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Show f r i -i rf EARL OF YARMOUTH WINS ( t WEALTHY AMEHICAN GIR.L H k jB rafTTTT"-' m.j.CTrCT.iMILt,lililIIWiMIH ' I III1J I i s I . m MA I 1 i ' aaaSfl I B u Announcement Is mado of .tho en- H . fogemont of tho Karl or Yarmouth to B Miss Mary Thaw, daughter of thu lam H ? William Thaw, tho mllllonalro of B ; , f PlttBhurc, but who has passed the BH " , winter In Washington. Mrs. Mary H i ' Vhaw, mother of tho young woman, J 1 ' makes the announcement. PH ! Mrs. Thaw, however, Is Htcrn In do- B nounclng the alliance, and will cut J 5- Miss Thaw off from a few millions of PH If dollars at her death, llowover, from PPJ almost no Income nt all to several PPj n ' million dollars, tho nmount of Miss PPJ M Thaw's iicrsonnl fortune, Booms an PPJ , I' 9 alluring &tep to the Karl, and when PPJ - ' f j I; It Is owned by a pretty and vivacious PPJ ri' !i American girl It Is doubly worth his PPJ i, long efforts to secure a wlfo In this J t country. y H I I Tho Karl of Yarmouth went to H j.; i ,Washlngton from Now York somu PPJ tli., r weeks ago as a guest of Harry K. PH -jf Thaw at his Lafayetto squaro house, PH bp and almost Immediately tho attach- PPJ Ett ' mont between the earl and Miss PH 18 fj Thaw becamo current talk. Tho ru- PH IR " mor of their engagement gained rap- J tf Idly In soc'.ety, but was warmly do- BBll ' "lrft nled by Mrs Thaw. After an ovldent PH ! B falluro to bring the Karl's visit to a PBM ' j,jtt I close because his suit was highly fav- PPJ I ' In ored by Mr. Thaw, Miss Thaw was H , Kj gotten ready on short notice and sent I v III to llor s,8tcr Mra- Qeorgo Carnegie, PPJ 1 pB ' at Cumbeilund island, their winter J I Tsm homo on tho southorn coast of Ftor- i m ldu- iSfS ' Tho 1'arl nml IIarrv flmw vlowcd VJ r ,no mov0 w"'' niost amazing compln- H ' Ww coney, and expressed tbclr pleasure at H i fi knowing Miss Thaw was to visit her J ) '' charming sister at tho Island. Mrs, H i T(' Thaw accompanied her daughter to J i, ' lift tho train and did not noto tho absence II I B of tho earl, who was naturally ex- j ' i pocted to be on hand at tho parting. , 1 1 'Miss Thaw was cheerful, and wnved $ ' her mothor goodby from tho rear of , ' II the traI- I ,W I After tho train wns well on the ' t Hi i wn' out "' Vnshlngton a well dressed ' 9 m I young Englishman In tho sleeper just ) ' 1W ahead of tho special ear mado somo . I K Inquiries as to tho ldontlty of those pi I , in tho special, and a few iuInutC3 later pM L ; , tho card of tho Karl of Yarmouth wns j J carried by n porter to Miss Thnw, who pi ' lift expressed tho greatest surprlso at tho i colnrldcnco. pi '1 ' if Tho Karl accompanied tho party to pi ) '? H Fornandlna, Fin., whero they were met 1 V H1'' , by Mrs. Georgo Carneglo with tho Car- Bl!;r! JMw ' I '- ( '; I V The Thaw Mansion. PJ T i ncglo yacht. Tho Karl was presented B' . ! and evidently was woll received, as BBBJ ho was n guest of the Carnegles for '. I ! the remainder of his stay In Florida BBJ , j waters, where tarpon fishing and other fl if j , pastimes wore provided In plenty. H i j Mrs. Thaw learned of tho Karl's HBBH risit to tho south and tho manner of HBBH bis going and forgetting tho lmpor- HBBBJ Itant buslnees affairs In Pittsburg post- HBBH od to the south In her effort to head off BBM tho Impending engagement. From HBBBk the announcement just issued it is PHBBk evident she B The suit ol thu Karl has all along ftPpl ,, boon unrourngod by Miss Thaw's Bi 7i JBH brother Harry, who met the Karl on kj;-; i l the and has been a r'obo PJLvSBPAPAPAPm his over B was Harry Thaw who the Drltlsh lord to meet his sister and who has been his social mentor on this sldo of tho water. Will De Marquis of Hertford. Tho Karl of Yarmouth, who will somo day bo tho marquis of Hertford, Is n descendant of tho third mnrquls of Hertford, tho nobleman who was "damned to eternal fame" by Thackeray Thack-eray as tho mnrquls of Steyno In "Vanity Fnlr." Miss Thaw's llance at present Is George Francis Alexander Seymour, Karl of Yarmouth. Hut If ho survives his father ho will hold tho further titles of Marquis of Hertford, Karl of Hertford and Viscount Beauchomp of Hnche, In Grent Hrltinn; Unron Conway Con-way of Itngloy, In Knglnnd, and Baron Conway of Ktllultngh, County Antrim, in Ireland. These titulnr and pronominal glories glor-ies Indicate- that he is allied by blood nnd by family connections to somo of tho most Illustrious, tho wealthiest, tho most famous and tho most noted members of tho ancient British aristocracy. aris-tocracy. As a Seymour ho is descended de-scended from the great Kdward Seymour, Sey-mour, duko of Somerset, lord protector protec-tor in tho reign of Kdwnrd VI., and from tho hnrdly less distinguished Sir Kdwnrd Soymour, who was speaker of tho long parliament in lG10-'63. Made His Master Take Pocketbook. Arthur K. Dlngwoll, an Inspector of the Hartford Klcctric Light company, is accompanied on his early trip at night by a very intelligent dog. About 10 o'clock nt night tho dog goes homo and gunrds tho house against burglars. A few ulghtB ago, whilo making his rounds, Mr. Dingwell saw his dog pickup pick-up something in tho street. Whon ho reached a lamp tho dog held a pocketbook up to him to take, but Mr. Dingwell did not think It was worth anything, ns it had been found In tho middle of tho road and hnd a very rusty appearance. Arter ho had driven his horso nbout four miles nnd tho dog hnd trotted by tho side" of tho team, tho dog again held up tho pocket book for his master to take. Mr. Dingwell did not llko to get his hands muddy by taking tho purse. Tho dog continued to hold it, and nfter a fow more miles hnd been covered Mr. Dingwell decided to reward tho dog's pcrsevorenco by inking tho pocket-book. pocket-book. Ho Tnund u IS bill lnsldo. Hartford (Conn.) Cournnt. |