The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-22
A NEW YORK MYSTERY.

is the last New York conundrum. Some
body has spirited him away, or possibly
he has spirited himself away in a fit of
mental abstraction, and will turn up
presently, as Sake would put. it, half
over the sea, and half-seas-over. The
Count de Fez was masher of New York
society ladies' hearts. New York ladies'
hearts are smashed with great ease and
certainty by French and Italian Counts,
and occasionally by foreign adventures
OF cheek and pleasing exteriors, but 9th
erwise of no account at all. But this
particular "Count," who has been ab-
stracted bodily or mentally, was an es-
pecial masher of hearts, and number of
elegant marriageable spinsters of the New
York beau monde are desolate.
One Fifth-avenue beauty is more par
ticularly desolaJe than all the others are
or even could be, if .simmered into one.
She had consented to marry this fascin-
ating and worthy Count, or this no ac-
count adventurer, as the case may be,
and 10! the adorable creature envelops
himself in a cloud of mystery like
genius in an Eastern tale, and the Fifth
avenue belle is left to wiring her hands
and set the police on the track of the
Count-that is to say-rascal. The most
noble "Count" was connected with the
highest nobility Of France, but unhap-
PLY was momentarily embarrassed in
his-not to put too fine point upon it
finances. The fascinating as we'll as
fascinated Fifth-avenue damsel loaned
the noble person, who was either
a Count or no account, as shall
be determined when he turns up,
several thousand dollars with which he
cut figure and mashed OR smashed
other female Fifth avenoodles' hearts
and promised to marry them all. He
ordereda a magnificent wedding breakfast
at the Grand Restaurant, in West Twen-
ty-third street, and on the strength OF
this borrowed some money of the propri-
etor. He was nearly frozen to death to
be married on the 9Th instant, but lack
ing the filthy lucre required to pay for a
suit of clothes ordered Of a G. O. D.
tailor, his afianced advanced him the
needful She also entrusted him with
5000 to purchase for her seal-skin
sacque thought desirable for the wedding
tour to visit his noble family in France
The dear monster set out to engage
Father Quinn to perform the wedding
ceremony, and has never been visible to
the naked eye since that fatal moment
The French Consul was to have been
secured to act as groomsman for the oc.
casion, but inquiries since the counts
disappearance show that he had neglect
ed the little formality Of asking the said
Consups consent to the arrangement, and
even had forgotten to make the Consul.
acquaintance. But what is yet more
shocking, the French Consul and Other
gentlemen we'll acquainted abroad, are
wicked enough to declare that there il
no such noble family as De Fee il
France. We blush, moreover, to be com
PEELED, in tine interest of the truth of his
tory, to add that the fascinating Fifth
avenue belle, with cruelty that almost
makes us weep. for her plebeian origin
has employed A. Balester, lawyer o.
New York, as her attorney, and togethel
they have put the police detectives OF
the hunt for the unhappy "Count," will
the intention of prosecuting him on tn
charge Of fraud, embezzlement and swind
limo s.-..t' a, -..-t. So '..r- GA Fl