.'i was fa'kcinated, which was no harm; but' the young Duke was fascinated, which was quite another matter. Jn the end the maid, with the proper quantity ,of tears,? declared their mutual passion to the Empress and sheinturn to the awful Emperor. An hour or two after the lovely maiden was where' foreigners do not like to be, "on the frontier,"^ and the young Alexis on board his ship, doing duty in his •profession. But the lad was no milksop, although he has turned out badly now. He deserted from his ship, met his fair mistress beyond the Ehine, and married her like a man. So far we have romance and courage and the reward of true love. Where should.they go but to America? In that country the steps of the youthful pair were dogged by thousand s of free and independent citizens, and notably by a score of scribblers on the New York Herald. Meantime the Empress is in tears about her buy, and mother-like, blames" that woman." ' The Emperor, in the true paternal fashion, is pig-headed, and will not yield. For two years" there was a gap in the great Winter Palace, and a cold spot in the proudest hearts' in Bussia. Would it not be pleasant now if we could say that the old man behaved handsomely and forgave the young people, and asked them to dinner ?; The fates were not propitious. The Empress worked upon the young ■ Duke, and he at last yielded, and, we think, basely. The girl) with Hobspn's choice, .elected .to. be divorced, and is now a widow forsooth. Is the Winter Pala'cVany happier ?'