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Show ROMANCEOF THE BEAUTY DOCTOR Since the arrest in this city moro than a week ago of Mr. and Mrs Rat-Ion, Rat-Ion, said to be beauty specialists and wanted in Colorado Springs for obtaining money under false pretenses, pre-tenses, a. number of interesting facts concerning the pair have developed. According to the story told by Mrs. Ration, or Ration as It has now developed de-veloped is her real name, her husband hus-band is a son of Baron C. F. E. von Holstein Ratlou of Odder, Denmark, and she Is the daughter by morganatic marriage of the son of the present emperor of Austria. Enshrouding their romance is a story of Iovo and intrigue that wrenched royal hearts and astounded noblo families throughout through-out Denmark and Austria. For tho lovo of the athletic, dashing dash-ing count, who was visiting in America Amer-ica at the time, Mrs. Leonora Collins, wife of Dr. Roy A. Miles Collins, who I was later shot and killed in Portland, Port-land, Oregon, in 1909 a woman in whose veins is said, to flow the romantic ro-mantic blood of the Hapsburgs eloped from her husband's home. Since their marriage in SL Louis in 190S, the couple has embarked on a career of adventure and romance seldom sel-dom heard of outside of popular novels. nov-els. In marrying the bewitching Mrs. Collins, Rathlou sacrificed homo, position po-sition and friends and all the luxurios to bo provided by those who have millions at their command Some time after, however, Rathlou's father relented somewhat and the pair went to Denmark, but the reception accorded accord-ed Mrs, Rathlou by her husband's parents par-ents mado life unbearable and thoy returned to America after a few months. It seems that in New York (thoy picked up a Danish boy for whom Rathlou felt sorry and, as he had no money, they determined to bring him west with'thein. As they had but little money, thoy were unablo to pur- cuase tickets for all tnreo to California, Califor-nia, where they expected to settle, but only could secure them as. far as Colorado Springs, which, according to Mrs. Rathlou, accounts for thoir presence in Colorado. Upon their arrival ar-rival In Colorado Springs it was necessary nec-essary that monoy be procured In some way, so Mrs. Rathlou opened a beauty parlor, agreeing to give spe. cial courses for $50 About this time Mrs. Rathlou says she received $1,000 from her stepfather, by another marriage, mar-riage, but the same day It was received re-ceived tho boy whom thoy had befriended be-friended disappeared with it and, as ho had said he had rolatives in Ogden, Og-den, they thought he had come here and she and Rathlou Immediately started for Ogden. Thus she accounts for their presence in this city Since thoir return to Colorado a cablegram ca-blegram has been sent to Rathlou's father In Denmark and an answer Is being anxiously awaited It Is said that there are documents and pictures in possession of Mrs. Rathlou which prove beyond doubt that Rathlou Is tho so'n of the Baron Holstein Hol-stein Rathlou, and, If such Is the case, under the Danish law, he will at one timo come in for a share of the millions which his father is said to possess Mrs Rathlou's husband, who was confined in jail with her hore, Is now reported to be quite 111, and all day long Mrs. Rathlou sits beside him, complaining of the misfortune which has brought them disgrace and declaring declar-ing over and ovor that both she and hor husband aro innocent of any wrongdoing. Ever slnco their arrest the RathloiNi have "tried to conceal thoir idontity and have denied aevera.1 times that they wero connected with the nobility, but at last the fact has been established, establish-ed, and both are counting tho hours until the answer to their cablegram shall arrive. oo |
