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hhsd not received any Of his letters for my father

uiu uot Know Out thht he had given me up. j
was nhrdly more than child-sp / yielded. II
was indefrnsble. know ought to have re-
manned steudfast. but il was done. and 1t cost
me- Tue buerest suffering in after years
" An interview was said to have occurred bo-
tween myself and Col. Rustow, who acted as
Iassalle's friend which was falsely reported
Inc report does mo great injustice. rs you may
see. will read it 10 vou."
And the lady translated the following from
an od copy OF the Paris Figaro:
Col Rustow called To Helene IN her fathers nre,
cnce to learn the truth from her lips to ask her
"Mademos,llc,' said Tic Colonel iassnlie asksfrom
ggom u'' vss.,y ., You can u, accom-.
bounced by his Judge alone. Thiss asking too much
Non -l,r Monsieur" responded Mile Helene who wa,
dressed y eisgani TASTE and looked more beautiful than
sy, yw WI Hat say Inn know he wishes It,
s En- ". Madis M sss he! your oS!hs'"
=" But your visit to the p,n,i,, bourgeois. y,
An Tor that was very cupablc and repent II sin.
M Lsssalle only asks for two hours conversation.
, Mm1t can ne do In two hours' am fond OF talk.
ing y p an , he tails ui, 80, so much
pn. owe MN nothing az an smiling grseiousy Col
" And this, conversation never took place. you
Never. Col. Rustow. however | suppose.
may nave reported such conversation to Las
/ sale;
" Why should he do such n thing?"
Nustow was the friend and lover OF Coun-
| tess Hatfield and sho had been living with
! than Lassnllc aud OF course did not wish TO see
nm married to Younger woman, who would.
| OF course. nave completely annihilated her in
| iluence. Both RustOw and the Countess HAITI
! ieid were against the marriage and this. sup
| pose was, what prompted Col. Rustow to tell
| II was despicahle. but perhaps IL was human.
Col; kusiow did see me In my fathers presence.
and ther" WAS conversation. but IL was nothing
Ike what was reported. | have however for
given him and the Countess long ago
| My father forced me to promise not to d.
| NlilEtt now np lat llIUp Weld Ia his
mands; The same night that saw Ruatow
WAS takeh by my hrother-in-law. the Count
| kcyserling. across Lake Geneva under milf
| tary escort. and kept concealed in a little
| town. unknown to the world, for fear that Las
sale would take me away forcibly. And they
knew that would have followed him anywhere
| II could have escaped.
| . While l was thus in exile the Prince Won
| hacowl'H was sent To me by my parents. and
chapter ot the story began which requires an
explanation. II seems impossible that should
nave ever married any one feeling as did
| toward lassalle. But had known the Prince
ever since we had been children together. md
We were warmly attached TO each other. My
father. thinking that he would have more inhu-
once over me than any one else, sent him to me.
knees. besought mo to accept him.
! | started IN surprise. How is IL possible
for me- 10 accept YOU when love only Lassaller
l said. can never change. | shall care for
no one but him II | should marry you and
should meet Lsssalle aiterwgrd. would leave
| you and every one else. | would walk over
your dead body to him and it would be moth
| ing 20 me.
But ne lnSlsktus lie san tnn ne knew that
my lie at home was ended, II would never be
| possible for me 10 live with my parents again.
and h" feared it would be- impossible for me
/ &C. escape To loin lassalle. However II | would
! pledge myself 10 him he would fight for me.
and II stu insisted. after reasonable time
, b" would himself take me- to Ia-salle This
went on for some time. until In despair OF OBJ
! tanning my liberty, and believing that Won
kacowiiz was the only person who sympathized
| with me- / did IN manner pledge myself to
him. aud he at once told my father.
Ia the mean time Us learned long after il
was all over La-salle had lief, Geneva before
| was taken BAGS there. and had gone to the ling
| OF Bavaria. who sent lettqJ 10 my father prob
| ably the one referred e. rs from the Prime
Minister asking him 10 allow the marriage Of
| Lassalle and myself 10 take place. Ny father
without intmatine 70 me that l,e had received
| any such letter. replied az once by telegram mat
] had myself renounced the affair and was
pledged TO another
tinued the lady With shrug 90 he could do
nothing. What is 1t to me ? he said. and Las
sales last hope was gone, Ruston had reported
an interview with me that had not occurred
and now my iather teegraphs TO the King that
asd psd and mys s To SaoST r Than ne
he Prnce Son al" Easos father pssi ihs
he could not 40 r. the asf 4, a. he was the father
| Prince 10 take his place. He was a gentleman
and nobleman. and he could not refuse a
They met and Iassalle was killed. The
Prince brought me the news himself. and when
seems impossible tint should have married
i'm after that. but did. ln the first place
'pQll moi, anu DO mol now believe that lie IN
him passonately for what he had done. he
shuddoted with anguish. Do you not think IL
Is a. horrible e. me- as IL is to you {? no said and
/ believe that II was ! believe that he acted
only as az Instrument in the hands OF my
ihther. AMI that he had no enmity TO Lassalle
| Ot course he could not refuse ~ fight. but he
dld NOT mean to Kill his opponent
Then the weary round Of solicitation from
| my parents and from RAcowiD began again.
did not say before that when returned L. Co
neya found letter from the Countess HAITI
mother. knew she had been his mistress
years before. but supposed the Gfdrf was
ended ana that She was merely his friend. In
| reply. she wrote me an infamous letter | do
not remember the words. but i WAS a reprosch
TO me for undertuk ing TO come between Lassale
ana another woman. q! course | was wild
with rage. and wrote 70 her that should only
consult Lassae himself with regard u his re-
| lations with any other woman and then Of
| We'll the whole Of life seemed 10 me 10 be
over after Lassaes DEATH could see nothing
10 live for; All things were the same u me. ex-
cent that hated ny father and mother. And
! ~ believed tina, Racowitz WIS the only person
| who had any sympathy for me. Tor he was truly
.: noble nature. aud as.he protested MS love
| Tor Ine always. and rs. more than oil his illness
| -consumption very rapidly after
] that finally consented to marry him, II he
80 he'd 10 marry one who would always love his
Al rival II was months after the duel that
/ ding he died"
And what Of your life after your husbands
denth p asked the writer
Why, do you wish to write a three volume
| novel; Nine. Helene replied. II would I'LL
| good many copies Of THE Sun"
Then give me an outline OF it,"
had married the Prince partly to rid my
self OF my family and it. was not likely tina, after
his death | would 20 back 10 them. All my
| family ties were broken. was alone In the
! world. and. as had always had Il strong liking
Tor the stage, became an actress In this WAY
| 1t was. probably. that SO much came to be said
! IN the papers, at one time and another about
| my story | played in Paris and Germany. and
| later in the western part of this country. and
some three years ago met the gentleman who
is now my husband.
But you want Il all in more detailY Well.
after the death Of my first husband | STAYED
! some time IN Italy was in Nice with friend
| oi mine, good Catholic lady and an American,
when mad my first advonture-if you would
! call II So. or course was in mourning and
went very little into society and used 10 20 to
church with my TREND There WIS a beautiful
little chapel there, only for the ddHeS dt n.OHde.
| which they had huilt and given to the Jesuit
! Society. and II WAS there that We went. 1t is
| true had not been brought up to be religious
| al al but the Catholic cult always impressed
me- deeply. II seems sO-sO-sO dramatic"
Nine. Helene hesitated to find the right word
| as she often docs when speaking in English,
| and laughed VT IN she found IL. at the thought
| Of dramatic religion.
| After had boen going there some time. " she
| continued. the patcr spoke with mo seriously
! on religious subjects and many times took ma