Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28
FAMOUS MEN WHO HAVE BEEN
.J11,TED.

mrcrs of the great Irish leader who af-
firm that the Hitting was the best thing
that could have happened TO him. happy
married life would probably have pre-
vented him entering the political arena
altogether.
As a young man--his brother. Mr.. John
r. Parnell, tells us-the Irish politician
fell in love with n pretty Wicklow girl
Of good family; with whom he hunted
great deal; but the affair came to moth
ing, and Parnel remained heart-free un-
III he visited Paris In 1870, and there met
a. young american heiress. to whom he
became engaged.
They parted for time. she to go to
Rome and ne to return to ireland. ana
ultima tely the girl wrote saying she was
returning TO America, without mention.
ing anything about the engagement. Par
nell followed her to America. and the en-
gageinent seemed to be renewed, when
Miss VI suddenly told him she was
not going to marry him. making the
excuse that he was only an Irish gen.
tlen,an. without sufficient means to mar
ry, with no name in public, and that
she could not marry any one without a
great public name"
ANOTHER POLITICAL ROMANCE.
This dumfounded Charley" who. after
trying his best to persuade her to marry
him. gave up the heartbreaking job. To
distract his thoughts Parnell plunged in
to politics. with what result the world
knows. He never met the lady again. but.
according to the authority mentioned. an
otter American heiress IN later years
proposed to "Charley." who left Paris
to escape her.
| This romance episode of political life
calls to mind the lifting of TIE we'll
known Unionist politician, Mr.. Henry
Chaplain. who years ago was engaged TO
Lady Florence Paget, daughter of a
former Lord Anglesey, one OF the love-
Hest women In English society; in fact,
she was known az the pocket Venus.
The engagement had been publicly an
nounced and the day Of the marriage
fixed. when the startling news leaked
out that Lady Paget had eloped with tho
late Marquis OF Hastings. one Of the
most daring turf plungers the racing
world has ever known Under the pre-
text Of shopping at a certain we'll known
emporium in the West End. Lady Paget
| walked In at one door and out Of another,
| where she met the Marquis. with whom
she immo diately drove away. They were
| at once married.
! Only a year or two later Fate gave Mr.
Chaplin his revenge. Hts horse, Hermit.
| won the Derby at enormous odds-some-
thing like Go to land Lord Hastings was
ruined. He died only four years after his
romantic marriage and his widow. who
afterwards married Sir George Chatewynd.
also died few yeare ago. 1t was some
thing like twelve years before Mr.. Chap
lin recovered from the blow, and then he
married Lady Florence Leveson-Gower,
| sister Of the present Duke OF Suther-
land
HOW CHARLES DICKENS WAS
TILTED
! The story Of how Charles Dickens was
jiltod ia particularly interesting. When
he was eighteen Dickens became ac-
Quaintsd with the three daughters of
George Beadnell. = Lombard street bank
err With one OF them Maria Nhe original
Of Dora in David Copperfteid"). who
was year his senior. he Immediately
fell In love- and Maria flirted with him
very desperately. But the love-making
Of the future novelist was not treated
very seriously, for he was not consider
ed by any means an eligible party. and
even Maria herself adopted an attitude
OF amused tolerance.
| For three years the affair went on, and
then Dickens realized that his case was
! hopeless. He pleaded in vain with tho
| girl whosA caprices maddened and glad
1ened him alternately: for. rs matter Of
fact. Maria Beadnell was a wiiful CO.
quette. The end Of II all was a reply
that held out no hope, and so the part
Ing came. For twenty years they saw no
| more Of one another. Ultimately Maria
Beadnell was married 10 Henry Louis
Winter. and when Dickens met her again
| time had wrought sad havoc on his youth
ful IDEAL. Mrs. Winter wrote to her Old
lover. but Dickens ala no. care TO renew
correspondence with his old sweetheart.
| Then Mr.. Winter failed and the chagr,n-
cd wife appealed to the lover of her girl
hood for help. but without avail. and
me romance ended long before Mrs. Win
ter's death In lss6.
A curious fact regarding the fitting OF
famous men is that through pique they
have occasionally been led into marriages
which have resulted in the utmost mis-
cry for both husband and wife There
was John Ruskin for instance who fell
In love AZ a boy with the beautiful Rose
de In Touche whom he wooed with
poems. romances and dramas. and mute
worship. receiving nothing in return but
chilly Indifference and lively ridoule. The
result was that. at the age of twenty
nine, ne married lady OF greet beauty.
MISS Grey, of family long intimate with
the Rusktns The marriage we are told.
was a somewhat hurried act. and brought
no happiness to either, and six wears
| afterwards II was dissolved
Then there Is the case of Lord Byron.
who was led into his unhappy matr!-
monial alliance with Miss Nlilbanke. only
daushter and hoiress Of Sir Ralph Mil
banke through being rejected by another
LADY. He had proposed to the latter and
as he held her letter OF refusal in his
hand, he seid to friend: 1T seems
| that n il to be Miss Milbanke. after all.
He sat down and wrote the fatal letter.
handing II to his friend for perusal "A
very pretty letter," his friend remarked
after reading II. 1T is a pity that It
should not GO And 1t shall go." ex-
claimed Byron. and thus opened one of
| tho most tragic chapters OF his check
cred iife-story.
According to the biography of the
Iron Chancellor" published in 1909, Bis
marck. when he was twenty-one years
| Of age, paid ardent court to charm
ing English girl, Miss Russell. to whom
ho ultimately became engaged. He first
met Miss Russell at Wiesbaden In COM
pany with her uncle and aunt, the Duke
and Duchess Of c.. and Bismarck