The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-28

mand. The very suggestion is foreign
| to the atmosphere of free country and
abhorent to every sentiment of manhood,
yet no one in Germany thought of con-
demning Count hatfield. and his wife
| remained on terms of friendship with
| him.
It's difference In the point Of view,
that's all. HatzfeIdt's life had been spent
in the struggle for power. Born near
| the steps of the throne, the throne to
| him overshadowed every other earthly
object. Bismarck had made him, and
| Bismarck was his greatest earthly au-
thority.
Besides. he had been unfortunate finan-
cially and only Bismarck could help him.
1t is to be recorded to his credit that
not without severe struggle did he part
from the woman who had played such an
| important part in his life.
Installed in the Foreign Office with all
his debt paid, Count Hatfield proved an
| invaluable aid to Bismarck, who was at
| that time suffering severely from neural
| g1a and other nervous complaints, which
kept him away from Berlin.
In one thing the Count resisted the will
Of his despotic political chief. He refus-
ed to marry the daughter of Bleichroe-
der, the millionaire banker of Berlin
The countess accepted the situation In
a philosophical spirit, and devoted her
self to the education of her children She
continued to take keen interest in her
divorced husbands career, and he spent
much of his leisure time at her home.
Indeed, although she was withdrawn
from official society, their separation was
only nominal.
Hatzfeldt's excellent work in the for
eign office paved his way for further
honors. 1t entered into the Iron Chan
cellor's policy to draw Great Britain into
the German alliance as far as Great
Britain, priding herself on her isolation
could be withdrawn into anything Hatz-
feldt was the man selected for this deli
cate mission, ard he was sent to London,
succeeding Count Munster who was
transferred to Paris to make way for
him
In England Count Hatzfeldt crowned
his diplomatic career, for Great Britain
became the most cordial friend of the
league of peace"
The countess meanwhile remained in
Germany, and by degrees won the hearty
friendship Of more enlightened royal
generation, including the Empress Fred
erick
Hatfield continued to be a trusted ser
want Of the empire under three Kaisers.
When the latest of them, the Emperor
William, broke the power of Bismarck
and dispensed with the counsels of that
great statesman, Count Hatzfeldt hasten
ed to repair the injustice which at the
bidding Of the man of blood and iron, he
had inflicted on his wife.
They were remarked in the presence of
a distinguished company, including the
Dowager Empress Frederick and two OF
her daughters.
The countess did not care to resume the |
position to which this happy event en-
titled her. Divorce and solitude had eff
fectually cured her Of social aspirations. |
Her sources of happiness were in her |
own mind, in the companionship of her |
children and in contemplating from afar /
the triumphant career of her husband.
Thus she spent the tranquil years at |
cheered by an occasional |
visit from the man for whom she had
sacrificed SO much, forgiven so freely.
Advancing years brought Count HAITI
feldt to a realization of the wonanly
treasure he had found in the New York
girl fho had smiled her way into her
affections in the Paris of Eugene. After
winning all that diplomat may he has
discovered at last that no earthly honor
s equal to her society, and that the
years left to him are all too short to
CLEAN the domestic pleasures that once
he sacrificed on the altar of ambition.
Ambition is tasteless now, and it may
90, but love will reign at Wiesbaden,
though the heads OF the lovers be whits
Is snow.