Show I t Mt a t tr tv r v 1 J c Cameo Brace 1 v lei Which Came Back t q Z 6 f r Rich Mrs Brown Smashed F t p All to Bits the same y Lr RS J J BROWN is the WIdow MRS M of one of oC Colorados Colorado's richest her hus hus- husband's mining inning kings Since bands band's death death left leCt her with money enough to gratify her every wish she has be- be become be become come a confirmed globe trotter She travels trauls frequently back and forth across the Atlantic and is equally well veil ll known at the most moat fashionable resorts en both sides Ides of the ocean A few Cew years ago ego Mrs Blown Biown was pass pass- passing pass pass-in ing the winter at Nice on the RIviera To the expensive hotel where she had one of the tho finest suites came Prince Viggo nephew of the King at or Denmark He had come to Nice with a number of ofhie hi hie fellow cavalry officers in the Danish army to compete In an exhibition of oC horsemanship The young Prince was Introduced to the middle aged American widow and they quickly became warm friends In fact they soon oon began to be bo seen dancing and dining and motoring together so 80 frequently that almost ever body I thought their friendship was develop develop- developIng developing developing ing Into a much more moro intimate to relation relation- relationship relationship ship It was well known that Prince ViII Vig- Vig-go's Vig gos goe family was as anxious for him hm to find finda a suitable bride and it was thought that Mrs Browns Brown's num numerous roue millions would give her a great advantage In his eyes over many a younger and perhaps moro more beautiful woman Whatever the reason for his bis Interest in Mrs Brown he ho certainly was as very devoted in his attendance on her And ehe seemed Just as delighted to have him for her cavalier ca cn slier aller as ho he was to be it it Although no longer as se slender lender and ands s as she tho once was Mrs Brown Brov n nI I Ic a 11 graceful dancer and is extremely fond of dancing Prince Viggo how however ever aver had never cared much about dancing dancing dancing ing Riding and other outdoor sports were more moro in his line Ime But when he met Mrs Brown the tho Prince suddenly acquired a 11 great en- en en enthusiasm for tor dancing Almost every afternoon and evening they were to be seen and stepping one at one or another of the tho smart N Nice Ice ballrooms I and anda a very striking couple they made made- made she he in the latest creation of some ex expensive pensive Parisian modiste and he ho in his cavalry resplendent with scar scar- scarlet scarlet let Danish blue and glittering gold Everybody E thought that a love match meet be on between them or the tho Prince would not be bo denoting dc so much time to to mastering an art for which It was quite plain he had little natural apts aptitude tude And everybody felt sure that the wealthy widow had made up her mind to look with favor lavor on his suit or she sho could not ha have vo let l t the grace of her dancing be marred by such an Inexpert and rather clumsy partner The The Prince cel certainly was not a good dancer Mrs Brown later confessed to her friends And to prove just how far from good he be was she displayed the remnants remnant ota ofa of ot a silver lace one gown gown one of several everal costly creations which had been ruined by being stepped on by those sturdy turdy Danish feet In the saddle however the Prince more than made up for his deplorable lack of chillas skill chill as a dancer The fashion fashion- fashionable fashionable fashion fashion-abia able visit visitor t to Nice thrilled by the tho bythe bytho daring horsemanship horsemanship he ho displayed I In the tho high Jumping contests The Th way I he be waybe put his mount over the tho most difficult tence fences made him the hero of the season When the exhibition was over there wee waa every reason why the Prince should return Immediately to Copenhagen was Vas due to take put pert In Important atao functions And besides his thrifty family fam fam- family family ily had given him Just juat enough money to keep him In n Nice until the Jumping contests were over and now his pockets were ere almost empty The fascinations of the Riviera resort seemed however too strong for the tho Prince to resist He lIe lingered there week lifter after week regardless of imperative telegrams from Copenhagen and the hotel and other bills lilUa that were piling up to disconcerting heights The season was nearly over before Wore he finally pleasant ant tore himself away from his hie pleas pleas- ant companionship and went back f fe to Denmark where mi wealthy f e American widows are not cot so numerous a as they are on the tho Riviera To the surprise and delight of his creditors he ho settled with them in 1 full Wore before fore he h left Th The gossips that he ba wa was able to do this through the generous loan which Mrs Brown pressed Had r Sent to the 4 44 4 I Heiress Bride ii tit t a aO of Her Friend k sif O nN f KF Prince Viggo I a t r n r of f Denmark Denmar e 1 f j I r rt re t e e rf r i y t a i ir ih f ty Hy wt ra YN y ys h t t s w t i diri t rW r f dir a i if f a G by gp i w Jt f SI t lira e a k 1 t y Q r t ti YSa r rr t t tt r rf r y r d 7 pt f t 6 4 t 3 i f y W k ka d 4 S 44 t b a a k I i ii i i ia I t tIt Mrs t It r a x iw f Fix t k t the wealthy 5 b t American trotting globe widow i r whose friendship Prince t tI I J 1 r d Viggo has had such surprising and embarrass t b t 1 ing consequences g gt t ti o 3 ei upon him from her hor overflowing pocket book and this made them reel feel all the theN t N a t r rr r o t f z zt x Rt J more positive that there was a romance f 1 fy 5 f v von on between the Colorado widow and the P Princess I 1 II i w mem member er of royal roal family Viggo now af to 11 rt r t 11 dr dry a 1920 All this As year happened after year In in the passed winter with ot of oth h honeymoon honeymoon- io with t a g T u utrA trA I I tIt j s sP 4 i p r w P X p Sa y no sign of the gossIps romantic her prince princes i x v i t 1 tf s J i f fx Yv x e 0 f G being fulfilled they began to suse sus J j i it 1 t y 1 s sv t v h that perhaps they had misjudged ml judged iJ y I Ithe r the warmth of the Interest Mrs Brown and Prince Viggo had shown In n each f y 1 f other At any rate a few months ago rP v vf f- 1 S s t tA A wedding day photo there cane came the announcement that the s graph of Prince Viggo Prince was to marry not Mrs Drown Brown t nephew of the King of Denmark but Miss Eleanor Ileanor Green a a member of a aitch a and the former f Miss Eleanor Green r itch h an and aristocratic toc ocr I r f daughter of one of the most aristocratic families in New York and Newport society ola ma na ew York family la j I yf 3 Mrs Brown was at a t for her gift gUt for Miss Mis s Green Creen Greenan Palm Beach when sho ehe an antique cameo ameo bracelet received the tho news ot of richly set wit with Ii precIous this engagement It If it stones It was as so unusual In caused her heart a 11 apang Its beauty that she felt rE lt rEa pang to know that her herl a 1 e would not be overshadowed ed by l f A 1 dancing partner of the fir i MaKr 6 1 s any o of the hundreds of other winter at Nice wasing was go- go gor go going r presents this fashionable so society ing to marry another clety ciely bride would receive woman oman she kept it well wella a i Mrs Nita Brown had heard no no- no thing from the Prince but she sho shoTo To her friends she did not feel aggrieved lit at this expressed the deepest F She Sho knew his few da days s m admiration for f o r the they a r America were Prince Prineo and the most h 1 t crowded ones and perhaps earnest urnest wishes for his t he had no idea Idell she was m l happiness t tt t d New York The Tho gifts she had lIe He is a 11 nobleman In o been at such auch pain pains to prepare every sense of ot the tho aa aary ry would reveal her whereabouts word ward l she said MIss bliss HT r i to him and either before the Green Is a n very fortu tortu- fortunate 3 t v wedding or after aCter sho she felt aura suro nate note young oung woman and sail J dj I k i ib b r rc c d t he would ren w their pleasant I only hope she he fully ully ap 4 b I- I a and have havo her predates what a won a meet his Princess man she Ie is going She wrapped up the tie and scarf to have h ve for Cor a o husband v vl vs s f scarf pin and bracelet with l The wedding was to m the core caro that such beautiful take place In New York things deserved and sent them In the tho early summer summer x to their destination by y special and long before the tho t messenger In tho the package date set Mrs Bro Brown Bron n j gt t d w wc wr c r y 1 she written on one I installed herself in her H i it t ec St h or of her cuds the following fa favorite suite at the tho words Hotel Am Ambassador She SheP Something t lo for the 1118 wished to be where the tho therm P Prince rm e Viggo g getting his martlage marriage license and license and having only Prince co c could o u I d easily Danish money In in his pockets pockets he he had to borrow the price of Something groom very old for the tho Grid her when he ar arrived It it from his fiancee bride on her honeymoon rived in America Certainly he ho would want this thI old friend of his to meet his fiancee e Quite probably she sho would be invited to the wedding But whether she sIlo received an Invitation or not Mrs Drown Brown Dro n thought that her friendship for the Prince tully fully justified her In jn 8 sending Bending him an intimate little gift and also in purchasing some somo rare and costly pi for his bride She decided that she would knit a silk tie for tor him a n tie like those she had bad often made for tor other men friends and which Invariably pro proved cd welcome gifts She Is h an expert needlewoman and she knew just which colors the Prince prefers and which harmonize best with ith his hair eyes oyes and complexion When the tie be was as completed she hada had a richly hued pebble from the mountains moun tams of Colorado mado made into a scar scarf pin pm to go Co with Ith it This she thought gave the g gift t tan an added touch of intimacy and made mado rt quite unique After ACter long and careful deliberation and anda a search through many of ot NewYork's New NewYork's NewYork's Yorks York's most exclusive shops she chose I J L r But the receipt o of the gifts failed to bring the expected callor call or lies mes sage from irom the Prince Mrs Aire Brown saw or heard nothing Moro more of them until the day of the wedding After that morning she set setout setout setout out for a walk in m Central Park As she reached the tho door leading out of oC her suito she sho found she had forgotten to take the walking stick which she learned to carry in Europe and without which she never feels quite comfortable She turned l back to get it andas and as she sho opened the door doer of the wardrobe where here her interesting collection of ot sticks was kept she was startled by two unusual sounds First there was the smash of something breaking and this was quick quickly ly Iy followed by the gentle thud of some small object striking the velvet carpet Mrs Brown looked mound in n surprise and saw 1 l ling ing mg in l the middle of oC the floor floora II a small package wrapped in m tissue paper The door Int into the corridor which she sho had left just ajar now stood wide open Evidently some ore one had opened it to fling this package into the room But who And why And what did the mysterious package contain 7 i iNo No employee of this fashionable hotel would have delivered ered a Q parcel in this unceremonious un- un un unceremonious ceremonious way and Mrs Brown hur hue hurried vied ried to the door to see who ho could have done such a strange thing Disappear Disappear- Disappearing Disappearing ing mg around a distant turn in m the corri coat corridor corridor dor she saw a womans woman's the figure figure fig fig- figure figure ure ofa of a young and smartly dressed woman oman who ho seemed us III a great hurry to get out of sight fight of the tho door of Mr Brov Browns Brown's ns n's suite mystified Mis hits Blown Brown picked up the parcel that lay Iny on the floor As she unfolded its Wrapping tissue tiSSUe she be bc bc- bc beheld held the last thing on earth she could have hae expected to see sea there the there the broken precise pieces of an antique bracelet precisely like tho one she had vent sent ent a Q few days be before fore as a wedding gift to Miss Eleanor Ileanor Green Greenl I IThe I IThe The parcel had evidently b been en flung into the tho room with Ith considerable force It had struck the thc corner of Ii A a mahogany desk and the blow had lind been hard enough h to smash mash the exquisite cameo to bits There was as no name namo or address on the outside of the package There Thero was noth nothing mg ing written inside e to indicate from whom hom It came The only cloves clews to tho mystery were wele the pieces of the bracelet bracelet Itself and tho the womans woman's figure of oC which Mrs Brown caught taught a fleeting glimpse as it II hurried around the tho turn in the corrll corridor or Of course courbe says Mrs Brown I have my suspicions as to who took tOOh this e- e ex eY extraordinary method of oC returning my wed wed- wedding wedding dm ding sift gift Whoever it was must have I teen Leen in a frightful temper It would c ha have c been so much easier and so much ore well bred to have written my name nameon nameon nameon on the package and left Ft for me at the desk downstairs It isa is a tremendous surprise to me inc I had no idea that when a n man marries he must turn his back on all the women friends of his hia bachelor days das I had thought the young woman of to-day to too broadminded to Insist on anything of that sort But if IC the tho cameo bracelet that was hurled into to Mis Browns Brown's hotel hetel room was as the same one she had sent as a bridal gift t to Miss Green jhen lien hen why hy were not the tie tic and the scarf pm pin she sIle presented Prince Viggo returned along with It Can it be that the Prince in spite of his wife's opposition insisted on retaining retain retain- retainIng retaining ing these pleasant souvenirs of hh his hl ing nc I mg days and nights at Nice All AU this isa is a mystery that probably cannot be cleared up until tho the PI Ince and Princess Viggo see sec fit to tell toll their side of the story i Immediately after aCtor their marriage m in New York the Prince and iris Ills bride sailed for Cor a hone honeymoon moon to Europe Mrs Mra went to Colorado to pass Jass the summer Since the American widow v ido IS such sucha a n confirmed globe lobe trotter the three 4 in m the mystery of tho the returned wedding edding g gift t are almost almost SUI sure e to meet some somo time and it will be interesting to see ace what happens then Mrs Blown lown is often referred to liS as Mrs Titanic Bro Brown Bron n because sha sho ho was as One of the survivors of the tho ill fated ocean liner Imer Som Some years ears ago she attempted to establish herself at Newport She met however with poor success and has since disposed of her hel home homo there thore She She is remembered at society's sum suns summer mer user capital for tho remarkable decora decora- decorations decorations decorations of ot her home which have been de- de described described de described scribed liS as Early Dary Denver Denvel and Pikes Peale Mention is also often orten made of the occasion when hen at a party given by Mrs Burko Burke Roche tho the Denver Denvor widow gale ga an exhibition o of 1 e |