Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-20

ueols' was the property OF Countess
Leven, Boris Htdow.
Lady Maud thus found herself in
possession of a considerable fortune,
for she accepted the inheritance when
she was assured that It would 90 to
the Russian crown If she refused 1t.
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 It NAV 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 is
learning French and English on the
Bosphorus with her husband, and will
make sensation when he brings her
to London and Paris. On the day Of
his marriage in Constantinople Logo
theft received a 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 a letter a few days
later from Margaret, and on the same
day a 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 see him
and her before long. She said 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
ing to be married to Mr.. Van Torp at
st. Georges. Hanover square, before
sailing for New York, where she was
going to sing at the opera after
Christmas. If he should be in town
then she hoped he would come and
bring his wife.
The booklet was an announcement,
interviewed 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 a grand Wagner festival. to last
two months. and to include the per-
Torrance OF "Parsifal" with entirely
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 a
wedding present which she really
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 a house in
New York, overlooking the park and
copied exactly from her own in Lon
don. the English architect having been
sent to New York himself to build It.
Two small items were two luxurious
private cars of entirely different pat
terms. one for America and one for
Europe. which she was always to use
when she travelled. professionally or
otherwise. He said he did not give
1GT the Lancashire LASS UtCduSC ~
wasn't quite new''-having been about
ten months in the water-but he had
MS own reasons. one of which was
that the yacht represented a senu-
ment to him, and was what he would
have called a "souviner." But if she
could think of anything else she fan
cied. now was the time"
She said that there was only one
thing she should really like, but that
she could not have il. because it was
not in the market. He asked what it
was, and it turned out to be the ruby
which Logotheti had given her, and
had taken to Pinneys to be cut, and
which had been the cause Of so many
unexpected events. including her mar
riage. Logotheti had it in his posses
sion, she supposed. but he had shown
good taste in not trying to press it on
her as a wedding present, for she
could not have accepted it. Neverthe-
less, she wanted it very much, more
as remembrance than for it's beauty.
Mr.. Van Torp said he thought he
could fix that" and he did He went
directly TO Mr.. Pinney and asked
what had become of the stone. Mr..
and was in his safe for sale. The
good man had felt that 1t would not
be tactful to offer it to Mr.. Van Torp.
Legotheti, who was fine gentleman
in his way, had ordered II to be sold.
when good opportunity offered. and
directed that the money should be
given to the poor Greeks in London.
under the supervision of Lady Maud
Leven, the Turkish ambassador and
the Greek minister, as a committee
Mr.. Pinney, after consultation with the
best experts. valued it at $4,000
pounds. Mr.. Van Torp wrote 4 check
for the money, put the stone into an
inner pocket and took it to the diva
Well he said, smiling. here's
your ruby, anyway. Anything else to-
dav7"
"Oh-oh-oh!" she cried, in rising
limitations of delight 'T never saw
anything so beautiful in my life! It's