South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-15
Copyright 1918

her death she was one Of the most
respected personaEes OF the Eau
bourg St German. which held her
IN high esteem. This poor woman
had never known the meaning of
real happiness. and her only son. in
spite of all his brilliant qualities.
certainly helped considerably 20
break her heart and 20 shatter once
more the fortune whose repair had
caused her so much trouble since
her widowhOod had commenced.
The Marquis Antoine resembied
his father more than his mother.
and had, moreover. inherited much
of the wit which had distinguished
the Talleyrand family since many
generations At one time. as / have
already related. he had played a
I part in politics IL had been after
the fan of the empire. and during
the presidency of the Marechal Mac
Mahon, when ne had been consid-
cred one of the ablest speakers in
the national ASSEMBLE Compelled
/ by circumstances TO resign his seat
he has solaced his leisure hours Boy
writing several volumes Of brilliant
| essays and had added 10 his income
! by becoming correspondent for sew
eral foreign papers. including some
American journals.
But his energy had been broken.
and ne never recovered it i'm after
years. Offering a curious example OF
good intentions which had come To
lnothing and exceptional abilities
I that had never been turned 10 any
good
! For many months he vanished
| from the scene Of his former sue
| Cesses and retired TO his castle of
4 Rochecotte i'm Touraine. where he
was content 20 live the existence of
a country gentleman who could not
afford 20 30 TO Paris for longer
than a few weeks i'm spring just ia
J see the Concours Hippique and TO be
present at the races at Auteul on
| Longchamps
But when his sons made good
marriages in quick succession. the
/ Marquis Antoine recovered some OF
7 his past assurance, and come to the
front once more He was a wise
man in his generation. and took
good care not 10 mix i'm the matrt-
moniaI adventure of his eldest boy
| the famous Count Boni de CasteI-
lane, when the latter was divorced
/ by the former Miss Anna Gould
/ The Marquis never cared 10 quarrel
with a woman, and although he may
/ have regretted 10 see the Gould mill
/ lions escape the custody Of his son.
he remained silent and began pay
ing marked attentions TO his other
/ daughter-in-law. the wife of Count
Jean de Castellane. who had been
/ the widow of a German millionaire.
the Prince of Furstenberg. and
whose possession of a considerable
/ jOinture allowed her to indulge i'm
/ the luxury of taking a Castellane
\ for her husband. Later on the old
\ Marquis youngest son. Count Stan
islas de Castellane. married a Gu
/ han heiress, Miss Terry lie was
| the only son i'm the family who did
not have TO marry for money. one
! of his aunts, the wicked old Count
/ less de BeaulaincOurt, having left
him her considerable fortune. with
the hope that ne would not squan-
der it. hope which so far has been
| fulfilled for of the three Castellane
/ brothers. Count Boni is the only one
who followed i'm his fathers footsteps
I and made ducks and brakes with
I the millions amassed bv the late JAY
Gould. The other two inherited
with the blood of Prince de Talley-
rand his financial genius displayed
in the management of their estates
| and of their incomes
With all his faults. the Marquis
Antoine viii he missed 10y that small
| circle of Partisan society over
which ne once reigued supreme. and
with him has passed picturesque
and popular figure. To him can he
applied i'm the fullest sense of its
| meaning the old wish of eur fore
| fathers. May the earth sit light
upon him
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