The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22
GAVE RICH PRESENTS
TO BE INTRODUCED

the discovery Of hat and coat marked
IN ms ha!ie ana coronet ON the bank
81 tHe river. But before he had reached
Nahaca, t"e rGse mad been dlscoverct
ID AoDadic d'Arrast is tall. gam,
man, OF very powerful. NOT TO say
neEcdIean frame, VINO had playeS :,
cGGs important role IN Royalis! ana
C!eT!ca! circles at EvrcuX, a Cathedral
town IN an exceedingly ar!stOcratic
section OF Normandy. IN fact he was
regarded BY the government as one OF
nc. ne leaders or the koyalist party in
that section OF the country. ana as such
was an object OF SO much concern 10
the project or governor Of the de-
partInent that he had instructed ons
%, -, ms nest I9oAlas attaches 20 serapa
UP an acquaintance with and 10 be-
come the sGiio- OF Mile Benolt, the
EoVerness, in the hope OF discovering
through her some clue TO the in
s ,'uet,ohs wh'eh Count d'Abbad'e was
supposed TO be receiving from the
DtFhe OF Orleans. Mile. Benoit seems
10 nave made use OF this young at
tacnc, TO fan the infatuation of tho
count Tor her. by means OF jealousy
Inc Comtesse d'Abbadie d'Arrast is
the only daughter OF Henri Laserre,
author or NotTe Dame de Lourdes."
which, translated Into almost every
civilized language. is a book familiar
TO CATHOLICS all over the world. 1t is
doubtful. indeed. whether any book
OF the last hundred years has proved
so great monetary success in tho
sence OF any literary value The way
IN which Henri Laserre came to write
H. was remarkable. He had been suf-
iering for some time. and seeking re-
the eyes. which all but blinded him.
lnasmuch as he could only see objects
as dim shadows. Elk Premier de Frey
tlnet. an old friend OF his. in spite Of
peing himself a Protestant. recon-
nlended him. since he had tried every
other relief In vain. to have recourse
to Lourdes
Laserre. whose fathers name was
Lazare and whose immediate ances-
Try is Semitic, followed the statesrnan's
ADVICE. wrote TO the custodian of the
,Suntain Tor haif-a-doze bottles OF
and particular confession OF his sins
10 MS spiritual adviser, and thereupon
commenced to wash his eyes with the
water The application OF the water
resulted in Immediate relief. and he
fore the half-dozen bottles had been
exhausted the cure, which proved
permanent. had become alr.os. cor,-
pie'e, leaving the patient in an costa
NC state OF mind. which found express
SION In the book. in which he describes
the miracle OF the recovery OF his sight
ftiready rich man, this book vastly
, ,nrreased ms fortune. and he left
went to his only daughter. the Com
Jesse d'Abbadie.
~ was to please her that her hus-
n oand settled at Eyreux. where She
Possessed good deal of property.
SINCE the D'Abbadies hail from the
south OF France, where the count still
owns the ancestral chateau of his
FAMILY, on the headland between Hen
daye and st. Jean de Luz The count
ess. who is on intimate terms with Tho
uucai and princely house of De Brogiie.
ana with all the other families 90 The
Old nobility who have chateaux within
motoring distance of Bvreux, is the OH
Ject OF a good deal of sympathy. as
are also her seven children. At tho
same time. she Will not suffer to any
extent financially through her hus-
bands desertion. owing to the manner
IN II. which very large fortune was set
tled upon her by her father
Company