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A PRINCESY PECCADILLOES.
How She Charged Her Femme de
ChambTe With rhefts that She
Committed Herself.
Paris Correspondence Of the Graphic


Committed Herself.
Paris Correspondence of the Graphic.
Everybody seems to be dying of late
but after the mourning and crying
comes a breeze of piquant scandal that
was given to the public in full only yes
terday The dramatis persone of the
affair are Nine. la Princesse Ratazzi, of
the diplomatic beau monde, and Mile
Brun, her femme de chambre. To 90
back to the beginning, 1t was in 1872
that the Princess took Brun into her
employ, the latter being highly recon-
mended She was soon taken into COM
plete confidence by her mistress and in
trusted with the care of her jewels.
One day, upon returning from the
races, the Princess missed pair of ear
rings worth 10000 francs. The maid
declared that she had given them to
Madame when she went away, and Mad
anne must have lost them on the champ
de course. As vigilant search was made
for them and they we're not found, Mad
anne thought so, too, and, OF course had
the grace to forget in very short time
so Insignificant loss. WE..
Some weeks later Madame left for
Vichy, While there she lost brooch,
and Brun assured her that she must
have dropped it in Vichy water, and
Ratazzi was good enough to be content
with such explanation. The following
month NJ Theirs was at Trouville, and
as that city by the sea was the resort o:
the elegant and political monde, thither
Madame turned her voyaging, accompa-
MED always by her maid In the same
car compartment was NJ. de Gunther, an
Austrian diplomat The latter doubt
less meditated brief stay at the baths,
as he had only a valise, a travelling
blanket, and very small bag containing Z
papers AS Madame the diplomat knew
her Austrian confrere the two arranged
to stop at the same hotel, the Roches.
Noirres.
At the station Madame charged her
maid TO attend to the luggage, which in
due time arrived at the hotel and the
garcon, supposing il all to belong to the
Princess, carried il up to her apart.
ments When NJ. de Gunther reached
his room he claimed his valise, blanket
and small bag. The two former were at
once brought to him-the latter had dis.
appeared.
Imagine the rage of the diplomat BE
raved and swore, aud raised such a
vacarme that the maitre dhotel in
hopes of stopping his noise, offered him
$50 francs as indemnity for the lost arti-
Gle. Gunther took the money, and left
the hotel in wrath.
Now begins the strange and delicate
part of the story.
Some time after that Brun, believing
her mistress to be out, entered her room
without knocking and discovered Nine.
la Princess absorbed in examining the
contents of coffret of which she. alone
had the key. 1t was the bag of papers
belonging to the Austrian diplomat
AS may well be imagined, lively dis
cussion ensued between Madame and her
maid. the latter asks permission Of
Madame to retire from her service; Ma
dame refuses. The maid then relates
the affair to the landlord, who in turn
becomes dissatisfied in memory Of his
$50 francs, and the Princess, in order tc
appease him, reimburses to him the l5(
francs, but insinuates that her femme d.
chambre is alone the guilty party. A
that Bruins sense, Of honor is outraged
and she rushes forth for policeman
but not being able 10 find one willing Il
mingle in the affair, she resorts to writ
ing and sends off a letter to her friends
recounting her trials and asking for thei
aid.
Meantime Ratazzi travels back to Pari
with her maid, both 6ercely engry wit
each other Again Brun wishes to b
released from her engagement, bu
Madame refuses alleging one excus
and another, but putting the girl unde
surveillance of police agents. Tines
agents furnished Madame with report
that led her to imagine that her mai
was thief and thereupon had her al
rested, taken into court, where she wa
accused of having stolen q pair of eal
rings at Paris, a brooch at Vichy, an
having attempted at Prouville to stes
the diplomatic bag Of De Gunther. Wei
at the end of q short examination th
maid is victoriously, declared innocer
and acquitted. Then the maid sue
Nine. la Princesses for ten hundre
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