Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-03-14


the main circumstances IN eacl. cas-,
were tile same.
Take. for instance, the case OF Mile
Swartz. daughter of an Alsatian con.
cierge. She was brilliant blonde aged
II, with very pretty voice, and was
preparing TO go upon the stage in opera
bouffe She was a plump, pleasant
creature, with good deal Of archness
in her manners and frank insouciant
grace which promised to help her ma.
terially in her profession. She was the
picture of JOYOUS, rosy health-a laugh
ing Hehe of Saxon descent, with the
blue eyes of Franconia and the fair hair
Of an English girl
Mile Swartz was received in Kislov's
house with distinguished courtesy by
the teacher, and easy quiet by mad
anne. The room was shaded by
curtains which threw a crimson
color upon all objects. and there was
strong tropical odor of perfume which
was rather oppressive. Mile. Swartz
had an unbounded faith in and rever-
ence for her teacher, who had made her
advance most rapidly. but this was
tinctured with not little awe, and she
felt rather confused and dizzy when,
after period Of conversation, Kislov
advanced to hand her to the piano. This
confusion did not wear off. but rather
increased as she began TO play the pre-
liminary bars of a piece of strange
music, Kislov accompanying her on his
flute, and Mime. Kislov striking few
notes on the guitar. Suddenly there
was blank, and she was aroused to find
herself at an open window, and Nine.
KisIov bending over her with kind
solicitude
do you feel better now?" she was
asked "Do not be alarmed, my dear;
the room was too warm-it made you
faint.
Then Kislov, in his deep, mysterious
tone. said: "Starosta, you had better ac-
company Mile. Swartz to her home in
carriage.
All this while Mile. Swartz scarcely
noticed anything, owing to the dizziness
and strange languor which possessed
her. All she thought of, all she spoke
of, was her desire to be taken home, and
that was speedily DONE
Mile. Swarts ap. earanee caused her
friends the greatest alarm when she was
brought home. Mime. Kislov explained
that her frightful pallor was the result
of fainting fit, and that she would be
quite well again on the morrow. This,
however, was not the case. Mile.
Swartz kept her bed for 10days, and it
was more than three months before the
pallor left her. Meantime a note came
from Kislov stating his regrets that ow-
ing to unavoidable circumstances, etc,
lie would not be able to permit Mlle.
Swartz to resume her Studies nnder his
direction-a thing which she had no in
tention of doing, for her awe and rever-
ence were now supplanted by an in
vincible repugnance.
Silvain found not less than four of
Kislov's pupils whose experience were
almost identical with those of Mile.
Swartz While the detective was brood
ing over the mystery, lie heard Of still
another which was exciting inquiry in
a different direction. A Mile. Goiioux-
Enchuysen, daughter of a wealthy
banker, the representative of Dutch
family that had been in business in
Paris since 1908, was also taking
music lessons from Kislov. Mile. Col
joux- Enchuysen, as perfect a blonde
as Mile. Swartz, was more spirituelle,
less robust, aud more nervous. She re-
turned from her single visit to Kslov's
house in a deep swoon. that was sue
ceeded by fever and delirium. In en-
deavoring to subdue her restless toss
ings the nurse noticed that the pillow
she was lying upon had become stained
with blood, and that there was a wound
upon the back part of the girls neck
from which blood oozed with some
rapidity.
The attending surgeon was summoned
at once and found that the hemorrhage,
though not violent, was very persistent;
and it was only subdued by use of the
most powerful styptics. He could not
ascertain anything in regard to the
wound nor how it was caused, and he
was much puzzled about it, since its
character and those of the attending
hemorrhage was singuIarly like an ex-
aggerated leech bite.
In the pursuit of his inquiries he
called upon Kislov, who, however,
denied pereniptorily that she hal been
hurt while with him; and the surgeon
could not dispute this since he de-
tected no sign of such hurt in his pre-
liminary examination of the patient.
He thought it worth his while, how
ever, to make some inquiries of the
police concerning Kislov, and it was
thus that the case of Mile. Goijoux- En-.
chuysen came to the ears Of the de-
tectiye.
h. Sylvan called at once to see the
surgeon, and after long conversation
with him induced him to visit Mile
Swartz and the other pupils of Kislov
who were similarly affected About
three weeks later Jean Kis ov and wife
were cited to APPEAR before the Judge
d'instruction. Syivain had made out
his case.
The accused, on being examined, at
first baughtily refused to be interrogated,
but finally admitted that his name was
not Jean Kislov, but tile Count Hadnaji
Jotintzo; that his wife was the Countess
Starosta and that he lived in Hungary,
his estate bordering on the Teiss near
the town of Madriega.
He denied peremptorily that he was
guilty of any of the practices attributed
to him, and said that he did not think il
possible for the authorities Of the elegant
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