The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-15
MARIE PJ7OU'S LUCK.
Tho French Maid who Began In the OIL
Regions aud Now Is Kich.
ISop, the on Cifu

siderable interest in tho story OF, Marie Plion.
| the French maid. who came to the OIL country
| in 1875. | have put together such facts rs |
| know personally couce ming her strange ca
reer-how she camo to Butler county with a
party OF English tourists left the party at East
| Brady. returned to Butler county and made a
successful venture in an oil lease. came TO New
York. where she married n wealthy importer
| and is now n heavy speculutor on the stock
! market. ! have since had an opportunity OF
hGsb"na ana 0 To
| promptly conclude this strange romance Of the
oil regions. | desired TO write up the missing
| chapter as given to me by these people. have
| finally obtained their consent 10 this. which
they probably would not bave given had not
| Yesterday afternoon, ip comieny With Will
Jam Nar Antwerp OF Garfield place Place: Brooklyn
Marie Pitou, ut the Colonel's Office on Broad
street. They had ALREADY related the story to
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| follows, as related by Madame Blank:
df In IAN WITH Mam 'S Saa keSer
maid id to Mrs. Robert GreaTes. These gSnile men
interests in glasgow. scotland Ny mistress
was an invalid, and the trip was made partly
ancholy that the physicians advised an
soa To- r s'p into the A' oil not country INT s
reading, in q littsburEh paper while in that
Nv Was s. is So years old at that time had been
taking core OF myself since j was Il and had
become pretty independent TIE quarrel a. had
u slight affair and suppose took II as II pre-
text 10 leave tho party. rs had fully mado up
| around Petroa to stay in the oil county. 1t
seemed 80 full Of life and activity that | was
really fascinated with the strange little wo Id
Of oil. / could not DO turned from this pur-
| pose. had S40O which had been paid ~ me
Estate e3 y the SS Week before eI and this money
had given In cnarge OF Mrs Greaves. This |
obtained from her. and to the amount Robert
Greaves added my wages amounting then to
about 800. and s3uO extra William Greaves
added 5000. so came back to the oil country
! with $1,000 in round numbers
Nine. Blank produced the receipts for tho
payment OF he money she had received from
the Messrs. Greavcs TO show that she had ac-
copied it simply rs loan.
did not have 4 very definite idea asto
July S determned to invest ut least PAL part OF T It
in the oil business hnd no idea what oil was
Or at b %E arvf to PAY
troiia for a week. l could speak only little
English. and could not get along very last.
got acquainted with Il lady, who drove me ont
to tho isaac Steele farm. but could not make
any investment there.
gave a livery man $40 to drive me over In a
buggy and from this man learned OF little
Of Hpd whSh gaos d hG ns5s day.
SO made haste TO buy 1t. / hired q lawyer. aud
lie looked up the titles and negotiated for tho
the purchase heard thut there was not much
likelihood OF oil being found there. felt very
It proved vaueess might have to 80 Into SER
vice again, and would look around for posi-
G t1H and had lady come in, twice u day aud
give mo Lessons IN English learned very
r1Pa Tn hSS Ee9Pss IN basT ma %
man who wanted to buy my lease ldidnt
sell to him. and others came to see me. | went
up to Butler and learned that wells on the Gil
lespie farm were creating some excitement
The farm was a considerable distance from. my
t6er deyeiopments. The excltome Mt grew in
that locality and there was great demand for
Well pf Hnd Would have done SO had NOT such
tempting oilers been made TO me TO sell. l
finally "a 4Ps Ge ro Of aSS"ry s4CgS VIVA
scared out OF tho oil country BY the fear OF
nitro glycerino. and came TO New York. She
went to baltimore, where she made some
money In real estate speeuIati,o,n. In Balti;
a stock broker and got some knowledge Of
tho stock business The broker had Q connec:.
tion with New York Iirm ana fHHaiiy y bought
enter the Office. Marie Pitou came with them,
and through this firm made her ir.t invest,
Increasing her bank account 10 100000, when
she closed out all her deals and went to Paris
was Killed in st. Petersburg by being run over
by q carriage. and on the night before the
accident Mure had dreamed that her brother
had been Killed by runaway horses. :. ,
When she got ready to return TO New York
her sister wanted TO accompany nor, ana
rather against her judgment she consented for
her to do SO. The sister was delicate girl and
on the first day OF tho voyage she died sud.
denly q some heart trouble and was buried ut
and after landing In New York was taken to
NJ. Lukes Hospital, where she was, obliged 10
conValescing at the hospital that she first mot
Col. Blank. whom she afterward married He
had called at tho hospital to SEQ one OF the
physicians, who happened also to be the physl-
clan who WAS attending Marie and some favor
able circumstances brought them together
Nine, Blank Is firm believer In dreams not
death Of her. brother In 81 Petersburg, but
others OF no less Significance; Her husband
related one that was iulnlled In p remarkable
manner She dreamed on two different occa-
stock market within certain time, brought
on by some exceptional financial disturbance
She was sufficiently impressed by II to close
out all her holdings OF stocks and at that time
she had conside able, and 90 short of the mar.
ket. This was the ,nrst time she had touched
the oil market and also gave her broker an
order to sell q conslderablS amount of oil. On
ne seeona day tSE 1ksEPG these E Ia AZ
stock market ratified down. oil following II in
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