The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-04-14

Twenty-four hours later he awoke in
st. Petersburg.
Next day great carriage drove up
to his hotel and a man wearing the
splendid scarlet and gold uniform Of
an imperial court marshal stepped
out The official gave the name of
one of the numerous court marshals
of the car.
His majesty" said the court mar
shall. "has been very much distressed
at the trouble In your family. especial
ly as your wife was niece of the late
American ambassador. Such incidents
create i'll feeling between the two
countries.
81 advise you to return your child
to do So"
81 will never give my child up I'M
less l am forced to do So | would
| not give her up for million roubles,"
said the count II will not give her
up without a written order from the
car"
An acrimonious dispute followed be-
| tween the two men and the court mar
shall went away.
| The next day he returned with an
order signed by the czar, ordering him
| in the most positive manner to restore
his child to the custody of the mother.
Disobedience to this order would have
entailed loss of property and other
| serious consequences in Russia.
Restored Child to Mother.
| The count therefore promised to
obey, returned to Hungary and re-
was waiting in Vienna. She sailed
Immediately for the United States
with the little girl.
The count went back to Russia.
| After he found that he had been
| tricked he informed the Grand
Duchess Sergius of the episode. AS
! soon as she told the car about the
case, he remembered, of course, that
he had signed no order to the count.
The czar was indignant. He ordered
Baron Freedericksz, minister of the
imperial household, the highest official
of the court, to make a searching in
vestigation and find out the name of
| the courier, or whatever he was, who
! forged the order to Count Gizycki.
| GizyclSi has been ordered to remain
at the disposal of the car and the
court of inquiry. AS soon as the cul-
! prit is found and the details of the
crime established, the Russian minis
| ter of foreign affairs will communicate
with Washington with view of hav-
ing the little Countess Leonora
Gizyck returned to her father.
The Russian government will claim
that Count Gizycki's daughter is
Russian subject; that her father is
her proper guardian, and that as she
was taken from him in the manner de-
+. scribed, the United States should re-
| turn her to him. The little girl, who
is styled in Russia the Countess Leo
nora Gizycki. Is now five years old.
Her father and mother were married
| in 1904.
Counts Accession to Wealth.
Count Gizycki at the time of his
marriage was very poor, being largely
dependent on his salary as captain
in the Austrian cavalry. The family
was of mixed Polish and Hungarian
extraction. and one branch was set
tied in Russia.
Soon after his marriage. the count
inherited large estates from an uncle
In Russia, including several thousand
acres and three villages. AS foreign
ers cannot hold property in Russia.
Count Gizycki had to give up his Aus
trian citizenship and become a sub
| ject of the car.
/ Before he left Austria he and his
wife had had serious quarrels. She
found him entirely uncongenial and
very overbearing. 1t has even been