The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-27
THM WEE LY HERALD. THURSDAY DECEMBERI

.f,de ,st of Tor Psrls, and the count follow
lux them endesvofsd without SUCCESS !"
oduce her.
lie then bscsme alarmed ~ q tbrcat 70
,ppesl 10 the emperor and prooeedeu b
,Duse his wife's reputation md USED rhe
A msricsn legation TO assist him Ihe
oride iptimats that the secretary OF lega-
ion himself attempted 10 seducs her also.
Suddenly General Dix arrived IN Pare
vi IA, took TO Miss Wards case, wrote to
aoysruor Seymour, Of Connecticut our
minister at st. Petersburg, and tho lady
and her brother aud neither started thither
Ia the dead OF winter, before any railroads
were open.
The young girl meantime set TO work to
itudy Russian; she was, Mt law, neither
A meric.n nor Russian under the peculiar
circumstances OF her case. They travelled
rom Konigsberg TO Riga on sledges. In
six DAYS more they reached 81. Petersburg,
having been attack ed on the road by Rus
sian boors.
Minister Seymour introduced Genevicvo
into the court society, his object being 10
produce an interest in her behalf that would
offset the official rank OF her husbana's
family. She thus met her own brother-in-
law. 4 general on the Emperor's stat, who
became her warm friend and told her That
his brother Constantine was the black sheep
Of the family. A Russian prince wished TO
marry her. but she remained true 10 her
purpose of an honorable vindication, and
her brother-in-law himself took the case TO
Alexander IL. go,
81 th;s emneror we can do him the justice
of commend ding his behavior in this case
n sent his chief OF police, Prince de Dol
,oronki. to see the maiden bride and ask
her TO name the General de G's. punish
ment. 81. :,
"Nothing but that" asked the astonish &C
tartar. 81,
Geneyieve Ward.
The minister said that would be imposs-
HE under the church and the laws; sh'
wonId be compelled to live with the coun
fsw weeks. To this hard condition sh
sssented and the recreant bridegroom wa
ordered back to Russia. He meantime ha'
engaged himself at Naples to the Russian
minister's daughter and was giving splen
: did parties, borrowing money, elc' IN
news Of his marriage to Genevieve War,
astonlshed Naples and brought out the ad
4 tional fact that he was at the same tim
engaged to two other Neapolitan ladies
Re narrowly escaped public horse. whit
Ming Tor showing the letters of one OF thos
wamen, and sailed out OF the harbor In b
Yacht only to run upon Colonel Ward, tn
J father OF Geneyieve, at Paris. Iogetnef
father and son-in-law proceeded TO Warsa
The count had now concluded to marry hl
i wile and get rid OF her, If he SO desired, b
pTh The yiceroy of Poland, Prince Gortschal
off informed the count that it was to be /,
5 stant marriage or Siberia for life and Il,
3 copfiscation OF all his property to his Anne
3 lioan wife, He then called on the lady /
the presence of all her family;
8 "Sothine, sir,' she said, could 1ndut
/ me to live with you one hour"
: "What is your motive, Genevievef"
e "Your infamy."
i. Trims far" said she, II have been wi
/ without husband. Henceforth you sha
be q husband without wife"
The Russian scoundrel now took TO oatl
k and rage, but Gortschakof cooiiy pointed
70 Warsaw Cathedral at IL o'clock the ne:
Is dav was crowded with the elite OF Russ
l. and Poland Genevieve was attended
,s her father. mother and brothers. She W
q dressed in deep black and carried light
/, taper in the ceremony. AT the conclusi,
a. she walked out OF the church, drove 10 y
railroad depot and lett the COUNTY,, Ie rel,
ing to claim any OF her husoanos proper
a. Sbs wenl to Milan and came out IN ope
"a Sn NV VIA rarcsno onera. House there ia 1S
ii A. PMistfe scounaftl of husband
h. truded into her apartments and noun
ST her that he would live with her at all III
s. ards. ,s,.rd deliberations
par;s hoWever, rendered it easy forthe Z
TO iics to- handle him. She never heard OF h
4 aSs;n A bout 1858 she appeared in OPT
in Paris and continued to sing TIL she
rhaneed the lyric for the dramatic sta
,e She is, 1 think, near relative OF B,
ID Ward aud OF Julia Ward Howe.-lPAila
mt ,,h;a Timea