Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1904-07-22

fortune OF De Saintaine The Counts
rage exceeded all bounds. and because
Of his threats and prosecutions On
Saintaine died shortly after the blrth
OF son, leaving the widow and boy
in possession of all of his property
Three years had passed. The yonnE
Louis brought up by his mother a. be-
fitted the inhertOr of such great
wealth. was living with her in a house
near one OF The gates Of the city OF
Bourges, when band OF Gypsies VINO
had been encamped between 81. Ger
main and Versailles established them
selves In the immediate neghborhood.
The nine men and women who made
up this band one day engaged IN what
appeared To be a violent quarrel III
the presence OF considerable group
! of spectators and man and woman
/ Of the tribe, active participants In the
! dispute. after the ceremonies customs
airy with these people under similar
/ circumstances. were driven ont OF the
| camp, together with their little daush-
| ter
The same evening young Louis ia
| Saintaine disappeared from his home
! and all trace OF him was lost. Ills IN
consolable mother expended great sums
of money and employed an army OF
agents in search of him. but with no
/ success, though II was tine genera OPP
inion that the Gypsies were concerned
In the kidnapping. Those of the band
remaining in the ncighborhood or
Bourges denied participation in the
crime, and asserted that the man and
woman whom they had expelled were
the culprits. After a month tho re-
mainder left the neighbOrhood.
-Four years later 4 priest OF BCurges
returning from Rome, reported that no
had met with this same community OF
Gypsies encamped in the neighborhood
of Sienne. that he had learned that
the couple driven from the tribe when
at Bourges were in reality what were
called the king and queen, that their
apparent expulsion, was a ruse to di-
vert suspicion from the other members
of the band. and that the couple ex-
PEELED were. in reality, the abductors
of young De Saintaine
At this juncture Nine de Saintainc
died. Ten days later the Count do
b demanded letters of administra'
ton upon the estate OF the husband
and wife. the Count agreeing to care
for the property, while enjoying tho
income. until the fate OF young Do
Saintaine should be- definitely estab'
lished. Other relatives opposed this
application, but the influence OF the
Count de B. at court was so for
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The affair slumbered for several
years. when one day In 1851 Nine. de
Maintenon. who was caring in secret
for the children OF Nine. de Monies
pom, was surprised to see the Duke du
Maine. the latter's eldest son. enter
her room leading by the hand hand
some lad of about his own age, clothed
In rags. Following them was a young
Gypsy woman IS or 20 years old. who
explained that the Count de B had
bribed her father and mother TO kidnap
the lad. Both OF her parents had died
al Venice. but before dying they had
made deposition before the Venetian
authorities TO that effect Moreover.
she had with her two letters written
by the Count de b to her father.
arranging with him that their tribe
should make way with young De Sain-
taine.
Nothing could give Nine. de Main
lemon more pleasure than these reye.
lations Ii enabled her to annoy the
Duchess OF Orleans, bitter enemy.
and the special protectress Of the
Count de b. She made this affair
her own; she spoke to the king In re-
lation to IL and inquiries were imme-
dlately instituted to disentangle the
plot. The Identity of young DE Sain-
tame was established without trouble.
and the Count de B. was forced TO
relinquish the riches he had come to
regard as his beyond possibility OF
alienation. All that saved him from
the gallows was the powerful protec-
ton OF the Duke of Orleans.
On account of the part this band OF
Gypsies had taken in the abduction OF
young DE Saintaine. In July. 1852.
Louis XIV. issued the severe edict
which he made applicable to every one
of the race as IL all were concerned
In the particular crme.-New York
! Sun.
An Eccentric Bishop.