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Show STRANGEST ROMANCE. FOUOHT HEP, THEN KlttGD HIMSELF POn HEtl, th lii,l Illm for 11100,000 Million-Kir. Million-Kir. Intm.tlhT U.l.l.,1 Thai II I Mat iljrrlnl 111. Wife lloth I4 Na, Mrt I.angvrorlhy, ss she called herself her-self the alleged Mrs langworthy, ns the counsel for the defendant called her u drsd In I-ondon Mr. Lang-worthy Lang-worthy who spent n fortune In opposing oppos-ing her ilalma, shot hlmiclf In the same hotel in which he had been atay-Ing atay-Ing the day otter abe died. In grief over her death Thus doted tho final cbtptcr of one of the most extraordinary extraordi-nary matrimonial scandals that ever attrtried public attention In Kuropo, which wat settled In court by tho payment pay-ment of the largest sum for breach of promise ever awarded by an Kng-llsh Kng-llsh court Kdwsrd Msrtln Langworlhy was the son of a Mexican trader Ho Inherited a fortune of tBOri.OOO when be was graduated from Oxford at the ago of 21. Later ho Inherited other sums which mado him many times a millionaire. mil-lionaire. Ho studied at tho Temple In London after bis graduation and was duly called to the bar, but he never practiced, preferring to spend bis time in pleasure-seeking. His first wlfo was n sister of the narl of Limerick, but aho soon died, and be was a widower widow-er when he first met Miss Mildred Long, then a schoolmistress In Paris, In 1881. After a few months' acquaintance they became engaged In September, 1882, they wero married In a Iloman Catholic church In tbe neighborhood of Caen, In Normandy. Miss Long, who was a Proteitant, had some misgivings misgiv-ings about tho legality of tho marrtago ceremony. Out of deference to her scruples, another ceremony was performed per-formed by a Presbyterian clergyman in Antwerp. Langworlhy, howover, ntked ntk-ed Mlas Long lo keep tho marrlago setret for a year for fear that his mother would disinherit him, and ho kept the marriage certificate himself. Shortly afterward they went to South America nn bis own prlvale yacht, tho Meteor On the voyago Langworlhy learned that his wlfo wna to become a mother Then, Mrs. Langworlhy tald, ho began a systematic sys-tematic course ot Ill-treatment, the cllmnx ot which was that he gave her a llttlo money and separated from her, after telling her that both marriage ceremonies hsd been shams. She returned to Ungland, and after tho birth of ber child, began proceedings proceed-ings against ber huiband, who pleaded that thero bad nuvcr been a lawful marriage. Sir Charles Iluttell, the pretent Lord Chief Juttlce, was ono of tbo distinguished lawyers whom Langworthy employed "My lord, wo admit everything. We cballengo only the legality ot tho mar rlago," said Sir Chariot. It acorns that Langworthy's relatives, rela-tives, from whom he was yet to ro-celva ro-celva a great deal ot money egged him on In the trial, They could not bear tbo thought of having Mrt. Lang-worthy Lang-worthy a legitimate member of the family. It was proven thst tho Cain-olio Cain-olio marriage was not lawful. Tbe ceremony at Antwerp bad been gen-ulna gen-ulna enough, but tho conditions did not comply with Belgian laws The court concluded, tbjit thero bad been a marrlago mar-rlago In fact, though not a legal marriage, mar-riage, and It awarded alimony at tbe rate ot .0,000 a year to tbe plaintiff. Rather than pay It, Langworthy fled the country. At the time he could say nothing too bitter against his wife. Mrs. Langworthy, who waa without funds, contemplated sulcldo. Then the appealed to every one she knew for help, but without success. On account ot her notoriety, she earned some money by selling goods over the counters coun-ters ot exhibition stores. Then Stsad, at the time editor of tbe Pall Mall Oa- tette, took up her cats. Buteerlpltona for htr assistance flowed In. Her attorneys at-torneys tried a new tack. Thsy aued Langworthy for flOOOCO for breach ot promise. The cats came on four ysara after the first tult had bees begun. Sho was awarded the full amount ot her claim, wllh J3.50O a year allowance allow-ance for her child This Langworthy paid. Mrs Langworthy never dtnled her lovo tor her husband She always said that nothing would pirate her to much aa lo be reconciled lo him When they were opponents In court she wrote this extrsordlnary letter to him- Dear Kdwsrd My many letters tt you have been unanswered My lawyer law-yer thowed me your paper writing ot July, 1S8S All thla should deter me from writing, hut 1 have a strong motive. mo-tive. You once tald, "If we have a child I should llko It to be a girl." It la of thla little girl I would write lie-foro lie-foro thla wretched suit advances further fur-ther come nnd see our little one. a child ot wLom any father might be proud so lovable, winning and Intelligent. Intel-ligent. Oh, Kdwsrd, would not wt be I happier with tome one to love? I III T&rk ' , II EDWAUD LAN-WORTHY. could never havo borne all my troubles wcro It not for my llttlo one, tbe dearest dear-est treasure on earth. Ood was good to give her to me Don't misjudge me and attrlbuto my writing now to a fear of appearing In court much at I shrank from the Idea of tuch an ordeal a year ago I now feci thtl a public trial alono can vlndlcato me Many. I know, will rcnturo me for writing lo ou, hut I cannot reproach mytelt with omitting to do my leet for our child Your faithful wife, MILDItF.D LANOWOIITHY Like the others this letter was unanswered unan-swered After tho trial both disappeared disap-peared from public view and became wanderers on the faco of the earth They were heard of again after tho tragedy last week st tho Oram! Hotel In Paris It Is said that they had become be-come reconciled and bad lived together of late ycirs The day after her death ho was found In his room with a bullet wound In his head There wcro several letters let-ters on the table, one of them being addressed ad-dressed to the police commissary. The contents of tho others were not dls- 31 aH i 'j H cloud, but In the one to tht poltte M comrolttary Langworlhy aald that i he H waa disgusted wllh life. i H M JJJ I v --53P ?" MRS. IiANaWOnTHY. |