, 1875-11-30
1.-THE PHGNlX."
Tho American Mistress Of n Eus~
sinn Imperial Prince.
HOW She Became Acquainted with tho
Grand.Duko Nicholas.
A TRANSLATION from Tho BOOK Recently
Published BY Her.

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sfoes OF tho 1rand.Duko Nicholas Of Russia, =
ia nattEo OF Connecticut. Hor Imperial love
-~ho stole the damonda belonging 10 hi
mother, and who robbad tho statue OF saint o
ne jewels, to bostow them upon bis mistress
Fas arrested, degraded. declared Insane, an
aons TO some remote pofnt In ths CaucaeuA
lao lady" was cont under guard across III
Nuaslan frontior, and took up her residence Ii
IAtls* Tho French Government has since ban
ashcd her, because aho published history o
tlllh scandal including evon the lotters wrtter
10 her By the Grand-Du1fe, al which cotrospond
ence the following Is = specimens
G.traet IT, ttntr from q: a1ond DUKE.
viii .hs ssasr st. q e Russian Army s of e cen.i.
cno.a ArraHArisTAn and OCCUPY nn1T1a,1 iKp1A.
In her book-which Ia printcd in Frcuch.
Miss DAekforu thus doacrsbe4 tuo manner IN
which she tnadc tho acquaintance Of the Gland,
Duke Nicholas:
.'IK noMAs D'rsk AsrsnlcA.sE."
t71ansaltd tor Ihs CHICAGO Tribunal
Three weeks bad been gpeut In ali hlnds Of
dissipnt!ons, And waa SO exhausted thai re-.
tired early on Sunday niaht 10 bed. WAalnv up
about midnight and finding i imporsiIiss 4, u
sleep aEatn, aroso. lit tho lamp, mud picked up
q book to read.
;. " accident my eyea fell upon an invitation to
the ha'-masqnc which tooa place thia very night.
N'H"'~NolJ 4CoWhtI " E0 tiG{8 At cNCG.
and awoka my Taiting-wonan, and very aeon we
weEe OF the way.
Thoho balls, which TAX. placo in tho Grand
Upcra-liousa 10 ~. Petersburg, arc tho most CT
1ui1ite OF any in Europe. Ono is not molosted
~ the leAat md order and decenc7 reign and
tac anne poitencBs aud etiquette arc observed
Which oharaoto,tze Tho Imperial Court balls.
4Ae bAu-foom Naa not as crowded al o1peck.
ea, ant almost regretted 10 have come. left
my companion. and walked round the hail, mect.
inR vary soon crowd Of young nttce-s, all vuli
known to nc. / noticed amongst them
TALL, HANDSOME NAV,
Whon had not nccn before. / advanced and
eposg -, 10 some o. the officers, who know ma at
Some Of them offered thois arm. Irepllcd, mo,
thank you. hut I'll accept tho arm oi this hand
some gentleman. who is a stranger to tns."
Me Expressed his Willingness ]; bnt being very
TALL, ho hhu to stoop when Ito spoke to me- At
tho sano time he enJcayorcd to discover who /
was.
"Ispeah but poor English. he asi1; to which
lrePhcd. "Nesor mind, speak Ftonch and
He asked mo II lad been long in Russia !:
Thethcr had many acqualntapcos; aud whether
had acon the Emperor or any Of tho Grand
Dukes to al Of which !, Of oourse. sald no.
aduing that, like all tny countrywomen, l was
ta .finng 70 nnu out everything concerning
i1e then asked, "My little one, do you know
who am?"
mo" said. "rou aro handsome aud, to
Judge from your uniform you baloug 10 the I'M
perlAl Guard, aud ato an Ajde'de- Camp OF tho
Emporor."
He was sutpr!aod at my knowledge of military
massora. and said, You must be fond Of soi-
dtera, osderw'ae you would not bo 10 well posted
1ou guessed right; am All :,
A1pE-pE-CAMp or THE EMPERcn'
laughcd, and We walked round for about an
hour. talked nonsonEe,-wh.teyer came in nv
head. At last be asked whether was not tired
Rld wanted to SIT doNn.
" Yes, indeed" said I, and moved towards opo
Of the pattlr-ocuun[ed seats.
mo, not here" he said. II haro q boz up
ata!ts !; let Us SO lhero."
Wcndlng onr way upstairs, / noticed that
everybody halutod m! companion In tie must
Arnvod before sha boz, "A aeryaut glittcriuc 10
gold oponed the door, and NO entered salon,
t1o Wa'ls or which vera covered with red yeIret,
Will the two-headsl Russian easlo on 1t, here
All doubta vanished nv compau;op ,as q
urand Duke. THIS discovery mado me q little
Taxing INC tcndelly by the hand. lie drew mo
70 10 a,t seat pos1 bin. and begged permlsssop to
smoke. noticed bis clgar-casa also wAB orna-
mented with tho eagle aud Imperial arms. l
must confess felt rather uncomfortable aud
regrostod my tritling talk I was only 100 glad
that NY Ikee "as hidden under my mask, aud
that ho did not kuow mo.
1nrninP to mo with pleasant rmite, 10 sald,
!" Vol, Madame Fanny Leaf, 80 you neyos saw
Grand Duke? II iyou will take Oh your mask,
.t vor+ 1.,s,,sn AJAX 1ooA At ONE
e.f"sa% - a .n.. r.
reso,n1av n,,,ccts5 ~ ton, non 10 o. 'nelatea. ana
snd wsntad Ia Enns u,,atha- sn ~ ssica c9asanG'
rsn;,ou Ea,,'n aum "uesoeI ' u was tat o. leau
H. sa;i' =. Ta..net ,ael one or tne ofher
mil sensn 1eu' 4~ao ~ 5ouS 1901
~ csnr ,n,,n
"Ata ~, ~, hand.,,,. =, ,,x,r
rr1,s ~. sua 10 naAnsotne sa''"a q =, uHy
,,id lie "a' NV 0uen' 1atlng OF tho nask,
- ,Tu6o. ~, ,o,,a.,. u.,-.u
Wills be- ioo2ed n ma nosessrea snsvsped S;, ,o,
,,t,s ,.iiss ~ w. 49, sftAa'1p t sousa MAJ.
Il .!no build. build '''A ''''' 0f0ao''Aoo'aeFed' and
~, o,.osn "o eA'eI1os moved atrenKth combined
aroa thav ws-a aainoaga ,.ai us nnhda weTo rather
= ia hc.v" n.ss,eu. %ea snspep lug too1 10 suite
- - sto Ltossy pe!fayed Ills elegance
aSmad - T,,a ~ ~ neaa. saonen smaii. vas we'll
o.-. ins W. !@se, sety pAie, WOULD have been
:. ~ ,La t.ns., stp I! tutouoAu aM'uo'ius to-
OH. .trn. se rnl' . .1.a n Int W. ane. solh aud
as.jonsd naonI" nnnas',e -: eao't tEote *aa IN