The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-03
The aanita Hau gaole Sunday lor.siuq neeember 1899

There was nothing subtle ABOUT MS
courting; it was violent, tempestuous,
threatening.
Marry me" he cried. cor I will kill
myself and you"
He offered with his hand a probable
sovereignty in Egypt Nubia and soudan.
The throne Of Cleopatra, once rendered
to Miss Wanamaker Of Philadelphia, now
beckoned to Cora Randolph, OF Mount ST
Vincent on the Hudson.
Mehemet swore if she would marry him
to abjure a time-honored custom-to dis
pense with the three other wives allowed
him by the laws OF his country
The sacrifice was complete. Americans
in Cairo rejoiced at the honor Of their
countrywoman Their countrywoman
played with fire for q week, then she
packed up her trunks and fed to what
she calls civilization.
To Paris Mehemet followed her, pro-
testing, adoring, threatening.
Flacly and firmly Miss Randolph de-
cined the honor he presented.
The Prince raved holly. Day after day
he swore he would shoot to save the rep
utauon Of his house. Day after day he
vowed he would die Of despair. The
beautiful American was obdurate.
From that time it was rumored that
Cora Randolph was reserving herself for
a match even more brilliant. She was
capable Of anything. She was a siren
whose charms could never be withstood.
She had but 10 make up her mind to con-
quer and, behold, no man could with
stand her.
Only the year before she had refused
the AIaharajah Of Kapurthala. Not a
whit had Cora Randolph. a descendant
Of the Randolphs of colonial days, been
dazzied by the magnifcence Of his Indian
jewels nor by the spIendor of his ORR
tenal imagery. She laughed him 10 scorn
as she had all the others.
In the bathrooms Of England she had
created havoc.
The salons Of Paris had held distin-
guished scions VINO sighed for, and maid
ems whose hearts were jealous Of her.
New York had linked her name with that
Of a distinguished diplomat whose stories
she had the wit to laugh at properly and
| to appreciate discreetly. She had been
! reported engaged TO a muIti-millionaire.
who later married a beautiful PhiladeI-
phian who now often acts as her chap
eron.
She had been given by society TO young
/ Cambridge Livingstone.
Upon all these reports which bestowed
her hand 50 graciously Cora Randolph
had for years smiled enigmaticaEy.
For the refusal Of this catch or that
various reasons were assigned, and at the
end Of, them all the inevitable summing
up Included the prediction that Cora
Randolph would one day astonish even
the gilded world by. the magnifcence of
! her match.
! If she had confdantes they guarded her
/ secret, for while her engagement was re-
ported to this or that reigning title no
/ murmur OF Richard TrimbIe crept out to
/ demolish the picture OF her as a duchess
or a princess. Behind the doors Of his
/ business office he was silent, II indeed ne
dreamt. that for him were palaces and
/ gems denied.
Last summer the beautiful Cora Ran
dolph spent among the great trees Of her
fathers rambling house at st. Vincent
on the Hudson. For three months her
friends scarcely knew Of her. She rode
her horses over the country roads. She
/ read her books which I'll the cases that
I surround her favorite room and which
( overflow them, living about on every table
( ready to their owners hand.
Therefore, when Mrs Stuyesaut Fish Is
4 about 10 give some unique entertainment
/ she sends for Cora Randolph; when Mrs.
! John Jacob As-or wants to make her din
/ ner a special success she invites Cora
+ Randolph; when Mrs. Ogden Mills is par-
I ticularly anxious to avoid dun moment
/ she sends for Cora Randolph
/ She is one Of the few women in society
who can tell good story and really con-
/ verse in these days when conversation IS
/ a lost art
/ Add 70 cleverness undeniabIe beauty
( and you have, perhaps. al the key needed
/ to the secret Of Miss Randolph's extra
I ordinary success in society for some ten
years past.
/ She has an unusual figure. cast in the
/ mould Of Diana. She is athletic. tall.
and bears charmingly her height of five
/ feet eight inches Her waist is so small
that it would have passed measurement
/ with those Of our erandmothers 10 their
I disparagement- And her rect are only
/ less renowned though no more wonderful
/ than Triloy's. She wears q No , shoe
/ over an instep that arches with sculptur-
/ ed grace.
/ II was another sutton. He had been in
! New York from England not a week
He had met Miss Randolph bur an hour.
/ In that hour he had lived lifetime.
/ He had beheld an exquisite creature
/ gowned in fawu-coI5red cloth made
/ Princess, which doubtless he could never
+ have described. He only knew that ii fell
in one line from the turn of her adorable
/ neck 10 the zip IF her tiny foot. dssclos-
/ ing the lines OF grace that an artist
courts. He was nor an artist. and Yet
they were 50 palpaale he could discern
I them for himself He saw chem reveals
. In spite of a great sable collar that was
4 turned back from a vest Of white chiffon.
over her brown hair Miss Randolph had
a turban Of sable Sae was hs-mo-v
! Of brown, except for a touch Of tlr. .u1ise
/ velvet that matched her eyes. The Young
man sighed. and Tor the FIRST ;ime in his
/ life he said afterWard. realized shat
vas looking at a perfectly dressed wo-
I man.
Ia.s has been said Of Miss Randolph Be
fore. Although not wealthy, she has a
stvIe taat sets many a woman with bet
ter clothes 10 wondering why she dossn't
make as much effect. Miss Ran5o,rh IS
hshituaUy seen in oaly one coio--u1l rs
Z shacas Of those tints known As mastic
G-ays. mauvss. beige are peculiarly hers
They bring out the golden tnts in her
brown hair. which she wears plmpadaur
fashion. of the forehead