The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11

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had been divorced and that enough OF
his inheritance had been made into a
trust fund to give her alimony of
10000 year. Then he showed that
ne had about 100000 year left. ne
French notary and the English solicit
tor went away.
Tells of Sordid Early Life.
! About ten days later. four days be-
fore the wedding. when occurred on
June Is. Madame Lima sent for Chan
Ter. Then she made with INN one of
the strangest pre-nuptial arrangements
ever heard o.. In the first place, she
told him the story of her life. In de-
tail she related to him all the ex-
periences OF her childhood: how as
her girlish prettiness developed insr
womauly beauty she became the pet
of certain men of the great world of
Paris. the leader of the demi-mond
disputins the title only with Cleo de
Merode Then she told of her life IN
the Paris half-world. of the gay bach
elors. the dashirg married men and
aristocrats who had wined her and
dined her and had loaded her wl.h
jewels, fine gowns, costly hats. ex-
pensive lingerie and the thousand and
one things so dear to the heart OF
professional beauty.-a woman who
must get rich before she gets old.
Chanler heard all OF this, but he was
SO filled With desire to possess
CAVALIER that 1T did not disturb him.
Agrees to Deception.
Then she told him how the father
of her sixteen year-old son was known
only to few persons and not to the
son himself. She made as one of the
conditions of her marrying Chanler
that he should sign statement
acknowledging this boy as his son.
Notwithstanding the fact that when
this son was born Chanler was not even
aware that such person as Lima
Cavalieri lived. Chanler. crazed with
love for the operate siren. was will
ing to do even this. But friends in
Rome. whom Nine. Cavalieri consulted
advised against this. pointing out it
might possibly affect the boys right
TO inherit the enormous fortune his
mother has accumulated in various
ways.
Then on the third day before the
wedding. while Chanler was being
earessed and petted by the beautiful
prlma donna. the English solicitor and
the French notary reappeared. bring
Ing with them formidable legal docu-
ments. At the same time Cavalieri's
brother Orestes. walked into the
room
Signs His Fortune Away.
Taking the documents from the sou-
citor and the notary, Cavalieri ran
up to Chanler, threw her arms around
MS neck. kissed him and told him he
must sign the papers before she could
marry him. She explained to him
that by signing these papers he would
r "a frar ty,rr oil Id ~
But also she tolu him what excellent
care she would take OF him; how she
would live with the one thought OF
making his life happy, managing his
fortune and keeping from him all the
annoyances and cares of business life.
leaving him free to paint pictures and
love her to his fullest desire. Chanler
signed the documents and transferred
everything he possessed even his In
gterest in the altmony fund. to the
prima donna
On June IS of this year ia Belle
Lima" and Sheriff Bob were mar
ried in the little borough hall of the
Eighth ACCOMPLISHMENT, the fashionable
Elysee quarter of Paris. After per-
forming the civil ceremony the Mayor
of the reimbursement made an address
of felicitation and then the party
drove to the Bots de Boulogne. anu
there in the Pavilion d'Armenonvllle
was served wedding breakfast at
which the usual toasts We're drunk.
Lima and Chanler then settled down
to what Chanler thought was going
to be the happiest existence man ever
knew.
Allnws Him $50 Month.
But two or three days arterward
Chanler began to see things in diff
ferent light. He had been spending
his time on enormous mural paintings.
He did not sell many of these paint
ings and Cavalieri thought this was
energy wasted. One morning after
Chanler had finished his coffee ana
rolls, the fair Lima, who now con-
trolled the purse strings. announced
that thereafter Chanler would be al
lowed each month 100 francs, or $40.
She agreed to, board and lodge him.
but out of this $40 he was to pay his
valet. and was to buy his clothes and
penses he had always incurred.
Its time for you to get to work
and earn your living anyway. she
told him Chanler got to work. At
her behest he would go out into the
parks and paint two by four pictures.
which Cavalieri thought would have
some market value Until a few days
ago he painted these pictures and sold
them when he could. In the meantime
he was telling his troubles to Henry
Clews, Jr., Robert Lee MacCameron
and other New Workers with whom ne
was intimate.
Prince Displeases Him.
Re-enter Prince Dolgorouki, once
married to ChaAler and in possession
of all his property. Cavalieri 1t is
said, famed anew her flame for the
HANDSOME Russian. Her neck had not