The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1881-01-09
PARTISAN SCANDALS.

An Altogether Novel Use for Bric. a
| BrHc He1mets--A Lock which DeWe
| tho Locksmiths-A BbgHs baron.
EorkerS Elobinx with shan
Prince.
PARIS, Dec. 2O.-on the banks of Tn
Marine, close by the village of R., and abcu
three-quarters of an hour distant from Paris
stands the chateau of the Marquis of R.
Is very grand old chateau, built at n TIM
when every country residence was fortress
and tourists travel thither from afar to ad
mire its turrets and its donjon and its port
cullis, and, above all, its armory, which 1.
said to contain the finest private collection O
offensive and defensive weapons in France
There hangs the authentic suit of armor worr
ny Francis at Marignan, and no less au
thentic buckler brought back by one of thu
noble owners ancestors from Palestine
where once 1t had been carried by Saladin
ihere, too, is to be seen the "glaive of jus
tice ~ before which fell the head of the Coun,
OF Montmorency Boutteville, with illustricus
cmssdrds and celebrated broSsarls and dagrers
and rapiers and cimeters, each with liz
especial history. But the gems of the gallery
are the helmets. of which there are speoi.
mems of every shape and epoch, from the
humble morton of the retire to the plumed
and gilded casgue of the knight. In fact,
helmets are the particular hobby of the Mar
quis, who is, or rather was, prouder of his
collection than of anything else in the world
until he took unto himself wife, when, So
long as the novelty of the situation lasted
she assumed the first place in his affections
But the Marehioness, who is restless little
parisienne, did not like the village of r., nor
the chateau of r. She found the neghbors
dull, and saw no charms in the Sunday
pf Will al ,,,,t Al.
the cure, and her husband. Time hung
heavily on her hands; she had nothing to do.
and SO looked about her for some distraction,
as she was as much out of place in the
gloomy old castle as would be canary bird
inside cannon. She found it naturally:
most people do find what they want if thew
seek diligently and are aided by the devil,
as she was, for the distractor appeared in the
form OF MIR. t. p, the son of an eminent
Partisan doctor, who has villa in the
environs. All through the summer their
limitations went on nicely, If wickedly but,
as usual, the pitcher went to the well ton
often. One of the servants considerably
informed his master Of Madame's "carry
son, " and when Monsieur came in nh
expectedly upon the turtle doves last We'd
nesday evening he was not left in any doubt
MIR. L. p. jumped out of the window and was
not shot after; the lady dropped on her
Knees and asked for mercy. "Madame, "
SAID Nj. de r., with calmness more terrible
than would have been an explosion of wrath.
" be good enough to get up and accompany
me. "But-this costume, " she yentured
TO protest. 80 Is perfectly appropriate" was
the reply, and, like another statue of the
Commander, he led the way to the Armory.
y 1t is all over with me-" thought the Mar
chioness; he means to cut my head of. ~
but they passed by the glaive of Justice, ("
and never stopped until they reached the
helmet department. So far the prologue,
On Thursday morning, as the milkcarts
came In at the Grenelle gate of the fortifca-
lions, their drivers were astonished to see
smale sitting on the pavement clad only in
chemise, but with her head surmounted
by an iron casque from which fIoated an
immense plume of ostrich feathers. Who
vas she, whence came she, what was the
meaning of this strange accoutrement All
hose questions were asked, first by the
nilkmen and then by the Police agents who
conveyed her to the nearest guard house.
The answers came but were inaudible from
behind that lowered visor her voice sounded
Ike the bark of little dog at the bottom of
copper Kettle with its cover on. At last
thought that perhaps she might be
'ple TO write her story, which, as my readers
nay nave supposed, is continuation of the |
promenade in the r. armory. Then lock- |
min was sent for, but he could do nothing |
oward Kidding her of her cumbersome
eadgear, the secret spring of whose fasten- |
ngs Is only known to the Marquis himself. |
dispatch was posted off to R., but the
iarquis had left-for two years, said The
toward, and without giving any address.
kept that Of his banker in Paris. who has
ot been told yet whittier he is TO direct his |
correspondence. So stands the affair now, and |
here is no reason to anticipate its speedy |
ermination. The victum il fed on LIQUIDS |
through tube passed between the bars of |
he helmet, and gets just enough air to avoid |
but can she endure the torture |
ntil her lord relents The steel is so mar.
elously tempered that II turns the edge of
very tool so far tried upon it, and the I'M
ncky heroine of this extraordinary but
ositively veracious history is not likely 10
erive much consolation from the inscription
'und upon the piece of armor, from which
appears that IT is one of the chefs d'aucre
the celebrated FlOrentine armorer Galoti.
lade by him expressly for Alphonso d'Este,
ne fourth husband of the notorious Lucrezia
orgia.
As little publicity as possible is very nat
rally given to the tale a good many very
spectacle, not to say aristocratic, fami y
'nnections ON both sides try to keep their
<eleton in its closet so that there NAV not
. given fresh food to the spitefulness Of the
polio, who love to dilate upon the faults
nd follies of the so-called upper classes.
he RS are luckier, so far, in their efforts
concealment than the Ney family, of which
ie OF the descendants and her husband
ave quite lately been incarcerated for
rgery at Mazas. The Neys have always
zen unfortunate through their women con-
'ctions. The detection of the Marshal
iring the Cent Jours is said TO have been
'olnpted by the GOODNESS and discourtesy of
% courtiers of Louis XVIII to the first
'incess of the Moskowa, WHO had once
en waiting maid to Maria Antoinette, and
w we have scandal, in which the names ,
the second Princess de la Moskowa, her
tighter, the Duchess de Persigny, and her {
Baroness Friedman, are so ,,
liked up that II is hard to say who of the
rec has behaved most disgracefully The
eseht princess, daughter of the great
mixer LATTE, is immensely rich, and as
ntankerous as she Is wealthy. Her daugh- !
married NJ. Fialni, afterward created /,
Ike OF fersigny by Napoleon III, of whom
was one OF the most efficient ministers.
| n
Mr.. Hippolyte, or Hyacinthe-I am not
re which-Lemoine, whom she met while
yelling in Egypt, and, when he had been i
thered to his fathers, resumed her former /
me and title, opening her salons to such :
the fashionable world as would go there,
spending money as diligently as her q
arcious mamma lays It by. The mother I
d daughter are on very bad terms, and =
out two years ago the latter was forced TO Il
Dsecute her parent for an allowance which u
IS granted by the court. But the l2,OOOf. n
annum thus stipulated are a mere drop a
the bucket for the widow Lemoine, who
uld be seized for debt every fortnight il 1T
re not for the obliging Israelites, by whom,
she is sole heir to the $4,000, DOOR. of the {,
lady, her paper is really discounted. 1t y
This, probably, which put 1t into Nine. g
edman's head to go and do likewise. She, =,
!, found credit, and went a tremendous q
20, until her liabilities reached the figure y
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