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Show I FOUND HER IDEAL I Tlie Countetk dl .Hontercale 10 Wed a Newspaper Keporier. Virrrinia Knox, better known to Ann.'ric;iiib as the Countess di M outer-cale. outer-cale. tlit; nervine of a ud but romantic i nia t rumor: ial al.i-'ince. lias at last found i her true ii'.eal ol manhood. He is a newspaper reporter connected with the I New York I ress. liis name is John I I McKenzie, and is better known as "Druid Hill," a nom de plume, over , whY-u he has written s me charming ; new.yaper arti.-les. 'i hey met mUrand j View iluue. 1 a , ri-ivuily. and fell in I love at tirst sii.'ht. The marriage is to I take place in the fall. The approacn-! approacn-! my nui)ti:tis of lOurse recall the first marriajre of .Miss Knox to Count di Montereale, an Italian ' noble" who is ' at present quartered in the house of 1 correction at Philadelphia. IlisCount-, IlisCount-, uip is breaking stones and swearing1 j at his cruel fate in improved Sicilian, i lie le the individual who thumped his I lovely American wife at the Hotel I llellevue, l'aris, and who later en- I deavored to ;-ell a scurnllous brochure attacking- his bride to a number of New York and Pitt bur editors. For-Itunately. For-Itunately. the editors were made of nobler stufV and the Count was forced 1 to content himself with distributing ridiculous circulars about his wife on the streets of Philadelphia. It was in Florence that Virginia Knox met the man who shortly afterwards married her in Pitts bury. A fete of flowers was in progress and Miss Knox's 1 carriage was garlanded with the beau-; beau-; tif ul lli-ur de lis. The Count saw her and fell rapturously in love. He crossed to America on the same steamer on which she came. The wedding was j vinfirxiA knox. the crack society event of the season in the Smoky City. The happy couple embarked for Europe and then the fun began. It is a romantic story of peculiar charm when told by the ripe lips of the pretty heroine. They journeyed to the Count's 'castle," which lies in some remote post in Italy, ten miles from thenearcst village. On arriving there the Count demanded money from his bride. He wanted to scatter coins upon his vassals. On the Countess' refusing to shell out the Count waxed mad and barred all : the doors and windows, j A letter tells of the Countess' appeal ' for protection to a Consul and tne subsequent sub-sequent proceedings for divorce. Thus is disclosed, very pretty little romance. A newspaper man off for his summer vacation meets a beautiful heiress, who is also an Italian countess; j they wander about the charming mountain moun-tain glades: they fall in love and their engagement follows. |