ROMANCE UNVEILED BY A CLAUSE IN WILLIAM ASTOR'S WILL. HENRY ASTOK CAST OUT BECAUSE IIK LOVED A Rnatlo Mountain Maiden—Home of the Hermit In the Craggy Mountain* In Northern New York—A Deadly Parallel. Through the death of William Astor, who expired in Paris recently, the pub lic are afforded a peep into one of the Astor closets, which lius heretofore been closely guarded. In his will the billionaire expressed in no uncertain way that neither his brother Henry nor nny of said brother's issue, receive nnv nnrtinn of tlw> t.pst ninr'.s liml JIKNUY ASTOR. that the sum to which Henry might have been entitled (several million dol lars) go to the Astor library fund. The next paragraph of the will bequeathed to his daughter, Mrs. Coleman-Dray ton, the magnificent sum of 82,000,000. Thus we have a parallel. Mrs. Drayton is well known on' two continents as the principal figure in an international scandal of much nasti ness. But of Henry Astor the world at large knows nothing. Very few people knew that there was such a per son in existence. Kven the younger members of the billionaire family know nothing of an uncle, nothing of tho crime against 4he Astor name for which ho had been disinherited forever. Far out among tho mountains of West Copake, near where tho wild and craggy Toglianic chain marks the triangular end of Massachusetts, Con necticut and New York, there stands high upon, an eminence and overlook ing, the serpentine course of the Hud son many miles away, a lonely dwell ing of which the accompanying picture is a fair likeness. It is the only one for miles around and for almost thirty years, now, has frowned down upon the valleys there around, a mystery of mysteries. There lives a man of whom the accompanying por trait is an exact likeness. With him lives a woman, tall and graceful, dark eyes and hair, and pleasant features. They are Henry Astor and wife living alone in their love and heedless -of a » world that has no other charms for them. For nearly thirty years they have lived this simple country life, with no other hope, no other ambition than their love. A romance is revealed which chapter for chapter leaves ficton in the shade. It is a ro mance of innocent love of a rich young man for a rustic daughter of the moun tains, a romance punctured again and again with the unforgiving relatives of the young man who dared to love a pure country girl and then marry her. The story opens twenty-four years ago when Henry Astor was in his early -thirties. He was fond of oonntry life and used to pass most of bis time on the Astor .farm at Red Hook in Duchess county. This farm was Buperinteded by John Dinehart who had two pretty daughters, Mal vina and Aurora. With the former Astor fell in love. The affection was mutual and they were married in the l village parsonage at Red Hook. The before the ceremony. was per forihvd John Jacob Astor, Sr., came t down Jfem from New York to prevent ^ it “If yov*> marry her, I’ll disinherit yon forever, - he said to liis son v who stood erect with his arms around the woman he loved. “If you will re fuse to marry her I will give you a check for twenty-five millions of dol - lars. To her 1 will give two millions ofdoUars. Answer yes now or never, either of you.” “For my part you can have the money; it cannot tempt from my love. As to her, and he pressed her closer to him, shp will answer for herself.” Malvina turned her dark eyes on the great milUonaire for the first time. ^ ASTOIi’S MOUNTAIN HOME.' Her cheeks were flushed with the hu mility of her position. Then she said: “No money can buy my love for your son.” Thus was the money king's offer spurned. History tells of no greater sacrifice for love's dear sake. “Both of you must leave this ,place to-day for your obstinacy,” was the father's reply to their devotion to each other. And so they went, disinherited forever. They sought the wilds of [ Copake, where they purchased u little plat of ground mill erected the house which still harbors them. This was done with an allowance Henry Astor bail been granted in the past. Never after he refused to sell his love did he receive a cent from his people. He found himself completely shut out from the enjoyment of millions, but his love 1ms never faltered during all these years. Ho rarely passes beyond the lines which mark his 100 acres. Ilo raises all his own food and makes his own wines. His wife is seldom seen outside of her own door. They never read the papers and are, of course, not aware of the recent scandal in the Astor family. Perhaps, if they were, they would feel it more keenly than those wiio cast them out for so small a crime as love. Hut perhaps this pair are hap py in their retreat among the hills. Perhaps Henry Astor chose more wisely than many another rich man’s son lias done—Coleman Drayton for in stance. As the mask of hypocrisy is being burned away by the noon light of a progressing world such men as Henry Astor, such women as his wire become the synonym of nature’s true nobility, not of its vagaries. Lkon Dkvkiikaux THE PARIS MORGUES. Increase In the Number *f Suicides lleeomlng Alarming. Not for years have there been known so many Biiicidcs in Paris, and the fact lias been emphasized in a singular fashion. In France the spring is the season for them, as with us they are more numerous in the autumn. Hut this spring there have been so many that the elussic little morgueeannot accommodate all for whom admission is claimed. Its founders seem to have thought that room for twenty should be more than room enough—for fourteen in the frigidarium, ami for six on those slabs that no one who has seen can ever for get. One shudders to think wliat an average of , twenty per diem would amount to in a year, says a correspond ent. At this moment there are in the morgue awaiting identification or re moval fifty-seven bodies. The authori ties are puzzled, for there has been no special occurrence to mark the year as a fatal one. The winter has not been ^exceptionally severe; there has not been any widespread want, nor any epidemic of suicide, as sometimes happens in the great French centers of population, and yet the victims of self-slaughter Increase from day today. In one hour yesterday three bodies, fished up from the Seine, were added to the fifty-seven, and brought the number up to three times the normal accommodation of the building. CREATED A SENSATION. Moutrcal Society 1'arallzeil Over au > Ktopement. John S. Allan, better known as “Jack" Allan, son and heir of Andrew A. Allan, one of the millionaire part ners in the Allan Royal Mail Steamship company, has eloped with the wife of R. Y. Ilebden, formerly prominently connected with the Hank of Montreal and at present joint manager of the ( New York branch of that institution. Both belong to the very best society in Montreal, and Allan leaves a young and beautiful wife and five children, while Mrs. 'Ilebden leaves three chil dren. The intimacy between Allan and Mrs. ^-n FOUND THEM TOGETHER. Hebden has been matter of gossip for a long time. They have seemed to throw all restraint to the winds, riding, driv ing, skating and attending the theater together openly. Some time ago Mrs. Allan called her husband up over the telephone. He said lie was going driv ing with Mrs. Ilebden; and she said if he was all relations with him were at an end and rang oil. Immediately thereafter she packed up and with her children left for Europe. A separation is said to have been agreed to prior to her departure. Allan has a wild record. His father is almost prostrated and his interests in the company have been cancelled. Mrs. Hebden former ly lived in Chicago where her husband managed the Chicago branch of the Bank of Montreal. She belonged to Chicago’s $00 up to the time that she and Allan were found in one of the parlors of a Chicago hotel. A Very Blue Lair. On petition of many women the City Council of Elizabeth, N. J., recently passed an ordinance which prohibits girls urifler IQ years from attending publie dauees without their parents or guardians. Penalties of lines and im prisonment are imposed on o(Vending girls and societies holding picnics per mitting violations. Las' week at the opening picnic of the season the police raided several public girleus, ejecting girls. Many were surprise 1 ami will ingly wont out, but others used ail sorts of subterfuges. Their names were taken for investigation. One associa tion appoiiiied a committee to assist .the police. The raiils uuused a consid erable sensation. ▼ CAPITAL NOTES. The papers in the caseof Commander F. R. .Smith of the navy have been taken up by Secretary Tracy and it to likely tluit something' will be done in the mat ter in the course of a week. The sec retary lias expressed the intention of doing all lie oau in justice to Smith. Favorable reports were ordered by the Senate Committee on Commerce on u Senate bill to establish subports of entry and delivery at Superior and Ashland, Wis., and on a public bill authorizing the Secretary of War to cause a survey to be made for a ship canal connecting the waters of Lake Erie and the Ohio river. Secretary Blaine, ex-Minister E. J. Phelps and Gen. J. W. Foster met by appointment at the executive mansion and discussed with the President matters that will be brought up before the arbitrators when ap pointed on the questions of differences that exists between the United States and Great Britain in Bering sea. The arbitrators have not yet been selected, but have been informally discussed. The members of the Ways and Means committee have had a conference in regard to free lumber. They have been very slow in getting around to it, and have not yet fully decided what they will do, though in the end a free lumber bill is probable. At the con ference Mr. Lynch of Wisconsin pro tested against such legislation, while Babbitt of the same State, Stout of Michigan, and Butler of Iowa advo cated it. Representative Merldith of Virginia has prepared and will, at his first oppor tunity, introduce a bill calculated to play the old Harry with patent medi cine manufacturers.lt provides that all manufacturers shall submit'the recipe for their preparations to a board of ex aminers to be appointed by the Secre tary of the Treasury. The recipes shall be kept secret and if no deleter ious ingredient is discovered in the compound a license shall be issued to the manufacturer for one year upon the payment of 806. In addition every package shall have affixed a revenue stamp valued at 5 per cent of the sell ing price of the article. Tsui Kwo Yin is still the accredited envoy extraordinary and minister plen ipotentiary from the celestial empire to the United States. He has not called at the State department, or indeed sent there for a copy of the new Chinese low signed by the President. Should ho desire it, a copy of the law duly authenticated and tied up in the exquisite ribbons used by the Department of State will be furnished him, but it was stated this morning that it was not usual to inform foreign ministers officially of the passage by Congress of laws affecting their countries At the department it is not considered probable that the minister will ask for his pussport because of the passage of the new Chinese law. LASHED ENGLISH SOCIETY. The Brave Woman Wl>o Told the Troth of London Social Circles. The world never goes wrong in any particular direction without some one to ring the tocsin. To-day the warning note is struck on London society. Lady Jeuue, whose portrait appears here, is the eldest daughter of the late Keith William Stewart Mackenze. Her first husband, Ahe Hon. J. G. Stanley, died in 1878, and in 1881 she married the lion. Sir Francis Jeune, made a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Probate and Admiralty Division in 1891. She has keen instinct in good works, a woman of active brain and energy of character, the friend of the cause of little children, and a willing helper in the treatment of women. Her indict V ^ LADV JKIT5JE. meat in the North American Review of London society lias made her world famous. The smart set, she says, is ■ vulgar, idle and vicious; and here come* the sting of her indictment “Hut so ciety, as well as the tone of society, is not governed or influenced by men, their role in society being a very sec ondary one, for society in its tone and composition is created by women, and as women are virtuous or their reverse, so is their entourage." Therefore, on women lies the* onus of the present state of things. “Luxury, ease, comfort, are the watchwords of a large part of society in London, and they are undermining our society as surely and as certainly as they did that of Rome.” A Sad Drowuiuff. Dr. Ilarry G. 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