, 1874-11-29

II fond Of. and not at all e1acting to her. q
. seems to let her do as she likes. Every once
while she appears to desert him for week q
Two; oelne seen onfy with younger men. The
ne ls re1assated IN heT favor; is observed at he
SIDE, smiling and happy. They who ought t
ene did Six years SINCE.
ohe IL Certainly very engaging. There Is
! particular charm in her manner and I am no
surprised at the stories told Of her-that sh,
cau pertorate masculine heart at d clapce
Asauredr, abe can talk money out Of tbei
purses md that is proof Of the feminine poin
OF enchantment-
The facts in her case are said to be- there
one Is baleimorean, but she is not q wife Haj
family is good and i'll comfortable circu1natancea
Several years ago she ran away with a Rnesiar
Count. while spending the winter in St. Paters
burg with her parents. The Count was u1arrlod
Her father followed them to Odessa, intending
to kill the nobleman but there he lost t1aco II
them, and gave up the pursuit. He discarded
her, and returned to the United States She re.
mained with her lover for 3 while formed =
new attachment; came to Paris, and here she is
She has grown mercenary. She likes hlm bes.
who hae tho longest purse.
The elderly Englishman has family bu
cannot break the chains that bind him to her.
Indeed. question il he wants TO- He pays dea1
TOR bis kisses; but he ought to know how to ratt
| 4 BLONDE cRCE.
Another adventurcss from the Western world
is blonde. whose hair ia 80 puro = yellow that !.
am m inclined to suspect it has been bleached
sue assumes to be tho widow Of 3 Kentuck..
| General who was SLAIN ut the battle Of CbickasaS
bayou, on the Rebel side Her eyes are ver.
! dark- and her complexion OF a clear oliye-no
OF the Kind that goes With light hair. Who're sht
! A'es no one appears to be awa1e. She move
about q vast deai. Sometimes she is on th>
IN the spring at Neuilly in tho autumn at Yer.
| sG11les- She hashes into and out OF the Capital
Her fortunes seem to vary. She is radiant in
clothes one moath, and plainly attired ii
interesting She talks remarkably wel!-French,
tserman, and Italian being at her man.i moi
| less than English.
Tae story Is that she CANDLES; that she wins
| large sums from her admirers; thas she ruined
| the SOD OF banker last winter at ecasta: thss
| she WINS from everybody who plays wish hor--
| not singular that che should. Faul GARNER {da
Cassagnac, he calls himself). the noted duelist.
WAS Que Of her gallants not long since, but she
| SO ridiculed his vanity that he pronounced her
| barbarian, aud broke with her.
| Her former home WAS in Louisville. UNDER
stand, and her father is an Episcopal clergyman
| 1t Is thought she had d husband IN the Southern
service but that, instead Of being killed. be only
wished he had been. on learning that she had
been dasoyal to him. She fell into disgrace with
her relatives and friends; went upon tho stage.
aod failed III Memphis and New Orleans From
the latter city she came here under the proteo-
LUX Ot . f1td6I Ea1t0 u0c<0f, anu subsequently,
formed new alliances irrespective OF his preiu-
dices on the subject. She must be IS; but She
ID excellently preserved, and her figure either bv
nature or from the mod!ste. ia conspicuousIy
hne. Recently she has gone over to the native
population. She has lodgings at this dato in tha
Faubourg St. Germain. and her nearest friend ia
presumed to be Well-known 1ite1atucr who has
mado zoe, 600 francs BY his dramas.
QUEER LITTLE DIVINITY.
4 petite creature is the mysterious American
diving along the Rue Rivoli through the
Champs Elysees. She is not comely On tho
contrary, her features are irregular, her nosa
heavy, her mouth large and Informed It ia
woman. Some days she looks like 16; at Others
like 40. She dresses very plainly. always in
black, without ornaments. Her eyes are tbs
most noticeable thing in her possession. They
are as nearly gray as anything, but they change
their hue ike the chameleon-black one mo-
mant, green another, yellow the next. Her
wonderful orbs are the theme of praise in man,
cir c1es.
Victor Hugo, seeing hor one day at the Palais
Royal. was struck By her eyes asked to be in
over ' the depths aud distance of the celestial
easements OF her wistiul, weird-like soul" Il
translate his words freely. aud subsequently
composed some verses On the subjecr, which
his friends eav arc very fustian. He had ideal
lied her tremendously; but, learning that she
was not wholly rosiere, he fell into dislika OF
her and declared she had imposed upon him
which she had nc idea Of doing: Hugo is )
poet; but he is great c6i1d fFewiao, and d au-
perlatiye egotist.
This girl-womsn ia probably above 80. native
OF Boston. who began as IN Unitarian dtifted
into Catholicism. and took on Transcendental-
ISM She vas married to New Yorker, who.
after two years OF harmonious nniop came
abroad ostensib1y On business, really to meet =
woman he had been in lore with previous to his
OF her marriage. The woman was living, with
one child, IN or near Feyay {Switzrrland), her
husband being in your country. The truant
liege joined her there, and there remained form
year, in place OF three months, as he had agreed.
The Boston wife got wind OF his infidelity,
and, without word to any one, sailed for Et1-
rope,-Went at once to Switzerland She learned,
By Use of her own eyes, the exact situation; hor
discovery destroyed her faith, her love, her
purity. Denouncing the guilty pair with bitter
words, she came to this city, determined to sell
herself to the highest bidder. She did 80, and
she made no secret Of her unchastity. Sne has
kept her husbands name in order to punish his
He has tr1el to induce her to re-
turn to America, She will not. She hates him
cordially. He has destroyed her happiness sho
says; she will do all she can to torture his SELF
to have several at q time, and to change them
often. This renders her notorious, and notorety
adds to her former husbands shame. Every
body knows the strange little woman, who il in
HEQ!y cQlLuTeu- ana very dangerous.
A VERY FAST CHIcAGoAN.
(she lived in ST. Louis once and left there, like
ly. because the place was virtuous). has been
very conspicuous here for three years. She is
not physically attractive, but she is very sh1ewd
md understands men. She is reputed to hayo
had three husbands in America, aud to hare got
en nd OF them through the benedcence Of the
avs OF Indiana Paris she ls said to bare
:hosen as the best city under the sun to ply her
tzts in. Ere she came she perfected her French
Is far as possible. and she speaks it 1uently,
h.ugh not, Of course, without accent: Wholly
sho has usually selected rich Rus
ians AZ her victims, knowing them to be tho
,reatest fools about women in ali Christcudom,
ier cards she has played with skill. She has
ulned. according to report, one Prince, two
5ounts. and three merchants from the domains
If the Gear; but this must be gross exagger-
tion, considering the brief time she has Been
Iere. However. she drew heavily upon their
esources; drove one merchant to suicide,
nd the Prince to forgery, which il acquitting
erhef creditably. under the clrcumAtances.
Inc Of the Napo1eous is rumorad now to be in
er good graces to such m extent that sha
liows him to spend so, eco francs month upon
er.
a NOBLE DUO