Wichita eagle., 1889-08-04
PAUPER AND PRINCESS.
Story of n Beautiful Dissspated Woman
and Her Little Gray Dog.

Story of Beautiful Dissipated Woman
and Her Little Gray Dog.
An old woman with q remarkably varied
history died In An almshouse near Gratz.
Austria, few days ago. Some sixty years
since she was a little peasant girl in Woer-
gel, Tyrol At the age Of Is she was sent 10
Vienna by her brother, a'rich brewer. TO be
educated She was then young woman of
phenomenal beauty. Young as she was she
soon had the reputation of being the hand
sornest girl in Vienna, a city in which few
women are plain. After graduation she be-
came governess in a titled family in Bucha-
rest There Prince Ghyka, near relative of
the present Roumanian ambassadors at Ber-
lin and London, fell in love With her. He
tried to meet her clandestinely, to give her
magnificent presents, and eventually 10 In
duce her to elope with him.
Tho beautiful young governess was as
clever as she was beautiful, however. She
knew thing or two about princes and their
love- She would have none OF his attentions.
One evening he came to her with the story
that his parents had consented TO q secret
marriage between him and her, and that "a
priest waited to perform the ceremony in a
small village in the suburbs. They were
married that evening, as the prince had
planned, and went 10 Vienna to pass their
honeymoon All went well enough for two
weeks AT the end OF that time the prince
go. very drunk and told the beautiful young
woman, who considered herself to be Princess
Ghyka, that she was not his lawful wife;
that the priest who married her TO him was
no priest at all, but his best friend, and that
he was about TO desert her.
The prince lett Vienna with his new love
the next morning, after giving the woman
he had deceived papers which entitled her 10
a small pension while he lived She began
shifting for herself without delay. She
made the acquaintance Of q count and rich
banker She had box at the opera, a coach
and four thoroughbreds, the most elaborate
costumes and the most expensive jewelry.
After the first count and the first banker
came other counts and other bankers. For
fifteen years she lived ia reckless dissipation.
In the early part Of tho sixties, however,
al this began 70 change. She had bad luck.
She sold all her diamonds and fine gowns.
and her carriage and thoroughbreds- She
tried hard TO live on the small incpue the
prince had left her. She could not do IL.
The first day she drew her pension she lived
as OF old, eating, drinking, and seeing every
thing that cost most The next day she was
begging money OF her friends Tor her morning
coffee She was rescued from these straits
by a small gray dog called hinos. Minos
was a clever dog when she first got him.
Under her instruction he became a marvel
OF canine cleverness. He could add, multiply
and subtract recognize a picture and under
stand a good bit Of simple conversation His
poor mistress began 20 exhibit him as soon as
she had fnished bis education. In Paris hs
made a great stir ct court. and all the news
papers made him the subject Of special Illus
trated articles he made rnoaey for his mis-
tress as fast as she could spend it Hs per
formed before the English, Prnssial and
small German courts.
In the midst OF this temporary property
of his victim the Prince Ghyka died He
summoned the woman he had deceived and
wronged TO his deathbcd, and, three hours
before his death, was married 70 her. She
got nothing more than the title cut q The
ceremony, however. Shs received noas o:
the orince'g property. Even the unail In
como be gave her when he abandoned her In
Vienna ceased with his LIE. MiEos, however,
provided 70. her al she needed ia her grow.
ing years
In 1878 Ninos died The princes wss
again pennfexA She vandersd from city to
city, living upon the charity Of Old soqGain-
,ance2 Shs Eventually brought Up In Grstz,
where she occupied two r1iaerabis H;tIs
rooms. Half Ct tbs rins shs did not have
enough 70 wear, and rarely enough 10 eat
One day last Eo~enber abe died