The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
GIRL OF A NOTED
FAMILY FINDS her
ROMANCE FAILURE
Young Man With Whom She
Ran Away Spent Her Money
and Acted Badly.

Paris, April 21.-Elopement, mar
riage, separation and divorce-all in
three years. This is the thrilling story
of Inez Sprague, once called the most
beautiful girl in Rhode Island"
She is the granddaughter of former
Governor William Sprague. whose first
wife was the dashing Kate Chase,
daughter OF Chief Justice Chase. Inez
is now in Paris, and her wild
in which politics as we'll as love played
a part, is now almost over. Her ven
Mrs. Sprague, a brilliant are
tenderly caring for her in their home,
No. 81 Avenue D'Antin.
1t was three years ago when Inez
Sprague, the belle of Rhode Island,
eloped with Henry NJ. Stiness. the son
She was only 10 years old then, beau
tiful n accomplished as the best
Partisan schools could make her. She
was supposed to be a great h%eiress, as
her mother was then the widow of
Geritt Wheaton, a wealthy Standard
Oil a of Cleveland, Ohio.
Unusual piquancy was added to their
elopement from the fact that Inez had
been previously engaged to Harold
Winpenny, a youth belonging to the
new rich set OF Philadelphia.
Eloped on Eve Of Marriage.
So near at han was her marriage
with young Winpenny that she spent
two weeks visiting her prospective
motherinlaw in her Philadelphia home.
But Inez did not like the Philadelphia
set, and she returned to the home of
her grandfather, the last of the living
war governors, at Canonchet. Nara
gansett pier. Canonchet was one of
the most historic country seats in the
United States, famous for having been
visited by Washington and notable,
because Governor Sprague expelled
from its hospitable doors at the point
OF a loaded gun Roscoe Conkling, who
was paying excessive attention t the
mistress Of the house. Kate Chase
Sprague. It was burned down last
autumn.
1nez made her home there because
her father was dead and her mother
had married again. Her father, the
only son Of the valiant governor, died
30 suddenly at Tacoma that rumor
been murdered. Her mother, whose
maiden name was Avis Weede, is now
married for the third time to Wences-
laus Borde, q Porto Rican millionaire.
with vast lar interests on that island.
Mrs: Borde. having gone to her hus-
bands estates in the new American
1nez, with the Governor and Mrs.
Sprague.
AS Mrs. Borde and Mrs. Sprague are
devoted sisters, the arrangement was
quite natural.
Quits Her Fiance.
While still engaged to Harold VIM
penny, lnez fell in love with Henry NJ.
stiness. Governor Sprague refused his
consent to the marriage, looking upon
the young mar as his bitterest political
enemy. 1t was Judge Stiness who rem
dere0 an adverse judgment against
sprague when financial misfortune be-
fell him and his estate was in the
courts. But love laughed at hate.
politics n finance, and the younz
couple escaped to Providence, where
lnez went on the pretense of seeing her
dressmaker. They were married at ST.
Stephens church.
Henry was the only son Of Chief JUS
t1ce Stiness and a handsome man, but
he did not love work. His new mother
NAV gave him money to pay his debts,
but he spent 1t in other ways This
first caused trouble between the new
married couple.
She flees to Paris.
1nez Sprague, who was a young girl
of high ideals, disliked these deceptions
and even the birth of a baby girl failed
to bring them together again. Recently
she determined to bring an end to what
she terms "a MATRIMONIAL farce" She
took her 16-months-old baby and fed to
Paris, leaving Providence forever. The
old governor put flowers in every room
In the house the day she and her baby
arrived. The last chapter is yet I'M
completed, but the scene of it will be
laid in Paris. for here Inez Sprakue
Stiffness will in due time get her d.
Vorce, preparations for which have al
ready been begun.
Meanwhile Inez has gone back to the
studies she left off eight wears 900
when she lived here with her mother
and Mrs. Sprague, who was then prom
inent in the musical world. Inez is
an admirable violinist and she is work.
ing four hours daily under Professor
Lambert. In addition, she is enter
tanning a great deal.