El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-08

romances Of our times has
- come to an end with the
death Of Marguerite Antoine, often
known as Princess Marguerite"
This woman, once celebrated
throughout Europe for her beauty
and wealth. the daughter Of man
who carved a kingdom for himself
out Of the province Of Araucania, in
Chile, has just died in a Danish
poorhouse on the island Of Ryes-
gade.
Shortly before her death she gave
Mr.. Nils Jensen, a prominent phil
anthropist Of Copenhagen, docu-
ments and photographs that proved
the truth Of her romance beyond
question. He and a few others pro
vided the necessary money to give
her a respectable funeral
According to Meyers. the German
encvclopedist, Princess" Marguerite
Antoine was the daughter Of Crelie
Antoine. a French adventurer who
ruled as king in Araucania in Chile
in the middle of the last century.
She was born in the southern part
of France in 1889. Her father &C
0uired g large fortune by hissenter-
1rises in South America, and hnal-
" formed a bold project to carve
ont a kingdom for himself there de
took with him his daughter, then
eighteen and at the height OF her
beauty. with the intention OF MAX
ing her a princess. .,,i,.
4fter months Of stormy SAILING
thew looked at last upon the DeSulL-
S,,I silver country. It was the men
InexnIored country OF Arauca1 .I
- a nopulous province OF Cnlle-
The four hundred men-Oolu, nsn
inc men with Crelie Antoine a
their leaderZlanded and ADVANCED
into the interior.
For many weary weeks MargueF-
t+a and her women waited IN d
- - Int in one Of the villages, and
+ben one day the good news came.
A messenger brought word mat
the neople had been conquered, the
country taken, and Crelie Antoine
bad been declared King Of Arau-
CANA. The messenger and the
Spanish guards around the little
bnt Maid their homage to Princess
Marguerite. Her face flushed with
trinmph. the beautiful Princess
started her journey into the land
Of silver.
It took this intelligent woman
Int a few months among the ma
tiyes of her fathers kingdom to
realize that the weak, ignorant
people Of Araucania we're quick to
learn. It had been easy to con-
ouer them, but it would not be so
easy to hold them. She warned
her father of his danger. Feeling
safe in his position. he laughed at
her fears.
If her father would not listen to
her, then she must take action her
self. If these people should sud
denly prove themselves stronger than
the lighting Spanish men, what then?
Ruin, poverty and perhaps death!
Why not get the wealth before they
could rise up and overcome the
conquerors? For one year this am
bilious woman acquired and hoard
ed the silver that came up in such
quantities from the rich mines in
her fathers kingdom. She made
the natives fashion strong, deep
boxes from solid pieces Of timber,
and when the last box was finished
and packed with its shining wealth,
Princess Marguerite made ready
for her long trip across the seas.
While the Princess Marguerite
was still upon the voyage home
there was a general rising of the
natives Of Araucania. King CreIie
Antoine was killed in the midst Of
the people he had ruled. His heart
was cut out and after the blood
had been used to color the points
of their arrows it was eaten by the
assembled chiefs.
In the months before she learned
of her fathers tragic death, Prin-
cess Marguerite had a happy life.
The story OF her great wealth was
told through all Europe. She was
called the richest woman in the