The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-03

Violent, tempestuous, threatening.
81, Marry me, - he cried, '.or I will XIII
myself and you'll"
He offered with his hand probable
sovereignty in Egypt, Nubia and Soudan
The throne of Cleopatra, once rendered
to Miss WanamaRer, 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 dispense with the
| three other wives allowed him by the
laws Of his country. The sacrifice was
complete. Americans in Cairo reioiced at
| the honor of their countfyWoman. Their
countrywoman played with fire for a
week, then she packed up her trunks and
fled to what she calls civilization.
To Paris Mehemet followed her pro-
testing, adoring, threatening.
F4atly and firmly. Miss Randolph de-
cired the honor he presented. The
prince raved rhotly. Day after -dav he
swore he would shoot to save the reputa-
| ton of his house. Day safter day he
vowed he would die Of despair. The
beautiful American was obdurate
From that hour it was 1umored that
Cora Randolph was reserving herself for
a match even more brilliant She was
capable of anything. She was siren
whose charms could never be wftbstood.
| She had but to make up her mind to
! conquer and, behold, no man could with
stand her.
Only the year before she had refused
the Mahalaiah of KapurthaIa Not a
whit had Cora Randolph, a descendant of
the Randolphs of colonial days, been
daZ-led by all the magnifcence of his In
dian Jewels nor by the spIendor of his
Oriental imagery. She laughed him to
| scorn, as she had all the others.
In the ball, rooms of England she nas
created havoc. The salons of Paris had
| held distinguished scons who sighed for.
| and mafdens whose hearts were Jealous Of
| her. New York had linked her name with
! that of 81. distinguished diplomat, whose
stories she had the wit to laugh at prop
| erIy and to appreciate discreetly She
| had been reported engaged to q muItf-nlil-
| lionaire, who later married a beautiful
| Philadelphtan, who now often acts as her
| chaperon. She had been given by So
| cfety to young Cambridge Livingstone
upon all these reports which bestowed
her hand so graciously Cora Randolph
had for years s1niled systematically.
For the refusal of this catch or that
various reasons were assigned, and at
| the end of them all the inevitable sum-
| ming UP included the prediction that Cora
! Randolph would one day astonish even
| her gilded world by the magniffcence Of
| her match.
II she had confidantes they guarded
| ner secret, for while her erga cement was
| reported to this or that reigning title no
murmur of Richard Trimble crept ont to
| demolsh the picture of her as a duchess
| or princess. Behind the doors of his
business office he was silent, if indeed he
| dreemt, that fer him were palaces and
| gems denied.
Add to cleverness undeniabIe beauty
and you nave, perhaps. all the KEY need
| ed to the secret of Miss Randolph's ex-
| traordinary success in society for some
! ten years past
She has an unusual figure, cast in the
mold Of a Diana. She Is athletic taIl
and bears charmingly her height of five
rect eight inches. Her waist is so small
that 1t would have passed measurement
with those of our grandmothers to their
encouragement. And her feet are only
less renowned. though no more wonder
1uI than Trilby's. She wears a No.
shoe over an instep that arches with
sculptured grace.
Yet there is nothing frafl about Cora
Randolph. She has the robust health of
an outdoor girl Her cheeks, when she
came in from the country this fall, glow
| ed with health. Her blue eyes were the
| color of the sky on the clearest horse
| show day. Some one there matched them
| with the heavens.
1t was another sutton. He had been in
| New York from England not week He
| had met Miss Randolph but an hour. In
that hour he had lived a lifetime
| He had beheld an equfsite creature