The sun., 1891-05-17
CONQUERED HEARTS AAn1u1xzs
The Career Of Mile. Mercedes. Clssus1als0
who Lately Shot AsrselA

The Career Of Mile. kerosAss Csssas1sIs1
who Lately Shot AsrsslA
Mile. Mercedes. whose death recently ~
announced from Europe. had . career full oa
adventure. 8he was bareback rider. and fes
several years WAS the magnet which drew hall
of Berlin's Rilded youth to the Circus Rsnk
Many years ago she first drew the attention oe
al European society to herself By fascinating
wealthy prince In Vienna. whssdlins fron
him immense sums Of money; and eventually
delivering him entirely into the Ihands OF hs
creditors. The Princes friends and relatives
rescued him with difficulty from disgrace. paid
his debts, and escorted his charmsr to The
Austro-German boundary.
Banished from the queen city Of tho German
world. Mercedes reluctantly chose the nsxt
best field for women Of her qualities- She took
an engagement In Berlin. She dazzled svsry
man in Prussian high life. from counts and
dukes down to millionaires. Hearts and gold
were laid before her nightly. She Lived Like
queen. threw money right and left to The
worthy and unworthy Door. and took .
rejected titled lovers with reckless fokls.
ness. Her fiat. near the Brandonbur-
ger Gate. was marvel OF luxury.
which Berliners who were in the current Of
those days still tell about. She had unlimltsd
credit on four Or flye old Prussian 1sms'si q
Untes den Linden She EsRt he. own d.1 stsplss =
sa9s nsassed Ysn her With Al 6eF bs
ss osq SsGss lo.u1s E y
SHf1 had safusndered on her al tic money which i:
disgrace had become, public. Then she threw
'ss ssa q SP Sai .s::
to leave. and she left, But she did not 60
Goun she . With 1S, an cs. Il
Elissinsen. TSe Young Eniehs va: accom-:
panied by back to hs Iyrs
ior a sm SSs Was Mas aacaGus
an Italian troupe. and came to America ~ .
have ssr Il es Souse
eepisd his proposal @ 1S and u they went thropsS th.
q shat sSa the
dlers. had been swindled; that the priest wh9
end Il Ser .a
gsrb. and that her sppposititio9s spouse ssOnId WA
about t9 slip from her grip before & she wGSb1a sbs
sSet him sovsrsl times lines one evening. .hsn ha.:
rled on board Cunarder. and Six Weeks s.ssd,nhIs ,aI
& sush Ras' 81 1ss WIZ e. Sps 70
her eh ort rausatiantic lie. .A
In Paris she had her first and last i9ys 9Ic s.t.
Vice Si the sultan VAST was the Object q il They
lived together happily for some time. shs sns W.
lbituiu 10 ulIm anu no duOE0u uot, ~ ~ shnu.
sand debauches had settled down to an honeH
life. Her happiness was ended by he oonsc.,
ing out Of the Turk o. Russian war. Her queer o
went home to enter active service. sns SovSsaii
panied him to Constantinoplo attireSu hoiSH him
there as a cayalryman, and rode .atHhsd ntrtnd 6im
N IN Ss sS swse 1Rs 80 saEsa life
through the side with a Russian bullet sns
nursed him till she and the other nvIs1s Ds
thought him dead. Before withdrawn. n.mroiv m0i
In ri la oh
wounded. but recovered after fye weeSEs hoSs bus
the little bit Of heart, which tho TuFRisn On IN
flcer alone had been able to IND hh1 M ue0n nits
Mt his hospital bedside. She travelled iroI en-,
TO city on the Continent with various c"sud
running lives in her Vienna and Berlin nanss aayS
She became the terror OF all high, born payes papsss
whose sons knew the great towns ior wnelSst,or wnnS ,or
she appeared every young man VINO cnIru sr an an
life and beautiful women hastened to o, sea arss
opportunity to find layor In her wonueiihh' Scir.
Gus company TO smyrna. While riding lGbo% oIS
syenin she saw In box her oln lq'er eernwSnital. Vital
she had left for dend In Turkish no hUspEshhs shs
She at once lett the ring and sont ior hIh' how
fell at his feet in delirfnm ol 10Y: ne. s an
ever. was cold and half indifferent sHS Heositv Nv
be your wife or dead" os
Tho performance Of the next evening ,s ~
not attended by the Turkish officer NILE Mns;
Mercedes became too nervous after opsorVsn ps an
his absence to ride second time: FGi o. bar
dressing room anIiously awaiting ths d SSmIStt not
OF the only man she had loved. ne ala ND nvdi
come. Bbs closed and bolted tho door snu
shot herself through the heart