The Washington times., 1919-04-27
CHAPTER u.
CoVyr1ght, 1S1e. ~ Star COnpanS.
(COntinWed from Last S1Md0yJ

these pages last Sunday was told the dramatic story
Of the wild career Of Jacques Lebaudys younger
brother Max. Squandering his share Of his fathers
fortune at the rate Of 100000 year this greatest Of
modern prOdigals amazed the whole civilized world by
the unheardOf limits TO which he carried his extraya-
gances and debaueheries.
The only bright spots IN the sordid tale Of this
young mans headlOng plunge to ruin his love for
Nile Marsy, the peted idol Of Paris and the noble way
IN which she redeemed herself for her failure 70 extend
helping hand in to save him from ruin As was
related here last Sunday, It was Nile Marsy's frank
confession and her mpassioned testimony that finally
brought to justice the murderOu parasites who bounded
young Max Lebaudy into his grave
The young spendthrfts death left the remnants Of,
his fortune in very tangled condition Money lenders
wine merchants and innumerabe others brought suits
against the estate. The separation Of the just claims
from the fraudulent kept the courts busy many
years.
TO smooth out the difficulties IN which his brothers
scandalOus career had involved the family to arrange
matters that his worthy mother would be troubled
by any further reminders of Maxs escapades-al this
took great deal of time 1t several months before
Jacques Lebaudy felt free to give full attention to his
own personal business affairs and his long neglected
imperial plans
The longer he remained In Paris and watched with
fascinated eye the superlatvely beautiful women who
thronged the bouevar the theatres and the fashionable
restaurants the he regretted that he had not yet
found fitting partner to share empress the imperial
throne of Sahara which he still determined to estab
lsh
Lebaudy had thought that Amneh the slave girl whom
he rescued from harem and later left in Dulcgno would
make ideal empress. But that he was away from
the aurement of her physical charms and able
slider her with less infatuated mind he began
that she had many serious deficiencies.
With Kipling, he agreed that East is East and West
is West and the twain shall meet Born in Turkey,
Amneh had lived there practically all her life and he
feared the East had left indelble stamp on her.
Amneh trousered costumes her cunning little sandals
and her coquetsh wells that looked bewtchng in the
Oriental atmosphere of Turkey Montenegro would,
he realized groesque and of place In Paris
And Lebaudy intended to have his capital quite up
todate in dress and every other respect that Of France
In physical charm Amneh left nothing to be desired,
and in disposition she perfectly adorable But as
think how that had been neglected. She could under
stand little French but she spoke only her native tongue
Her reading and writing limited to her own name
and few of the simplest words.
To educate Amneh sufficiently for her to fill with
credit the proud place of empress would require years.
And Lebaudy could not wait that long, for he was now
fully determined to have his African empire established
and in actual operation within a few months.
So, not without many keen pang of regret as he
recalled the wnsome innocence of her youthful beauty
he abandoned all idea Of lifting Amneh with him to the
throne of Sahara.
One evening Lebaudy happened to attend the Rejsne
Theatre There he saw on the stage woman who cap