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Show ' - - I ' - - - - . I Pauliive Astor Prefers Beauty to a Title Pauline Aator li not a chip of the old block, She ha refused the hlghrat title In the English peerage a dukedom duke-dom Iwiiih ahe la not in love with the duke that wora It The duke li the Duke of Roxburghe, young man and rich, and he la believed be-lieved to be really In lore with little Miss Aitor, even though her father waa -. born an American. j William Waldorf Aator waa begin ning to ronaole himself for the various vari-ous anuba which Walea admtnletored to him by the thought that he would marry hla daughter to a lord, and hla on to a lord'a daughter, and then ' apend the evening of hie daya proudly rnnsldcrlng their aoclal grandeur. What bllaa to have noblea In the family, fam-ily, thought Mr. Aitor. 80 It waa all arranged between Mlaa Aator and the Duke of Roxburghe. But n grave omlealon waa made In the arrangement, ar-rangement, for Mlaa Aator waa not conaulted. To make everything lovely the duke really fell In lore with the girl that everybody aald be ought to marry. But aha didn't fall In love with him. Contrarlwlae. ahe fell In love with a commoner, with conalderably Irae than nothing, but the handaomeet man In the handaomeet company of the finest-looking finest-looking regiment In England Captain H. Fraeer of the Itoyal (luards. Moat people who have Been him aay that unqueatlonably he la the handaomeet man In the world. Certain It la that be haa had a career with women uu- equaled since the day of Dashing Jack Churchill, afterward first Duke of Marlborough, and with the poeslble exception ex-ception of (Icorga IV., the "Klrat Gentleman Gent-leman of Europe," 100 years ago. He la son of (!eni ral the Hon. Sir Iavld Mncpowall Fraser. retired, and nephew of I,nrd Saltoun. But lack of fortune and even farthings cannot Influence In-fluence the popularity of the man who, since Captain Osl Amos' retirement, has been known aa the flower of the moat perfect company of men In all the British kingdom. How he met Mlaa Artor first la not known. She waa hard to moet, and deadly, for her pretty high heela have stabbed and pierced the score of hearts whereon they have trod. H fnther was particularly anxious to keen Captain Eraser out of her sight, because be-cause he waa too attractive for a man without a title. How the two met la not known. Borne aay when riding In the park In the mornlnga. Othera any that Mlaa Aator aaw Captain Eraser sitting hlf horse In front of hla company, and ah never forgot hlni. Before she mot him, oraaw nlrn, whichever It waa, ahe waa about ready to emulate Conauelo, Ducheaa of Marlborough. Marl-borough. Roxburghe waa alwaya with her, and It waa underatood that there waa an understanding. But It all haa been changed within the last three weeka. London expecte the expatriate daughter to marry the aoldler soon, with or without her fathor'a blessing, and London applauda. But Aator may have hla way yet No formal announcement of the engagement engage-ment haa been made; ahe la his daughter, daugh-ter, living under hla roof. And whon he wanta hla way, William Waldorf 1 Aator la a hard man. |