Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-04-17
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A RUSSIAN "FIRE-WITCH." 4"
Tho story of an English Onicer's Love and
the Tragedy which Ended 1t.

The story of an English Onicer's Love and
the Tragedy Which Ended 1t.
| From the London Week
Rather less tbaa & year ago, during the
spring season, at E, plcasantest of
German watering-placcs, three persons
who seemed to be inseparable companions,
walked daily together in the grounds of
the Kursaal One was beautiful Rus
sian girl, Ida kOratlnc, who was always
attended 10y her brother, an ex-coloncl in
the cars army The third member of
the group was Il young English officer,
Capt. the Hon. Charles GuerdOn, of the
18th lanCers. 1t was evident to all who
observed this gay yOunster that he was
deeply in love with his Russian fncnd's S
sister.
Was she in love with him? On this
point GuerdOn himself could have made
no satisfactory answer He had been Or
dcred to F. by doctors to recruit for his
health after hunting accident and had
made the acquaintance of the koratincs
at the hotel t1Jle d'hOie. They were per-
sons of high birth, in ailiuent circumstan-
ces, and of very pleasing manners. Count
Koratine, who was not more than 80, had
seen good deal Of military service, had
Travelled much, and was the most compan-
lonable of men, always ready to join in
any amusement, to chat, or listen to others
chatting. He quite won Charley Guer.
don's heart by his hOrsemanship for he
had two or three splendid animals and
rode every morning with his sister,, and
also by his bright manner at the ecaIfe
nithort oar;pr, p vbotbor bo ,,on "" pn Io,t
A. for iJa Knsot;no sho mas m TIi, tIn n,ost , a.
i;n;ons ~ ,,;rIs TaiI nrI I''o ','u T,I', ,t
,bn a. u.5,,,, L,;r ,ni I"u '"vu'u'i ",vi
h;oh Lo,noo % %ar % ithrpnin Hn LiapI IINL', aIn
%ad i,r,o ovo, NJ "'" nnno J" nJ .of, Ss,
m"I @ iiit,o 1,o,,th r.h;o J aa',,i iii so 'i ;. nG.
INST. swootnnss Ijn un, Eiia ,,,oat mrst
hidh' 'Iorr Rnssinn Ldio" "",, n,,ni,,1 mM En' i;m'
snn,i,;m,, Tn,.i;oh I'LL; o1 E"dmol, F"e% ,n;t, ~;
famltiogS accmroar onJ w;tL ;rst a sl;nht
rorn;,,,, aooont nI;"h Io,,t ~, ,,aS,o,, r
tol, SSo , ns "m1m ,,orn," 'v". p'"" ;Vm
mi"nist and "S snrnr ,r',o n a." Lor hrnhor
Sonnaf;nos , % nftar S i;"nor ""f thn Korot;,a ,u1
wnmi5 ;ny;ts tho "Emo,I;,L ornnn,, os
thcy raIied him % for tn @ 10" 10 come uS t9 tbsir %
an,,tmnnt 70 tatc % "m ~ IE Cnro,un ~ tn"' tnn
apJ md then ot his % rconest tbcy wouIJ s;ng s"
MIN some of the ballads Of their country
Koratine played ON the -jffa. or Hungarian
guitar, Ida on the piano: and the counts
eIl-trained baritone voice blending with
his sisters pure soprano made merry
melody, Their Lithuanian songs we're
pervadcd by dreamy sadness which grew
npon the Englishman. making him fall
into lone reveres. during which he WAS
Glad tbet thore wore NO condlns in tbe
room room hnt only tbe snr;ng twiligbt that
vc;ird his emotion After everv ono ,t Of
| ida's songs Charley (iuerdon became more
and more IN love with her thongh he
GRADUALLY discovered that she had n fnw
STRANGE. ungirl;sh tastes, which nj fret
nlnased him lass than bor n;ano ninyimS ~
She was a deadly n;stol shot and nrac. S
food oyorv dov witL hor hrotbor NJ a tar.
%et | |wh;cb baJ Lnem set I IN in m oliov m ot
Tho botol oarJon Cav tbo;rr oonyen;anco l,r m
tbe IsnJl6rd Tho rnniditv with wbicb
tho I brotbnr and Sistor IoGdoJ W tbo ""lvJ oOni
o@nictnoS" @ Of tbe;r ann tbermnor;na @ nro' rUo'
dTa;on d; 10 TnoL;na " nnitoruS nf orossol pio -,
I;nes IN tho car5s at wh,cb thov GroJ
GIioJ tbo Enoi;sLnam ,r;ti, snrnr;so 49,
GrDt t,n,o ho w;tnosSod the;r nertprm,rno am1
'iSr 'l'''' Nc "l'''9oV" ,il''i p.l ~ il,'''uc ,
| say, MISS lui, DE rtiiarkfu' II
won 10 ior me 10 qnatrel WIN you,
lou, would very soon call me out ana PINK
me; -, . ,, >,
"Oh, we are not practlcing Tor duels,
laughed ld4' we nave EO'reS IN oui
country, and q glrl should know now to
protect herself ,.,,,
| Inc peculiar way IN wnlch ida empha,
sized the word wolves, and the light
that klndled IN her eyes as she spoke
ought TO nave arrested Guerdon S atten,
ton, but they did not. lie mad noticed
however, that the horatlnes appeared. to
have mystery IN ther llvSes; they AVOID,
Ell all aIiuslons 70 the motives whlch hau
induced Count horatlne TO leave the army,
and they expressed radical Or nlhiIlS'
opinions rather curious TO hear IRON per
sons, OF their station. lda seemed to be
much more OF a revolutionlst than hei
brother, She often questioned the Eng
llshman about MS coonntrys free institu'
tions and listened with q wlstlul eager
ness TO ms confused explanations
ior constltutlonal lazy was not mucG
studied IN the loth lancers and
charley uueru9n was puzzled 10 ue'
hne IN what MS Dirthright consisted NOV
ana then lda betrayed TOO unguhrdedll