Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-05-24

MO0tOeudrQ. Nine. Ste1nnell Die
lures the home life of her parents AM
her OWE childhood as an idyl Of low
happiness and innocence. Lombroso
on the other hand, who. no doubt
drew his data from the investigation
OF the French department of Justice
had 1t that both parents were gros!
sensualists and addicted to alcoholic
excuses, holding them responsible fol
the precocious depravity Of which
Nine. Seinheil was accused. There
was also mention Of an illegitimate
child born to her in her teens.
In July. 1890, Marguerite Japy mar
ried Alexandra Steinheil, a man nearly
twenty years her senior. a painter Of
some merit, but of retiring DISPOSE
ton, which prevented him from shout
dering his way upward in the world
He was a nephew Of MISSIONER, and
poor. The young couple settled In
Paris, the wife, according to her own
account, beginning at once to advance
her husbands material interests In
every possible way. Eleven months
later their daughter and only child
was born, Nine. Steinheil leaving the
conjugal roof shortly afterward on
account Of some offense on her hus-
bands part, which she does not spec
ify, but leaves to the readers imag-
nation. She consented. however. to
a formal reconciliation for the sake OF
their child, at the request of NJ. B..
"a famous barrister and attorney gen.
eral," who appears to have been the
first OF bewilderingly long success
sion of her elderly. rich and infuen-
tial friends.
All Sought Her influence.
"My salon was more crowded than
ever before. Invitations were show
cred upon me both from quarters
friendly with the government and
from quarters in league with the oppo-
sition. My friends were legion. and
my enemies-you cannot possess In
fluence or power without making enc
mies-were greater fatterers than the
others.
"Then there we're men who tried to
persuade me Of this, that or the other.
so that should in my turn persuade
the president, and those who laid traps
for me. men whose entreaties were
disguised threats, who tried to know
what knew, and who did not seem tc
realize that their very attitude re
vealed quite plainly their shameless
And I hasten to add that sided nc
more with one party than with an.
other"
Faure she describes as an ardent pa
triot and an optimist who passed
through attacks Of deep depression
over conditions In France. The coun'
try, he told her. did not hold its prop
or rank among the great powers b.
cause its public men did not come |
from tho "elite" Of the nation. as they
did in England. He had unbounded I'D.
miration for the craftsmanship Of
Clemenceau, but disl'ked him. and
called him the most dangerous man In
France. adding tersely, land what is
worse, he knows It," According to
Nine. Steinheil's pager, he expressed
himself to her with amazing frank
ness on the men and the events Of the
hour. And often, according to her. he
formed impossible plans to end cri.
sis. One can well believe the report
that the French government Of today
has tried to suppress this book, and
looks forward with anxiety to the ef.
feet of its publication.
Faure's Secrets Were Hers.
Knowing himself to be surrounded
by spies, Faure, fearing that the
of his memoirs might be
stolen II kept In his trong box In the
Elysee palace, requested Nine. Stein
heil to keep 1t in her own house. sub
shutting dummies for the originals.
All Paris knew that she entered the
palace on certain days by side door.
No doubt. she says. she was Swallowed.
and the papers thus traced to her
With the sudden and mysterious
death Of the president Of the republic
on February 18. 1893. began the turn
OF Nine. Steinheil's fortunes. Al she
tells the story Of the event. she visited
him in the afternoon, remarked that
he was looking unwel:. and received in
answer the assurance that thereafter
ne would be more careful In the use
Of the drug which he was in the habit
Of taking to stimulate the weakened
action of his heart She then, so she
continues. left him. and was not In.
formed OF his death until late that
night
Paris, however. had another version
Of the case. to which Il clings to this
day According to this account, Nine.
Steinheil was with President Faur~
when he died. and had to be hurried
out of the palace in a semi-hysterica.
condition. leaving behind her evidence
Of her presence that was not discov.
cred until later. All OF which, accord.
ing to the story. did not prevent her
from being the gnyest of the gay at G
large dinner party that very night
The confusion created by the circum
stances OF Faure's death made It nee
esgsry to conceal the fact from ~
wife and daughter until seven o'GaoGa
in the evening,