Charlevoix county herald., 1908-04-25

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Count Sardonne is affianced to Miss
Bernice Cochran of New York"
When Mr. Milton Browder came in
response TO the telephone call of Miss
Bernice Cochran that heiress in a
dilemma met him with blazing eyes
and flushed cheeks.
Think of it," she exclaimed.
Count Henri beats a board bill
Count Henri beats landlords face
Count Henri gets his face beaten-it
is shameful"
1T is exciting" said Mr.. Milton
Browder The fever of love that
burns in Count Henris purple veins
will paralyze the hotel industry yet
He is a chattering, brazen Latin
beggar," declared the girl.
He is very foolish and unapprecia-
tive, and he toys with the very golden
gate of heaven" said the man.
Il will not marry him. declared
Miss America.
"The gate of paradise shuts fast
said Mr. Milton Browder, land now \
princess we would be-"
Yes, | think it is better So" said
the girl in dream, and the star of
the prince of N1uscovy rose and twin
killed. large on the horizon Of beauty
lowered and seeking to climb.
And again the young man walked
home with a shaking head. On the
30th Of November this was in the
Morning Argus:
The attention shown the celebrat
ed opera singer, Mile. Zera Ollinera,
by the prince of HerZinov is the talk
of Europe. The prince is said to have
bestowed on the diva the rare Seba-
nowsky family jewels and the czar is
reported as greatly displeased. The
prince is engaged to Miss Bernice
Cochran. the New York heiress.'
This time, when Mr.. Milton Brow
der appeared in his role of comforter,
he found the lady Unexpectedly calm
She was also Unexpectedly pretty in
the pinkish thing that chung to a per-
feet form, and the clear gray of her
eyes caught Mr.. Browder in look
that made him revile her fathers mil
lions.
This prince" she said. 'this COVER
nor fellow-this legionary of Blue
Roses and Iron Crosses and Sacred
Crowns prefers paid, public singer
to me-"
There are men," declared Mr..
Browder, who would throw away the
Kohinoor"
II have no mind" she said. "for the
leavings of the Ollinera song bird"
But" pleaded the man, he can go
back to Ivan the Assassnator, and he
is honorary colonel of fourteen regi-
ments of cossacks."
Il tell you | will not marry this Rus
sian monkey" said my lady.
Then it is Count Henri after all"
The girl rested her head Of wonder
full. chestnut fiuffiness in hand that
famous artist had called perfect, and
she thought, while the clock which
gilded Atlas upheld licked out the
space OF three minutes and Mr.. Milton
Browder gazed and frowned at her.
Well" she said, breaking her revery,
"well-no-that is-oh, what is an
American girl to do anyway"
Don't go on that way" advised Mr..
Browder; there are earls and man.
darins and viscounts and pashas, with
lajas and sultans by the hundred to
say nothing of the Akoond of Swat
and the Bisara of Pooree."
NO" said the girl, II will have none
of your penniless foreign aristocracy.'
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der, ALLOW me to suggest an oil king
or a merchant prince. Those are the
only desirable titles the domestic mar
ket Affords
The girl stamped her foot. "No, !
know now what | want-an American,
poor and proud and deserving, tall,
dark and slim. whom | can consult re-
garding all these questions such as
international marriages and editors
that write overmuch."
Mr.. Milton Browder advanced
toward the pensively frowning girl,
then halted Hang it," he muttered,
she don't mean me, of course" And
he strobe out into the dazzle and clat-
ter OF the crowded avenue, while the
girl stood long at the window and
smiled and sighed and wondered.
This time. though it is not recorded
that Mr.. Milton Browder shook his
well-shaped head.
On the 14th of December the
Sphere announced:
1T is stated definitely that Mr.. Mil
ton Browder and Miss Bernice Coch-
ran will be married early in January.
The engagement comes as a surprise
to those who remember the conflict
ing rumors of Miss Cochran's be-
trothal to Count Sardonne and later to
the prince of Herzinov."
And so twenty to thirty millions Of
good American dollars remained at
home, while a count and prince
looked again through the lists of the
titlehungry. But the fact that Henri
de Beaucleaux, count of Sardonne and