The Archive · 1929

The Ago Khan's Love Affa

Oct, 3.

The Aga Khan's little faire de our has an amount of interest. for which he, though an experienced man of the world, seems to have been unprepared.' The first news was given by 2 Paris afternoon paper, which published a most romantic story of his Highness accidentally going into a con-factioner's shop at Chambéry to buy presents for some of his friends, and being immediately fascinated by one of the two young women behind the counter. According to this version, which appears to be strictly inaccurate, he came back again and again under pretext of buying chocolates, asked the charmer if she would like to take a trip to Aixles-Bains with him, was repulsed with virtuous ridicule, and finally offered her marriage. When she discovered that the middle-aged, dark-skinned tempter really meant business, and that ba wan an Oriental pines with 'a fabulous income, she furally changed her mind' and- accepted him, This story, which appealed enormously to the imagination of every

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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