The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-30

were ready to accept the best settle
| ment that could be obtained. Theirs
was rather forlorn hope to begin
with. When it was proposed that
Agnes Deppingham and Robert
Browne should accept f25OOOO apiece
In lieu of all claims. moral or legal.
against the estate, they leaped at the
chance.
They had seen but little Of each 9th
er since landing in England, except as
they were thrown together at the con.
ferences. Lady Agnes went in for
every diversion imaginable. For n
wonder, she dragged Deppingham with
her on all occasions. 1t was most
unexpected transformation. Their
friends were puzzled. The rumor went
about town that she was in love with
her husband
| AS for Bobby Browne. he was devo.
ton itself to Drusilla. They sailed fol-
| New York within three days after the
settlement was Erected. ignoring the
enticements Of a London season. The
Brownies were rich. He could now be-
come a fashionable specialist. They
| were worth nearly a million and
quarter in American dollars. They
now had nothing in common with Tas.
well Skaggs. Skaggs Is not pretty
name.
Mr.. Britt afterward spent three
weeks of incessant travel on the con-
tinent and an additional seven days at
sea. In Baden-Baden he happened
| upon Lord and Lady Deppingham. 1t
will be recalled that in Japat they
had always professed an unholy aver
sion for Mr.. Britt Is 1t cause for
wonder. then. that they declined his
Invitation to dine in Baden-Baden? He
even proposed to invite their entire
party, which included few dukes and
duchesses who were leisurely on their
way to attend the long talked Of nup-
tials in Thorberg at the end OF June.
In Vienna the Heppinghams were
Joined by the Duchess of N, the
Warehouses Of B. and other fash
ionables. In a week all Of them would
be In the castle at Thorberg for the
ceremony that now occupied the at
tention OF social and royal Europe.
"And to think" said the duchess,
''she might have died happily on that
miserable island. am sure we did all
we could to bring 1t about by steaming
away from the place with the plague
chasing us. Dear me, how diabolically
those wretches lied to the marquis
They said that every one in the cha
teau was dead, Lady Deppingham, and
buried. IL am not mistaken. 1t would
be much better for poor Geneva II
she were to be buried instead Of mar
ried next week." lamented the ducb
ess.
"Other women have married princes
and got on very WE'LL" said Prince
Lichtenstein.
ooh, come now, prince" put in Lord
Deppingham: you know the sort Of
chap Brabetz is. There are princes
and princes, by Jove"
"He's positively vile" exclaimed the
duchess, who would not mince words.
"She's entering upon hell of al
mean a life Of hell" exploded the
duke, banging the table with his fist.
THAT fellow Brabetz is the rottenest
thing in Europe. He's gone from bad
to worse SO swiftly that public opin-
ion is still months behind him."
"Nice way to talk Of the groom"
said the host genially. II quite agree
with you. however. I cannot under
stand the grand duke permitting it to
60 on unless. Of course, it's too late to
interfere"
Poor dear! She'll never know what
1t Is to be loved and cherished" said
the marchioness dolefully.
Lord and Lady Deppingham glanced
at each other They were thinking of
the man who stood on the dock at
Arafat when the Kings Own sailed
away.
THE grand duke is probably saying
the very thing to himself that Bra
betz's associates are saying in public"
ventured young Austrian count.
"What is that pray"
'That the prince won't live more
than six months. He's physical
wreck today and nervous one too.
Take my word for 1t. he will be a
creeping, imbecile thing inside of half
a year-locomotor ata1ia and all that.
It's coming positively with sharp
crash"
1--WE heard he has tried to kill that
woman in Paris half a dozen times"
remarked one Of the women, taking it
as matter of course that every one
knew who she meant by that wo-
man."
"She was really responsible for the
postponement of the wedding in De-
cember, I'm told. OF course 1 don't
know that 1t is true" said the mar
chioness wisely qualifying her Cos
sip. my brother. the grand duke,
does not confide In me-"
well, my heart bleeds for her." said
Deppingham.
"she's going into it with her eyes
OPEN" said the prince. 1T isn't as If
she hadn't been told. She could see
for herself. She knows there's the
other woman in Paris and Oh, well.
why should we make a funeral Of it?
Let's do our best to be jewellers, not
mourners She'll live to fall in love
with some other man. They always
do Eyery woman has To live at len 81