The evening world., 1911-05-19
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1BY ALBERT PANHSON TERHUr
Copyright. iol1. by The Press Publishing Co. THE New York WORLD.

Copyright. 1911. by The Press Publishing Co. TN. NcwY York world
No. s.-The "Great Diamond Necklace Plot"
- HIS is the story of a plot that began merely as a getrichquicx
scheme OF the part Of a gang of clever swindlers. and which
ended by helping to wreck a monarchy.
- The Cardinal de Rohan won the dislike of Queen Marie An
toneae of France. Thia threw him mt of favor with the King and made
the royal famiys closest followers his foes. While Rohan was rich and
powerful and popular enough to hold his own against any ordinary court
intrigue he saw that the Queens enmity would always be a drawback 70
hs ambitions So he sought in every way to- secure her good Will
His longing 10 he on good terms with Marie Antoncte made Rohan
the cas- dupe Of oneo of the sharpest bands OF crooks in all Europe The
,sd,ns ,pint o, this band was the Counties, Delamottevalols. Her hu-
hand a CRAFTY, IL less brilliant, scoundrel. do vreti, a torgcr, a beautiful
girl named doltva. and the ehariatan oasA0'tr0' were among others mixed
VI A a1m Of p.n. jewellers no.hm.s q rs..Aass-A'a a gorgeous. ana :.
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< sss:ss: s %.' a. %'s ssn. to s sSsss H Sn. Sss S Il ,o @a ss.s sS ss !.
1r...ur.. ST. .saad.rsi at = sigh, and exclaimed.
- 1s Cox Countess mss iS SnSs' aSs'Sr ne S% a ao"oUt ali ,M.
sh. also knew. no matter how ugly the ornament might be- 1t could be BROKEN
p n sold sr a hug. u m she went. to no.n with a story tina. Mari. An,
it Sic added tina, Her Majesty had more than limited her desire o have R"n.n
Ronsn =" rs a' a sarswd "a H. would not believe unless had proofs. 60
,s Queen. sses %sH him e buy her the jewels. casnosfo VINO had strong in.
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H"a, Yaa in the garden s%. ga s... mi hin =: . ; so,s tn whispered to HI In
Just then T. the c~'n .xs r amS Fob uD T wms hs,s,sa 'p nnvs ss pn ,se rss,en.
But h was now satisfied that the whole tai "a, true
claimed TO >. a oOnhdontai servant Of tn ouosn,., and who handed him IN r.
.. of France FIR ,ss.. ne es"n. na 1 mot, .y ys '% :md s' . sSs 'e pas soe St ssS sT s.n.sa tS " a .
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with diamond. when he wac. crested
s.. ssa' any s% H :. ..ss s;' to s s' s s' 4: a. s%ss' T Hss; 's~. II y =. .r. ss a. % 'S .:
Queen n carried thu story to the King h King, o III a. lS, sent
for Rohan, who was questioned. and wo reluctantly
~~~~~~~~~~~ told what had happened Tho Queen broke In ON his
A Queens ! explanation by saying:
BIunder. How could you suppose I would permit yu -
q favor7'
The Cardinal apologtze and offered % pay COR the necklace. The King
urged by his WISE couraers a content to let the matter est there ana to
avoid a scandal But Marie Antoinette legged OF by the Cardinals foes. 10
sisted that Rohan should be punished. The King. who could refuse her noth.ns.
ordered Rohan arrested an sent to jail like a common thief
The whole miserable AFFAIR thus became public property. The people At
large believed the Queen guilty. They ragged to think she wontd allow su6h a
fortune to be spent n diamonds tor herself while thousands of her subjects
were starving. The arrest OF a prince of the church. like Rohan. also aroused
the nation to fury. The Cardinal as tried and acquitted. His aoauttai wa
received by the people with wild Joy. And the idea OF the Queens gull became
ii so NOR. armiy ned in rrsnehmen. minds, The importantly thu, h.,D~
upon Her Majesty did more than almost anything else TO hasten the French
Revolution. in which Marie Antoinete and her husband were son to lose not
only their thrones. but their heads