The Washington times., 1920-04-04

would find her In Paris The daughters were left at the
Hotel Majestic without protection until the Duchess
Dues of the famous de Chaunes family, heard Of their
plight and hurried to them and arranged for their pro
lection In Of revolution Many friends heard they
there alone and called and they painfully
barassed in having to explain their presence alone the
Hote. Majestic while everybody knew that President
Shonts was at the Hotel Crilon with the Thomas
All the baggage, including the daughters per.
sona linen, at the Hotel Crion packed with the
clothes of their father Their luggage mixed IN with
that Of 1.-THE other woman" Whenever they needed
thing they obliged to send to Mrs Thomas even for
their night clothes
was yet to
OF course Europe was no place to stay in it.
about to be swept BY the conAagation of great war
Shonts wanted to get out Of Europe with his Amanda
and he could not dodge the responsibility Of also proWid
ing steamship accommodations for his daughters There
a tremendous rush for any kind of reservation all
the ships leaving for America If there had been time
and opportunity Shonts would have booked his daughters
ship and he and Mrs. Thomas would have taken
passage different ship But it only by hard
work and using his influence to the utmost that shonts
able to procure reservations steamship lea wing
for America in few days from an English port.
AS soon as Shonts had made sure of his reservations
he notified his daughters who stopping the Ma
jestc in Paris that they should take the channel BOAT
from France to England the following day unless they
wanted to travel with their father and Mrs Thomas that
The children elected to follow Shonts and the Thomas
woman and took the channel boat the day after their
father had left France Shonts went to the Hotel Carl
ton in London with Mrs Thomas and procured a room
for his two daughters at the Hyde Park Hotel The
steamer to sail from Liverpool shortly and Shomts
went on ahead to Liverpool with Mrs. Thomas order.
ing the children to follow by a separate train They
asked for some money with which to make purchases Of
sweaters and deck clothes for the steamship trip but
Shonts refused On the little Irish ugboa which took
the passengers from the dock the steamer lying the
harbor Shonts approached his daughters and said:
Now don't want any foolishness on this trip and
IS on board And | want to impress upon youe-~no
scenesl''
mo. father there will be no scenes" said Marguer
lte as far as We are concerned, may you We
understand the emergency
Theodora the Duchess de Chaunes was busy with her
son. the little Duke and Mr. Shonts continued addressing
himself chiefly to his daughter Marguerite
Well. want you to understand lot Of things. And
table have made the reservations with the dining
room steward
Marguerite looked at her sister. the Duchess in dis
may They knew that with Mrs Thomas her mar
RED sister, Mrs. Plass. This that Shosts cx
pected his daughters to sit the table and eat their
meals aboard ship with the Thomas woman and her sis
Ter This would mean an open acknowledgment before
the entire ships company that the daughters accepted
their fathers mistress. Among the notable persons
aboard the ship several whom the Shons girls knew
socially Some were friends Of the famous de Chaulnes
family OF France Mr.. Shontss disgusting proposition
meant that he had rgged situation whereby his unhappy
daughters must accept companion social equal this
creature who was already notorious.
What was to be donef
There not moment of hesitation Instantly Mar.
guerte looked her father in the eye and the Duchess
turning from buttonng the coat Of the little Duke fixed
her gaze upon her father, aud both said
oh no, father This is impossible. We will not eat
at the snme time
The tug crowded, and Mr. shonts set his jaw to