The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-02

The descendant Of Talieyrand married the
daughter Of a certain baron. The princess.
was Mile. Jeanne Annie Alexandrine Sell
liere. Her father had mad a tremendous
fortune as a sutler in the French army.
They found out that Monsieur }e Baron
was supplying the soldiers of France with
shoes the soles of which were cardboard,
and with clothing that fell to pieces at the
touch of a hand. They found, too, that
he had forged the government stamp. He
was indicted and settled the case by mere
ly blowing out what brains he had. Now.
De Sagan had flung his money away in
handfuls and had even originated new ways
Of squandering the wealth he had. Was
he not prince? And soshe married Jeanne
and the house of Talleyrand and Mont
morency were restored Which proved
that ideas have changed some of late de-
cades, for the MontmoTencys at leas.
would never have, in olden days. made a
meal out OF the remains of thief. Times
have changed indeed, and so have manners,
for the new princess became the rage OF
Europe. She set the fashion In everything,
Her house hummed as the very center of
the very best society of the continent.
Disraeli said Of her that what she wore one
day tine world wore the next day. She made
the fortune Of the man milliner, Worth.
Her husband began to fling her money
away as he'had flung his own.
Presently scan6af entered the fine man
sion.r The new princess had lost all sense
of her extremely high place. She believed
that she was royal and could do no wrong
But De sagan did not think so. One day
he called all Of the servants into hail
of the house and asked them to be wit
nesses of the fact that he had left that
house never to enter it again. He took
with him nothing Of his personal property
but his umbrella! This matter was talk
ed of everywhere, but it Id not prejudice
society against the brilliant princess. She
was f1inging the shoe and the shoddy mon
ey just like her husband. But after the
prince left her she drew in her purse strings
and went to law with her husband to pre-
vent him squandering his share of the
wealth on the ground that she wished to
protect the future of her sons. This was
an idle pretext, these sons some day will
get the wealth Of their ancient grandsire
on the fathers side-the Due de Valen-
cay--more than they can possible spend.
The princes now has her poor wrecked
and marred beau safe in her keeping and
every resource Of the faculty will be drawn
upon to keep his brain from death IN order
that he may be alive when his father, the
duke, dies. Should tine son survive he will
be very rich and will succeed to all the es-
tates and the full titles Of the father. And
then these things will go down 10 his own
son and the princess, the count, and not
20 the princes brother, the Due du Mont
morency. De Sagan is now 6 years old.
and until his recent attack of hemipleg,a
he did not look to be more than 10. The
princess is old. too. She is withered and
gray, butshe affects the airs Of youth and
carries them well for so old a creture
The family Is sad assortment of humaity
The young count was involved in the late
Max Lebaudy's forgeries and was himself
accused of forgery.
The grand old houses are In a most pit |
liable state OF decadence and decomposi- |
ton, and why not? France is republican. |
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