The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-23
A WOMAN'S REVENGE.
Cast 0ffby Her Titled Lover She
Steals His Daughter.
AN EMPTY PALACE IN HUNGARY
After Searching for Years Count szfrmay
Finds His Daughter Dancing I'm
New York Barroems.

NEW YORK, Jan. Especial lin the course
OF the romantic stories witch from time 70 time
crop up II the police department. or the
marshaI's Office, titled persopages are brought 70
police notice and yaTns Of the fall OF some
yoEng gil are eIabelsisAed 70 read ike iiasny
novel, but not within memory has such a
tale been related a. that when recOunts
the wreeking Of Count szfrIasy's home, the loss
OF his daaghtcf, bis futile search for her, and
her present hopeless. helpless condition The
story is long one, bat briefly stated is ss fol-
lows:
About ths first OF this month United States
Marshal Bernhafdt received 8 call from tall
man Of distinguished hearing who had
arrived in Scg York a few days
previous lie WIS Count szirmay, the
bearer OF one OF the most iliustrious
names IN the Ausirc-Hungerian empire. He
has been chamberlain oi fhs emperor and Is 9
knight Of many orders snd decorations. He
presented letter from kalnsky, IN which the
minister Of foreign affairs says:
"deip my friend, Count szirInay, in as far as
II lies within your power. He il in search Of his
daughter, who has been spirited away by q
woman Who was housekecper in his family"
About ten yeats ago the counts wife died.
leaving an Only daughter Jennie, then about .
yeats old. The count endeayored 10
find distraction from his grief in social dssipa-
tion, and eonIded his child 70 the care OF TN at
tendaut at bis palace at Buda Bes.h.
After wandering mueh about the world Count
Zirmay came TO Bucharest. There DC met and
was fascinated by brilliant adventures, who
had called herself BY many names in the course
oil her career. claiming 10 have once been mis-
tress OF the car, and 70 have lived almost every
where from Paris to Iagdsi.
This woman 80 Infatuated the count that after
being with her for some time at Bucharest be
brought her to Bude Pesth, and formally estaE-
hshed her as mistress in his family
palace. lie even desired TO marry her,
and would have doHe so sad the alliance been
possible, bat dis exalted rank in the empire was
a Oar which they could no. pass, 50 the woman
si1piy remained in full command Of his house
hold. Her ascendance over him was complete.
lie spent his fortune recklessly upon her least
Wbim, and so things went ca for years.
Finally the count tired OF the woman, whose
name was Marie Polska, aud cast her OF. She
then studied for revenge and found il In Selling
upon the little countess, Virginie, sending her
10 America, placing her in house of dishonor,
and sowing the seed while the child was but Is
for lie OF hopeless degradation.
When Cour. szirfnay found his daughter
stolen he searched Europe high ard low, per-
soualiy going 10 all the large cities and hunting
IN all classes of society for his daugh-
ter. At last the girl was traced
to America, and the broken-hearted
latner came mere hoping against nope tnet
some good providence had interviewed to save
the pretty countess from the life he feared she
had been forced into.
Ia company with Marshal Bernhard he
looked everywhere. lie finally heard that his
once pampered child was known about
the lowest concert halls as Hungary Jennie
and when the story was told him he
wept aud rloaned rs though death would have
been relief. But his search was futile, and he
returned TO his superb castle on the Danube
without bis daughter, wrecked In spirit and in
health.
Marshal Bernhardt said the agony OF the man
was tha most painful sight Of his long expert
epcc. In telling tue story today be concluded
''Dny before yesterday discovered the Count
ere Virginie iH her usual surroundings
showed her a letter that her father had given me
for her. IL would have eoaxed tears
out of stone walls, but Hungary jennie
simply said Its too late now. Perhaps
my life would have been different, had not
been wroured stiil, my mother was a bad
woman. ana IL Is natural that ] should be a bad
woman
Against Nsric Polsks, she would not say
word, and 80 IT happens that beautiful girl OF
noble station, born Ia eourt life and regal pleas
uTes. dances IN disorderiy houses in New York
and is known Hungary Jennie" The re-
venge Of Marie PolskA is indeed complete