Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-01-23


Miss Mack is 4 tan and ssene4- -,
hardly past her txFntieth yesr -.
has large blue eyes, fair, bsoxn -.
and q delicate complexion. she i =
excellent planiste, having ssudse,s :.
the Conservatives 81 Leipsfe ags
Paris. Miss Marks noEher II -
known as 4 literary WORKER -
lived al the Waldorf and leets-as
there two years ago ia order to 49,
a fund for a monument 70 Queen 10.
bella, OF Spain This was al the ,ima
Of the Columbian celebration
Mrs. Mack and her daHxkter ~,
George Lax at 3 dinner PARTY earlr II
1888, - the story ruzs. The acgssir.
lance did not at first progress re--
rapidly. but a business frznsartsa-
gave il irnp-aus Miss Mack wzs ~.
6icus to complete her musical e.sae..
ton When her father died he Ia,
her some real estate worth ahaa,
5000 She could not sell Il tn III.
vantage 80 she asked Mr. Law # Il
would ADVANCE money 10 her upon Il
ne declined to do 50. but lent Ne,
money OH her notes. After thar j.
began TO call on Miss Mack and beT
mother quite frequently al their horne
in Fifth avenue. and later 1t ~
Hotel waldorf Early In the sumner
OF 1893 he gave 4 dinner on his steam
yacht Veto in honor Of Miss Mack 4.
which her mother and many osbar
other guests were present.
Miss Mack and her mother spsnt
much Of that sun ner in the Glensda
Casino. Il Cold Spring Harbor, L. I
George Laws yaeht was anchored 81
the casino two or three DAYS each
week. and he gave entertainments N
Miss Mack's honor. He took fba
Maeks Miss Algie Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin BreckeI and Miss r k
Breekel on board the yeto 10 Pleasure
Bay, y. j.. and afterward entertained
them layishly al brcakfast II liz
Moorish room OF the Hollywood hotel.
About this time the announcement
was made in newspaper thar Miss
Mack was engaged 10 be married %
Mr.. Law. but a Mr.. Brazier. who said
that he had authority TO speak for Alr.
Law. denied the report next day.
Meanwhile Mr.. Law continued his al.
tentions to Miss Mack, and her friends
say that long before this he had told
her that he loved her and asked her to
be his wife Then he asked that the
wedding be postponed. saying. ii is al
legged, that certain interests forbade
his marrying right away Mr.. Law
was as devoted as ever to Miss Mack
until one year ago. when he suddenly
ceased calling on her. She wondered
why, and wrote him letters, but got no
answer.
She was utterly Frustrated when she
read in the newspapers Of sept Is,
1894, notice OF the marriage or Miss
.NIgie Smith to George Lew on the
preceding day at the Girard hotel in
FOrty-fourth street. the residence Of
her grandparents. MI and Mrs. Balm
bridge Smith. Miss Mack lay i'll in
bed for long time, suffering from
nervous prostration. What rendered
her disappointment moro poignant was
the fact that she mad introduced MT
Law to Mss Smith. Her friends say
that Mr.. Law afterward invited Miss
Mack and her mother to call on him
and his wife.
Back Of this story is another little
one that Miss Mack borrowed various
sums from MI Law for the purpose
of completing her education After
his marriage Mr.. Law undertook the
collection OF these notes, amounting in
all to $4,000, and it was the DISPOSE
ton thus manifested that melted the
Macks to retaliate. Mother and daugh-
ter arr living at East Thirty fourth
street They have a number OF
wealthy and influential friends who
believe that Miss Mack's affections
were grossly trifed with by Law, aud
ii is said they will stand By them 70
The end. But they don't need that sort
Of help. Their lawyers will DO that
for them.