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EAUTIFUL Spphle Beck adventuress adventuressChicago adventuressB adventuressChicago
Chicago bred queen queeaef ef confidence confidencewomen confld confidencewomen nce ncewomen
B women and the personage hailed overland over overland overland
land and an ocean as the woman womanWllk womanWllkmoney withmoney with withmoney
J money to burn has Ignited her store storeof storeor
of ill gained wealth once too often oftenIn ortenIn oftenIn
ti In the glittering core of board walk walkgayety walkgayety walkgayety
gayety at Atlantic City the other oth r day dayshe dayshe dayshe
she was clamped under arrest by officers from Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia ¬
delphia Thus ended an amazing world wide pursuit pursuitlasting purs pursuitlasting lt ltlasting
lasting four years and now counsel for her army of ofvictims otlcUms ofvictims
victims will seek to recover re over the tithe ltheot of her 1000000 1000000plunder 1000000pluNder 1000000phu
phu plunder der yet remaining remainingThe
The charming and sharp wilted l Sophie whose whoseofficial whoseofficial whoseodlcial
official cognomen is Mr Graham scorned to hide her herfinancial herftunclal herfinancial
financial light under a bushel as she flitted about th thworW the theworld theworld
world always several laps in advance of the pursuing pursuingo4Hc pursuingoftIeers pursuingelpcers
o4Hc oftIeers rs As previous to the unmaakiag unma klng of her daringduplicity daring daringduplicity darIngdupUelt
duplicity Sophie Beck has at all times upheld her title titleof titleof titleof
of the woman with money to burn Ever since sincecrooked s sinceV nce ncecrooked
V crooked accomplishment first offered her the hypnotic hypnoticluster hypnoticlust hypnoticluster
luster lust r of gold she has flung about her questionable questionablegains questIonablegalnson questionablegainson
galnson gains on Broadway In London In Vienna In Monte MonteCarlo ilonteCarlo M nte nteCarlo
Carlo In Berlin In Paris ParisFour ParisFour ParisFour
Four years after her flight across the seas fol following following following ¬
lowing the upheaval of the notorious Storey cotton cottonswindle cottonslndle cottonswindle
swindle Countess Sophie tired of the th spending spendingcoureings spendlntcoulSlngs spendingcoursings
coureings of the old world So set s t on edge by bytnles bytnlesor tales talesof
of luxurious advancement in the pleasure haunts of ofJwr orJMr ofliar
liar own country she steamed for these shores In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the midst of accustomed relaxations in tr the i tlgln glon of ofshaded or511aded ofshaded
shaded bulbs and napklned bubbles the lensbg leash grew grewtaut grewtact ew ewtat
taut and the hand of the law tapped hqr becHamfjndert becHamfjnderteersge bedlam nded ndedeers nde ndeNal
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Afof Many Afan Remnants of f f Estate t te Lefl LeflSophie LeflSophie LeftSophie
Sophie Beck is captured rang ran rang the tidings tidingsamsMET lIfliagsameRg ttdfngaamopg
amsMET Ute victims of the Storey cotton wreck and 1mpreeaUens 1tJ1reeaUens 1m lippreeatlens
preeaUens were commingled c with faint t lnt queries con concerning c concerning n ncernlng ¬
cerning the thelltellhood likelihood of financial restitution restitutionBut restitutionBut
But wiseacres and accountant specialists who whohave w whohave o ohavo
have delved Into the wreckage of the cotton crash crashshake cr crashshake sti stishake
shake their heads and deem that precious little will willbe willbe willLe
be regained from thesplattered the splattered estate of thewoman the thewoman theW01Dan
woman with money to burn burnNow burnNow A ANow < >
Now turns a new aspect In the heretofore mas masterful mastertul masterful ¬
terful and whiplash affairs of the adventuress It Is Isthe 15the isthe
the softening tinge that is everywhere exhaled by bythe bythe bythe
the element of motherhood For Sophie Beck is a amother amother amother
mother With Mth her In the tolls is a 2 year old son the theblessing theblessing theblessing
blessing of her sensational alliance with young Rlch Rlchrd Richard
ard rd Graham the village youth whom she trained to tothe tothe tothe
the pacesof cupidity The fact that romance more morethan moretbon morethan
than mere convenience figured In their pairing is isgenerally IscenernUy isgenerally
generally acknowledged It is one of the strange strangefeatures Irtrangeteatures strangefeatures
features of Sophie Becks career of sensation sensationher sensationherstrenuous sensationherII her herstrenuous
strenuous wooing of young Graham from practical practicalas
II as well as sentimental motives It was accomplished accomplishedafter
after first having sought the companionship of another an another another ¬
other man whom she found wanting In capabilities capabilitiesas
as a clever foil foilStory tollSlofJ1 foilStory
Story Excels Dreams o of Novelists NoveltslsThe NoV lists listsThe
The rise and sweeping descent of Sophie Becks Becksworldly Becksworldly Beckse
worldly fortunes Is a story surpassing the th thdreams e aviating aviatingdreams avlatlngdreamg
dreams of novelists Like persons of fame from a abetter ab abetter
better b tter cause her beginning was humble and obscure obscureIn
In a little Illinois prairie tpwn she was born and andreared al1dreared andreared
reared Chicago Chicagooffered offered her the U e start of her career careeras careeras
as an adventuress adventurds In circles of sharp P Plice business busln s5 prac practice rao raoUce ¬
lice of this shrewd metropolis sheobtained she obtalnedher her edu edui l U ¬
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cation catsonin in the fine points of underground financeAlso financeAlsohereshe finance Also Alsohereshe Alsohereshe
hereshe acquired those tastes and desires which later laterdistinguished laterdistinguished laterdistinguished
distinguished her blazing progress through Broad Broadway Broadray Broadway ¬
way and an the boulevards of the French capital capitalt JChariestown J JJ
t Charlestown 111 was her birthplace nd the thetown thetown thetown
town where she was schooled and raised in the at atmosphere atmosphere t tm ¬
mosphere m sphere of rustic simplicity The ubiquitous beck beckoning beckoning beckoning ¬
oning of the metropolis summoned he hr and in a atrice atrice atrice
trice she seemed to shake off the demure manners mariners of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the country maiden and to assert herself as a J girlwith girl eirlwith girlwith
with a business head to be respected respectedFirst reSPcctedFirst respectedFirst
First she became a stenographer and during her herterm berterm herterm
term at this servlcesbe service she is declared to have kept eyes eyesand eyesnnd eyesand
and ears alert for knowledge knowl dge beyond the realmof realmofcarbon rel realm lm at atcarbon ofcarbon
carbon paper and pothooks Next she entered enteredthe enteredthestaff the thestaff thestat
staff of a press clipping bureau working for J10 10 a aweek aWeek aweek
week Constant and required perusal of newspapers newspapersfrom n newspapersfrom w papers papersfrom
from the whole continent is supposed suppos d tiff tahave have been b en a acontributing acontributing acontributing
contributing factor in her breadth of view and andknowledge andknowledge andknowledge
knowledge of the ways of the world worldMarrin worldMarrinlhe worldd worldMarrint
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Marrin Marrinlhe the a Starter of Wild CareerThen Career Careeri Car er erI
i Then came her meeting with Frank Frl nkC C Martin Marflnallaa M Martinalias rrln rrlnatlas
atlas Judge Franklin Stone Marrin had ha l come come me to toChicago toChicago toChicago
Chicago primed with an Idea for for eas eas9 plucking plu klng l He Heorganized lIeorganized Heorganized
organized the Turf Investment company wjth wlthoflces wlthoflcesin offices officesin omc s sin
in La Salle street andMls5 and Miss Beck became b came his confi confidentialsecretary con cond confidential ¬
dentialsecretary d dential nUal secretary Like a meteor she spfang sprang Into Intothe Int Intthe intothe
the fore of the zigzag course of Investment Inv str nt > Be 73efore Before Before = ¬
fore many months she was the backbone ba backboneandbratnI backboneandbratnIof l bon Vand and brafnV brafnVof brarnor >
of the company company comp ny while Marrin Marrlnmaintained maintained thepros theprosperous the theprosprous pros prosp
perous p rous front necessary necessary to t success Success During this thisp tillsperiod thisperiod
period p rlodIlss Hiss Beck B ckg3ln gained d much m 1 of Her educaffbn ° In
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standards of high living The best in the city was wasnone wnsnone wasnone
none to good for the couple as the profits from the tluTurf thTurt theTurf
Turf Investment company rolled In InOn InOn inOn
On the day of Feb 3 1900 the glazed door of the theoffice theoffice theoffice
office of the Turf Investment company was foundlocked found foundlocked foundlocked
locked by nervous clients who called to ascertain the theprogress theprogress theprogress
progress of the firm That was the day on which whichMarrin whichMarrin whichMarrin
Marrin and Miss Beck fled from Chicago When the thepolice thepollee thepolice
police raided the rooms and scrambled through the thepaper thepaper thepaper
paper assets the pair were traveling across the thecontinent thecontinent thecontinent
continent to San Francisco FranciscoIn
In the coast metropolis Marrin showed himself himselfthoroughly himselfthorougqJy himselfthoroughly
thoroughly resourceful A few months latter they theywere tbeywere theywere
were arrested on the charge of conducting a gambling gamblinghouse gamblinghouse gamblinghouse
house This turn of affairs placed them in the trail trailof trailot
of Chicago detectives But they the solved the double doubledilemma doubledilemma doubledilemma
dilemma by making their escape while awaiting trial trialNew trlalNew trialNew
New Orleans was their next tarrying place Here the theclutches thoclutches theclutches
clutches of the Chicago sleuths again closed and they theywere tbeywere theywere
were arrested But under the skillful skn tul manipulations manipulationsof
of Marrin who well achieved his title of Judge Judgethey Judgett Judgethey
they tt eY resisted return to Chicago ChicagoMusician ChicagoMusician ChicagoMusician
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Now ow came me a temporary parting of the ways be between between1arr1n between ¬
tween tween1arr1n Marrin and Miss Beck both being well wellheeled wenheel wellheeled
heeled heel d from the profits of their Chicago venture ventureReal ventureneal ventureReal
Real romance entered after her break with MarrinShe Marrin MarrinSher MarrlnShe
Sher She fell llvc ylctlnT lm to the fascinations of a soft sort eyed eyedmusiclanPniamed eyedmus1 eyedmustian
mustian musiclanPniamed mus1 lano famed 1 med Millar and for for a time their theircom theircompanfonshfp com companionship companloqshp ¬
panionship amid the little Creole world of New Or Orleans O Ole Orleans ¬
leans le ns was waS a fragment of loves lovessweet sweet dream dreamCanMnued dreamCon dreamCanflnued
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