Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-20
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Tue late Lori Teuuroxs vas one N
the most eccentric % men. aud bis w.
gari-s sJmetiulrs made one doubt his
sanity. Some forty years ago DOcEs,
the great French actress. Was Al the
zenith OF her beauty auI fame, and all
London had gone mad about her. Both
Louis NapJieou-atl leTward Napoleon
lII-and the iate Lord Pembroke were
IN love with her. aud u Is recorded that
tie fair euCnautTess did not know
which 10 choose You must do as
you Ike, OF course" said the prince;
II cannot marry You, because my name
dUes not belong 10 me, but 10 dynasty (;
uCr can / affuTd 10 lavish so much
money on you as LOui Pembroke can;
but can tell you what | Will do If You
Will cOussLt 10 refuse his SUIT. ! VIII
promise you never To marry, even II !
become emperor, and l VIII settle 5000
u year on You for lie now, and make
you Countess and a mil IOualre If evsr
l become emperor
That was not good enough for pOche
who had no belief IN the imperial
dreams, and Who gambIed TO such q
terrible extent that a thousand pounds,
and double that extent, would sip
through her fingers in week. So she
understand that If he was inclined 20
be generous, size might not turn a deaf
ear 20 his sIghs. Tue cAprIciOus
trenchwoman had. however. heard of
eNtTavagaue Of the lazy English mi
lord, - whom she knew To be madly In
love with her, so she thouE4t II polite
To play fast ami loose with HIM, In
hOTes that lie would, IA a WOmeut Of
passionate -NISpeI alton, iLy EOmeLhlng
Ike half Ills fortune at heT iert.
She went too far, however. Day
after day she would accept his lori
ships Invitations 10 supper, and alwa Is
at the last moment srud al excuse.
''At last" Lord Pembroke one day
sald 70 the late Lord CiauTIcardr. who
used 10 tell the story, - am tired of
this folly. ! am going 10 give a supper
tonight a. Richmond, and l have IN
vlted DO he. II she comes before IL l
will give her $4,000, II she comes 10
fore l. l Will give her -, 900, but If
she comes after l. I won't receive her,
and II Sue does not come al al! l will
give tomorrow 10000 TO the uglie-t
woman in L1ndOu and the one our
Dpche hates the uIO=J->ruaefter, the
danseVse. "
Docue never came 10 the supper, SO
the following morning Lord Pembroke
sent one Ot the leading Bond street
jewellers TO her house with the message
that as his IordsLlp had decided on Of
feriug diamonds 10 the amount Of go
UuO To Nile. >CIaetfeT, aud as he knew
Nile. DocLe was a COunuisseur IN dla
mOnGs, h- would b- obliged IL sue
would select up 70 that amount such
stones as she might taluk would suit
her friend. DOcIe, when she had heard
the man out aud taITiy graSPed tue sit
uAtiOu boxed the jewelers. ears and
had Mysteries. But tLIs did not prevent
the uratesman from cIambeIIuy W the
four pairs Of stairs OF a little house In
Leicester square, where he found Nile.
Schaetfer washing her stockings, and
telling her or the golden shower which
was about To fall upon her. She tainted.
Schasuer was h.deUusiy ugly and
very stupid, but she managed TO entan-
gle Lord PemOroke's heart, somehow,
and he gave her all the money be could J.,
aud had not the property been entaIled
would have given her everything. A
distinguished French family, ID
MOutgomerle' lEarl OF Pembroke and
Montgomery, the members OF which
are we'll known IN the high lfe' OL
the French capital, Is the result OF this
strange iutatuauOn. 20 pOpr Doche
lost both her French and English lover.
Had size accepted FRINGE LOUIS Napo-
Icons otter II might, perhaps, have
made 4 ference tbday in tbs map OF
EuIopv, lad she not ITIiei with the
English earl Il would have made a coz
s.dsIa.!e difference in his fortune.