, 1873-01-09
An Interview with mile. Pearl.

nhls o. tno attempted suicide OF II. Alexandra
Duyal aro DERIVED from The statemontg Of the
attonannta who woro present in Cora pcarl'u
houao aud from what tho Commissioner OF po-
lice Inns scen tit to mako known, tho atory. as
told by Cora Pearl hersolf, cannot full to bo in
way Of her houao, in tho Nuo' 'Ohaiilot the % VS.
itor finds on the right gIaBs door leading to tho
yestibule which is tastofully decorated with mir.
rors and Oriental plauts. AT tho bottom OF a
os Se m hume Wit with ts o thSts ntopor s ns
means Of al electric boil and Hponhing-tube.
On ascending, tho stops aro found to bo 1ux,tri~
ously earpotea, md one pasaes trophies, ar
mory, skins OF wild beasts, and groups Of Btat-
duco d splendid effect Tho second landing.
Whero tho dra'Tng-room Is reached ia o!aborato-
u ana ,agtofgly iittcd With Gigantic Shoots Of
drawing-roon,, which iu long aid lofty, is fur
niHAea with sofa chnirs OF rinkinh grny, md lno
an ebony tauio inlaid with ivory mid notllor-of-
pearl. On n raisod Japanese tea-c1,cst there is
small bust Of the Prince Imperial. Works Of
profuBion. Tho frat words Of Cora Pearl to hnr
viaitor wcro, s.Oh, am 30 glad to SEQ au Eng
iislln1al; tho French pnpors want to meto mo
fe S uto m an anS s o & ero cS
,soro ~hito dIoas trimmed with white laco, mid
having pink ribbons; and dark green sailor-
knot set on to advantage nor nushy head Of palo
golden l,air, which WAS parted on ono sido and
held back from tho forollond by 4 small tortoise-
eholl coLb. Whom sho recovered sufficiently 70
speak, her hands dropped down by l,or side. Tho
cToctB Of tho late blocking occurrence could bo
So1 lss a4s, IN ho ee .gs hagara cs C Of
cycy glarcd Sallonly rs sho snid rl1uy tall; OF
hendiag me out Of tho country; but what hau
happened to mo which would not happen to
any other woman undor similar circamHtarc IS
sHnnnno you Bnid you wantod tn live with me,
sud declined your oiEor, ellould 10 to blame
II you n}lot yourself 1t IS not tcuo that
wanted to got rid Of ii. Duyal because lo Ind
no money loft, hayo money enough for Lin.
II ho hna not enough Tor na and if ],ud
thought for moment that ilo seriously intended
to shoot himself would lsayo kept him Aoro
much longer. Tho truth is that, during the len
mouths hasc known him, 1.o has constantly
is hot tho Thing for 1no still loss FOR him. have
ntwayg rcfnscd him !; and, rs my rofnsnl9 ouly
made him more ot,gtinao resolved to cut mat
ters cllort by telling him TINT, although wo
hetwcon us. lIe would not believe inc. aid caid
that # lsft him lto would kill hiansci, making
uso Of such passionate Expressions az mon ca
ploy Gil those OCCASIONS. AltcrWatd ho forced
his why two or tl.roa times iEeo tho house, hut
ho always found me d:nlcr.l,arlor, il you like.
When ho came for tho last tisno. Gil Wednesday,
evening, tlcso was no horrible Gcenc, iii Trs
falsely stated by the Figaro. Ho nimply Rai1:
D. you rafuso to Heo mo again p I replied,
Yos, everything, is at an end between LII" uo
then walked out ol This roma into my bedroom,
and about d minute aft2rward my maid fullud
lin lying OF, the floor. B.ood vi. flowing from
his eide, and no thought lie lal stabbed hitn-
self, rs nobody had hcarl any report. Iho pis-
tol, however, was found under him. Tho very
frat !lsing did nftor seeing tho doctor, was to
ecnl for his mother who nt first rt fl,Ecd to
come. 1t WAS no. till Eont ten messages and
priest to her tint slo consented to como into
my house, whence her Eon ncittor would nor
could 10 remoyoa. Before coming to me he
had written Eoreral lottorn,-ono boing Addressed
to the Commissioner Of Polico,-in which no
stated that, aftor mature reflection, he had ro-
solved upon shooting himself. If ho did 80 in
my honBo, it was because, in caEo llo should
not kill hinl3olf "cioan," WIS Cora's own
c4pression,:-ho would not DO left to die liko
a dog in his mothers house. "Tlo truth
poor boy wanted to opd his lifo as
much because no had no home, as because re-
fused to become his wifo. When hia father died,
his rnotlor Hoou afterwarl married ono Of hor
forlne: husbands employees, III. Daurinaul, who
then had nothing but ha salary Of 1000 franco.
Duyal, and his mother loft him Mt Inst without
any allowance, and so forced him to got into
debit Now tlIoy want to mike out thnL lavo
ruinod him, and Aopo to make me responsible
for the fo Of tho son and tho loRs Of tho proper
ty they have miBmanagod. 1t il not true Chat
Durai gavo me- this house or tho house in tho
country. They were given to mo five ycals ago
by Prince Napoleon. 1t waB not tho money thut
ho spent With me- That brought hin, into difllcul-
tics; 1t was that which ho lad spent before
knew him. In fact, ho mover allowed mo to
know how mitch Ito had to spond." Cora con-
cludcd by stating that the Indignant stories pub
liuhcd in the French papers will be denied by
lends to leave Paria for some period.