Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-16

IA Tho vear preceding The terrible war
Of 1870 The splendor Of me lfnperla'
court has reached ia highest plteh,
Young Merlou Is drawn into the vortex
uf the life which is needless of the MOI :
row. He neglects his studies re
treouents race courses He ls singled
out BY the mistress Of one OF the en-
peror's nearest relatives VINO loves 70
invite literary and artistic talent 70
her gatherings at the Chauteau ue
Meudpn,
MARRIED AN ACTRESS.
we pass on few years. Pierre MeI-
lou is now doctor and mas married q"
ex-actress OF The Odoon theater LaCn
ing private means and face to tace WIZ
the necessities of existence ne accep.a
d medical appointment. az shnt ~, ~
veur. In the yonne; takes to polities
ty.,,ites "A sensa tional article thti'lcu,
ts1sleec aux pauvres" make way toI
the poorD In the local radical soeleli9'
organ. becomes mayor oil sam
deputy OF tho chamber OF AuxerTie.
whieh he represented unintenupteaiy
Until last year
uNPRoFEssIoNAL CONDUCT
IL was in 1898 Dr. Merlou was acting
Ne locum tenens for wen h,loGG ;s MI
,hvsician who was away on ms ~, ~
hays one Of his patients was MINI
s1nv then I'm the bloom of beauty;
9rhis wonlans story was ah uliu s,t,.
one. The granddaughter or q sour''o ~
Of Napoleon III. who was u iin.u. -
,he famous Miss Howard. aiterWaIUs
Contesse dc Beauregard, Mtle' 49,
youtb had been spent IN me at'los
,bere Of court intrigue. Her nothV,
tvns left a widow With 1oOVV lrh i ~
wear. a villa at Nice, q chateau ~ ,,,s.
Yai,e, and Estates IN NQTlnhnuS tnot.
$500 InnNp1 the ANDA~
steps OF this Family Nitel "r,,a,,
,rontic episode with Gerh'4n
nrince Marguerite was hFns ,nc
paris when the absence oi
family physician yea roam.
pr. Merlou's c9nsuiu!s r,tien.
tprane friends, then more tha1 ir ,i,iiS1
Va ,,raeently the woman was llSluilev
In an apartment few doors lip'n liz
,nbabited by the deputy ana MS iol""'
in the rue du Rocher'
SUNSHINE THEN SHADOWS
Nine Azav was ANXIOUS to go on INC
.,nss aer myers income as u dePutS
,cos insufficient for his own neeus, I'a mas
less for the upkeep or Two hogsei ,,o,,nh
r,uf the French deputy can 90 I uan
~ INC yav OF influence. There are tnree
,hentcrs subventioned by the state %
n was decided that Nine. Azay sh9 2r,
haconne nm actress at the Odeoh. ihe
uroiect however, for some reason or
other, was never put INTO eNeS e. ~"
Some years passed, happy years ioi pnt
,overa A son was born 10 lhetl. Due
then the clouds began to gather on tile
hnriznn DISASTROUS speculauohs
brought Nine Azay's motner ~ ~, rt
verge of ruin--speculations eh ,6, ny
NV the advice of the deputy. ~ l',oti
age in the rue du koenes Was VnrSeiiles
and Mime. Azay moved 70 ~, ~
THE baby, always weak, teil III 81 ~,
died. The man, MS so otEen happeils III
such cases. grew impatient OF AZ. "i ILL.,"
which was now a burden 70 nm fai'i
MI scenes followed There was an opy.'
scandal at ST. Lazare station ana neA s
aav the eossips told how deputy mao
u,r,,cl, n woman with his umDrella anu
how the petite dame hAd khocNsu Its
deputy's tall hat off. The rupture Wus
now complete IL WAS loloWtu ~ the
.cAne AT the chamber, by scene at tne
aenuty's house in the rue du Rocher
and then. gradually the Parislans
ceased to talk of the private ahalrs VI
Deputy Merlpu. There ore so many
other fresh scandals cropping UP oa,S
in the Vile Lumiolg. Very lew pouie
vardIers could have explained Why on
the eve OF his departure TO Lima as
the representative OF the repunlic, ms
excellency Pierre Merlou was attackea
by yelled woman on me bous. ,s ~
des Italienes And yet the events 81
which this was the SEQUEL only GATE
back about I'VE years, -,
The fact that NJ Merlou was heao
over ears In debt: that he had borrowed
right and left from the 'sros nonh tts,,
or leading men in his constituencies that
he had had one or several mistresses'
one of whom had declared remorse-
less vendetta on him; all inns IL NOV
SUFFICIENT 10 explain his self-extlhctioh'
for many other deputies are IN no pei.
Ter plight. There were graver reasons
still' NJ. Merlou seems to have Iost
caste with his own party. A bitter ana
unscrupulous political opponent NJ,
Henri Poehefort summed up the SIT
uaton in his scorpion-like manner
There is no one like to drain n
hank dry, As for Merlou. he likes 70
turn TO his mistresses and filehes heir
pnrses whilst calling them by endear-
ing. names Auo her opponent, jules
Dainhave gne rfher and charges The
ex-minister tlehnne corrupt prac-
tises--of hay pplIad public monies
10 the payment OF his debnuch-debts
There are, further, two unsavnry 'ui-
sodes recountcd at some Icing hy Andre
Gaucher. which, II they are rue, would
be sufficient 10 blast NERVOUS reputl-
ton in tho eyes OF every decent man.
/ mentioned that Mime. A2ays mother
was Il woman Of some fortune, as she
was possessed OF an Income of bVOiO
francs together with various landed
propertles Andre Guucher declares
mai Morlou awaited himself Of his
intrigue with Mime. AZay In order To
worm himself into the confidence u Ter
mother aud induce the Older woman 10
invest money IN VIGOROUSLY Woiih.e-s
specuiations OH which he secured
big commission from the banker il13f-
ing the concern one OF these Wa
Slcllian suiphntee. Nine AEaY mere
was prevailed G.ou go invest 27pNp
francs with the prospect OF a return OF
Of Ia IN per cont ttch nr the sh0re7
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