The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-22

| quiTy IClloWed, which led to the sOlu-
tlon OF the mystery and sent Count
Yuryi Leven to Siberia; for he was
Boris Leven's twin brother.
The truth turned out to be that there
mad been three brothers, the youngest
pelng Ivan, and they had all entered
the same Cossack regiment, and had
served In the Caucasus, where most
omcers learn the Tartar language,
which is spoken by all the different
tribes. 1t will be simpler to designate
them by the English equivalents for
their names.
/ Boris behaved himself tolerably
well In the army, but both his broth
ers, John and George, who was his
twin, were broken for cheating at
cards, and emigrated to America. So
long as they all wore their boards as
omcers of Cossack regiments usual.
ly do. they were very much alike
They were all educated men of refined
tastes, and particularly fond of music
When his two brothers were cash.
lered, Boris resigned, entered the dip
lomatic service, married Lady Maud
Hoxwell, and was killed by a bomb
In st. Petersburg.
John and George separated in
America when they were tired Of
punching cattle.
John was something of a naturalist
ana was by far the most gifted of the
three a. we'll as the most daring. He
Sravitated to China and at last to
Mongolia, wandering alone in search
OF plants and minerals, and it was to
MIN that Baraka showed the ruby
mne. He got back to civilization
with his treasure and took it to
Petersburg unmolested.
There he found George earning
poor living in an obscure position in
the public service, his conduct in the
army having been condoned or over.
looked. John, who was the incarna.
tlon OF selfishness, would do nothing
Tor MIN. George, exasperated by him,
and half starved. murdered him in
such way that he was supposed to
nave died by an accident, took posses.
sion OF his hoard of unsold rubies. and
wrote to his twin brother to come and
snare the fortune John had left them.
George and Boris had been in con-
slant correspondence, and had even
helped each other with money from
time to time. Some weeks elapsed
after Boris return to st. Petersburg
before his death. and during that time
he told George, who knew London
well and had, moreover, helped him in
his attempt to get divorce, a vast
number of details about his married
life and his wife's behavior, her char
acter and tastes. Then Boris was
Killed in the street. and George left
the country and changed his name.
with >the vague idea that his own was
not very creditable one and that II
he Kept it he might be troubled by his
prother Boris numerous creditors. He
began life over again as Kralinsky.
He had not entertained the least in.
tentlon OF passing himself for Boris
ana claiming Lady Maud as his wife
I'LL ne met her, and her beauty made
MIN lose his head completely when he
saw that she took him for her hus-
band. He would have been found out
inevitably sooner or later, but Van
Iorps vigorous action shortened Lady
Mauds torments.
George was tried, and Russian JUS.
tlce awoke, possibly under pressure
from England. The family history of
the Levens was eXhumed and dis.
sected before the courts. The creditors
of Boris Leven appeared in legions
and claimed that in proper course
he should have inherited the rubies
from his murdered brother, and would
then have been able to pay his debts
Inc court thought so too, and ordered
the confiscated treasure to be sold.
But since it had been Boris. the
law was obliged to declare that the
residue OF the money, after paying the
debts, was the property of Countess
Leven, Boris widow.
Lady Maud thus found herself in
possession of considerable fortune.
Tor she accepted the Inheritance when
she was assured that it would go to
the Russian crown if she refused II
The wealth Lady Maud thus com.
Ai"huS SHdDleS HeT 10 carry much
further than formerly the peculiar
form of charity which she believes 70
be her own invention. If II may be
properly called charity at all. and
which consists in making it worth
while and agreeable to certain unfor-
tunate people to live decent lives in
quiet corners without starving. in
stead of calling to them to come out
from behind the virtue-curtain and be
reformed in public. 1t is a very ex-
pensive charity. however, and very
hard to exercise, and will never be
popular; for the popular charities are
those that cost least and are no trou.
BILE.
Nine. konstantinos Logotheti is
learning French and English on the
Bosphorus with her husband, and will
make a sensation when he brings her
TO London and Paris. On the day of
his marriage in Constantinople Logo
theft received letter from Lady
Maud telling him how sorry she was
that she had not believed him that