Wichita eagle., 1889-01-15
BEAUTY VS.. UGLINESS.
Sne Time When the Latter Had Very
Much tho Better of IT

one Time When the Latter Had Very
, Much the Better of 1t.
The late Lord Pembroke was one of the
most eccentric Of men, and his vagaries some
Times made one doubt his sanity Some forty
years ago Doche the great French actress,
was at the zenith of her beauty and fame,
and all London had gone mad about her.
, 10th Louis Napoleon-afterward Napoleon
Ll-and the late Lord Pembroke were in
love with her, and it Is recorded that the fair
anchantress did not know which to choose
You must do as you like, of course" said
The prince; Il cannot marry you, because my
name does not belong to me, but to dynasty:
nor can afford to lavish so much money on
you as Lord Pembroke can, but | can tell
you what viii do if you will consent to re-
fuse his suit l win promise you never to
marry, even if become emperor, and viii
settle el,O00 a year on you for life now, and
make you countess and millionaire if ever
become emperor"
That was not good enough for Docne, who
bad no belief In the imperial dreams, and who
sambled to such a terrible extent that
thousand pounds, and double that sum.
would slip through her fingers in week So
she said no, and gave Lord Pembroke to I'M
derstand that IL he were inclined to be gen.
aTous, she might not turn def ear to his
! signs The capricious Frenchwoman had.
however, heard Of the extravaganza of the
lazy English MILFORD, whom she knew 70 be-
madly N love with her, SO she thought it
polite to play fast and loose with him. in
hopes that hs would, In moment of passion
ate evaporation, lay something like half
ais fortune st her feet
She went too far boxpayar n,-
she would accept his lordship's invitations to
supper and always at the last moment send
an excuse. AT last" Lord Pembroke one
lay said to the late Lord Clanricarde who
used to tell the story, Il am tired of this
folly. am giving q supper to night at Rich
inond, and | have invited Doche II she
comes before II / viii give her el0,O00; if
she comes before l2 l will give her 60, 900.
but If she comes after IL | won't receive her,
and II she does not come at all | will give to
morrow e2o, 200 to the ugliest woman in
London, and the one our Doche hates the
most-Hcnaeffer, the daCseuse>n
Doche never came TO the sumner. So the fol
lowing morning Lord Pembroke sent one of
the leading Bond street jewelers. TO her house
Win the message that as his lordship had de-
clded on offering diamonds to the amount of
-~'fSNO W -t-A-e CCLslSuSI, dliC as ne knew
ldue. Doche was connoisseur in diamonds
he would be obliged If she would select I'D to
that amount such stones as she might think
would suit her friend Doche, when she had |
heard the man out and fairly grasped the sit
uauon, boEsd the jewelers. ears and had hys- |
terics But this did not prevent the trades |
nan from clambering up the four pairs of |
stairs OF little house in Leicester square, |
where be found Nile, Schaeffer washing her
stockings, and telling her Of the golden shower
which was about to fall upon her. sho
,ainted
SchaelTer was hideousiy ugly and very
'tuptd- but she managed to eltangls Lord
'enhroks's heart, somehow, and he gave her
III the money be could, and had not the prop
rty been ertailed would have given her
verifying. distinguished French family.
De Mont<yunerie7 GLarl Of Pembroke and
dontSon.eryl, the members Of which ara
Feu known IL the thigh lfen Of the French
apitaI, Is the result Of this strange iufaeus-
ion So poor Doche lost both her French
nd English lover. Had she accepsed Prince
!ouis Napoleons ofer 1t might, perhaps.
ave made difference today In the r,ap Of
'urope, bad she not tried with the English
arl II certainly would have made g con-
derable difference In his forsuna-Towu
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