Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-02

mobiles and clergymen who charge their
financial ruin to her, is living quietly at the
Everett House, in New York, with her
dainty little daughter Iris, and her private
secretary, Fraulein Wallgren.
Mrs. Kingscote does not look the adven.
turess she has been painted She is a
matronly, rather Madge Kendallish English
woman, gently bred and reared, and at
present engaged in preparing a series of
fifty lectures TO be delivered in this country
She is also holding daily consultations with
''the best lawyer in New York" as she de-
seribes him, who is to undertake the pros
ecution of a large number of libel and
slander suits. incidentally Mrs. Kingscote
while in this country will collect material
for book on American life, dealing with
our sluins and the conditions of life therein.
AS seen in New York She shows no traces
Of the wonderful hypnotic powers with
which she is alleged to have won her vic
Tins, and she denies emphaucally that
British mobiles have found their fortunes
crumbling away before her touch Mrs.
Kingscote has the finest suite Of rooms in
the Everett, but as she explained to a re-
porter, she has always been accustomed TO
the possession Of large sums of money.
In the beginning / wish to say" said
Mrs Kiugscote, that the stories told OF
me and my family are ridicuIously false.
Ny borrowing has never ruined any man,
noble or otherwise / am in debt, admit.
owe large sums of money because have
borrowed large sums Of money They say
have borrowed a million dollars. How
much is a million dollars1"
1t was carefully explained to Mrs. Kings
cote that a million dollars was about two
hundred thousand pounds sterling.
why, how absurdp' she cried. Il may
have spent that amount during my whole
life, but it was nearly all my own money.
have never borrowed more than thirty or
forty thousand pounds at most, and all that
intend to repay as soon as my lecture tour
is completed have always intended to
repay the money but have been unable l
am not a swindler.
Those stories have made me very angry.
In fact have come over here TO begin libel
proceedings against a number of papers,
while in England similar suits will be be-
gun against certain persons responsible for
starting these stories. I expect TO collect
several hundred thousand dollars before !
leave.
The papers have attacked my family and
have said the meanest things about them.
Il is on this account I will bring these suits.
They have said my brother was dismissed
in disgrace from the British army. That is
so absurd He was a weak, feeble boy from
his birth aud could not have gone into the
army. He was private secretary to Lord
Randolph Churchill for years Taose fright
full stories they tell about my grandfather,
Joseph Wolff-that he hypnotized Lady
Georgiana Walpole and married her while
she was in a trance-they are so absurd"
Then Mrs Kingscote talked Of her own
affairs.
II will tell you freely she said of my
life in London. Mr.. Kingscote and l have
not been we'll supplied With money. That
/ resorted to my friends and secured loans
from them is true, but they were SO fool
ishly unreasonable. They rounded upon
me in a few months because did not pay
them back and bounded me numerically.
never borrowed any money FROM Lord
Burton and don't know him. He is beer
peer.
I have borrowed from many persons
whose names have not been mentioned,
however, and who have never bothered
me. Some persons from whom borrowed
grew uureasonably uneasy, however, and
when 1 did not repay them within a few
months attacked my character and accused
me Of procuring their financial ruin. 1t was
all so tiresomely absurd.
Lord Byron would have gone into bank
ruptcy anyhow. The small amount I bor-
rowed from him, a few thousand pounds,
didn't hasten that catastrophe. The two
clergymen are largely responsible for the
tales that have been told about me. / did
not get much money from them, but they
cut up an awful rumpus about it, and tried
10 get their money back through the courts.
Then there is that Captain Adams story.
In British court Captain Adams told very
pretty tale. II placed hmm in strange but
favorable light. The judge said his con-
duct was Quixotic Had his conduct been
such as he described it would have been
idiotic rather than Quixotic.
The true story of Captain Adams mar
riage IS thus: My sister-in-law was in ex-
treme difficulties. She was reduced to a
financial condition which would have forced
her into the bankruptcy court. There was
but one chance Of escape for her She must
be married. In England married woman
cannot be made bankrupt, and therefore /
undertook TO secure a husband for her
The matter was FIRST broached at din
ner at my home. Captain Adams was there
! did not know him well, as he was not in
our set. During the dinner he said pest
ingly that he was tired of bachelor life
and would Hike to marry. I at once told
him that I had picked out wife for him
aud would like him to meet her. He
jumped al the idea. and few days later he
was guest at our table again, my sister-in-
law being present.
He was deeply impressed with the idea
Of entering our family He was a mere no
body but he wanted to 60 into the diplo-
matte service, and thought our influence
would be invaluable to him. Moreover he
liked my sister She was not as young as
he, but very handsome, and they grew fond
Of each other. He called on her a number of
times aud finally developed his real object.
He asked If my father minister to Spain
and high in diplomatic circles, could pro-
cure him the position Of military secretary
at Paris
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