Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-10-12
A DARK
HORSE
She Married In Haste, but Did
Not Repent at Leisure
BY LUELLA D. COWLES

You will scarcely believe your senses,
my dear, when you receive this my an
nouncement that am married. Just
think When you left me only two
days ngo told you that under no con-
dition whatever would 1 marry, be-
cause l knew OF no man 1 wished to
marry, and yet here am 1 married
And doubtless you will exciaim: Poor
Irene, after all my warningsl Some
one OF the hunters for her ten millions
has bagged the game. And now that
he has got her and the millions he will
hang on to the money and the vito
will have to take care Of herself"
But you are wrong. my dear, entire
ly wrong. I have married the best
man In the world, one who loves me
devotedly. Why Will people insist that
a sordid interest must always prevail
over the yearnings Of the hearth My
case at least affords an instance
wherein love has risen superior to
Rvarice.
But ] must begin at the beginning
or rather. at the beginning Of the end
You know all till the 18th, the date Of
my parting with you You know that
! had promised the count an answer
on the 18th. that q new and attractive
offer from Prince Fiegenheim had been
been made to me ON the 18th and that.
while the count was n delightful man.
irrespective of his title, to be q prin-
cess was far more attractive than be-
ing a countess. Meanwhile General
Du Pont had cabIed me from Paris
that be was about TO sail 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 confused7 Count Po-
linskt stopped at bite hotel at which
was living and would not let me out
of his sight The prince. who Is
wealthy-he is an old man-was more
dignifed, more ceremonious. but he
would not take No for an answer.
His is one of the oldest families In
Prussia, and n II on intimate terms
with the emperor. The Earl of Micle-
ton was at Newport when you left-he
Is the Englishman. you know-but sent
me long letter from there explaining
that with my fortune he and l could
put his castle In order and entertain
royalty.
Perhaps If there had. not been so
many and such tempting offers l might
have taken up with som e one of them.
But no sooner did l get my mind fixed
on the advantages of one than 1 was
called upon to consider those of an
other. The,prince would tell me of the
dinners we would have with the en-
peror and empress and the great social
advantages to be derived therefrom.
Then the count would describe the
Jewels that have been FIJI his family
for centuries, and the eD Iuisite pleas
| ure OF possessing them ah most tempted
me to decide in his favor. But while
was thinking about them the fact
that the earl Is an Englt sh peer with
a seat In the house Of lords would
come up before me, and y GU know the
English nobility IS the finest In the
world. But there IS one thing about
tie Micletons that isn't a. dit nice-the
| family derived it's estates through one
! Of the mistresses OF &c former king oi
England.
| oh. deari My brain begins to whirl
again at thinking Of q u these induce
ments that were % LAT ely pulling me
in every direction. the ught how nice
1t would be If they eould all be united
In one man. To be a Ger man princess
and sit at the emperor's table. peer
ess of England and be received al
buckingham palace, a Pol tsh countess
and wear family Jewels a thousand
years old almost wishe we could
have that system that wa.s Tin vogue
In olden times-Po1iy Andrew, I thinl
1t was ca1led-whereby a WON an could
have as many husbands as she pleased
Il have looked tho word up In thu
dictionary. and iSs polyandrous Jus
think! I could have been German
princess. an English peerless and {
Polish countess. Besides. could hav'
had real husi and to love me. Ia igho
II had had he making OF social sys
TENS ! would have made them anucl
better than ] find them.
AS ! was telling you. the day s.fte
you left l f. pund myself In a very IN
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