The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-24
LENIENT TO A COUNTESS.
HEART HARD To MRS. DUKE SOFTENS
TO A FORMER FESTETICS.
You'll Have 70 Take Her word for Her Previous
High Estate. but Her Roommate. who'd
Never. Never Forgive Her for Losing Her
Gold Rimmed Lorynette, Has Relented.

never, never roFxlVe hicE u ASos'hB AbeE
Gold Rimmed Lorynette. Has Reiented.
When Miss Dora Radstone. actress. OF 4
West Eighteenth street. caused the arrest OF
her fellow boarder. Mrs. Attalie NJ. Duke, last
Saturday night on the charge OF stealing a
gold Trimmed l~orgnette costing sJOif anythlngl.
she announced that her faith in human nature
had been abused in Il way which had made her
heart stone hard toward the offender. There
could be no relenting on her part. she said,
even IL Mrs. Duke. In addition to the one night
in the lenderloin station lookup In prospect.
had TO spend many more In durance vile else
where. On Sunday. however, the prisoner
succeeded in communicating TO the press OF
this city the information that while by mar
riags she had been compelled to assume the
name Of Duke. she was by birth Countess
Attslie Festetics Won Tolna, daughter OF the
Austrian Count Alfred Fe-tetics and cousin
Of Count Rudolph Sigismund Festetics Won
Tolna. who Is now being sued for divorce by
his American wife. who was Miss Ella Iiaggin.
The prisoner at the Same time despatched
from the Jefferson Market prison to Miss Rad
stone the following letter, written on pale blue
paper. with tear stains instead OF commas:
MISS MAIDSTONE: ! am writing YOU these lines
as a last hope Il am heartbrokenl have suffered
hhaA'ss w. scF tN 'Nb~" '"' N's $780,
can help me. after all. know that you don't believe
me. but don't you think. dear, that | have repented
and suffered amply Forgive me, ] beg you. and l
will be indebted to you forever. II Is fearful to DO
here and think. II almost Kills me.
ins s% sS.ry.s nsHu my ns'' whole he. '''fR% Be- a woman Tia,
YOU are and help ne to &c. og' believe me, aeaI; y
We could not have found II through the newspapers.
! wish ! had told you the truth right. away. Destroy
this note after you read II, for II Is Intended lor you
alone once more besfecn YOU In the name Of your
mother, and think Of mine. with whom should have
spent SUNDAY. and VINO wonders where l stayed
ArrAIIR.
While Miss Radstone was reading the pale
blue letter at the breakfast table yesterday
morning and discussing the genealogy Of the
Counts Feat tics Won Tolna, Mrs. Duke, in her
cell. was busy dispensing interviews and. Pic
lures TO male and female reporters and ar
in each Of her deep blue eyes, that both her
father and her mother were dead these many
years, that her husband, the late Samuel Duke,
broker, hqd followed them Ave years ago
II loaned my own sailor Int 10 Mrs Maidstone
when abe wanted TO go to Coney Island on
ness she handed me that horrible lorgnette.
which is not worth SIS even, lylaccd the chain
IL wn ,Sra i c hUns f1 snma ny hS,s ne aGs ana Ts hns r 9Htd
a Fourth avenue car. The first thing ! no.
ticed on the car was that the lorgpette, was
lnlsslng from Inc cnHlU. ! screamed anu tlle
conductor stopped the car for me. 1t was not
the store. What could | do' 1t was TOO late
70 tell Miss Radstons when she came ZONE that
When she asked for II at last and found nothing
but the chain IN the box ! handed her. she went
int No, hys,erIGs; ana MOTH, thsp rs she h add d mS arrested anys $ 20,
ring is worth go at least, but here / am"
Yesterday, afternoon Miss Radstone IN a pi'-
ft1fa N AT unl a nnla hl1A UnVE nf,naarnI In tho
Jefferson Market polise court and Mrs. Duke
vas brought out from the court Prison. Miss
Etads'ons left 'hs GoqTt room TO meet her and
thirty-seven male reporters took In the scene
with bated breaths, Seven newspaper artists
ri lg,G a. t2 b .ss[Gh vt ep Fa e. = sssh ai Nirs bH Mere ,s beaded
out both hands and Miss Radstone graspcd
them. Then they embraced and Miss Rad
stone whispered:
Countess Fe-tetics- oh, I mean Mrs. Duke.
.. Their chat, lasted several minutes and when
II was ended, Miss Radstone gathered up the
reporters. male, and female, and walked with
Il have that ring. you know " she said, smil-
Ing a sugar smile: But Bu, the jeweIler SAYS II Is
p2' Wor nn % srs esi1s; 81 ct sn Ine css VII. be rho no G non-
Woman has been punished enoush-don't you
Vas she really a Countess Festetios'' Miss
Whether, she's. Countess. Festetics or coun-
tess Mysteries, what has that to do with the
case, Crleu tne owner Oh tne SOlu Tulnleu
lorgnette. with fne scorn.
Two minutes later. she was explaining mat
tiers TO Magistrate Mayo and telling him that
S Sls OF 'f s5e sls she ad dl@ PSi g HSsa' . he R Rsd ls sas
the lorgnette 10 the prisoner.
Il don't think this woman should have been
arrested at all. " said tho Magistrate somewhat
tartly. She came into possession OF the l%orgnette
in a perfectly legitimate way. All there could
be cause for II she did not return it was a civil
suit. The prisoner Is discharged,
Thank you" smiled Miss Radstone. Its
SO nice to receive sympathy-such a consola-
ton"
Both parties TO the case. the four female
reporters, the tbirty-seven male reporters
and the seven m newspaper artists then ad-
Journed to the street In front Of the court house.
where Mrs. Duke found herself the centre Of a
ring Of agitated inQuirers.
How can we know that you were really born
q Countess Festetics1" demanded the male and
female reporters In chorus.
You'll have to take my word for It. she
replied smilingly. And I'm sure you'll do
So" she added, as she took the arm OF a young
man who had been waiting for her. He led her
aVay.