New-York tribune., 1881-11-20
10 State of Gerolstein

oil veil ont of the burlesaue State Of Gerolstein
She has married an Italian Count Of no account M
Tatsysr tI0 in the Utmost nobility count OF 'g by il:
the of a patent bought of the Republic OF
San Marine which derives its best revenues itI ins
tbe vanity of upstairs ambitious OF having tltles
The courtship began at the office OF the Snez Caha
Company. Tier Serene Hghness Grande Ducnesse fs;
Hortense went there after she had soid her oeaCt
ful villa in the Avenue de Bois de Boulogne to make
a spor ing investmen in Panama scrip. When she
was waiting for the doors 10 open, secretary, wiz
recognized her, had the Kindness to take her III ny ny
q SIDE door, where she could transact comIorlauIl
Tie business she was about. This CLERK was very
gentlenanly Italian, who had long resided IN farls
and much prized for his cearneSS OF heau anu anu
trustworthiness by NJ. de Lesseps. His name was
Bionne, and he had been appointed to heag az az an
anna, the canal administration Mile ocnn'1autti o'ent
was thinking Of Of going INTO TO aacmaintance einums
with her, and indeed a friendship. lhduCeu
her to delay the execution of her rehglo9S plLoo pLe
ject 1t would be pity ne said; ends and and her her
millions in nUnuery line was not cTuel 10 WViLeh tl
Of talent who had plenty OF money I'D helT p poGhs,n
Sgnor de Bionne went 20 Panama ana ltIi al benn
IL the climate When the news that ne haI @ pren ~
carried oil bv Paludian fever reached the Grande
Uuchessc she thought her heart would break; buV
an elder brother undertook to console her, ana huC
ceedrd To test his love ior her she pretended 10 De
ruined and said that after she had DoushI
herself a house of mean appearance Ia n1n
living between Grenele and Mendon
lhp lOuSe q cottage Of mean anu vulgar
STYLE Nobody could ever suppose tla the illal To-
nance Of the brilliant lortcuse Nchneiders life was
to open in this very bourgeois retreat signor
Bionne followed her to Eanve Whether hl sus-
pectcd the ruse Of the ci-devsnt diva, have not
heard. She took IT. into her head to convert pIot
OF ground that she had bought with the house INTO
a market garden and worked at il assiduOusly. The
Conlte insisted on helping her, and they were p0ih
as happy as Adam and Eve III Paradise NhGh the
salads brought good price she was enchanted.
The marriage was agreed upon, and the t'randc
DucheSse and her future husband were To nave no
separate purse. When every preliminary had
been settled, the Count was informed 0i
tie trick that had been played upon him. and told
that if he had been dog instead OF a luan
his manifesto ions of attachment could not nave III
ImchesSc Hortense had to swear that her grand
parents as well as her father were dead aud That she
did rot know where they were buried. Her age was
shown by the birlu certificate she pro-
duced to be fOrty-eight. She was Dorn, not al
Toulouse but at the city OF Bordeaux, III
the kue St Catherine, where her father
an Alsatian, married to BOTdeiaise-eXorclsed the
trade OF tailor Eer witnesses Sere market garden
ers One OF her husbands witnesses was the DUO de
BuslmanO, who represents here the Republic % san
Marine. The GTaLde DuchcSse liortense intends 10
live in Ialy she was very tired Gi Paris It's TacAeI
and TtsttSsncSS. Il is heT intention 10 1--we gO0d
deal IN tie coIntry and seronsLy I" busy heiselI
with "A garden and dairy. Her husband Is Her
JUNIOR But the disparity i'll years is not shocklugy
great, SignOr Bloune Is u savant and Wua'clah
His friends say tina. more annable mar never
yed and that i'll sharing Ler fortune Win MN lhe
GTaude DuchesSo has done we'll But ne is not 4
born uObieman. | dare say the unauthentCIly ol
his cOnrtship does not tTCu.'ie her.