Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-23
QUIET WEDDING FOR
HELIE and ANNA
Prince de Sagan Tells How He
and Mime. Gould Became
5etrothed-.-Pitied Her.

New York. April LIT is the intention
OF the Prince de Sagan and Mime. Gould
to have a quiet wedding in a suburb near
Paris and some months later again return
to New York city to meet with the MEM
bccs of the Gould family.
G. G.. Meter. of this CITY. met the French
noblemaa in Paris. and the two were much
together during The princes stay here.
He gives the following statement as made
tn him by the prince. to be published
after the prince sailed:
w en trouble developed between Count
Eon, and the countess sought to aid
them as a friend sincerely interested in
their affairs. 1t was impossible to pre-
vent the divorce which followed. During
those days of trouble. when she stood
practically alone. Mime. Gould made a sort
OF ultimate of me and contided and trust
ed i'll me. l had taken her part from the
first because l had knowledge of the sor-
rows with which she had to contend.
Our love for each other began to dawn
only after the divorce decree had been
entered. Long after the courts had acted
I CHANGED to cali AT her home one day,
and by one of those intuitive divinations
"a meeting of the eyes sometimes brings
the knowledge--I knew for the first time
that l really loved her and she loved
ME. Somehow 1 felt that l had no right
to cherish such a deep regard for her.
1 was Il man approaching 80 years; old
enough almost to he her father. l had
always lived the life of a bachelor. I
had done ever as | pleased. / had believed
that l never had been intended to enter
marriage. l felt I ought to stiie my love.
But ] found that. No matter what 1 had
believed. l could not do so.
cit was on the first day of last August
that the first word about love or mar
riage was uttered between us. In the
course of Il conversation she suddenly said
fn t,,l. tOI, ri,,c u,hHy TIN s,,
a mar like you" ] replied that l was
afraid 1 was too old. but she asserted
that she did not think SO. AS I have
said. l had known her we'll: 1 had studied
her thoughts. her hopes. her i%nclinations.
I had understood how bitter had been her
experiences as a result of her former mar
riagc. How she suffered few will ever
know. For a time she had seemed so frail
and ii! that many of us believed she would
not be long in his world. But she is
a brave woman. and she fought out all
those days of sorrow. and, understanding
all this. l realized what a good wife she
would make. and l believed 1t might lie
in my power to make her happy. We be-
came betrothed.
NINE. Gould and I contemplate a quiet
marriage When that event has taken
place my wife and | will live for some
years in complete retirement In some quiet
suburb OF Paris. There we shall remain
unit! the debts of her former husband
are paid. We are marrying. L repeat, for
nothing else except that we love each
other.
81 wish to add the newspapers in this
country have treated me outrageously.
The way I have been p~estered by them
is bevond belief. I like your country and
1 like its people. You have the most beau
tiful women in the world. OF your hotels
and restaurants ! must voice the highest
praise. Not eve,, in Paris do you get
such excellent food and such good service
as you do here