New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01

chatted payy into the small hours OF the morning.
II was o'clock when he said to her carelessly
aBy the by, am going back to Russia to shoot
with Prince Demidof. / shall stay there some
timeo ado I go with you ~ I" No; your doing so
would be incompatible with your engagements at
the Francais You have difficult part to learn,
and all future success will depend on the manner
in which YOU acquit yourself in it," All right"
Well since it is all right, take notice that it is
o'clock in the morning. | have not yet had my hot
hath which I must take to bring again to the sur
face this plaguey eczema. l suppose you return
home ~ A" Yes; but go and take your bath.
When You are in it shall light cigarette and give
/, IN vou.v This was said calmly. The Duke
went into his bathroom. When he was In the
bath Mile Feyghine came behind him. handed him
his cigarette said, Pm going away; goodnight y
took his head ia both Der hands and kissed him on
the forehead In a mirror he saw her take some
thing i'll the next room out of her pocket Then he
heard defamation and saw her I'm the glass; fall.
He Jumped up and rushed to her side. lie saw
that she was wounded in the chest and vomiting
blood. Slipping on dressing gown and his boots
he flew to look for police commissary TO come and
take tho dying actress 8 account of the affair." IL
she died before explaining that it was she who fired
tns uistol IL might have been awkward for the
nobeman. The cOmmissary had to BIO aroused from
seep IL was impossible to find doctor who would
20 out at half pasJ on raw cold morning After
several physicians had been called upon the Duke
had to obtain req llsitlon to Oblige one to leave
his bed When the physician came he said that
surgeon WAS needed. Another hunt was made for
surgical practitioner competent to sound tho oritce
between the lower rib and hip and extract the ball
AT about o'clock surgical aid was obtained The
probe sounded the wound, and touched the ball. far
in and close to the spine. II had been arrested by
the vertebral column As the position OF the ball
was extremely awkward. 1t was determined not to
try and extract 1t. Inflammation of the membrane
surrounding the inteStnes was apprehend0G.
There were prOluse vOmitings OF blood after the
probc had been used. When the Duke, who re-
manned aloof during the medical consultation,
heard that his mistress could not DO removed no
looked at himself in the glass ana SAID Why
appear twenty years older than did to-day. ms
will never / must not let myself be worried
any more. Should anything untoward occur, send
word to the Duchess dc Sesto" (hls mOtler with
whom | am gong to stay. IL Nile. Feyghlne dIes
here let her corpse be taken away directly ana
let the place be well cleaned. But above all
things don't let her die without fetching priest
These instructions given to the butler, the mosv
Christian Duke got himself shampooed by valet
to keep ont the eczema. When the operation was
got through he multed mp, got into heated ca
riape and went 10 his mothers. The state OF Mile
Feyqhne meanwhile became more alarming. She
preserved her SAM trOid but symptoms OF violent
inflammation showed themselves In hot ana shlY-
sring tits. There violent shooting pains IN
the nerves and muscles and the sensation OF sting
ing nettlcs in the feet. The actress only spoke OF
hem
because sine SAID she would be miserable at the
idea of not being done with life: In the thirty
hours during which her splendid constitution
fought with death she expressed intense desire 10
see the Dnke. and greyed when she tOunG he
hau quilted the house -
hIm she was of his ilOcK She was Jtwess, out
had been received az child into the Greek Church.
lust before her death she fell into cOmatose state
and frothed at the mouth. The fair face was con-
tracted and -dsfgurcd by suffering. The moment
the last breath drawn stretcher was letched
in pursuance with the Dukes orders aud the corpse,
| hiC den under sheet of black glazed calico. was
taken away from VI. de MOrnys residence TO the
actresses villa Her body was laid out on a hed
painted blue and white and tapestrled with chinH.
The hair which was bright blonde and curly, was
unfastenvd by the Sisters of Charity VINO came IN
| To lay out the body and watch by IT. They placed
| the head lace-edged pillow and garlanded the
| coveret with tea roses. NO trace OF beauty le-
| NAMED. The eyes were enciIcled with DlstrOus
| rings. Although the weather was cold. deconposl-
| ton soon set in. Vitality had been used up ny
| suffering hours before death took pace. and the
| face was drawn ard plncned up. The old deal
| cool, not to be mt the trouble of watching a bell
| she could not hear, threw wide open the doors OF
| the house Anyone who was moved by curiosity
| TO enter IN might do 50. When the Duke ascer-
| tanned that Mile. Fcyghines aunt would not bear
| the cost of the intermeut he sent his butler to
arrange tor the funeral At first the orders were to
! go on cheap sides. bnt they were ultimately re-
scnded and n second-cass hearSe ana Twelve
| mourning coaches were ordered. GnnzDerg' thr
Russian linancIer, Jeanne Granler, Perrin, OF the
| Francals Got and some actresses sent magnllcent
| floral crowns and crosses. crowd went to look
m the body in the little villa Messrs. Cook. the
excursion agents took their lot" of stOlid staring
| cockuevs There were four chars bGno laden with
! them Young ladies of WCalPs Mission anu OF the
| salvation Army also slipped in to gaze on me
| corpse and to in prove the OCCASION" How oddly
| Partisan. Christian Obscquies were given at me
| Greek Church. doctor having certified the mad
| ness of Ia sUcld6e. De MOTnY. without Grape on
| his hat, and nanked by the Princes Murat and DE
| Sagan attended the funeral The three walked IN
line behind Perrin who ms T w 9SroS OF w 16o
| overs" the cynical Young Duke was neard 20 say
| He wanted to excuse himself in the eyes OF the
populat on of Paris by dishonorlng the memory OF
the poor blighted wildtower OF the Russian steppes
II Is stated that he " i'll fulfil next week his engage
| ment to 90 and shoot with Prince Demldot.
| All the fast young men OF rank envy the Duke.
They count it prUdigiOus feather in his cap Tor Inc
beautiful young actress, IN despair NJ being ior-
| saken by HIM. to have committed suicide lie mas
| been interviewed by some journalists ana gave an
| account of the suicide which dues not tally with
! the statement he made before the police c0mmls-
| sary HIS latest version proves him wretcned
| creature eaten MP With vanity and skilled i'll the
art of prevarication. The Duke denies forgetting
the deDOstions of his servants) that Mile feyghhe
| forced her way up on Sunday night To MS rooms
pistol in hand. She was, he says in the ha0lt OF
| making herself at home with him. as he was with
| her. ! his is truc; but the rest IL not. NJ. de
give the Ill-starred actress expensive funeral:
but was advised not by the Greek ecclesastlcs Of
| the Rue Dame. The Pope of the Russian Church
SAWS that he asked to celebrate the obsequieS IN
| the cheapest manner possible. and that Nile Fey
CHINE must have been insane indeed to have killed
| herself for DE Morny. She should have been con-
| tented with splitting i'll his face!
ED or THE TOURNAMEAT AT ORANGE