The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-22

haZy Dreyfus scandal. Her career has been
of an extraordinary character. Daughter
of tho bcaN!lc or Suisse of tho great
cathedral Mt Lyons, she ran away from
homo ut Ii with n decorator, and year
later figured i'll tho very vanguard of the
Partisan dommondaines under tho name
of Olympic do Boaurogard, it being mat
ter of common report that her superb
jewels, her perfect cquipages and her beau
tifully appointed mansion in the Avenue
Fricdlnnd wero duo to tho munificcnce and
generosity of tho late King Alfonso of
SPAIN who, having succumbed to her
charms. made frequent incognito stays at
Paris for the purpose of being with her.
After the death of King Alfonso her next
victim was tho celebrated Partisan cap
italist Baron I1aber who figures in "Thc
Nabob, - tho VOL known novel of tho lntn
Alphonso Daudct. under tho Transparent
pscudonym of Baron Hcmcrlinguc. She
persuaded him to present her with mag
nifccnt steam yacht, which for several
successive years constituted ono of the
most striking, though scarcely reputable,
features of tho summer seasons of Trou-
vile, Deauvillc, Dicppc and other equally
fashionable seaside resorts
Tho most extraordinary scenes took
place on this yacht, where the dean OF
Partisan Journalists, Aurclian Scholl, act
cd us master of tho rcvcls, and when tho
fat baron, becoming tired of lavishing his
shckcls upon the entertainments of others,
showed a disposition to close up his purse
strings, violet eyed and blond haired
"Olympc dc Bcaurcgard" invited him TO
supper on board. She got him hopeless
ly intoxicated and then marooncd him by
landing him on " rocky and uninhabitcd
islet in the bay of Morlaix, where no re-
manned two days without food or drink he
| fore being rescued by some fishermen who
| perceived his signals OF distress. Owing to
the fact of his being married to an cx-
trcmely jealous woman, he never vcnturcd
| to prosecute the pcrpetrator OF this cxtr;ior-
| binary freak, which almost cost him his
| life.
| twas shortly after this that she sudden
| ~ disappeared from her accustomed
haunts, ana when next heard of she had
| become the wife Of the NiscOunt Guy de
| JouiTroy d'Abbans, II lieutenant OF the
navy, with distinguished service record,
| and IA mcmhcr of one of tho most ancient
| and proudcst houses of the French nobil-
| ity.
She appeared to DO hcaribrokon when
her husband was suddenly ordered oil to
Tong King, whence he was invalidcd
! home, dying from tho combined effects Of
wounds and fever six months nftcrwurd.
He brcathcd his last while passing
through the Sucz canal en- route To Mar
! settles, and intruStCd to the Sister of Mercy
who cared for him in his dying moments
"a letter addressed to his wife, III which for
the sake OF their deep and profound mu-
tual love he cntrcatcd her to break with
the world, To rcfiro tn IL convent and to be-
come u nun.
His wishes were fulfilled, and the widow
entered tho Carmclitc convent ut Lyons
For the first fow months everything went
well, and her nicty and grief cxtortcd the
sympathy of even the most ascctiG of tho
sisters But by degrees her former char
actcr begun 10 rcnsscrt itself. The rules
of the institution grew irksomo to her, as
we'll ms the existence To which she had
doomed herself, and her conduct finally
became sach that she WAS expelled, where
upon she returned To Paris and entered
upon the career Of adventure and black
mail which ended III her sentence To -.
IHiHarc in connection with the case OF Colo
mel t.Stcrhazy.