, 1874-07-27
THE GRAiD.DUKE'S DIAM0AD.Gl
An American Beauty Mt O Bnll
In Russia.
Tho Girl-Wilow III n Mask.--A Grnnl-
Duke Picks Up the Pcarl-.:A Rude
Awakening, Sorrow aud
Exilo,
Rars tjalv g Correspondence Of ii. Hst0 Tors

farf' f,a'u g c'rrt,Ysaasne. eass; of il. M~ T'r*
Ineskod Call at tho Opora-Iouso Of ST. potcrs
burg mud seldom! before, even III tiso brilliant
Capital OF tho Northern Cpfara. had festival
lights "aone oyer 40 much beauty and ronown
tlcgcd to take wider icensa tIan uBual in order
60 prepare for tho terrible rigors Of tho orthodox
1susssnu Lopt, during which folks 1nuBt dine mud
sup upon lcntilh nud eattud oucumbor. Al tho
eoidel youth Of RubpiA waB there, md all those
"h'er men who can ecnr thor years without bo.
Go1iilnB moroso and rrnbbotl. Under tho pretty
aomInoes aud graceful ,nnaks which wcro flut-
tor'nE about liko tho irctilos Of Southern
enMner-nisht nero many Of tho groat Court
ladies, with, Perhaps hore and there o Princess
oi tho Imperial louso ot Roluauotr for, bo-
tween M tho present state Of 1nnnnets md society
during Tho reign OF Charles IT,, thore aro ssvr
oral puinla OF resemblance. Tho conversation
OF tho ricll niM lligll-boln s aatonBhingly FREQ
and tlIoy openly profess latitulnarian prlncl-
pies on tue subject Of marriage, divorce. sud
kindred topics. Some Of tlis momen present,
enjoying good poaitons and desirable ropnta.
tion, Ind moro than ono husband living on
alnicable terms III tho namo strcet, and a lady
to totn 9. whst-pArty, sitting calmly down wllli
no less than thrco gentlemen with whom Bho had
beon united In tho bonds Of wedl,ok
AN AMERICAN wlDow-Y0uNu AID BEAUTIFUL,
AAAsoltt tAH ooAAFAES pEHhtuG On lQ}H DrCnEt0O
was NIL American girl Of extraordinary bsauty.
She bad not acquired 80 much experience in
matrlmony or chosen such variety Of partners
= ll'o ~ nunlborloss respectable people at st.
petofebl'1g, hloacow, and Odcssn but although
she wss scarcely out OF her teeuu, aho was
widow. and tho riba1d eaid slo was . courtcsat,.
!hls eourtesan, il ccursesa Blo wcre locked ~
treRn ns q now'blown Hover, and waa full to
q''ssiteiy perfect piece Of wo,nanhood s seldom
seen. She Ind darh llnlr in great profusion and
~ imperial sort Of forehend, broad, open, aud
Sa white , as ivory 1leE aatl; eyon lasllod under
neAs. Tie noso wns Of that ilrm 'yot
dolcate aqnilino which donotos courage al,d ros-
ontion,; tla mouth was wondrously full and
soft; the upper lip snlall and fortnoh like bow;
hor teotl. we're ~ living pearls. and her complex.
Ion dazzlinsly fair. Litle feet, small hauds and
taper iingers; figure which fairy might envy.
spnghtly words and laughter, Which fell OIL tho
Of this American beauty on tho night she wont
to the masked ball at Ut. Petersburg r.
rEnA1E rn1vlLEoEs WHEN uHDER 4 MASH. .
:, NOW, the great f1sn Of these assemblies ID that
Indies nro hlloNel by custom to maka all aolta OF
advalceH to Gontlenlen, for tley nro masked aud
concoaled BY their .domlnoos, wnilo men 90 In
s'mplo evcnlng-lyess. The orthodox thug for
laoy to do, therefore, ia to fix upon some gcntle..
man whom she wisllee to toase,or to nlyatity, aud
to toll him somo incident OF LIS fife which he
7Anc,ca a profound Hccrot, then to lcaye him uuz-
SEed and bewildercd. Tho American widow waa
looking out for somebody whom sl,o know in
order 10 torment him In this way, wLen nho saw
group of her friends talking with q stranger
and, alter lsten'ng to some fragments Of their
conversation, % women will, she huddenly
pounced upon tile stranger aud led him away,
Wlint slo said 10 him is onl1 known to them
Gelvos, but when ho quilted her that night he
WAS s1'allbound and fascinated.
ROMANTIC AoouA1NTAscE WITH A PRINCE.
Well ho might bo. 1llcro il no wit in this
lower world equal to A,nerican wit; no hanlor
60 racy snd original WHOM tho Russian hoard
It Tor tho tlrst tno from lips so sweot no won-.,
der that he was enchanted, slc spoke freely to
him, and without reserve, thinking that 10 was
mcrely some young Count or petty Prince; and |
RB Hho spoke Bhs eaemod drawn towards him by |
subtle sympathy iu their characters. Sho vas |
quite abashed Whcn aho found out that sho had |
beon gosslping uncoroino1loluly with tho Grand |
Duke Nicholas Conttau.inowicl,, nephew Of tho,
Emperor Of Ill tho l:,issics. Il
Ihey never parted afterwards for tro years
and half.
THE czAn's NEPHEW IN 7nA1N1,so.
The young Grand Duko had good nbii,tes and !
good nnturo, hut his education Ind boeu wotuIIy
hcgicc:od- !ho American woman taught him,
formed lin into gentleman, md raintd him up
to her onnintcllectua standard, Hlich Was high. |
6he was tho daughter of DR.. Ely, Protestant
clofgyman Of Connecticut, e man OF HOMO dis
t1nction III scionco and atters. uo was, unror- |
tunately for his belongings, aso great travel
er; md II she, VINO WAS now the companion Of
Q NNEAian Grand Duke, Lad gone wrong in early |
life, It was because she had been loft too much |
to hot-tcmrcrcd and narrow. minded mother, |
who had taught tito doctrines Of passive obcd.-
ence with th'c's stick. liar daughter, however,
had beon vol stllooled, ai,d had learned Lntin,
French, aud music, 30 that uho was All excellent
tnstructrsa. to younl; iuan who know nothing.
LOVE AND 4 LOVE CONTRACT. -,
Tho Qrand DuS0 loved her 70 intonBoly TINT
he matte her sign formal contract in which eho
bound herself bya solemn oath noyor To loayo
him, or to ureak one word, eayo in friendship, to
Che Khiyan war tho rond he1ind him wan yt1ovn |
with Cossaok spnarn1cu bearing in hot haste his
n,oBsages to hls beloved, nud the tolegrnph-wiros
between thoin were nevor still. lio was q brave
conquered; how lie had ridlon through Mid and
Morase, over moor and mountain how hip |
sword had CLEANED in MANY dangerous t1ght.
till the clash OF lis victorious cyiabaB had bevp
triumph IN biz ears, lie had taken on hIs harnoss
and was hastouing back to bor.
WOMAN WORSHIP.
Upon her part, her vanity had fret bean
aatsu!ed; hor womans hoart lad boon woa by =
handsome young man Of conEcnhl tastos md
temper but gradually lie had taken poAHosHioI. Of
her whole soul. The love which sle bore Inn,
Aia vllor. his langer, aud bis fame had passed
into worship and become idolntry. lilo Ind bo.n
first her lover, then iaor hero, tten her god. She
watched oyer hs honor us only deyutod women |
N*%4A wv HAA4 nH1 AGPt LIN At" EllA4ca H. lEAts
MISFORTUNE, SORROW, AND In AunIHr.
He was tho on!y one OF tho KuHBau lrinces |
who noyor eoemed to get into aorapca or TO incur
!unpopularty;; but it may hayo been that
Khivan expedition, or that ho contracted
eolno i'lneas; for when he cAmo to
her house, which Ito called his "Aomo," she
now and thon observed That he was under the IL.
luonce OF uncomfortable e1eiten.ent. At II
O'Clock one night le was arrested OH hor door,
step, aud she has novor Eeen him since.
THE CHARGE.
The ostonsiblo charge against him Was alleged
to ba that he Ind atolen tho jewela Of Etar bo-
longing to an image Of the Virgin Mary, which
WIS in his nlothor's bedroom, and Which had
beou Givou to her by his father In accordance
with q Russian custom, OF tho day 10 was
baptized. Tho truth appears howovor. to 10
that tloao 1owels "oro taken By his aide-Go-
camp. eud that he generously bore tho blame
to save that young oilicor from disgrace,
y was not likely that the Grand Duke
would have committed tho robbery himself; for