The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
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sURNoMMEE MAULTAscHE). CoMrEssE DE TYROL 1859.

We'll" said Philippa, after the French
book had failed us we sat and stared at my pie
n lasa Of 4, M iemE,h, a. by n an i hnpTs9k whH ao tic ed
that it was engraved from the original painting
in the gallery Of Versailles. | pointed out tins
fact to my young man and his eyes frightened
with renewed hope, They had the whole col
lection Of engravinss from the pictures
in sixteen large volumes and with each
picture was q 6iosrapi,ifai or his,ori,
sure now that we had her. The Young man
went up stairs and carried down, the entire set
OF volumes; He could bring only my three In or fpM ~
prOfusely even then. Finally we found the ono
with the index on, Joy; oh; ]raptGre; There
hunted up tho volume and thu, page referred to,
and II you will believe me-
Philippa let go Of her knees. leaned back, and
regarded us denantly;,
TO find out whether | am telling you the truth,
and you will not be satisfied until you do, But
1t is fact that the edition Of the portraits at
the library is incomplete, and the pages which
should have contained the engraving and his
tory of the infamous Countess OF Iyrol are
missing"
Yes. groan! - said Philippa. I'VE did. too.
and refused to be comforted.. When | finally
started for home he wiped his brow and grittct
his teeth, and said he'd find heritit took a year
Il haven't been hack again. l have been try
ing to hunt up a few other ugly women, so that
L van llihN ~ 81 Wv u 7" NV i''HN NtAhNat ''S
two lines found about Marguerite. ] have
come to the conclusion that either all the
women who have made their mark in history
were beautiful. or else as soon as they came into
power people called them beautiful because
they didn't dare say they were ugly
"liow about Ann OF Clevcs:' asked Adele.
oh. yes, of course yon ask that said
Philippe rather scornfullY. why d." you
"Oh. / don't know. Didn't Henry VIII. say,
when he Jaw her. that he wouldn't marry her.
YES. bnL he did marry her. and II you will
her an ugly woman. Henry was rather spoiled,
you know. He had u rather pretty taste in
wives when he wasn't interfered with. NO,
Ann of Clrvos was Disappointing as material
for my article. thought did have something
! could use when came across liertha, Broad
foot. hut, dear me, sh" wnsn good looking wo;
man. and rs for Der feet, they probably would
have pa ,NCl un"GtiCcd in Chicago, with IL glance
ut Frances. who halls from that place.
Let me- have another look ut your infamous
Countess" said Adele hastily, 70" we don't Ike
10 excite our gentle Frances To combat.
Philippa handed tho print over. ana Adele
and took another look At II. suddenly we
caught our breath, and then We exclaimed:
The Duchess"
Countess. you mean" said Philippa.
NO no. SRo is the very lHageot the duchess
In Alice in Wonderland explained Adele.
"Oh, that il such II relief TO ne: was always
snre there must be nj, original OF the pictures OF
the Duchess. for 1t didn't seem to me that any
one could evolve such n face"
"Bnt what does 'Mnultasche' mean - asked
France. looking over Adcie's shoulder.
"pockCtInoutn." explained ihilippa. " Isn't
that n fine nicknnnct Marguerite, the Pocket
mouth. Tint would have gone so well with
BERTHA ltroadfoot. on, dear! 1t would have
been such a GOOD article She meditRted re-
G~rctfully II moment, and then her face lighted
up. That will make another article she sad.
1t was easy 10 see that Phtlippa was really in