The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
DE CRESPIGNY'S
ACTS OF BRAVERY

characteristic generosity and kind
aeartedness, Withdrew the words OH
Iepiled sir Claude, Il do not mind, sir
YOU calling me damned fool only
don't like being called a damned foul
before all those other damned fools''--
pointing at the dukes exceedingly dec
oratiVe and Imposing staff. The duke
Was extremely tlckled, and always
gusto.
II sir Claude had had his way. Cap
tain dc Crespigny would already now
! nave had handle 10 his name. for
"hen the captain attained his major
~ MS father, Sir Claude. claimed from
the crown. knigllthood for the young
Fellow This was formally preroEa-
I'VE OF the eldest sons OF baronets.
~Iieit mao; however. boon allowed to
iall INTO allegiance during the greater.
part OF tic nineteenth century sir
Claudes application which excited "A
considerable amount of discussion, was
rejected on the ground that it was
only oaronetcies bestowed prior to the
nineteenth century which had any le-
gal right 10 this privilege The last
( occasion on which 1t was allowed BY
inc crown was In tho case OF the de-
Hand made by Sir James Laurence cot =
ter, of Rockforest, County Cork. VIM.
not long after his SON. Ludlow an Of
iicer Of the EoyaI Munster Fusiliers,
a ,id ms majority, secured for him
Sir Ludlow Cotter
Amoura of the Cxar.
The Due de Morny's arrival in New
iork Tor stay Of some duration in
the United states serves TO recall la
mind the strange mystery which has
always existed with regard to the fate
OF ms Russian grandfather. Prince Ser
gus Trebetzkoy. The latter married
Catherine Mouasin Pushkin. bur tile
union was not Very happy one. and
the princess, an extremely pretty wo-
man. was the object of such nndis-
suiscd admiration on the part of Mich
olas |. that when her little girl Sophia.
afterwards the Duchesse de Morny.
was born. gossip at st. Petersburg as.
cribed the paternity of this child 10
the Gar report 10 which color was
lent later on when. on Sophia's mar
rage to the late Due dc Morny, she
from Emperor Alexander H.. who was
possibly her half-brothcr
serge Iroubetzkoy, at any rate. was
convinced of the truth of the story, and
he determined to bide his time. and
calculated TO humiliate him. Not long
afterwards Emperor Nicholas became
infatuated by the beauty of Nine. La
Vinla Jadimirovska, who had only been
VINO, recently arrived in ST. Petersburg
at the time, had at once by reason
of the wealth and rank of her elderly
husband and her own cleverness and
~.''SN'us'o'i' NdhSh d NcIS .COHSplcu-
Gus place in the great world of the
Russian metropolis. The Emperor
caused 1t TO be intimated to the lovely
Lavnia that she had attracted his
attention. and that lie proposed to
honor her with his favor To his
amazement and disgust, Lavinia de-
clincd in very categorical and haugh-
" manner the advances of her sovcr-
eign. Accepting his defeat, no said
nothing. attributing the ladys attitude
to virtue which he regarded as so rare
as to be deserving Of respect. and to
affection for her husband. But his an
ger knew no bounds when some weeks
later Serge Troubetzkoy, WHIP had
learned of the matter, succeeded in in
ducing Lavinia to elope with him This
was more than the Gear could bear. He
had the fugitive couple arrested lust
at the moment when they were about
to cross the frontier into Austria and
brought back by the police to st. Pc
torsburg, where. by his orders, the lady
was restored to her husband, willis
Serge Trouhntzkoy. deprived of his
military rank and princely title. disap-
pearcd in the direction of Siberia. and
was never heard OF again by any OF
the members of his family. Lavnia
was divorced some time afterwards by
her husband. abroad and married in
France Comte de Castel
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