The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-31

an6 mother. d!ed Of 8 complaint Pc
GUITAR 70 maternity.
cara Ward was the daughter ~ car
tain Elser Ward, who was the wealth
fex: man II his aay In Michigan. an9
who owned ersaf Tracts Of Pie lands
and bzlit the largest feet o; sfsir@ o.
the Inland Seas. His daughter was
/ born a. Detroit In 1873. ard be did
while che vas still child Ar-er his
death his widow Travelled fer three
years, and On her return 10 this country
married Alexander Cameron. a banker
and lawyer Of Windsor. Canada, and
with him removed 10 Toronto. whore
Clara lived untl she vas II years Old
Clara received from her fathers es-
t&ts 10. so year. ali Of which she spent
even while school girl in London.
whittier she was sent. The girl refused
20 remain in school more than three
years. ard her mother was compelled
70 take her out A girl With fortune
Of g.. 9sg. 30 and who was Tot on'y
very beautiful bat self-wiiied. romantic,
and something Of a daredevil would
not seek adventure in vain. The two
Travelled on the continent, and when the
handsome Belgian nobleuap, Prince ot
Chlnay, asked her In marriage. not only
was the girl Of II Fascinated - him.
bas her mother was not sorry 10 be re-
lleved Of q great responsibility.
They were married In 1850. the wed
ding being enc Of the gTandest in the
American colony In Paris. Lord Lyt-
ton and whiielaw Reid, then min
listers TO France, were Witnesses for
the bride, and the Belgian minister and
the Due De Fsezensac were witnesses for
the groom. The wedding dress cost sio,-
90 Two children were born. but even
before that time the husband had
threatened to sue FOR divorce. Her life
for several years was constant sue
cession Of sensa tional adventures from
which she did not always emerge with
her reputation untainted Although the
excitement she sought was Of "a varied
character. and chiefly remarkable for
whiInsicality. her escapades included
come which brought scandal 10 her
home.
She first became famous through her
intatuation for the gypsy yiolinist Rigo.
She ran away with him, installed him
in the hotel CT village in the ne. ghO0r-
hood of Cnlmay. and brazenly visited
him there in broad daylight. driving to
the place ia her crested carriage The
story al last came to her husband ears
and ia fear the guilty couple fed 10
Paris. where they remained until the
prince obtained divorce Then she
/ abandoning a handsome and affection
/ ale husband for an unedlcated fellow.
who was fearfuily pock-marked ana
without any OF the personal gifts which
are so Turing 10 women.
The letters she wrote her husband are
most remarkable In one she begged
/ him TO forgive and to save her. In an
other she pleaded with him for leave Of
absence for I've years, at the end Of
! which time she promised TO return t.
her place at her husbands home. and.
she added. I'VE may YET see some br!gh.
days ut Chlmay-" She urged her hGs-
band to form temporary alliance with
some either. and hoped that he would
he married her. In one of her remorss-
/ full moods che wrote cf her affection for
her children. expressing the desire 10
/ kiss their little rosy feet" and purchase
/ their happiness by giving up ali the
I years OF life that remained 10 her In
/ all the spoudence there ia not 4
F word Of reproach against the prime
! She constantly repeated that he vas al
/ ways good 10 her. that he deserved TO
7 be loved. and that she held him in the
highest esteem. calling herself i
+ wretch" ANA cursed and infected
/ creature" Only a short iinle ago 1t was
announced shat she had borne a son u
Eigo. and now she Is dead.
No woman ever lived who so waatonly
( threw away all that beauty and wealth