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Show 8 "VAMPS" WHO I MADE HISTORY S By JAMES C. YOUNG. 8 ( by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) THE VAMPIRE WHO WON MILLIONS. MIL-LIONS. SHE was a woman beloved by two kings. She sold the secrets of each to the other, and made millions In the process. Louis XIV first loved dainty Louise de la Querouaille. But the historians say that she proved unfaithful to her royal admirer. Louis did not let this prevent him from sending her to England Eng-land In the train of a court lady bound there on a visit of state. And he told Louise to captivate Charles II of England. Eng-land. Then she was to send him news of England's statecraft and to influence Charles so that he would make concessions which the French monarch wanted. For all of which Louis engaged to pay her handsomely. Louise found the occupation stich an easy one that she decided It vould be just as simple to sell Charles -news of Louis and his policies. So she received re-ceived much gold from both kings, but It is said that she never informed Charles of anything more than trivial matters, remaining loyal to her own land. This double traffic made Louise a very rich woman. But her ambition craved greater honors. She persuaded persuad-ed the English king to make her duchess of Portsmouth, and as such she was thoroughly despised by the English people. - In addition to dealing. In secrets of state she wielded her Influence at the two courts to obtain many political appointments, for which she was duly paid by the appointees. But Louise was not sufficiently suf-ficiently wise to hold all of this money, for she became a devotee of the gaming gam-ing tables and lost large amounts w-ith a superb indifference. At home she induced Louis to give her a high position In the French court, telling Charles that her visits t Paris were for the purpose ot obtaining information informa-tion about the plans of Louis. Then Charles suddenly died, in 1085. His successor, James II, packed Louise off to France, bag and baggage. Much of her wealth had been dissipate!. She found herself without an occupation, her English possessions lost, and only a scanty welcome at home. And tn the course of a little while she disappeared dis-appeared from court, her purse penniless. pen-niless. Louis paid heed to her misfortunes mis-fortunes and granted a small pension which served to sustain the arch spy and vampire for the remainder of her brief days. |