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Show i:k. i.n-si.n. V.un'I 3r!.eAtiy lirr-t statrnriil'. nepelliis The MnrtttilN. Skw Voric. July SI. Mrs. Ia-s-lie was disiui'Iiucd tulligl.t to mak j any -i,ive btstenieiitsconceninig her pn--nt relations w itli th'j Slar-1U, Slar-1U, but she adrUtled that her siatetuiiit made Miortly after herre-iftil herre-iftil ar.ial from Kurope '-that t-lie tiAd no present intention of marrying marry-ing anybotly," was true. She said tiiat site bad hai received word fnmithe Marrjuis iulorniinir lit r of hi intention to come to tliLt country coun-try for the ptirjeteot engaging Sua bti; lf(;al squabble with the nutvs lujiers, and .-lie intimated that the .Manjufa would rouab!y think bitter o! this latter and stay at home. "I do not wish," said Mrs. IxIie, 'to My anjllimi; that will in any way enilarrass the Manpulsorcai'uL-hlm Manpulsorcai'uL-hlm jaiu. ile has jut come throut;h a troublesome suit uhlch might have resulted lit his impns-ontueut impns-ontueut if it had gone against htm, and he Millers acutely at times from spastuouic asthma.'' Mrs. lA-sl.e n-jated the UJy of hir tin-t eu-gaseroent eu-gaseroent to the Marquis. '-Why," id Mr-, i-liu with gnat iamet-ness, iamet-ness, "there ciKiid lie uu mi-taking his dWiiterettedntts for me, for when I was cick with the black measles and was blind f r three w eeks he uxi to fit in front of the door of my room anxiously .riltinK to hear of me. Finally, when I felt that I bad A tuu ruusrjxrr of gitilug akjinr and succeeding in the tisk I had undertaken, at.d buikiingupthework dunti by my late hu-Jiand, I cent a cablegram to i the Marquis telling aim to come over Iiere and tliat I would marry him. Tins was about live years ao, ami be immediately came to thl country. He nmainetl lure vk en montlis. acd was with me eviry evening during that time excejit tw o, when he ctteuded dinners gheu in his honor by the ilaierney er. lie ufed to come here at 11 o'clock Sunday Sun-day mornings and reneun until 11 o"cici k at msht, au.1 In all that time be never lured me for one moment-Tlte moment-Tlte Manful is a tluely-educated tnau. He 9tts five languages, jiuetimes we would t-j-eud the time in reaiing to each other in various language, and then w e w ould sit t a table and write ottry in various languages. The Mai.mis is indeed a cultivated man. He writes verj clever verve, but he joints ravbh-iugly. ravbh-iugly. ludeed, his iint!ng3 are noteworthy." Mr?.-Ilie thnwed tile rejx)rter two laudscare paintings tliat occupy occu-py places In the parlor and which the said were the work" of the Jlax-quis. Jlax-quis. Mp. Leslie was asked whether the letters in the possession of the alaifmis' lawyer w ere written writ-ten by her. "They may have been," she refilled, "for while I was engaged en-gaged to the Marquis I wn-te lmu many tender letters, for I was vtrr fond of him, and not one of these am I ashamed of, for I am certain that they are all perfect, both in grammar and conttruction.' en EnztamlstorniH. Boston, July 31. D;patches from different joints In New Kng-laud Kng-laud rejert tliat the recent ic-tenrfly ic-tenrfly hot weather wag followed tonight by severe rain and thunderstorms. thunder-storms. There was much damage tojiroferty. but few catualtlc, to far as heard from. Tin re have been many prottrations frcm heat during the past two days. ?erttinlerti VfLrat Crop. MlSKAl,oiJS, Minn., July 31. The best authorities estimate the beat crop of the present reason In thcDakctas and Minnesota at 100,-OfW.000 100,-OfW.000 busheK The liot weather bos not daue serious damage, taking tho eountrj" as a whole, and the harvest is now In progress. The value of th' err t. to the Northwest is estni'' I f j " W si the low t-st |