New-York tribune., 1908-06-07

:. - owen ana was killed by bomb In
q petersburg. Iohn and George separate1 ~
Aner1c2 when they were tired of T,,TcIo;-,rI -
cattle - punching
John was something of a naturalist and was
oy lar the most gifted OF the three as we'll as
Ile most daring. tie gravltated TO China. and
Al last 10 Mongolia, wandering alone IN search
OF plants and minerals. and II was to him that
baTa6a showed the ruby mine. He got back
70 cIVlhzatlon with his treasure, and took It to
81 Petersburg unmolested.
mere ne found George earning poor living
II an obscure position IN the public service his
conduct IN the army having been condoned OF
overlooked John. who was the incarnation
OF SelilshneSs would do nothing for him
beorge. eNaSperated by HIM and half starved
murdered hIm IN such q wav that he was SUD
posed 10 have died by an accident. took pos
session OF his hoard Of unsold rubies. and wrote
70 ms twin brother to come and share the
fortune John had LETT them
George and Basil had been IN constant cor
respondenoe. and had even helped each other
with money from time TO time Some weeks
elapsed after Basil 8 return to ST Petersburg
before his death. and during that time he told
george, who knew London well and moreover
mad helped hIrn IN ms attempt to get divorce,
: vast number OF details about his married life
and his wIfes behavior her character and
tastes Then Basil was killed IN the street. and
George left the country and changed his name.
with the vague idea that his own was not
very CredItabe one and that # he kept Il he
ous creditors He began life over again as
hTalInSkv.
He had not entertained the least intention
OF passing himself for Basil and claiming LADY
Maud as his wife, TIL he saw her and her beauty
made him lose has head completely when he
saw that she took HIM for her husband. He
would have been found out inevitably sooner
OF later. but Van Torps vigorous action
shortened LADY Maud 5 tornents.
George was tried. The family history Of the
Levens Was exhuned and dIssected before the
courts The creditors OF Basil Leven appeared
II legIons and claimed that II proper course he
should have inherited the rubles from his
murdered brother, who would then have been
100. and ordered the conriscated treasure 70 be
sold. But since L had been Basil s. the law
was obliged to declare that the residue OF the
money. after paving the debts. was the prop
e-Ty q Countess Leven, Basil s widow
T ADY MAUD thus found herself IN possession
OF . considerable fortune, Tor she accepted
the inheritance when she was assured that Il
would 90 To the Russian crown II she refused II !
The Russian Government Al once sent an eN- |
Te-lsive expedition to ind the ruby NINE. an
attempt that altogether failed, because Ivan
Leven had never told anyone where Il was, nor |
ANYTHING about II and the court knew oillN /
from certain Jewellers who had dealt both with
k-alirszI and BaraIza. that Il Was somewhere
II Central Asia which Is an lnsutIclent Qi- |
reC-l0l. even Tor q ruby mine ne WeaItA
LADY Maud thus commands enables her 70
carry much further than formerly the peculiar
form of charity that she believes 10 De her
own invention.
Madam Koust.4rtir0s Logothet is learning |
French and English. on the Bosporls- with her
husband and VIII make q sensation When ne
brings her l. London and Paris On the Gay oI |
ms marriage II Co-lstanc1nop-e, LpEetheti re-
celved = letter from Lady Maud. telling MN
nov sorry she was that she had not believed
HIM that dav on the yacht II Hca-etts4' aIll
saving that She hoped t. meet hls |lie soon II
was an honest apology from an honest woman
H., received . letter few DAYS Later from
Margaret and on the same day . TIlagrtIlceIltlE
-7-7-lt-d and recklessIy illustrated booklet
reached him forwarded from Pans. Inc letter
US from Margaret. l. tell nm that she also
took hack what she had thought about b4r'IAe
and hoped t. see hln and her before long
She said she vyas glad on the whole that ne ma.
acted Ike a lr1ratIc. because It was likely llaU
they would both se happier She herself s-le
said vr..s going 70 he married to an IoTl1, a0
saint George s. Hanover Square, before S1-!ll4e
-u- New York where she was going TO sing al /
~. c-,e-a after Christmas. Il he should he IL
town then. she hoped he would come ana DTlns
ms vie .
The booklet was an announcement, inter |
--az-e5 with me etchlngs. 70 the effect llaii