The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-29
HIS LORDSIIIp'S WRONGS.
THE MARQUIS DE LEUIILLEIs COMING
HERE TO REDRESS THEM

AsSrifi0r
LONDON. July 2s-The MARQUIS de Iouvillc
ypshod into the London Office of TuE Sun :hlt
morning IN q frenzied state Of excitement
waving alott big handful Of clippings from
American newspapers that he had Just OBJ.
famed from an agency, and informed your cor.
RESPONDENT that he had consulted his soloito
and would start In q wook or 80 for Now YorR
N spe the press o. the Uuted States for libel
"Thesc newspaper articles" no said, ARE
The most libellous and defAmatory have ever
read Listen TO this:
Title MARQUIS do Leuville cools his hoels
on the stops OF tho Burlington Hotel while
Mrs Leslie pncks UP her trunks and escapes
him BY side entrance
And this he shrlcked:
1.-THE Marquis de Iouville still inhabits the
skin Of an Gss.'
Some Of the rest are even worse" he said,
mournfully Thop he asked for a cable blank
and pcn and sent tho following despatch to
Mrs. Frank Leslie:
"Such a host OF abominabe and injurious
iaIsehoods from America have decided me to
sail for New York with a solicitor to enter ac-
tiops l cannot believe that you have orcu-
lated these reports
This no signed Rene" and sighed heavily
as he gave THE suns office boy twenty-nine
shngs 10 pay for its transmission to America.
THO Marquis informed mo that the solicitor
who would accompany him to America was
Charles Kemble OF kembe Il Co. Of Conduit
street. But De Leuville refused to make any
statements with regard to Mrs. Lesc's mo-
tive in denying that she was engaged to him.
Il am bound by tho laws OF chivalry' said
he Ito preserve silence
Charles Kemblo, De Louvillos legal adviser.
was less close mouthed. Il shall accompany
De Leuvie to America" he snid, and We
shall vigorously prosecute oil those newspapers
that have libulled him That Mrs Leslie was
peady and anxious to marry him before she
sailed for America on Saturday, tho 18th inst,
can be proved by documents in my possession
Why sho should deny tho fact | do not know"
Kemble showed me thioe letters in his DOS
session. Ono was from Registrar Hearne TO
De LeuviIo. dated July H. and read as follows:
"IIY LORD am very sorry not to be able to
accedo to Mrs. Frank Leses request when
she accompanied you Yesterday to give the
notice about the marriage, because find the
superintendent disinclined to solemnize 1t be-
fore 10 A. NJ, the office hours on Saturday.
Il am, my lord your obedlent servant
"FREpERICK HEARNE, Registrar"
This letter, according TO kombe, De Leuville
received on the morning Of tho day 1t was
written. and sent It at once to Mrs. Leslie ut
the burlington Hotel. The request referred TO
in the Registrars letter was that special sane
tlon should be given for marriage before
o'clock on Saturday morning. That Mrs.
Leslie did make this request Registrar Hearne
assures mo is q fact about which he cannot be
mistaken. In response to De LeuvilIo's note
enclosing the Registrars letter another letter
was shown me. said to DO from Mrs Leslie
which was not dated. and was written on plain
paper tread:
Il shall expect you as You agreed at IL
o'clock sharp 1t is for you to think in this |
matter as well as mo.
Lovingly FLORENCE"
postscript at the bottom and written up
the side was:
1T would have been better II you had done
60 before"
Another note which Kemble said was also IN
Mrs Leslle's handwriting. but which was not
dated or signed was received by De Lcuville |
the ,ame afternoon. 1t was written on note
paper, containing In the upper corner the !
figure of deor with the motto "Tour-ou-
Rien." The note read:
I'VE will dine together once moro. at least, |
dear il you will call here at eight"
Can you explain" / asked Kemble. why,
uthese letters are genuine. Mrs. Leslie should |
80 perslstently deny that she ever contem-
plated marrying Do Leuvie"
i cannot" he replied: that is a mystery"
THERE WAS AN ENGAGEMENT oNCR-MRs. LESLIE
HAS NO INTENTIONS now.
Mrs. Leslie was disinclined last night to
make any positive statement CONCERNING her
sV on EarGee S@GEby s G2 had hSp
present 9es b hHte aniG Of anyb2dy was
HON Do eue ncrmng her Of fi hs nten TH
tocome 10 this country, and she intimuted that
b h would probably think better Of 1t and stay
NV, ~ DO not wish said Mrs. leslie TO Say
Mshythlng that will In any way, enbarrasa the
sng6 troublesome suit. which might hayo
resulted resulted u his imprlsonmont ii It had Rone
@ 1Ie a nS seff fSlfy have AT sss
PIN TIE itic and soul OF an evening party, |
Su Ne Wo% IsGGt III ana d4ncinE when sudden,
val Tor support md clutch his thront quite I,
desperately for breath. He is the strongest
We we we're engaged once but that was long ago. !
s anu was published at tho time and talked
less thNn year that he proposed to o'G me,
pulled o VIII III ny t So Wsd 4 theatre pnrt
II which we ali took part it could not DO fonnd
Bow a. the o,s q the ring and asked Tor
Wedding T tG?f know WIKI kat Sf lie re u WaS
for S1T To That Is The kind of ring want 70 buy
ana ~. INoI SpoIy III inc party hcHTu TINS, :
2uu Idhey laughed heartily. Since that time !
ana sIS 4arluis has been very attentive TO mo. =
~ opS became impressed with the eqrnestness 7
Y aIs deyotion; Why, there could be no mis- !
s sHatGE his disintere5ted ness, for whom was }
teeS waa ne black me ISLES and was blind for
v WIZ room Pnxiousy waiting 10 hear Of me. y,
Op mnen felt that had a good prosI Get Of
n Setitng along and succeeding In the task had
XIV SIu9 s,a q building up the york begun 81
N SSrnda,te husband. sent u cableGram 10 tho
$Sn r%TiS telling hin, e. como oyer here that
NY SUu'd marry him. This was about 1.-Two years
Hff H. Le ana he !nInediatep came To thiA country
ks ienluhed here eleven months. md was with e
WSe eIetJ evening during that time except two. !,
en Iea a. ne attendcd two diunorR He used to y
ma ao Nv n o'clock op Sunday morning and re- z
inn hnul II O'Clock AT night. and In ali tia, O.
MH MAJ ne never bored mo Tor ono minute. Tho g
W. Yuh Is a iineiy educated man. Ifo apoaks =
SnnlS angnaGos; and SO do ]. Sometimes wo !
US,l spehd the time In reading to each other =
1tS fHaOus languages, and then we would sIt nj =
M anu write poetry IN various languages 4
Erta,u arIhlH > indeed Il cultivated mnu. 10 =
ingIS' wy clever verse. but hO paints raviah- p
Ne ful9ed his paintings are noteworthy" \
Scate n aGIS,ie showed tho reporter two land y
ID tSsp H,hIInss that occupy prominent places y
Tort w 81 nhrlpr. aud which she said were the II
any dld You not marry him :"