The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-13
GwENDOLINE AND THE PRINCE AGAIN.

A dispatch from Paris received by east
ern papers few days ago announced that
contradictory and exaggerated reports are
still circulating with regard to the rupture
of the engagement of marriage between
Miss GwENDoLINE CALDWELL and the
Prince MURAT. 1t seems that the lady has
lately been waited upon by press repre-
sentative and respectfully asked for an in
terview on the subject. She referred him
to her attorneys, who were authorized to
give the newspaper man all the necessary
information he required. Miss CALDWELL,
in an informal interview, spoke freely and
fairly regarding her relations with the
prince and regarding his action as to their
engagement. She denied that he had broken
off the engagement, and claimed that the
wedding was only indefinitely postponed,
and that because of their being represented
by counsel in the matter, and they being
unable to agree as to the amount of her in
come which MURAT should have control of,
there was hitch, so to speak.
The lady then says:
The story of my offering him $4,000 as an
annuity is one OF the most monstrous absurdi-
ties have ever read. l knew nothing OF such
an offer until l read it in the papers. The truth
of the matter is that have never offered Prince
MURAT one sou, either conditionally or uncon-
ditionally. l simply referred him TO my legal
advisor when the question Of my estate was
preached, and was much surprised, to say
nothing OF my feelings being awfully crushed.
when the prince informed me, in very curt
manner, that our wedding must be postponed
until my attorneys saw fit to agree with his
counsel regarding the amount of my income
ha tn fn6 INV lou
and learned that the demands of the prince were
so unreasonable that they were forced by pru-
dental considerations to decline to accede to
them asked them how much OF my income
the prince wanted for our living purposes and
they said two thirds, and that could not afford
it. demonstrated with the prince, but TO no
purpose. He argued that my income was very
large. and that in accordance with our social
position large sum would be required. l told
him that so far as l was concerned was per
fectly willing that he should have his way, but
that / was bound to be governed in my financial
affairs by those having them in charge. He
seemed to think l had more influence in the
matter than really possessed, and blamed me
for the unhappy state of affairs.
She then proceeds to announce that she
really loves him and earnestly desired to
have the ceremony take place. She told
her attorneys that she was perfectly willing
that the prince should be favorably con-
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that it would not be prudent and that com
plications would arise through which their
lives would be made unhappy, and she
yielded to their dictation, upon which the
prince simply babe her good by, saying that
whenever her attorneys came to their
senses he would return and ratify his en-
gagement, or words to that effect. ''With
these words he left me-" she pathetically
remarks, land have not seen him since"
Poor girl!
There is not much excuse to offer for
numbering up our columns in this way, but
a good many people of different DISPOSE
tons and varied tastes have desire,
through mere curiosity, to know what is
going on in regard to the