Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-02-01

For some moments DR.. Calkoen was
with terror. He stood as q
statue beneath the COrinthian portico
the coach. Returning TO
the hall he passed his hands over his
ewes To assure himself that he was
awake. The terrible tragedy had hap
pened So speedily and 50 noiSeleSsly that
not one among the hundreds OF guests
who thronged the salons knew OF its oc-
curreuce. The appalling duty now
rested on the secretary of breaking the
news 10 the Countess. No one will doubt
his declaration that il was the most
irving ordeal of his life. Summoning
an his strength he assembled the stairs,
physically beuumbed, with tritling SEN
SationS az his heart. In room, where
She was the center of an animated
laughing group, he beheld the Countess.
apparently the most Joyous OF the
throng, and perhaps the most admired
for her luStrOuS beauty. As DIR. Calk-
oen entered the apartment she APP
preached him with gracious smile
the warmth of which was suddenly
chilled by his wan and dazed APP
pearance inquired of the Counts
whereabouts.
Evasively, but truthfully, the secre-
tary replied that be did not know.
"Then you will find him for me and
report to me where he is she said.
speaking blithely and as if she would
rally the doctor from a somewhat hab-
itual abstraction. for which she was
wont To chide him. Il should be pleased
10 obey your commands, madam, but /
do not know where the Count is. The
Count has gone away said the secre-
tary.
"Gonc away, gone away" she eX-
claimed. as the color fled from her face.
why should he 90 away, and with
whom has he gomez
"With four gendarmes, replied the
Secretary.
1t was enough. Uttcring piercing
scream, She fell TO the floor before the
unnerycd guests could rendered her as
siStance. For the moment she was be
lieved To be dead. Medical aid was
summoned. however, and she gradually
rerained consciousness. But restoration
To life was more cruel than death. When
the sense of her calamity returned, the
hapleSS lady'S grief was poured out in
torrents of wailing. "He is lost. He is
LOST she cried. Il shall never see him
again. What has ne done? What has
he done? My darling, my dOUclillbd
dear lOvel, what has he dOne?"
1t was at length agreed that the Gov
ernor-General should confer with the
Count Dolgorouki, the father of the
Countess TolStoi. as to the course to be
As a result of their interview
General Dolgorouki called on DR.. Cal
koen the following day. and. in the
name Of the DOlgOrOuki family, request
I'd Gim 20 carry the solicitations TO
Count StrobanSkj, then of the Imperial
Cabinet ut st. Petersburg, and to aScer-
tain from him If &c might be possible to
obtain an Imperial rCmititUr and secure
Tor the prisoner trial before a high
court of Justice. Dr. Calkoen
promptly accepted the mission. His
owe of the Count TOl.toi was such that
le would willingly have taken any risk
~ undergone any labor in his behalf
lhe utmost dispatch being necessary. a
special train was provided by General
)a.gorouki for his direct conveyance 10
he capital az an expense to the Dol
.orouk family of twenty-five hundred I
oubies. The journey took three whole
laws. stops having been made only at
.loScow and Wlodimir. After the Gus
omary ceremonies the faithful Secyeta- .
n was admitted TO an audience with .
he Minister. aud was cOurteOuSly re- /
eived. He related the particulars Of .
he Counts arrest; explained his mis-
ion. and assured his eXcellency that, as