New Britain herald., 1930-11-25
A PRINCESS AHiHAIo

That winter Fa#.e ".5 r.a power ot h-r u-+.-E .-. ~.0ro If her ability 10 u,u-.. Ia..u had a thrd or fourth or +..1 .os-.a tEHn- ny never got taa "Mrl -yaz.--a-aI- lies quna sr"ai-n'.H-5 outr. 1H.Its.a le Prinl.n-ssa 4-'a H-.l.a.. n.. Rrownbeck and erls-.r.a JHlo'tr ', nom Faorg had il.te. u.t-.
 The cousl0 Wa- tl-, aaG-0..r CT +hc eN-arbasSator. tr. fanNE w... The BroanheeEs a ouId .a2. Hrl before they would Hav. ao4st.a ID outsiders about tog~ln Jo-taa. .au 4 gave zach one a rsal satisfaction. a sense Of h@Iou-.ng 10 ri. -r.at outside world of .t-lirs. % .aIA Q. him am9ug rnamselEes.
 Little was Fnoun of J.Het'. '- mother except that -u. "a- Ha|t Russian. haI- English ar3 1~-'!,I and had Ij.5 zoan4 Hut .- Was certain that if sn5 looked like frr daughter she had .ot l..a aau-.. Julietre had first Ha.u brought 0 America and prreon.e3 10 the BroWnbecas az m awkward over grown 14-yaar-olI who r-6GffeI ali advances.
 At D sha married acr Alessan- dro and om-dt-nrry r,-5r,d from 17o uorla for rolr OF five years while she bore ntm three cnrdr-". When tH- toaaE.sr ngs d faw months oId Something happened - the family r-y.~ gut. found out what. though + Was Hariouslr rr- mored that sh- had gony off with travelling circus. had been seen climbing tra Nalterhoru with ycung university student, had eloY- gd with dashN= Italian officer.
 But whatever ir was. t' caused 2reat conmoton. and ont Ccg-In Josiah sc1rrEin- from th. Balr.. Se4 10 Tuscan" ia mil@.nr.". cousin Josiah fz i if ap -noG... Anessandro off probably -- for Ju- lIctce wen, back 'o him ngt n.- 70 inc ancestral acr. .e. and shD had 10 more children.
 During the war s.'. rrI -0.,- lshed and run ho-oral clos N.- hlnd tho Italian lines. uw v-a '.- end Of the War sud4.DiE 5,~#># D come to America and live IT Hu-n- ilgton.
 She had known l-ra ..-o.# "aI suddenly came to 1l.t h.H 2. '.- graphing one day. lra.s..s ... a..t and leaving tho day .u 'a... g. Leila barely hal time ro a. ..r i... family for Inu }u JH..-' honor. But as rucg r, L'r' ..- surprise as anr9ua ..s =. --.. :- vited Fanny 10 90 51-a rg ".4-1..-- ion with her.
 Fanny's first ~l-Lt o t.~ l..w cousin was aca' .t aroilt.. -- She had not a@n-c.cI u.a to ic beautiful but nal pl"sUrI a." T.. sort ot tiger " olar. -5y- a..H a strange power that @ra" 4.r .= | magnet draws bits of s' ,l
 Fanny vas yU."- n I-...-a drawing room wth rle r-. ot rh~ cousins and aGurs 4nl rur..- # Harying degree. when @a. u-ar. rustic and turned 70 find a ni. dIrk woman of uucarte1r. #-. s.sr..- ing in the doorway She "a- dressed simply in ".II-ea .f-.E ~atIn. and carried a hiars '"n. shawl her only orHsapn,s hs@ onyx and diamond ."rrtn--. SIa vas tall and well oulr. lut h.a skin was coarse, she tota 10 ro.", and her strongly masculine n"- lures were accented by a sho~s Iuaa- uish halr cut.
 Immediately dinner Vas ovet sa. came across the room auJ d't r: Fanny oside into bay wlnoou.
 I've bcon wanting 10 .4I% 10 loH all evening ~h. said an >af..a jIer voice was low and ra~lv u. eiCal. Bob Daniels old u,o auo's you. 1t was all he lid talk about. tne Wcuk re visited me in Jml}."
 Fanny flushed. "Oh. now is Uou" Leila IS crazy to have hum honsn 1 suppose fl won't be long uon."
 If wore Leila ~Hou'I b-N@ Bob in Europe. II. is aapnnr there - or in tho army f l., ia would exert herself she mIht ea.sjls have him kept over thyr- as an "t- rache. That would -oi.e lsroa' many problems. don't you rhjna o'
 "I-why. I don't know"
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