Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-21

to h're palace now at Rome, now at 1 Florence. and when she was in Paris, Berlin or Vienna, there being no pal aces for rent in those capitals, she would usually take some notable dwell ing. The countess had no more fixed position in society than ia the matter of residence.
 Entering her drawing room. she found man waiting for her. There was rothing in his apparel to indicate gnag nc had called upoz tlie countess Rs visitov Eie was ten years her seuror. but looked twenty years older tban she His hair was perfectly white His face was furrowed and bore ' traces Of having endured suffering His eye gave evidence of the same strain,
 You wish to see mel" asked the countess, scruuniziug the man as one who fears every stranger lest he come on an errand or revenge. or justice.
 'I have waited an hour for you. Bnt the afternoon being fine and your lady ship doubtless having enjoyed your trip on the Grand canal, I would not have hurried you for the world have been looking forward 10 this meeting for years. Surely minutes, even an hour or two, could not make much difference"
 q do not know you
 That is not surprising. One doesn't retain g smooth cheek at Kara. Be sides, I have been through a number of hunger strikes. Then travelling through an ice wilderness for months would not bring the same ruddy com plexicn as being rowed by q gondolier on the Grand canal at Venice"
 The bloom in the countess face was whitened like rose rouched by a frost Sue knew now who the man was and stood listening to him with out reply.
 You remember a little maid. the daughter of a peasant living on the estate of ( n0bleman in Russia7 No flower in his conservatory possessed the exuberant beauty of this child just about to bud into womanhood. And she had a mind to use 1t, too. to what she considered the best advantage. During her early teens she captured with it the son of the nobleman on whose estate she lived She married him.
 But, his people not relishing their blood being mixed with the peasantry and being convinced that her motives were not of the purest, would have nothing to do with her. But they paid her well to stay away from them and. her young husband discovering that her heart was as cold as the bloom in her cheek was warm, let her go. In deed. she did not ask him 10 go with her.
 "The next he heard of his little wife was at St. Petersburg. She had more money than she had received from her husbands family, but it was not known from whence it came. A cer~ tain grand duke was attentive to her. so much so that, since grand dukes marry only with royalty, her reputa- tion suffered. But she was playing q bold game. She wiIled that her impe- rial lover should marry her. But, hay ing a husband already, this was i'm possible. IL might not be impossible If she could get rid of her husband
 cone day when out shooting he was attacked by a party of men. Having captured him, they took him to the su perintendent of police. and be joined the next caravan setting out for Sibe- ria.
 His wife had made failure. He was to have been executed, but the czar would not consent
 But if she might not be a grand duchess she might at least possess enormous wealth. Her imperial lover lavished millions upon her-miilio1s that her husband. among others, WAS taking from the Kara mines, impelled to work. whether able to do so or not by the knout. For twenty years he helped to add to these riches that were layished upon his wife Then one day an opportunity occurred: he escaped from the prison and started for Q land of freedom
 And now he is here to quit once more his peasant life"
 He ceased to spe9E. and the countess nAoc1 NeAtAH5 AtAA AD tcAtAAoc- Since he did not she asked:
 And what are your intentions con corning me?"
 T have no intentions concerning you. But there is a transaction that has not appeared in the story I have told, and the Russian government has intentions which will be made mani- fest through the king of Italy"
 The countess caught at a piec of furniture near which she stood and swayed like a reed shaken by the wind
 "A generation has passed" the wis itor continued. 'sThe grand duke is dead. and there is new czar of Rus sia."
 The woman summoned voice to ask.
 ~When will they be here?"
 Not soon enough to occasion undue haste on your part. but too soon to enable you to leave Italy"
 The countess walked to q cabinet. opened drawer, took out an ivory handled revolver and. putting ie to her temple. pulled the trigger.
 Half an hour later the government police of Italy entered the countess