Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-30

not q very creditable ono and that II
he kept 1t he might be troubled by his
brother Boris numerous creditors. He
began life over again as Kralinsky.
He had not entertained the least in
tention Of passing himself for Boris
and claiming Lady Maud as his wife
TILL he met her, and her beauty made
him 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
Torp's vigorous action shortened Lady
Maud's torrents.
| George was tried, and Russian jus.
tice 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
tnen nave been able to pay his debts
The court thought so too, and ordered
the confscated treasure to be sold.
But since 1t had been Boris. the
law was obliged to declare that the
residue of the money, after paving the
debts, was the property of Countess
Leven, Boris widow.
Lady Maud thus found herself in
possession of considerable fortune.
for she accepted the Inheritance when
she was assured that it would 20 to
the Russian crown If she refused It.
The wealth Lady Maud thus COM
mands enables her to carry much
further than formerly the peculiar
form Of charity which she believes to
be her own invention. II 1t 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. It 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 ia
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
day on the yacht at Scaletta, and say.
Ing that she hoped to meet his wife
soon. 1t was an honest apology from
an honest woman.
He received letter few DAYS
later from Margaret, and on the same
day magnifcently printed and reck-
lessly illustrated booklet reached him,
forwarded from Paris. The letter was
from Margaret to tell him that she
also took back what she had thought
about Baraka and hoped to zee him
and her before long. She saad she
was glad, on the whole. that he had
acted like q lunatic, because it was
likely that they would both be hap
prier. She herself. she said, was go
st. Georges, Hanover square, before
sailing for New York, where she wal
going to sing at the opera aftel
Christmas. If he should be in towr
then she hoped he would come ant
bring his wife.
The booklet was an announcement
interleaved with fine etchings, to the
effect that THE Nine. da Cordova and
Rufus Van Torp Company" would
open their new opera house in Fifth
avenue less than two years hence
with grand Wagner festival, to las
two months. and to include the per
Torrance of "Parsifal" with entirel,
new scenery, and the greatest living
artists. whose names were given
Mr.. Van Torp had told the diva
that he would like her to choose
wedding present which she reah!
wanted, adding that he had a few
things for her already. He produced
some of them, but some were on pa
per. Among the latter was house il
New York. overlooking the park ant
copied exactly from her own in Lon
don, the English architect having beef
sent to New York himself to build II
Two small items were two LUXURIOUS
private cars of entirely different pat
terms, one for America and one 70
Europe, which she was always to us,
when she travelled. professionally O
otherwise. He said he did not Civ,
her the Lancashire Lass because i
wasn't quite new''-having been abou
ten months in the water-but he hat
his own reasons, one of which wa
that the yacht represented a sent
ment to him, and was what he would
have called "souwner" But if sh,
could think of anything else she fan
cied. now was the time"
She said that there was only on,
thing she should really like, but tina
she could not have it, because 1t wa
not In the market. He asked what 1
was. and 1t turned out to be the rub,
which Logotheti had given her, ant
had taken to Pinney's to be cut, AMI
which had been the cause of SO man,
unexpected events, including her mar