BUYING HER FOOTING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1490, 23 February 1887, Page 3

BUYING HER FOOTING.

A London correspondent of tho Argus states : — Mysterious paragraphs have appeared m the Press alluding to r.ome transactions " comprising " the Prince of Wales, h:s American friends, a cheque, and a diamond necklace. Further revelations are stated to be imminent The truth, as I learnt it from the American colony m London, is Bimply thnt the Prince has found out that Mrs Mackoy, the wife of the Irieh American millionaire. 11 Big Bonanza Mackay," paid three of his friends m money or diamonds to effect that introduction to th'e Prince of Wales which mode so much talk last season. Mrs Brown-Potter waß given a diamond bracelet ; Mrs R ,an old American favourite of the Emperor Napoleon, who bas been settled here since the fall of the Empire, had a diamond necklace for her reward ; and a beautiful Duchesß, belonging to that NewmarVet racing set which the Prince so much affects, had a cheque for £4,000. Between them thoy effected the introduction, and Mrs Mackay, ex Irish "help" from the Pacific slope, enjoyed tha honor and satisfaction of entertaining the Prince very frequently both m London and at Cowes. The Prince is naturally angry to find that bis friends have been hawking about his acquaintance W a marketable commodity.