Show I MALADY OF COUNT TO MENTAL No Other Way AJay to Account for forthe forthe forthe the Disappearance of the Famous Author WIFE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE No Reason to Suppose That the Novelist Has Taken His Own Life Tula Russia Nov No 12 The mya mys mst mysterious t disappearance of ot Count Leo Tolstoi the Russian Ian novelist and so social cial dat reformer has 1155 made a painful im impression impression That he should decide to spend the evening of his days in soli soU solitude solitude tude surprises no one acquainted with his career but that ho he should daUber doliber deliberately desert the wife who had borne him nine nino children U to I difficult of belief bellet even in the light of ot his well known eccentricities of ot character I The suggestion tion of ot a failing mental montal mentality mentalIty ity is 18 accepted by many in explanation of the counts sudden which may have a tragic sequel as the countess counte is i prostrated It has been reported that she ahe has attempted her life ute In a letter left for tor his 1118 wife the count said saidI I cannot continue longer to live surrounded by luxury like many man other old men I retire from the world to complete my m life in solitude I ask ak a k that you do not seek my place of ot so sojourn sojourn sojourn journ and that you OU do not come to it if It it is discovered I 1 beg forgiveness for the grief that I may ma cause you yen ou Lived the Simple Life The Tue novelists reference to luxurious surroundings is 18 significant of his state of at mind as aa he ho has long lived the tho life lite of ot a peasant While his family tamU occupied occupied pied pled a substantial mansion on opt the estate e tate Tolstoi abode In a 1 peasants hut partaking only of ot the simple peasant p food and anti wearing the peasants pe costume a rough coat and trousers cowhide boots and a fur tur furcap furcap cap He has not always continued this humble mode of life Ufe but it has been his choice The first news of ot came from Prince Dmitry The count left lett his biB home several days d s ago ajro accompanied b by Dr k his hiM physician That the doctor should be e a party to the affair is 18 another Inexplicable feature Mako Make became me the companion of ot the tile count In succession lon to the Jailers private private vate ate secretary 11 l Gu whom the government exiled to Siberia alleging that he had lied influenced anti antl governmental writings writing NovelIst in Iii III Health Tolstoi has been in ill Ul health for Cor isome I some time He suffered fainting tainting spells and on October 18 was unconscious I for tor hours Later it was reported that he had improved somewhat in Itt his II writings Tolstoi has hau condemned sui sul suicide cide clde as immoral and Irrational and as indicating a perverted view of the sig alg of life liCe It is ta b believed Tolstoi proceeded roc to toan t an an ot o monastery Ift A R the th gO Kaluga widen which the th government gO of Tula on the west Prince Dmitry telegram of ot yesterday e stated stat that Tolstoi T left hitt his home on October O tober 19 18 This is obviously wrong as af the count was Hi fU il at his home on October 18 IS St Petersburg Peter burg Nov 12 lA A private message received here hero from Tula says that Countess Tolstoi twice attempted to commit suicide today by drowning through a H hole in the ice |