The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-27

would look foolish to run two bills as he
suggested He finally consented that we
should run joint accounts. but insisted
that pay my proportion of the expenses
Thus L was forced to pay for all things
purchased by me-"
Here the Countess presented a bill to
bear out her assertion. Opposite each
item purchased by her there appeared a
tick" while items purchased for his use
bore cross One bill. which was read in
evidence and then pocketed by counsel.
reads something like the following:
Cheese. for the Count, Is cents.
Hat, for the Countess, SIG.
Crystallized fruit, for the Countess 81.
Mustard, for the Count, 81
Coffee, for the Count, 60 cents
Cruet, for the Countess, SIP, and cap for
the cruet, 81.
THE items on the bills" continued
Countess Festetics, were segregated, and
all purchased by me were paid by me, and
Count Festetics footed his portion of the
hill. Though the cruet and a silver nap
kin ring / purchased were for use on the
yacht. was forced to pay for the same,
just because ] fancied them and suggest
ed that they were needed"
a letter from Count Festetics to his wife
was introduced in evidence In this mis-
sive the Count sent New Years greetings
10 his WIFE Then he bravely asserted
that he was in search of a commission in
the British army for service in the
Transvaal He concluded by stating that
If he didn't get killed in the war he would
certainly make a fortune after il was oy-
er. Other letters were introduced, but in
addition to the fact that in writing to her
husband the Countess always addressed
him in endearing terms, they contained
nothing of Importance.
on cross-examination and in conclusion
Countess Festetics said her husbands
mother wrote to her and expressed hel
wonder that she had remained on board
the yacht as long as she did. She further
said that her parting with her husband
was not more affectionate than that &C
, corded any gentleman friend, save tha
, she was forced to kiss him good-by owing
. to the presence of the Austrian Consul.
! Countess Festetics thus concluded hel
story, and her cousin, Miss Hooper, wa:
, called to the stand. Miss Hooper simpl,
, testified that Countess Festetics was il
poor health when she started on her tril
with her husband in the Tolna in 1893
Lieutenant Brooks followed Miss Hope
to the stand. He said he met Counties
Festetics at Honolulu. again at Yokoha
ma and again at Hongkong. At Hong
, kong he said many naval officers agrees
|. with him that the yacht was fit only 70
coast trips.
Countess Festetics' case was closed wit
the deposition of Lillian Ross Thomson
In her deposition the witness testifie-
tndt she NlSlteO tne vessel WAS uiTt
and unkempt," she said, land in the cabi
there were creepers and cockroaches," bu
, she and other visitors were too polite I
: remark about the peculiar conditions the
!, found. Count Festetics was "surly, i'm
polite and disagreeable." He never wen
a near his wife unless she called him an
. that was seldom. He neglected her an
: treated her cruelly-and unjustly so.
, Such is the story of the life of an Aus
= trian Count with an American girl for
: wife. Countess Pestetics is the daughte
: of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis T. Haggin of Ne'
. York and a granddaughter of the late :
=. Haggin. the noted millionaire. TIL
Count is the second son of Count Sgls
: mund Festetics, once Chamberlain Of tn
Austrian court, and was formerly q sec
. lond lieutenant in the austrian army.
brilliant social life awaited them, but h
!, love for the sea and for adventure wa
" greater than his love for his wife.