The Washington herald., 1910-07-03

the use OF firearms of all descriptions.
During the simple process of cleaning,
servants heard shot, a scream. and a
fall, and when they hurried into the room
Miss Byram lay upon the floor dead.
killed by her own weapon.
The grief which OveFshsdowed the
Burnes family following this tragic event
was so deep as 10 drive the beautiful
Marjorie into retirement The cloud of
tragedy hung heavy over the owners OF
the cursed wealth. and il was months be-
fore the name OF Marjorie Burnes again
appeared III the lists OF those present at
Chicago society events.
Marjorie Burnes WEEDS Love.
Later In the same year Miss Burnes
was given a still larger share Ia the
wealth left by the old Missouri pioneer.
When told that her personal fortune, al
ready OF considerable size. had been add
ed to substantially. the famous beauty
shrugged her shoulders and said. simply.
rs that sou
Beyond this she refused to display any
feeling regarding her acquisition OF great
er wealth. Perhaps even then she dread
ed the money which seemed 10 carry with
It death and trouble
When finally Miss Burnes again en-
tered the gay swirl Of society It was to
be wooed and won as a bride by Sidney
C. Love. graduate Of the divorce court,
who had had one OF the most spectacular
careers in finance OF any young man in
the West. From a clerk in a railway
Office TO a millionaire in ten years was
the record of Mr.. Love From a poor
outsider 10 a wealthy member Of the
highest social life in the city was the
climb he had encompassed In ten years.
He was looked upon as one OF the COM
ing men In financial circles OF the West.
and as polo player. coullion leader. and
general society man he was the favorite
OF his set
The marriage Of Miss Burnes and Sid
ney Love was looked upon as a love
match. Love was congratulated from one
end Of the country 20 the other upon hav-
ing won the most beautiful woman in the
world, and among his intimates there
arose a proverb. Loves luck"
Soon after their marriage the much-
feted pair went 10 New York TO make
their home Love- aided and abetted by
the friendship OF w H Moore. formerly
Of Chicago, had entered wall street as a
broker. The future looked bright
Luck Fails 10 Save Love.
Suddenly, out of a clear sky. came the
thunderbolt that tore Love from his seat
among the Wall street kings and placed
him, so far as his own finances We're con-
cerned, among the down and cutters =
1t was discovered by his hacker, Moore,
that Love had been caught short in sew
eral successive deals. the amounts in
volved running up into millions. To cover
his losses and to prevent the conditions
Of his finances becoming known the
young broker had, so A.. p discovered.
pawned and sold bonds 10 the value of
50, 500. 600 which had been left in his vaults
for safe keeping.
There was a stormy session between
Love and his hacker, and when It ended
the firm of Sidney c. Love & Co. brok-
ers, took in its sign and Love retired
from the public eye
But Mrs Love stood by her husband In
his reverses, so ran the story The blow,
although hard, was not crushing. Love
still retained the affection and Ioyalty or
his wife. She desired nothing so much as
that he should retire from a public life
and they enjoy life on the large fortune
which was hers This was the story
given out at the time.
Now comes the Anal revelation, the full
details of the complete wrecking of Mr.
Love. His wife has left him. They were
estranged at the time of his failure Mrs
Love is going to apply for a divorce and
Love is cast off and all but penniless.
He has lost his money. the love of his
wife. and his former proud position. He
is down and out on his own confession
and is going West to start life anew. He
went up like a rocket. met the cursed
fortune. and cdshe down like a stick
Is it true? Is the curse responsible for
all the harm that has followed this fatal
s6,000,0o0? VIII the curse hold good unto
the third generation2a