The national leader., 1889-02-16
BEAUTY VS.. UGLINESS.
One Time When the Latter Had Very
Much the Better OF It.

The late Lord Pembroke was one of
the most eccentric of men. aud his va
carries sometimes 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. Both
Louis Napoleon-afterward Napoleon
lIl-and the late Lord Pembroke we're
in love with her, and it is recorded that
tire fair eDchantress 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 l afford to lavish so much
money on you as Lord Pembroke can;
but can tell you what will do if you
will consent to refuse his suit. L will
promise you never to marry. even If l
become emperor, and l Will settle El0OO
year on you for life now, and make
you countess and millionaire IL ever
become emperor"
That was not good enough for Doche
who had no belief in the imperial
dreams, and who gambled to such a
terrible extent, that a thousand pounds,
and double that extent, would slip
through her fingers in a week. So she
said no, and gave Lord Pembroke to
understand that if he was inclined to
be generous, she might not turn deaf
ear to his slghs. The capriciOus
extravagane of the lazy English ''mi-
lord, !" whom she knew to be madly in
love with her, so she thought it polite
to play fast and loose with him, in
hopes that he would, in moment Of
passionate exaspeI alton, lay something
like half his fortune at ner feet.
She went too far, however. Day
after day she would accept his lord
ships invitations to supper, and always
at the last moment send an excuse
sat last" Lord Pembroke one day
said to the late Lord Clanricarde. who
used 20 tell the story, 81 am tired of
this folly. 1 am going 10 give supper
tonight at Richmond, and [ have in
! vited DOche. If she comes before IL l
will give her e10 900; If she comes be-
fore IL will give her $4,000, but if
| she comes after II won't receive her,
| and if she does not come at all l will
give tomorrow 100000 to the ugliest
woman in London. and the one our
Doche hates the most-Schaefer, the
| danseuse."
DOche never came to the supper, so
| the following morning Lord Pembroke
sent one Of the leading Bond street
jewellers to her house with the message
that as his lordship had decided on Of
fering diamonds to the amount of $50.
QUO to Mile. Schaetfer, and as he knew
| Nile. Doche was cOnnoisseur in dla-
monds he would be obliged if Sue
would select up to that amount such
stones as she might think would suit
| her FREUD. DOc1e, when she had heard
the man out and fairly grasped the sit
uation boxed the jewelers. ears and
! had Mysteries. But this did not prevent
| the tradesman from clamberlng up the
four pairs Of stairs OF little house in
Leicester square, where he found Mile.
Schaetfer washing her stockings. and
| telling her OF the golden shower which
| was about to fall upon her. She tainted.
Schaeffsr was hideousIy ugly and
very stupid, but she managed to entan.
gle Lord PembrOke's heart, somehow,
and he gave her all the money he could,
and had not the property been entailed
would have given her everything. A
distinguished French family, "De
Montgomerie" earl of Pembroke and
Montgomery, the members of which
are well known in the high life' of
the French capital, is the result of this
strange infatuatiOn. SO poor Doche
lost both her French and English lover.
Had she accepted Prince Louis Napo-
Icons offer 1t might, perhaps, have
made difference today in the map of
Europe: had she not trifed with the
English earl 1t would have made a con-
siderable difference in his fortune.