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Show Lily and Fred estranged Forever. Eugene Field. The long and curious intimacy between be-tween Lilly Langtry and Fred Geb-hardt Geb-hardt seems to have been interrupted forever. The relations were strained at the time Langtry left this country last time, when Gebhardt heard that the fair creature was ill in Londan he started at once across the ocean, determined de-termined to effect a reconciliation. As soon as he got to London ho hastened to call on Langtry. As luck would have it, he arrived at her hotel at the very time when the Prince of Wales was paying his respects to the lady. His card was returned with the message that he would have to wait awhile that Mrs. Langtry could re-oeivt re-oeivt no other visitor while his royal highness was calling. Words would fail to convey even an idea of the intensity in-tensity of Mr. Gebbardt't wrath: he flounced out of the hotel, went back to hit own rooms, packed his luggage and started for Liverpoal on the first train. With this touching incident ended the flirtation which for years had been ,i notorious and flagrant scandal. Geb-hardt Geb-hardt has betaken himself to sports of the turf and Langtry is losing her money la London trying to make people peo-ple believe she can act. |