Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-25
NOTES FROM PARIS.
How Americans are FIeeced in the Cav
Capital.


cess SouVaron and described her adven-
Iurous career. Another Russian lady.
the Princess Vera, whom | happened ia
see on trip to Nice which | took last
week, will be the topic of my present
epistle. A few years ago when I first
Knew ner she was regarded to be the
most beautiful woman in Paris. A
tnorough Russian by birth and breeding.
Sne had all the caprices, coquetries and
insensate ardors of that race which
has been we'll termed the French of the
North. She drank deeply of the JOYS of
lie without ever troubling herself about
the morrow. She turned the heads of all
around her, counted her victims with a
stony glance, and then, sure of. her
triumph, would break out in a strange
yet charming laugh, which would drive
tnem TO the verge of insanity. The most
completely gone of all her lovers was her
husband, serge P. To know that she
belonged to him, that she was his wife
and yet eluded his embraces like will o.
the wish, was bitter wOrmwood to his
soul.
Il love you" he told her one day; .'be-
fore the laws of God and man | am your
master. If wanted to could chastise.
even kill YOU"
She shrugged her shoulders and laughed.
81 KNOW" he desperately continued.
that you respect nothing, believe in moth
ing, yet God has ordered you to love me-"
III there Is God" she replied, alb
ruptly turning her back towards him.
He has something else to do than occupy
his time with monkey like YOU"
Driven to desperation by this cruel re-
tort, Serge suddenly drew his revolver and
shot himself i'm the breast.
she uttered cry, and with an Outburst
of emotion threw herself over his body.
She wept real tears-they were the first
she had ever shed.
Serge, however, did not die. While his
life was in danger she was the most ten
der of wives, but as he became GONZALES
cent she grew cold again.
GLOW l would have loved YOU had Won
died." she told him. 81 would have cut
my hair and immured myself in the dark
est sOlitudes.''
'lf l were sure of it would begin over
again.
TOO late. This time it would he sim
ply ridiculous. 1t is a pity we are mar
ried. Perhaps | would have loved YOU
were | not obliged to-"
Inspired with new hope, Serge pro-
cured divorce, and short time there
after she married the Prince de R.
That was three years ago. | heard moth
ing from her until | saw her at Nice. |
hardly recognized her. Pale, with hollow
eyes and haggard face, she looked like a
statue of grief. Her second husband was
near her. While he was present she
summed my glance. but as he left the par
lor OF the hotel for moment she came to-
wards me and extended her hand.
The Court of Appeals has. the other
day, affirmed the decree of separation i'm
the suit brought for that purpose bv the
Marquise de VernOn-BonneuI against
her titled scOundrel of a husband, and
thereby it is to be hoped put a final end
to a scandal which caused so great a SEN
sation here in Paris last year.
The Marquise, who is daughter of n
former COuncillOr-General of Normandy.
and belongs to very ancient and distIu-
gulshed family of that country, charged
her husband with an improper intimacy
with one of her own servants. The poor
girl gave birth to child. and in a frenzy
of shame killed it, for which
she was sentenced to penal
servitude by the COur dAssises.
The rascally Marquis had the ImpInlence
to bring condensation against his wife
charging her with frivOlity and violence
OF temper, which, according to his allega-
tIOns, LED to scenes OF domestic warfare.
In rendering judgment the court. after
finding the husband guilty of the acts
alleged, states that there is not the slight
est foundation for the charges against the
Marquise, and if she was in any way de-
monstratlve in her anger against her hus-
band she was amply justified by his mis-
conduct.
Americans intending to visit this CAV
capital VIII do well to profit by the for
tune which befell cOuntryman of yours.
who seems to have been of an entirely too
contiding nature.
MIR. e., an American merchant, who ar
riNa1 haro ho
his hotel in the FaubOurg Saint-Martin i'm
the morning to take breakfast in cafe in
the Avenue de POpeIa. On leaving after
his meal he was accOsted in the street by
a person who began a conversation with
him in English, and finally proposed to
show him the sights of Paris, PROPOSE
tiOn which the unsuspiciOus American
readily accepted. The amateur guide was
shortly afterwards accOsted bY another
man, calling himself an American, who
also offered to conduct Mr.. G.. The latter
asked to be taken to certain bank to
cash draft drawn on it. He carried by
a strap across his shoulders satchel con
tanning, as he said, 10000 francs in
English coin. At the moment of entering
the bank the Englishman who had accost-
ed him first laughingly took the satchel
away from him, saying that it would tire
him, and hung it over his own shoulder.
On coming out of the bank Mr.. G. only
found the second guide, the suppOsititiOus
American, who said that his companion
had gone on an errand and that they
would find him near the Porte St, Martin.
w Whlle on the way there the American
asked Mr.. G. if he had well put away the
money which he had just drawn. The
latter replied by showing him a pocket
book containing 10000 francs i'm bank
notes. The American, with smile. took
The pOcketbOOk from the others hands and
put it into his own pocket, saying: 81
Will return it to you at your hotel. Paris
is fall OF pickpockets."
Mr.. &. strongly insisted that his fellow
should return himhis pocket
book, which the latter did with good grace:
Dus on arriving at the spot where they
were TO meet the Englishman who had the
Satchel containing the 10000 francs i'm
gold, the American in turn disappeared,
Mr.. G., on opening the pOcketbOOk, dis !
covered that it was not his own, although
It was of the same color, and that it con-
5ained not single bank note. He made a |
complaint to the police. but thus far no |
;lue has been obtained to the sharpers or |
heir booty. But it is not only strangers |
Who are made the victims of the light |
fingered gentry; Parisians themselves are |
entrapped in their snares.
About two months ago a certain num- |
'er of gentlemen in high life received in
IlIations to attend musical sOirees given |
Iy Mile. Suzanne P, young and |
beautiful foreigner who had just luxu- !
'lously Furnished an apartment in the |
quarter de la Madeleine. The truth is |
hat these musical soirees were each |
evening transformed into gambling |
eances. But that was not all. The /
swedish Ambassador Informed the police
hat the beautiful Suzanne belonged to a
land Of robbers which had recently made
stockholm and Christana the scene of /
heir operations.
NJ. Mace, the head of the detective force.
vas charged to watch the movements of |
he young woman, Learning last Monday
hat large box was at the depot of the
iare dH NOrd, addressed to her, he went
here and had it opened. 1t contained
arge number OF very costly objects. and a !
earch subsequently made at SuzanRe's t
esidence revealed jewels and other yalu- |
Ibles amounting to 10000 francs. Not /
icing able to account for their possession |
he fair Suzanne has been temporarily put |
lnder arrest,
Waiting to be Called