Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21

There was also the marked opposition
OF the de Mumm family.
In America With de Mumm.
In October, 1911, she appeared on
the passenger list of an ocean liner as
Mile Marie Van Reinseimer De
Mumm took passage on the same ship.
In New York they were much seen
together. They took balloon flight
together from Pittsfield. Mass. They
were up In the air for seven hours,
landing at West Hawley. At one time
the balloon scared at $500 feet altt-
tude. Leo Stevens, the veteran aero
naut. who was the pilot, says he never
met a nervier little woman.
Meanwhile, the objections of de
Mumm's family became very strong
1t, was finally impressed upon him
that he must tear himself away from
the influence Of the charming Amer
lean. He tried He told her one
morning that he had to attend TO
pressing business down in Wall street
and dashed OF in a cab to a steam
ship bound for Cherbourg- just got up
the gangplank In the nick of time
Not long afterward Nine. Barnes
CreeI closed her apartment in New
York. She shipped all her belongings
to Paris. If she made this move In
purs.it OF de Mumm it must be I'M
derstoOd that there was no mercenary
fly in the ointment of the romance
The young woman had wealth. She
reappeared In Paris and de Mumm
shrugged wilful shoulders In the face
OF his family. He sought Nine.
Barnes-Creel Reconciliation bloomed
like a hyacinth at dawn.
Several times afterward they quar-.
relied and parted, de Mumm every lit
tie while becoming conscience-strick-
en- regarding his failure to comply
with. duties of scion of his house.
as his family saw them He laid be-
fore the hopelessnes of their situa-
tion-her Catholic marriage: the
young son of her marriage to Creel.
now at an English school, lad eight
years old They must really separate
It was necessary in support Of family
requirements that he marry in the
conventional manner of wealthy Euro
peans-a bride. selected in the regular
old-fashioned manner-for family.
tradition, wealth, social desirability.
Pistol Shots Mark Displeasure.
Nine. Barnes-Creel had heard that
sort of talk before. When de Mumm
proposed a farewell dinner at Max
inns she indulgently smiled After the
dinner he put of saying the farewell
and accompanied her to her home
There he told her goodbye This was
really final, he said.
Then 1t was shown that the Paris.
ian. boEsevardier who had first named
her the Midget Carmen knew wen
his psychology. From her escritoire
she took out small goId-mounted
pistol and shot de Mumm: once
twice!
He was carried from the Rue des
Bellies Geuilles and into an ambu-
lance. He did not die. He SCOTS now
at the idea that she could possibly
have meant to kill. One wound was
in his shoulder; the other in his
thigh.
Lastly. h@ Is pleading with her for
forgiveness. She is Indignantly DENY
ing that when she was shooting at him
he $50 far forgot himself as to strike
her roughly, fiercely. as the report az
first went out.
What will the end be!
The Easton waitress, dazzlingly
beautiful matron as Nine. de Mumm.
reigning In Paris or conspicuous az
the court OF Berlin?
Or the other that usual end which
so frequently has befallen women
whose beauty and destinations. whose
daring and lore OF adventure. have
lifted them from obscurity to luxury.
to surprising positions Of influence.
and sometimes to despotic powert
careers which have so frequently END
Cd IN 9 gray cloak OF desolatioa