The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-06

again, and having carefully examined
the pen to see that the nib was in or
der, he proceeded to write over the
erasure the name of .
Let me first ask if the reader has
guessed whose name it was that Mr..
Marston wrote over the name he had
been at such pains to erase? Some
people of whom 7 have asked the
question have guessed that he wrote his
own name. But why so? On sub
sequent occasion he did write his own
name in marriage register after So
phia Cheraski had written hers. But
on the present occasion he could not
have gained any thing by SO doing.
And the same objection will apply to
his writing most other names over the
erasure.
No. Having most carefully erased
the name of Michael Tokhtamish, he
proceeded with the very greatest care
to write the name of Michael Tokhta-
mish as nearly as possible in the same
place and characters that it had stood
in before. When he had done this to
his satisfaction he let the ink dry, and
then restored the book to its place.
Kohl came back presently, and they
went for their long walk.
About three weeks afterward Mr..
Marston found that he had business
which necessitated his leaving for En-
gland, and, very much to the regret
of the inhabitants of Narovel, he de-
parted. From Russia he went straight
to Paris, where he called upon the
Countess Cheraski, with whom he had
held no communication whatever dur
ing the whole time he was living at
Narovel.
You have placed implicit conf
dence in me-, he said, ''and you will
find that it has not been abused. /
have told you before that you must not
ask any questions; and I tell you so
again. You must do exactly as / direct
you without asking why. Commence
proceedings at once for the restoration
of your title and estates. And mark
me, when the register is produced, in
sist on having every word that relates
to your marriage most carefully ex-
amined. Do exactly as tell you, and
you will find that the result will be sat-
isfactory. And now, goodbye. must
get back to London and see if | can not
get my patients again
The Countess did as he told her to
do. She commenced an action on be
half of herself and her children for the
restoration of the title and estates.
The register of her marriage was pro-
duced, but when it was examined it
was found that the name of Michael
Tokhtamish was written over an
erasure. This destroyed the value of
the register as evidence of a marriage
between Sophia Uschakoff and Michael
Tokhtamish. The natural presump-
ton, in fact the moral certainly was
that somebody else name had
been erased from the place where
the name of Michael Tokhtam-
ish was written, and further, that
the some body else was the man who
married Sophia Uschakoff. Under
these circumstances the evidence of
Michael Tokhtamish himself and the
two other witnesses who were present
at the marriage, together with the
evidence Of number of French wit
nesses, that the late Count had lived
| with her for years as man and wife,
was held, to establish fully the claims
of the Countess and her children to be
the lawful wife and issue of the late
Ivan Cheraski. Tokhtamish, / may
mention, gave his evidence very will
| ingly, as it was perfectly certain that
| the Countess would never marry him,
and he could not marry any body else
while she was supposed to be his wife.
On the morality of the transaction
pronounce no opinion, and abandon
that problem to such casuists as may
he still extant.
The Countess left Russia shortly
after she had gained her lawsuit, and
| was married about year afterward to
Edwin Marston, who, partly through
his own abilities and partly with the
assistance of her fortune, became one
of the leading physicians in London
! W. FL. Stdcpoole, IN Time.