The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-06-24

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and finally Gettysburg; how he rose in
rank and was retired as major general
are matters of history.
Little Laura had been growing apace,
and when the general was appointed min.
| lister to Spain by President Grant she was
| fifteen years old. She went with him to
| Madrid, and there learned what 1t was to
receive the homage of mobiles and princes.
In her train at Madrid was handsome
young cavalier who, though not wealthy,
could trace his ancestry to the bluest
| blooded hidalgos of CASTLE and Arragon.
| She loved him. The courtship went on
until the general concluded that the young
| Spaniard was after his daughters money
and broke off the engagement. About the
same time he took to himself a young
Spanish wife.
Laura refused to submit. Imperious as
her father, and scorning the mediation OF
her stepmother. she came back to the
United States. The quarrel that took
place in the American minister's house at
Madrid was never healed. Father and
daughter never saw each other again.
Laura came to New York and went to
live with her grandmother, Nine. Bagioli,
in Fifty-sccond street. At her grand
fathers death she became possessed Of
about 10000, well invested in real estate.
The general resigned his post in Madrid
iiu u.o W VIM eouh''y III 1870
manifest itself. She left her grandmoth.
er's roof to plunge into the sea Of dissipa.
,ioi ,i''. anu sen inuu u,senee' ne, name was
il.neu WIN ina. vi vonn oioo.Roon' tnen
WIN 'na' o' mr. huehes ana then with
o.nsrs oy tne score Chtrammeied oy so.
Siai 'onne,''ons' reckiess Oh her own ana
n-i '"'h'' nan'e, '"e oecaihe the eHtraV'
asen' queen VI the "Huese SET III New
rork. "A. one TIME sne was known as mrs.
a.i.on "iu h'eu al noreiioS Her Ia
o.' we're uispenseo Win generous hand'
ous she eN'o.eu s,, ue,o'io,' ana suDser-
,ience 10 her VIII 'ha' resulted IN frequent
rup.uIes
tnere was nochipg mercenary ABOUT this
pul.erhy ol .he ehueu purHeus W a
Larry race, s'rons anu supple hmDed' she
Eaue iai. 70 wl.nstahu ths immense tax
sue pus upon her endurance But the pace
was 'oo Iap,u even ior her' Inc attract-
Nehess which Drought 10 her ieet the ac'
eon' . piian.u ,ou,ns an. wealthy bankers
uii'' ii,e,cnaits pesah 10 disappear. Inc
spiei,'Iu hS ooi which heoe OF Juno
wouiu nave Deeh PROUD began 10 take on
in'o emoonpoint ana Al the last were total
ooi'erated III gross OBESITY
rom champagne ana tne costiiest wines
.ha' private anu puohc cellars could AFFORD
sne turned 10 gin ana whisky. The girl
VINO IA" sraceu tne receptions at the court
Vi Spain' "hoh princes ana Processes had
caresseo' was now the Gree OF back rooms
~ ~ teW io,h anu Drook!yn SroggerleS.
She sun hau heI ioiio"ers' though. Her
incoiiie purc"aseu "hat grace ana charm
nau az, once coi,'iid"ueu'
SHe nio'ru o,c' w Droohiyh iour years
ago. spehuIhg her tinie IN recuperatlng
iioiii 'ne ei,eo'H VI ueohucneS' III which her
as VI s'fehson "ouiu permit her 10
'huuIse' ier sranuino,ner' 10 wnoh she
re'urheu ior a"hiie, was then HVlng at
croton rams; but Laura could not remain
IN such a secluded, iifeiess spot. She took
up her nome IN brooklyn at IL Debevolse
Piace, lhe mouse OF george w. COOK. MIR.
CooK Is "a clerk IN the New York postoffice
anu Is orother OF NINE. bagioli Laura
oickies grandmother. Laura rented suite
vi rooihs from the looks and furnished
tnein nsrseit. one had MAID TO whom
sue Palu sixteen uoiiars month, bnt al
io"eo ner 10 remain most OF the time with
NINE. bagioii;
oenerai SlcXles often heard OF his way
waru oaughter ana through Intermediates
trieu 10 reclaim her, but all his efforts
ialied. The rancor born in her breast mt
.ne oreaklhS OH OF the engagement in
Madrid had intensified IN the years OF their
separation ana her pride was too great to
permit her TO crawl to his feet in her deg
rauatioh.
All OF tine last year she lived with the
COOKS, out lately her life had been lonely
indeed. MIR. COOK quarreled with his wife,
ana she ana her children moved away.
linen coiored servant attended to the
wants OF Laura Now and then she would
nave supper IN her room, as in the old
times' ana the glasses would clink, and
with merry Jest and song heartaches and
regrets were driven to the oblivion that
stupeiaction brings. But Laura could still
lax OF the oid halcyon days OF her belle
dom. II she had any regrets. any griefs.
she never showed them.
she mad drunk the cup OF pleasure to its
dregs, she frequently said, and solace was
FOUND IN drink alone Many and many
time' In the excitation OF the hours she