Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-26
SHE MARRIED A COUNT.
An AMERICAN HEIRESS WHO
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An AMERICAN HEIRESS WHO !
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HER FATHER WAS ANXIOUS THAT
SHE SHOULD MARRY A FOREIGN
NOBLEMAN, AND SHE AGREED
WITH HIS VIEWS-THE LIPE
SHE LED AFTER HER MONEY
WAS sQUANDERED.
"What a tool ii e American girl
makee OF herself when she goes
abroad ~
This remark was made 10y an ex-
United States Consul tonight. lie
was Consul at an il portant post,
having been appointed by Presi'
dent Arthur. He has been on the
Continent since his successor re.
lieyed him.
"a few J ears ago." he continued,
ga gentleman OF means went from
one of the s tates with his daughter
abroad. Sh . was the sort OF girl
that everybody loyed-good, gen
tie, cbidlikO, and with 'ace that
was pretty iihOut any of the ar
tIfices to viii ch the average woman
resorts. k new her father well. 1
knew he was proud OF his daughter
and | knew, without having asked
him the quest ion, what he lad her
with him for. 1t was that knOwl'
edge which caused lue to look upon
her with pity. | took chem TO my
house. Four years vi Consular
life at post where there was one
continuous beating Ofa sea OF fash
ion had opened my eyes to the ln'
sincerity of that sort of an exls'
tence. | wanted to keep my fl lend
and his child out of such an atm'Os-
phere. | took them into the cOu u
try and showed them the natura
attractions. | stood with them in
the sunshine of Switzerland, but |
soon saw that the man preferred to
have his daughter play the moth in
the candle.
"One day he told me he thought
of placing his daughter in one of
the Institutions of Zurich, where
she would have social advantages
as well as educational.
81 begged him not to do it. |
told him that Zurich was the hot
bed of anarchy and revolution
that The very air which was there
inhaled would poison an American.
81 saw that he was persistent. |
knew why. | knew that the place
was filed with the sons of the roy.
atty of several empires.
Gle came to me one day and said
he had made the arrangements ; in
fact, he had already placed her IN
the institution and was off for
home.
"I WON'T tire you with this story.
She married. Her husband was
Russian count. He had been sent
out of his own cOun try on account
of his numerous escapadss. He
was ugly, coarse, brutal, and had q
name no American could pro-
nOunce. The last, of course, was
no objection. He had the most
rcpulsive cOuntenance | ever saw.
He had no money, but he was a
count.
"The father, proud OF his tri-
umph, settled upon his daughter
100000. The couple travelled and
returned to Zurich. She was taken
sick. In giving birth to her first
child her husband abused her aud
actually dragged her by the hair
from her bed and left her upon the
floor. He took what money she
had and went upon n protracted
and beastly carOusal. | heard of it
and called at the house. | hope |
shall meyer again see such scene
of squalor. The room was devoid
of comfort. The woman, so far as
attention was concerned, had none
no more than an animal. She
was in labor on the floor where he
had left her. I believe that some
of the gray hairs in my head are
the result of that scene. sum-
moned a physician, procured a
nurse and left some money in the
house with my address.
81 called at the once of the
American Consul and laid the case
of the titled brute before HIM. He
offered to do anything he could, bot
told me frankly that it would only
lead to more brutality. | was call
ed to England. | left some money
for the child of my friend. . man
aged to see her before | left, and
she told me her husband had squan-
dered every dollar given by her
father and then pawned her we'd
ding presents. He demanded more
OF her, and when she could not re-