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Show j Swelldom Has Choice I Morsel of Scandal. J IHK will of the late. KiiK'-no ' I (Soldo Orugor, which In still j . claiming the attention of The . , Hiirrogatea Court In New York, mrvH In recall the ' atrango siury of a man who once u i Iho ftrhlliT of fashionable melropjll- I Iftn aoi lety ftml whoiin matrimonial j esperlments were aa spice to Hie JU- J el appetltca of swelldom's gossip, i finger belonged in ft family of that ( name whlrh ha a prominently figured , ' In the history of old New York and ; waa thus relieved of the alternative of ! 1 purchasing hla entry Into soiloty. b j la money or blood never liralna yon know Dial opens the glided porlala of i society and with hla Knli korbookor ' blood frugor hail only to knork to i have the doors opened. lid lie, sine I In" rax" of society. II ) waa tall, handsome, cultured, a good . talker, a good dancer ami hail llix hap- :! iy knark of paying complluicnta aa t j f ulaouif ami aa lylnK aa a tombstone j.. i Women raved out him They ran (rave out anythliiK rrom a rannlhal , king lo a chameleon. Mill Crnger was no latinMial king, though iHThapa Tie lial some of the chamcleona changing characteristics. Homo of them one ilay hunted up in ohl mythology ami : lo (.'rugcr became Apollo, the hand- aomo, the divine. Well. Apollo ono day found bla Vo-nua. Vo-nua. Hhn waa Ilium ho Hpoddon, of Now Orleans, a belle of course and naturally handsome. They wore mar-j mar-j i ' rlvd In (iraon church. Hoolcly ep V I proved the union and Ha butterfly tir Is wont on. In duo tlmo throw children wore horn to Iho couple, toi'loty, of course, approving. Al Ihla tlmo IKHII-the fathor waa j at Iho height of hla popularity and 1 . Mra. frugor waa allowod to Bhlne In f 1 hr hu.l.nnd i brilliance. All of a ! sudden aiHl.'ty waa shucked. Mra ) CriiKor applied for a ilhon-o and lint tuaioily or Iiit t -Million ami got lioili. Vory prudently frugor wont abroad Ho visited Iho Hlvlora and ' ilarl"1 Iho From h aliuro of the Mi d lli'rraninu There ho im l Moln Knno j II- II. tin- widow or Louis Hi II, or Now ; 1 j) WM i: WMlf j ,r'- ; j Cugant Qulda Crugtr. 1 i York. Karh knew the Intrliai'loa of i J ' (ha lure (am and aft it a fttw careful . j t. , movoa eai-h capturod the othor. Cu j pld led thorn to the altar, whore the : , tiHUal roriimnnloa wore norfortnod, and the Ainorlcan rolnny aliroad approvod. i , Hhortly aflor the birth of a daiiKlttnr, Mra. I'ruaiT No. I appllod fur and tot 1 , a dlToroo. 1 Hirloly now txH-ame downright In- ,J - toroalod. "What could It moan?" It . "... aakod Itaoir, and aa no one uiinrod an r ' anawor tt vory aoct mmtHlulltiKty be- j Kan formulatluK llnnrli-a Haolf. Hut Ha Apollo waa ahaitnrod. It hai! to I have anolhor title, howovrr, for lla ' ' formor horo, and aomo roador of Ily- run BttliiKly I'mKi-atod Ikin Juan. At thla time CrumT, whothor from ihla nialrtnioulal liitollillloa or from aotue other cauao, dovolopod iplloitay. ln bto aine old hxikln and haxitard and probably reallilnn that lie had not Ioiir to live anil that whon ' load he would lie a loux tlmo doad, . j lie dutormlnod on onjoyliift' hlmaolf J ; (luring tho Ininrvala of hla oplloptle I attacka. The place for thla, aa every- Mra. Cruor No. 1, one In tho world Miowa. la Purl, and In the Ky Krom-h rapliul I'runor ra-tiililkhod ra-tiililkhod lilnmoir One iliiy In a roHiiiiirant ho aaw a ' Kirl. u miw lumiy, of oourrio, but tills ono Intoroitiiil li I in. She v.ua a.-ihii'r of thu ri'dtuui'uut, liltoly pro-iiuMvil pro-iiuMvil fi inn bilnu a Hrullhui. Sho Wii of Tarlnr origin nnd lui.l J.i.li'-iiojoj J.i.li'-iiojoj rriiui lu-r Minn ItusiHiin ! p-jm p-jm k Ith mi art . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . t'niniT ihil n.iiiii- II t'.i'i tn 14: Ho Im I tiloil iiiiiitiiiiiu.l.il I.Iimi ulih luii i l oiioly'a fhoiti-ii in:, I wna a!ilpr. i-l,-evt iwl.o. Ho rnis.Mii.l Hint n .m- an wua iiiinu il" tho nioio Ik. or- i nut Hhu wiu, ami ln ro-nlvi 'I to try an 4 oxpirlinint. ,- propiiM-d to tho Tar- tur kIi-I. was a--i op:i d and tlioy w.to j tl. Hi rouKotunir. ioanlbt, was I ! I s I rlaht. At any rato tho Tartar wiro Did not aim fur illvinTo. and whon a few yoara ami Cruxor died ho lott tho followlim brlof will, arrawlod on a I tore or paior: "I loavo my naino (if Kuaono II t ruRir and my proporty which I pooa to tiltra Haloni-a lloltf. I make hor my bantoo to all my propony " olxa Kalomoa llolti waa hla T artar wlfo. The two os wlvi-a rnntoaiod the will, eah wlahlne lor a aliare of thn prop-orty prop-orty for Ihoir rtilldrt-n, and thla run-torn run-torn la now auliiK on. II la unnorra aary lo rntor Into Ita doiaila. birt It Mra. Crugar No. 2. may be aald thul tho ditorroil wlvoa are trylna to prove that I'riiKiT'a mind waa alToi tod whou ln iln w tho will. It mnv aim) bo noted that wlfn No. 1 and wiro No. 2 married aunln: tho drat Mra. I'micr boriunlim Mra. J. Kreilerlr Tama and tl.o aoroiid aelm t-lint t-lint Chevalier llaval Monrli hmi, a KnlMht of Iho Krem h I.okIiui or Honor, Hon-or, tor hor third hunhaml. Mcautlmo. New York anilely haa develniei oilier Apiillna ami other Don Juniia. and Cruiiir, while nut f.uinittoii la rarely pitl.on of H'irlely inuit hnvo ehaiiKo, lilid It generally U"tfl It. |