St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-06-23
LATE FIELDS Lost LOVER.
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Editor zolIs5at, Of the Ehicago
Times. Herald, relatedsas funny story
when In town raeen tly of the .deiighE
Gene Field. took in teasng Kats
Field. and how vexed she would beat
the pranks he was continuously playing
upen her.
ss.I8ut. s4heee story. that broke Kate
Fields heart. was written by. Gene q
when she was in Spain writing up Lar
Spaai Stain 1sa5. e Vas CHS of the lI3st
ingpf9iers and sensational fakes ever
,spl'anel on the public. : said MI k kossi-
sasf
.'rhe thfag purlsortetl to Pea spteeaal
rom f corres fYyIerft 1T AHaJrid. tHay-
n first, ins9le lieate feshion, n,alsn ousaeetf
| Ehat1he q IKE of Natnnn hatf offered ssis
hant3 Is Miss Field ard had been ACCEPT
ed, Gene p3FSSef5led with ttehe thrilling
| eniscef he Il! q q reansea ont.
Miss Field had ole day arrayesf
herself sriilsiansly il q lovely siikseost
tune ii, which red and yellow, SPAN =
| colors, largely predcrsn tied Z. she was,
| 10 attet,d the bnll fight with her lover.
The arrival Of sMataao and his dncal
equipage, splendid attire and eeres
nponioets attentions to his fiancee We're
eIaboratelv set forth. Miss Field, in ller
gorgeous rsbes, aac ON panied fh' sj9ai
to the Plaza tlel torres.
Arrived atl8lss plaza, the dalile fqtTld
/ the ass blaga so large that he would
not t1eign TO gaingle with. I he crowd
that poured m atssthe main entrance,
but brfbed =tsfose in eIarge sefsa hsg arena
to let him pass throngh ghswith iis bride
to-be..4g %
1t was an innaya tfon,that toek the
people Big stcen. The naughty cour-
tier .escorting the lovely girl, the
mingled tglittes and g1eani of his sgilded
trapp1ngss and sher silk drap perifs enraI,-
tu1ed rs1e great multitude that sattier
On tier above tBesyast amphitheater
In this imposing manner the duke,
his i1srslnorata and his retinuetrayersed
the entire, diameter of the arena. The
tirsf a5uli had not yet been brought in.
ss7ss Miss Field and. the duke were, fol
the sfinee bei,g, the whole attraction.
Just as the duke mad ready to as
sizts his lady over the barricade, a wild
cry rang out from the. throng, a shoat
al sferror,tnot of applause Through
s9zEle mistake, a bull had been admitted
10 the arena TOO soon and, glimpsing
Mzss Fields dress, rushed for heren III
, aAadleng rage.
= Miss Field shrieked and fainte9
srqth terror. but the strong arms Of the
saslle hrust her quickly over the bar
sser, where hundred hands stretched
tgz'wfrd to receive her limp figure, but
5aaeaar lover had no time to save himself,
tSad .she next instant the horns of the
.oali were buried in his yifals.'
!. We'll said Mr.. Kohlsaat, this story
: seas copied everywhere. and the sym !
lEsitl1y Of the world went out TO the love-
:. "a American who had lost her lover i1a
Et,1iis tragic manner ss
Only flie other day. said Miss
2sia1d ITO me a short time before her
a5e'irt.f, a goung9 sIIady s. came to me and
zai iels Oh, Miss Field, I have otter
isnged to meet You and tell you how
deeply s.yInpathized with .ycl III The
siass OF your lover in pain thai snlen-s
tsSRl fellow who and she was much
Frozen with hastoRishment when I,e1it her
afzF and said ''ratsl Y - De nyer Post.