Show IR WIDOW three fortune hunters play pajas cards to win Hei heiress reis sa c v french adventurers agreed to let winner wed rich american woman providing he give each of them francs paris indignation and disgust have been aroused iri in the american colony here bore by the publication in gil blas of a story purporting to tell how bow three men prominent in paris society but ot of slender means decided by a game ot of cards at a well known club which of them should seek the hand in marriage of an american widow the winner if success successful rui to share the wid widows ow a private fortune with ills his accomplices the story which la Is headed beaded conquest of 0 a woman boldly names the woman to be won while carefully concealing the names of the three conspirators it says that at one ot of the most aristocratic to clubs in parts paris adjoining the place do de la concorde three of tile the principal members who are on intimate terms with each other discovered just a month ago that all cherished the same ambition to make the acquaintance of the widow in ques tion and induce her to renounce in their favor her liberty and her husbands legacy unwilling to rupture their friendship by becoming rivals they agreed to join force sion the following terms A sum bum of money was to be p put ut up by all three the amount thus raised to be taken over by the one whom a game of chance should select to woo the lady it if he should be so fortunate as to secure the latter for his wife he would hand over francs franca to bac each h of his two friends according to the story the man to do the th a wooing was chosen abose n at a game of escarte then details of the project were discussed until tar far into tho the night the three fortuno fortune hunters managed to scrape together which was considered sufficient for expenses and the winner arranged to sall sail for america ile he Is described as a former barrister banister who at present 0 occupies e himself with business he be has li no e title but bears a well known name h has as a seductive reductive personality employs his leisure time in writing poetry find and Is an incomparable conversationalist with brilliant distinction of manner the greatest disgust Is expressed here among those who credit the story and it Is taken for granted that the unexpected expected um publicity shed upon the design has effectually ended the scheme |