The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-02-04

IL AShnt lillut. iii
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You viii scarcely believe your senses
my dear, when you receive this my an
nuunCrmcnt that am married. just
think. When you left me only two
days ago told you that under no con
diiIun whatever would marry. be-
cause | knew Of no man | wished to
marry. aud yet here am | married
Aud doubtless you win cxclaim: Poor
Irene, after nil my warnings! Some
one Of the hunters for her ten millions
has baggcd the game. And now that
he has got her aud the millions he will
hang on To the money and tho wife
win have 10 take care of herself"
But you nrc wrong, my dear. entire.
~ wrong have married tie bcst
man IN the world. one who loves me
dcvotcdly. Why viii people irislst that
n snrdid Interest must always prevail
over the ycnrnlngS OF the hearth My
case at lcnst affords nh instance
wherein love Inns risen superior Ia
avariCc.
''ut mast begin ut the beginning
4 rather. nj the beginning Of the end
Yen know ri Till tho nth, the date Of
my parting with you You know TINT
| had promised the count an answer
on the l3,h. that new and attractive
orcr from Prince l'lcgcnhclm had been
been nude to me on the 18th and that
while HE count was n delightful man.
cess wH4 far more attractive than be
Ing u countess Meanwhile General
IIu ronI had cuhlcd me from Paris
TINT he was about to snll for America
hoping to induce me to reconsider my
refusal Of him
On looking over my memorandum
book | counted seventeen other offers
including SIX titles can you blame
me for becoming confuscdf Count I0
llu,',i stopped at ltc hotel at which
N'N NV lhb HlI'i N'lNi wv W NV WV
Of hls sight The prince, who Is
wealthy he II mn old mnn was more
Gignilicd, more ccrclnOniOus, but ht
would not take mo" for nm answer
His ~ one Of the oldest families III
Prussia. aud II" Is IN intimate terms
with the emperor. The Fart OF Micle
ton wax nt Newport when you left he
IL the Engllshnnn, YOU know sent
m" long letter from there explaining
that With my fortune he and | could
royalty
Perhaps if there had not been ~
mnny and such tempting offers | might
linv" taken mp with some one Of them
liul no sooner did gct my mind fixed
on Tia" advantages of one than ] was
called upon 10 consider those Of an
other The prince would tell me Of the
dinners we would have with the EN-
prror md empress aud the great sncin
advantages to hc derived ihrrcfrOm
Then the count would describe the
Jewels that have been In his family
for centuries. and the exquisite pleas
urr Of possessing them almost tempted
me to decide IN his favor. But while
| was thinking about them the fact
that the earl Is nm English peer Will
seat IN the house Of lords would
come up before me. aud you know The
English nobility " the finest In The
world But there " one thing nbOul
the Miclrtous that isn't Bit nice tn,
family derived H. estates through on,
If the IuIsircgsrs 81 II former King ol
England
oh. dear, My brain begins to whlr
again al thinking OF NIL these induce
mcnt9 that were so lately pulling N,
IN every direction, thought how nice
II would DO II they could all he unltr'
In one man 10 b. u Gcrmnn prince"
aud 81 nt the cIup"ror's table. II peer
"ss or England and he received nj
buckingham palace. n Polish COUNTIES,
and wear family Jewels II thousan,
ycarR Old | almost wished we cOul'
have that system that was In VOGUE
IN uldrn times ruIly Andrew. thInl
II was called whereby woman conl'
have ~ mary husbands n8 she pleased
II have lOuE"d the word mp IN IN,
dictionary. and It's ppIyHudrpusJ Jus
think, COGlJ have been n German
princess. mn English peerless aud .
Polish countess li"sdrs, | could hny,
lad real husband to love me IIelrhO
q 81 .,,I IA, 81 Al 90
TENS | would hnv" madc them murl
better than | find them
As | was telling you. The day aftc
you l"rt ! found myself IN n very IN
cornfurtnb" position ! had promise,
the count mn answer. the prince VA
~ too hlgh rank TO keep waiting. Gen
crnl IN hont who. by the by. ! dIdn'
tell you comes Of one 81 the old"s
families In France and may be prcSi
dent some day. arrived from Paris
and the Earl Of Mi"lctOn came dow
from Newport what do You suppose
roIiusl.i wsg waiting IN my private
parlnr fsr his answer hen up Gomez
the princes cHrd. ~ that moment
not" &c h1rGcd ~" from General u,
PUrt s'Iling hat he bad arrived an'
would 'tll NJ Eupn IN was then ~
WIN" - ending his note another waite
hard r" iit cnrd ~ the Earl Z"
Micl"ruu
Whit I's to Or
lul 81 Gown Dnd cried But
only s'nd q fcH tears | hadn't time