The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-05-14

A curious story OF tho French Revolution OF
1794 has just been unfoded in Paris court of
law. On june II, 1874, Baron de Saint Ouen
pernemont, orc of the gray mousguetaires OF
Louis AV.'s body guard, and the Baronne de
Saint-Ouen Dernemont, his wife, were tried
by the revolutionary tribunal and sent to the
scafiold on the same day. They left hve chill
dren, two sons and three daughters. SO far
back as July, 1873, Baron Dernemont ana ms
sons left Versailles TO share the voluntary exile
of the Count d'Artois. The Baroness Derne-
mont. left in Paris with her three daughters,
fell into state of the most distressing poverty
In 1874 she wrote pressing letters to the baron
beseeching him 10 return. He Mt length COM
piled with her request-too soon for himself
for he was arrested almost Immediately, and
executed as above stated but too late for the
welfare OF his family. Some time in 1791 one
of his daughters, the noble demoselle Sophie
dc Saint-ouen Dernemont left her mothers
house, and became tho mistress of a rOturier
named Louis Fontaino, who lived with her for
several months in the Rue de PUnversite.-
Fontaine turned her adrift after the birth of a
child, and installed her sister, the noble Fehe-
lite do Sant-Ouen Dernemont in her place.
What became Of Mile. Sophie for several
years after this deserton does not appear, but
on january 10, 1899, she consoled herself by
marrying man named Ignard. who had been
aJourneyma baker, but had then acquired
some money by lucky speculations, and alter
wards became one OF the richest bankers I'M
In 1914, leaving his widow very large fortune,
the greater part of which she gave mp to her
husbands relations Years rolled on, during
which Madame Ignard lived in the most abso-
lutte retirement. obscure and forgotten. She
persisted in refusing to see any of her relations,
till they gave up the attempt. Her establish
ment consisted of q single woman servant, and
the only stranger who ever crossed her thresh-
old during the latter years of her life was a
humble government employee, TO whom she
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newspapers to her.
1t was only last year. on April %, 1885, that
the daughter of Tou;s XV,s monsnuetoire
quilted this world in which she had led such a
checkered and extraordinary life, at the age OF
ninety-fvo years. 1t was then found that heI
savings out OF the small pittance which she
had reserved to herself in the distribution OF
her husbands succession amounted to the
| handsome sum of four or five hundred thou.
sand francs. Sixteen nephews and nieces
| came forward to claim this inheritance But
title paramount, of which they were not
| dreaming, has been established by the count
| VIII CHI carries off three-fOurths of tho prize
During the short period in 1871 that Louis
Fontaine lived with Mile. Sophie, a daughter
was born who was Recognized" in the parish
| register of st. Thomas Aquinas as their natu
| raj child. A Monsieur Jerome and Madame
| Berlet have proved without difficulty that they
are the only children of that natural child
| who died in her mothers lifetime The French
| law is that recognized" natural child takes
| three-fOurths of the succession as against col
| laterals, and the court has accordingly decreet
| NJ. jerome and Madame Berlet entitled t,
100000 out Of Madame Ignard's property
| while the sixteen legitimate nephews anC
neices will only get 100000 among them.