The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-25

l. TOOK up ms TWO teetementaf doc
|nments /; both :wepei ddrtssed- In thf
|shape. Of lettets'to, mpsifs Tibet sst
WAS agrapid though distinct appsopri
ation;s off his .sendtnouio tPpopeStyt
Generaf rulesJksre laid aaownp rapo4i
which the property wass toabs diahbtf
uted, but the details wereleft to my
discretiop,au rand ito ethe guidance Of
ccircumstances a. they: should happen
to: emerge from the, Various inquiries
which it would become necessary ITO
set on foot. Z, This first document I
soon laid aside, both because I found
/ that it's provisions were dependent for
their meaning5upon, the second, and
because to. this second document, I
looked With confidence for, 3 solution
of many mysteries;;-of the profound
sadness which had, from the, first of
my acquaintance With him, possessed
a man so gorgeouslY: endowed ass the
favorite of nature and fortune; of
his motives for budding up, in. q
clandestine manner, that connection
which formed the glory Of his life i;
and possibly (but then fshesitatsd)
Of the late uniippttelligible. |murdssp.
which still laY under 3. profound i
'sloud' a. ever. Much 81 tsthis ,1o,ld
. 10 aunyeiIsd; I'M gIlhlt sad
there and then with che 2.esoo4 pss l5jins
beside me Of thesgifteed ana m |5siti
tods writer, l seated myself and read 'alada
the following statement H'oA gun !
MARCH 26, 1917 !;
. my trial is finished; my con!
science, my duty, my; honor, are lib:
Grated my. warfare accomplished I
Margaret, my innocent Young wife,
| have seen for the last time.r Her,
the crown that might have been my
earthly felicity, her, the one temp
tationc to put aside the bitter cup
which awaited me,-her, sole seduc-
:tress 60, innocent .seductress D. from
the stern duties which my fate, had
y
imposed upon me;-her, even her,: !
have sacrificed. ~ ~;<,, II
Before l 60, partly lest the inno7
cent should be brought into question
for, acts almost exclusively mine, but
still more lest the lesson and the
warning which God, by my HAND, hes
written in blood upon your guilty:
walls, should perish for want of, it's
authentic exposition, hear my last
dying avowal, that the murders
i. which have desolated 50 ., many ami
lies within yourir va lis, and made the
household hearth no sanctuary, J. age
rs charter 81 protection; are all due,
originally q my head, i aIot Away; way
TO- ny N.Y. hand, as tie minister Of =
dreadful retriibution.l s*'z'' ...$ S'.''
That account Of ny history ana 81
my prospects, which you .; received
sfrom the Russian, diplomatist;;' among
,semel errors iof little tinpof taace7 is
essentially corfecta Ny father was ih5t
tsoimmed iately connected with Eng.
dish obloodaaasi isa there: represented.
However; it is true that he claimed
descent from an English familya Of
even Il higher distinction than that
which is assigned. in the Russian
statement. He was proud Of this
English descent, and the more SO as
the war with revolutionary France
brought out more prominently than
ever the moral Z and. civil gran
.deurEof England. This pride was
generous, but it was imprudent in
his situation. IT; His immediate pro-
,genitors had been settled in! Italy,
at Rome first, but latterly at Milan;
and his whole property, large and
scattered, came, by the proeressslof
the revolution, to stand under French
dominion. Many spoilations hs M:
fered !; but still he was too rich to be
seriously injured. But No 1ofsuax,
IN thsprogresssof rsvents, 9till kisaasr
pe1ils nepasi.g his nhosss capktl bftt1l
sources. , Many 7of theastatss 6f
princes in. Italy were deeply, ia hia
debt; and. in the great convulsionl
which threatenedhis country, he AN
that both the aoontending parties
would find u colorabfe excuse fol
absolving themselves from engage.
ments which pressed unpleasantly
upon their finances! In this embar.
rassment he formed an intimacy with
9 French officer Of high rank and
high principle. & NY fathers friend