St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-25
A MARRIAGE ROMANCE.
The Future Marquis and Her Adorer-Hr
LesJie's Lore Story

LesJie's Lore Story.
New York Cor. Pittsburg Commercial.
''Really you mustn't ask me when Pm GO
laughed Mrs. Frank Leslie to a reporter re-
Gently, as a becoming little blush dyed her
cheeks and she glanced coyly at a distin-
guished looking gentleman seated at heI
side. Marquis de Leuville has only been in
America this time few weeks and we have
not had time yet to fix a date for our mar
rage, much less to determine what kind of a
wedding Well have" and the beautiful man
ager of the great publishing house of Frank
Leslie cast down her eyes and gazed at heI
dainty little white fingers as modestly
as an inexperienced school girl.
Mrs. Leslie was seated in her handsome
apartments in the Victoria hotel, and the
manipulating foreigner at her side was the
Marquis de Leuville, the gentleman who had
had the good fortune to win her heart and
the promise of her hand.
1t was nearly three years ago that Mrs.
Leslie and the Marquis first met, and the
manner of their meeting and subsequent be-
| trothal is as interesting as it is romantic.
The MARQUIS de Leuville had come to this
country to enlarge the scope of his literary
and scientific studies One day while in the
city he started out to call upon friend As
he was about to ascend the stoop at his
friends house carriage dashed up to the
same house.
''The door few open and the prettiest lit
tie foot had ever seen in my life was placed
dainty on the carriage-step, and the next
instant the charming little being eyes ever
rested on sprang out all done up in Grape, 4"
said the marquis in describing the meeting
to friend. ''We both stood on the steps a
moment before the door was opened he
continued, land 1 caught glimpse of two
beautiful eyes almost hidden by a big
Grape veil. We went into the parlor. was
so infatuated at the first sight that I walked
I'D and down the room with the utmost i'm
patience until our mutual friend came down
and introduced US. l really don't know
whether it was that dainty little foot or the
large dreamy eyes that first captivated me-"
CATER their introduction the marquis paid
| the most devoted attention to Mrs. Leslie,
but she was so deeply immersed in the cares
of business at that time, and so earnestly en-
gagged in extricating the enormous business
that had been left to her charge from an al
most hopeless tangle, that she had little time
| to think of matrimony.
One evening theater party was enjoying
play at an uptown theater, and among
them were Mrs. Leslie and the Marquis
de Leuville. Mrs. Leslie being in the deep
est mourning, preferred to sit in the back
part of the box, and the marquis as usual,
occupied seat close at her side. When they
got up to go Mrs. Leslie drew off her glove
and in doing so drew her wedding ring off
with it and it fell to the floor. A hunt was
Immediately begun for it, but the marquis,
slipping CALAMITY up to the anxious little
lady, while the others were busily hunting,
| slipped his family crested ring from his fin
ger and gently put it on in the place of the
missing circle, and, leaning over, softly
whispered to her to wear that as a we'd
ding-ring in the place of the one she had
lost.
| Mrs. Leslie, however, would not at that
| time entertain the idea of matrimony until
she had indicated her late husbands honor
by placing his enormous business upon a
firm financial footing. Over year ago she
achieved this victory, and her success has
placed her to-day among the wealthiest as
well as the best known business ladies of the
world.
.,Abeut1a year ago Mrs. Leslie was lying al
most at the point of death, and the chival-
rous marquis, on hearing of it, fastened to
her bedside, and by every little attention
conceivable endeavored to soothe her bed of
sickness. STILL the little lady's heart was
not altogether won, and it was only when
the Marquis de Leuville came to this country
for a third time two weeks ago and pressed
anew his suit that she finally consented to
become his wife.
Mrs Frank Leslie is one of the most re-
markable women living. She possesses far
more business sagacity and astuteness than
most men, and at the same time she COM
bines with it the delicate refinement which
the highest culture alone can give. Her lit
erary attainments alone would have won for
her an enviable reputation had she not be-
come renowned for her business ability. In
personal appearance she is a most charming
little lady. Beautiful blue-gray eyes peep
out from between long, dark lashes and spar
kle as quickly in the appreciation of pleas
antry as they soften at the touch of tender
sentiment. Her long, slender, aristocratic-
looking hand is of the kind artists rave
over while the pretty, little, gracefully
arched foot that peers from beneath her dress
may well excite the envy of school girls yet
in their teens.
When Mr.. Frank Leslie was about to die
he called Mrs. Leslie to his bedside and said
to her: go to my Office and sit at my desk
until my debts are all paid.'' The weeping
wife gave her solemn promise to the dying
man to fulfill his wish. That was five years
ago. Immediately after the funeral she took
her seat at her late husbands place, and to-
day the mammoth publishing house that still
bears his name is free from debt