St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-30

proposed anything and everything
rather than separation, but madame
was immovable- had made up her
mind to return to Russia. Just nine
months from the time she had left 1t,
Nine. OrmalOff returned to her Siberian
home. The general was evidently the
most generous of husbands, and of too
lofty nature to suspect anything
wrong with his wife. Encouraged by
his amiability, madame commenced to
be communicative concerning her
friends, describing them one by one to
the general.
Leon among the rest was mentioned,
and the general listened to description
OF him with gOOd-natured apathy. From
that moment Nine. Ormaloff'S fears
were at rest. The summer following
her return to Siberia Gen. Ormaloff pro-
posed that his wife should invite
some of her Partisan friends to pay
them visit and make up pleasant
house party. The suggestion was i'm
mediately taken up by Nine Ormaloff
and was received with favor by several
of her Partisan friends, who liked the
novelty of the idea. Accordingly, last
summer the generals official residence
was the scene of great festivities dur
Ing the visit of his guests. Among those
who accdpted was Leon, who had
thrown up his commission and was
leading nOmadic life.
He was one of several other gentle
men who had been invited to join the
patty. 1t was madame's browning
card, the inviting of her lover to her
husbands house. If the general had
any suspicious regarding the young
cbaSseur he would now see his mistake
by the wifely allegiance madame
would exhibit. But madame had reck-
oned OH the strength that she did not pos
sess. 1t happened that when his guests
had been some short time with him the
general was ordered to escort a party
of prisoners to the mines some five
hundred miles in the interior. There
was no questioning this command, and
the general reluctantly left his guests
to attend to his duties, eXcuSing himself
as best he could.
Under such propitiOuS circumstances
Leon, of course, made the best of his
opportunities, and with the aid of
madame's French maid was often a
secret visitor to her boudOir. The other
guests meanwhile took their depart
ure as their engagements else
where neceSoitated. Leon being the
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place. 1t was arranged that he should
go, however. before the time fixed for
Gen. OrmalOff'S return, which he would
have done had not the general returned
unexpectedly about ten days ahead OF
time. His presence paved the way for
as CHASTITY a tragedy as ever was enacted.
When Nine. Ormaloff retired to her
bedchamber on the night of her hus-
bands return she was terrified to find
that her lover was awaiting her as
usual. Such piece of imprudence was
absolute torture and Nine. Ormaloff
was paralyzed with terror lest her guilt
should be discovered. TO her
relief, however, the general ex-
cused himself on the plea
of excessive WEAKNESS and retired
to his own chamber after bidding her
brief good night. Leon was lying upon
a lounge in her bedroom apparently
awaiting her. Boiling with Indignation
at this Wanton piece of indiScretiOn, di-
recty she had assured herself of her
husbands retirement. madame went to
demonstrate with her lover. He was
seemingly asleep and she shook him
roughly to awaken him.
He Did Not Awaken.
Probably, all! there was the key to
the situation. He had drank too much
mine. Annoyed still more at this
roughly. In doing SO her hand hap
pened to come in contact with his own.
TO her horror madam found that it was
as cold as ice. Then she saw that the
face was livid and that the
eyes, instead of being closed,
were fixed upon her in a
vacant stare. At first she thought it
was sickness, but finding all efforts to
awaken him useless, she realized finally
that he was dead With shrek the
woman fell Senseless upon the floor.
When she recovered it was to find her
self surrounded by her husband and the
servants, and then the whole sitna-
ton dawned upon the deluded creature.
They had been trapped, and her
lover had paid the penalty OF his UNI
holy passion. Inside of twentyfour
hours Nine. Ormaloff was a raving
maniac, and the body of her lover, after
brief examination, was buried with
out any religious rites. In the pocket
of the Frenchman was found letter in
his own hand writing, stating that he
had committed suicide because he
did not desire to live any longer. 1t
was supposed that he went to Nine.
Ormalotf's room to bid her farewell,
and died there Internationally. The
person who tells the story, Nine. Orma-
lofts French maid, says, however. that
there is every reason to believe that Gen.
Orma!off discovered the intrigue, and
under pressure of threat to pun
ish Nine. Ormaloff, compelled Leon
to write the letter and to swallow the
poison on the condition that he should
be found dead in madame's room. The
maid. who has just returned from Rus
STA, states that she accompanied Nine.
OrmalOff to the asylum in which the
general had her placed and that she re-
NAMED there with her for six months.