South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-26


mense fortune which still remained.
He seemed perfectly happy in this
existence. so different from the one
he had led in his young days, before
he had sown his wild oats; and his
wife seemed also 20 be quite content
ed with it. because the couple hardly
went anywhere. and with the ex-
ception Of a few chosen friends
never admitted any one within their
doors
Il was only when their eldest
girl, Irene Narischkine had reached
the age when she had 10 be intro
duced into society that the beautiful
Narischkine house was at last
thrown open, that entertainments Of
unsurpassed magnificance were
given there, for the young girls
benefit, and that 81 Petersburg So
ciety saw once more Basile Narisch-
had only existed as the memory OF
a legend. But after their daughters
marriage TO the younger son Of
Count WorontzOff Daschkoff. Mr..
and Madame Narischkine returned
10 the solitude in which their early
hospitable gayeties Of their big
town residence were closed again.
this time never to reopen, at least
during the lifetime Of their master.
The Two sons.
Two sons had been born to the
second empires mundane hero. The
eldest one. Leo, promised at first TO
rival his father in the latters early
extravaganza. He likewise settled
in Paris, where ne soon became a
we'll known figure on the boulevards
and in the smart restaurants But
it was in Paris that he met his fate
in the person of the wife of Prince
George YOuriewsky, the son of the
morgantic marriage of the Car
Alexander III with the Princess Cath
crime Dolgorouky, whom he had
created a Princess Youiewsky in her
own right and who was herself the
daughter Of a morganatic union of
the late Prince Nicholas Of Olden-
burg with a Circassian princess,
Agrippine Djaparidze. She was
beautiful, accomplished and charm
ing in every way, and she was most
unhappily married. Very soon a di-
vorce was arranged and she became
the bride OF Leo Narischkine, the
couple settling definitely in France.
When the war broke out they or
ganized, at their own expense. a
field hospital. and Madame Narisch-
kline has nursed many wounded sol
diers who were brought there
straight from the front.
The second of the Narischkine
brothers, Cyril, was also to have
romantic life. and his two success
sive marriages were 10 be certainly
out of the common, at least i'm re-
gard TO the ideas and prejudices eX-
listing among the Russian aristoc-
racy He was barely two and twenty
when he fell violently in love with
the adopted daughter of the famous
Count Witte, to whom the latter had
given his name Just TO prevent the
world from Iemembering that her
mother, whose marriage with the
count had reused such storm of
indignation at the time it had taken
place was a Jewess called Madame
Lyssanevitsch whose career had
been, 10 say the least. an adventur-
Gus one.
Another Divorce.
OF course the whole Narischkine
family protested against the posi-
hility of one Of its members leading
TO the altar AIademoiselle Witte-
Lyssanevitsch. but Cyril Narischkine
was his own master his father hav-
ing died a year or two before; Count
Witte was prime minister, and 10 cut
matters short. several important
people were won over TO further the
views of the young man who de-
clared that If he did not marry the
object Of his affections ne would
blow his brains out. His relatives
at last agreed 10 overlook the lack
of quarterings of the young adopted
daughter of Count Witte and the
couple were married with great
pomp in Petrograd. At first all went
well and two children. a boy and
girl. were born 10 Vera Narisch-
kline and 10 her husband Then
something or other happened. They
drifted apart and at last a divorce
put an end TO a marriage which for
many reasons had never had much
chance of proving happy one The
house of Count and Countess Witte
opened its doors 10 their daughter.
who made it her home and that OF
her children, and Cyril Narischkine
resumed the bachelor existence,
which perhaps suited him better
than anything else.
But cupid was watching for him
again and he once more lost his
heart, this time 20 a lovely American,
Who il seems he followed 10 New
York, where they are TO be married
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