The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-08

some Have Lived the Lives 81 Rassh-
mes and become woaithy.


msa and become Woaithy.
Eastern people have little idea Of the
great number Of younger sons Of Brit
ish and European noblemen who have
come 10 this part OF the state either
10 seek their fortunes or 10 avoid the
ignomlny their poverty might bring up
on them In their native land. or e.
cape the consequences OF youthful In
dlscretions 10 which the sons Of great
foreign families seem 10 be prone. says
a Colorado letter TO the Buffalo Ex-
proga Down at the entrance 70 chey- |
enne canyon. three miles from tho |
lonely 0pO; where Helen Hunt Jackson
was bureid. there II an estate Of hun
dFeds OF acres owned by Count Pour
tales. a German. lie came here TO In
crease a fortune which was beginning
10 dwindle In the old country and 10
improve his health. lie brought with
him his pretty young wife. She had
been a leader In the mos, fashionable
society In Germany. and was noted for
her beauty. but here che went into
comparative retirement There were
plenty OF social functions At the
oprings, but they did not interest her.
Her husband. In company with sever
al business men. built the Broadmoor
casino on his domains and attached 20
Il a gorgeous restaurant, parlors, dane
Ing halls and barfoom. II was a mag
nihetnt building. built entirely Of wood
with broad porches along the front and
rear. He built q little artificial lake
In the shadow Of the mountains and
the whlte-oapped peaks were reflected
in its waters He ran an electric car
. line out past Il aud he hired q German
band 10 play on lts banks. People
could sit on the porches Of the casino
and listen 10 tho music and watch the
boats on the lake II was a delight
ful place. Then. after II was all CON-
pleted. he admitted the public a 80
cents a head and made money. But
be was more shrewd. energetic and
. far-sighted and fortunate than most
! Of the noble foreigners. He waa only
! one out OF hundred Of them or their
, sons or relatives who attained much
success nnaneialiy.In Colorado Springs
E there are two or three baronets In prot
. ~ poor circumstances. They usually
: do not wish 10 be known a. having
4 titles. One Of them. At least. is known
G only TO very few people a. a noble
J. They live quietly and economically
= and pass their time away playing polo
Z But the spot where the impoverished
, noblemen or their sons or second sons
1 are most numerous is a few miles allow
n here. In Wet Mountain valley OF lat'
d years II has been called the Valley o
10 the Second Soma. Il ls literally hlle'
y with degenerate noblemen and thei
y cons and relatives. Only the poores
- Of them have come 20 this valley. Som
n. OF them have bought land. on wh!cl
T.. they have built themselves little homes
They live the same kind Of life as III
~ ranehmen round about them. eho
lgs their own wood milk their cows an
~ raise their own vegetables They hav
IN parted with all the luxuries Of civil
IT. zation. They wear old clothes and bl
Of sombreros. and Il Is hard to tell som
~ Of them from the ordinary uncout
mountaineer. A stranger goes Into n
.. valley sometimes and meets one I
these second sons. or, Il may be,
N nobloman himself. and after makiT
nh his acquaintance and treating him
"A the same informal way with which
ne might treat any Of the ranehmen Their
Is. abouts, is greatly surprised 10 learn
some roundabout way that his nc
iss friend is a person Of such distinction.
We Il has become quite a common THU
\, ~ for impoverished noble families In Il
he gland 10 send all the sons but the he
no to Wet Mountain valley. There are
IN. many Of them here already that Il mu
The seem like home 10 them. They are
ed pleasant 10, OF men and they enjoy M
y, Most OF them are having a much b
me ter time In the lonely spot In the mou
he, tains than they ever had before In the
pes iiyos