The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-06-02

luryi Leven to Siberia; Tor he was
Boris Leven's twin brother.
The truth turned out to be that there
had been three brothers, the youngest |
being Ivan. and they had all entered |
the same Cossack regiment, and had |
served In the Caucasus, where most
officers 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
officers 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
tered, Boris resigned. entered the dip
lomatic service. married Lady Maud
Foxwell. and was killed by bomb
in St Petersburg.
John and George separated in
America when they were tired of
punching cattle
John was something of naturalist
and was by far the most gifted Of the
three as well as the most daring. He
gravitated to China and at last to
Mongolia, wandering alone In search
of plants and minerals, and 1t was to
him that Baraka showed the ruby
mine. He got back to civilization
with his treasure and took 1t to
Petersburg unmolested.
There he found George earning a
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.
ton of selfishness, would do nothing
for him. George, exasperated by him,
and half starved, murdered him In
such a way that he was supposed to
have died by an accident, took posses.
sion of his hoard of unsold rubies, and
wrote to his twin brother to come and
share the fortune John had left them
George and Boris had been in con
slant correspondence, and had ever
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 Londor
well and had, moreover, helped him IL
his attempt to get a divorce, a vas
number of details about his married
life and his wife's behavior, her char
acter and tastes. Then Boris wa
killed in the street, and George lief
the country and changed his name
with the vague idea that his own wa
4 not very creditable one and that /
l he kept it he might be troubled by hi
| brother Boris numerous creditors. II
1 began life over again as Kralinsky
| He had not entertained the least in
tention of passing himself for Bori
, and claiming Lady Maud as his wifi
: till he met her, and her beauty mad
him lose his head completely when h
saw that she took him for her hus
band. He would have been found on
10 inevitably sooner or later, but Va
Togp's vigorous action shortened Lad
. Maud's torments.
George was tried, and Russian jus
"a tice awoke, possibly under pressur
III from England. The family history G
Is the Levens was exhumed and di.
d sected before the courts. The creditor
IL OF Boris Leven appeared in legion
le and claimed that in proper cours
e. he should have inherited the rubie
from his murdered brother, and woul
err then have been able to pay his debt
iy the confiscated treasure to be sold
is But since it had been Boris, tn
n. law was obliged to declare that tn
TO residue of the money, after paying tn
m debts, was the property of Counties
Leyen, Boris' widow.
to Lady Maud thus found herself
IN possession of a considerable forum
for she accepted the Inheritance whe
ed she was assured that it would go
hit the Russian crown if she refused
lie, The wealth Lady Maud thus cor
ng mands enables her to carry muC
further than formerly the peculit
nd form of charity which she believes
err be her own invention. if it may |
he properly called charity at all, al
which consists in making 1t wort
while and agreeable to certain unfo
tunate people to live decent lives
ce, quiet corners without starving, /
es stead of calling to them to come O
ng from behind the virtuecurtain and
ar reformed in public. 1t is a very e
Densive charity, however, and We
an hard to exercise, and will never
re popular; for the popular charities a
lis those that cost least and are no tro
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