The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-01
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APARIsLAN STORY.
How an English Woman Married g
French MRrnmIa.

French Marquis.
A gossiping Paris correspondent re-
lates the annexed FfencflsfoFy of q re-
cent marriage in Paris:
Nobody talks about anything now,
except the strange marriage of the Mar
quis of Cfss to an English woman,
somewhat ripe, it Is true, but we add,
par parenthese, possessed of a fortune
sufficient to change into 1iIlies and ro-
ses her somewhat t1passei face, and con-
vert her into a dulcina not less charming
than she Of the knight Of La Mancha.
SButthat which gives piquancy to the
affair Is little history connected with
their anteeedentS, and of which the
following is an epitome:, -. I
It appears that the rich sAtlglaise
came, to oPuris1Astwinter, II in regal style,
and with determination to give away
her hand and heart to a gentleman,
young and titled, an idea that had been
ripeRfng in her mind fora long time,
on naccouu6 Of the Hack of apoweffuIa al
ly, money, in the shape of an enormous
heritage which ought to have arrived
from the East indies, but which did
not.
It's easy to say that when ifdid come,
there was no lack of suitors for the
hand of the grand (although passe) An
but she had already given her heart to
young Marquis c., whom she had
seen in the q grand monde" Unhap-
PLY for her fame, hepaid no regard 10
the attentions of-the rich quadragena-
rian--Pretty women and cards taking
up all his time and atte ution.
The Marquis was about IS wears old,
and possessed of fortune of somewhat
over half a million of francs, which en-
abled him to live handsomely, without
hunting for her millions. But nothing
Is so tenacious as an old English wo-
man, and in orderlto bring the object OF
her passion to her feet, she made use oi
most Singular expedient,
ShefoAoWed him to a waterinp-place
where the '.game" was going on. She
well knew that clubs and spades some.
times "held the age" over the hand.
soonest brunette, or fairest blonde, in a
young mans heart; in fact, She knew
that the marquis gained deeply, and on
this lkhO&ledge built her! olans. She
let the marquis establish a stable de jeu, .
without appearing to notice him, in any
way; then, after he was ~ell into the
whirl of '.rouge ct aloir," wishing to at.
tack this stinseusible.. through. S'dar.
ling sin,n she invited one Clayto hel
house, one of those "Greeks," which
are met everywhere at the green table,
and who conceal their ignoble calling
under a varnish of dandyism, of elo.
quence, and even instruction. which
serves to deceive sometimes even the
most suspicious.
"Monsieur," said she, at know who
you are, and your profession; 1 have
found out who you are-no matter how.
Here are my proofs of your profession.
You know can ruin you if il wish.H
The "Greek" had no need of further
proof than the word of, l'Anglaise to
convince him that he was at her mercy.
Now, can ruin your she said, elf ]
wish, but if you will only serve me in
little affair, will not do so. J" -"Speak,
madame" madam, answered he, Liam at youi
Marquis de CT" coolly asked PAN
glaise. .Yes, Madame?" answered the
Greek, with a low bow. ''I wish you
to entrap him into play, (no difficulty
about that you know,) and win from
him not only the amount of money he
has on him, no small sum, us a general
thing, but at least 500, 900 frams, which
is about his whole fortunei"
The "Greek," stupffied, reflected mn
instant, and then a diabolical smile
passed over his countenance. "Iunder.
stand I you wish that should win 900.
600 francs and divide with you?'' The
proud Anglaise betrayed n movement
of Indignation, and then said, in the
most disdainful tone: "FT dOncy Look
out for yourself alonell But YOU under.
stand me; if the Marquis escapes from
your hands without being ruined, j
ruin you forever, here and elsewhere
In a'word, I will publish allthat 1 know
of you-now CELIezl e r-a .'trz, ,sllq,
She took leave of him with superb
bow. sA p -lFi ? '7fi'a3df
The gambler took leave of her with a
mixed feeling of pleasure and uneasi-
ness. He was; uneasy at the idea ioi
those papers being in her hand; and
pleased at the idea ofa npigeon. y b In
truthy cannot begin to describe you
onr Greeks feelings-but before three
days, he had managed to get on the
most Intimate terms with the Marquis
and iniR couple of days more, the pail
spent the night dtttouI. dun tqPEs, rert
and then, of course, every succeeding
night, in the departments of one or the
other. I'm short, at the end of ainionth,
the fortune offered to the Greek was
considerably absorbed; and at the END
Of two months there remained NOT 4
shadow oft. tiraaasa - 5.sl1.-=lb s-sillsl1lJ
MEANWHILE, while this DOOR fool was
being thus heeced, our Anglaise took
good care to show off her riches to the
plueked one.@She talked to him of the
millions that she had inh erited In India,
and idazzled his eyes with her diamonds
rubieS, asapphires, and God knows what
At last sheplayed her game so we'll that
the poor "garcoIi, >, reduced to extremi.
ties, wound up by opening his ears and
closing his eyes; accepted the hand o.
our heroine and all her,riehesl 4 lIl.a
The union was determined upon, and
soon La Madelaine received the tthappy
pair. The Marquis did NOT wish any
invitations. The Ang1aise did, and all
Paris WAS invited and went. HJ3Rf -
The state Prison. ~ ii
The Morgantown Post has avery well
considered article on the subject OF 10.