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unless he adopted

to spend money unless he adopted
such course.
Boni,s Efforts of Little Effect.
Like the polite and obliging French
man that he was, Boni responded to
the demands of his wife with VIM
He went to his most influential
friends, he demanded in the name OF
De Castellane and the Gould millions
that they assist him in securing en-
tree for his countess among the best
people. They likewise responded with
great willingness A few minor duch-
esses were influenced to give balls and
receptions in honor of the American
heiress. Anna herself gave gorgeous
affairs. 1t was strenuous siege The
Gould money flowed like water, but
its flow was not sufficient to wipe
away the barrier that society had
erected against the assaults OF Bon1
Anna gave up the fight, and soon after
rumors of differences between herself
and the count began to be known.
The eventual result of these differ
ences the world knows. Disappointed
in Boni as a man and. as a titled being,
the countess began to devote herself
to their two children Boni, quite
content with such an arrangement,
home was kept up; but Boni and Anna
had ceased to be man and wife. At
the same time the countess gave up
for the time being her siege of Paris
and lived quiet, uneventful existence
until the De Sagan affair.
This was The second stage in the
new siege of Paris. The Prince de
Sagan, being Bonis own cousin, was
one of the persons who strove to as
sist Anna in breaking through the
barrier of reserve that hedges around
French ariStOcracy. He was one or
those who needed Boni's appeal and
used such influence as he had to force
from his friends invitations to the new
countess. And it was his hearty eff
forts along this line, his sympathy for
the countess struggling for recogni-
tiCn under the handicap of Bonfs repu
tation, that first won him the regard
of Anna.
Way Cleared for His courtship.
after ALL" said he, what is socia.
eminence but to be a shining mari
for the misfortunes that attend the
mighty? Were it not better, more
conducive to happiness, for two souls
between whom exists a mutual bond
to make their own happiness without
troubling about society. Two hearts
that understand one another, alone in
a villa in the country, away from such
sordid self-seeking as exists in this
city-ahi such is the ideal existence"
Little by little the countess began
to think that way, too. At the same
time it is said that she never over
looked the fact that the Prince de
Sagan, even if he was in debt up tt
his ears, was in infinitely better stand
ing that poor Boni de Castellane.
There were at least few of the high
houses in Paris open to the prince;
| they were all shut to Boni. Again, It
was said that De Sagan, while no an
gel, was a better man than Boni. He
was esteemed and respected by many
worthy people. Would it not be pos
sible, with the De Sagan holdings and
titles rehabilitated by her money,
once more to lay. siege to Paris-and
win?
Why not? It had only been Boni's
reputation that had kept her from at
tanning her hearts desire-social lead
ership in the capital. Behind him
her money had been useless But
with De Sagan, how different it might
be.
The subsequent courtship of the
prince, his fight with Boni, Annals
fight to America, the princes follow
ing, the strenuous objections of
! Annals brother, and the sudden mar
riage of the Prince and Anna while
the scandal of the affair was at white
heat all are well known to every
newspaper reader in the world. The
| couple went to Italy to spend their
honeymoon. After a stay they re-
turned to Paris And then came shock
/ No 2 for Anna, now Princess de
! Sagan.
| Society Open in Its DisapprovaI.
To her amazement the social lead
ers of Paris had been shocked at her
affair with De Sagan. The aristocrats,
world in matters matrimonial, did not
approve of the divorce and remarriage
under the circumstances. They went
| further than before; they made no
effort to hide the fact that for their
actions the Prince and Princess de
! Sagan had been sent to social Coven-
| try
The birth of a child to the pair did
little to soften the attitude of the
/ naughty toward them They still were
outcasts from the highest walks of
\ Paris
Then the princes father, the Duke
( of Talleyrand, died. The prince inher-
tied the title. The inheritance brought
nothing else with it, for the old duke
long had been in hopeless debt and
/ had existed on a pitiful allowance OF
$4,000 a year But the title-ah, that
| was the thing. It opened doors that