| Show n n V nn nn V FINANCIER OF I V Adol AdoU Carr Career Interwoven with Romano i 11 Iii spite of 01 R Rallies 11 railroads rod I Cruisers ler an and gie t enter the c chasm a slid mystery ot of tb the the land I It I is a I of l intrigue e where her mighty up beval pro proceed along 10 hidden channels guided by powerful eUI and dexterous MO hands And And is I in tb the middle sees the hand M tha that iMpel destInIes is often the I 1 hd hand of I a fair woman The t great at atI ads I It I is tr true are not accomplished today y even In RUla Russia by the JIon poison cup l but an instrument a as ruble deadly and m more subtle mo more lb 1 presence I in America toa today of the great tat Jewish second only In power In the realm of the cur to the cr t fan Wite Witte ha has been widely chronicled of hi his rapid rise from the aI Dot most hopeless obscurity of a penniless buy of 01 the cr greatest linen magnate even to the rank of the een hereditary nobility o of the lert Jew hater of nations hat has ben been told but out a Ille little coterie In St Petersburg fw few that even eD II in the career of the coldhearted th the eternal feminine hu has pI played aye II It To th those who are acquainted wih with big bla ant and personality no two could app appear more remote than the art great and the tender p pen pension lion sion Adol Adolf would b be the man on on would pitch n upon u as eat cal I LU u UpIre UT ur n I a p H He is III to that t ay eay a game me or of hll hea cannot b be won won with he heart bart but wih with the hed head I H regard Il life u en ena 1 a che and act accordingly Nor NorIs NorI I Is hi his appearance prepossessing HI His shoulders af are bent bl his hair and b beard cr of M a ren h nu no n h w wear th the of 01 glasses I and plU be I b has Irregular teeth nell and his lin kind N lb In that thal of u hater of m man If t St Petersburg fry b be true tru and nd I it is II thO those 1 II In a to know Mr ha has hasha hl ha hil his PI t the 11 new tU IU tUI j I nt with lt this that while the students tu wo woo r m h V V inn I In I hart t the bankers Intrigue nearly 1 is V 0 tj lii In t 1 nl till r ri t 11 reP tad road tl the falar failure 0 cC prominent I und and almost In th tb of 5 minister I Hr Is th Ih tI It t few Rive alve clubs ad and salons In na the e curs el elI dpi I h I I sans 11 In theme hI In th the City o of Mow Moscow a young woman of extraordinary lit gifts r f mind and form lorm was of 01 th the el class have v D no nam name Th The Roan Roman II have called hr her Lydia Ldla the Jeb Preach nam aim h bet lra Ear or Naf Nena I II Oh Ohr r I I t d In Moscow under ti the sobriquet bruet f Matilda Jut Mut ti the beauty ot of tb the woo wo Ito wu was indisputable lb She combined brilliancy 6 of the Hebrew with olDe tle lb Ill features of tb the or was all medIum heIght an and exquisitely r f t ted and ld I her moton motions had the grace a aa a I wont Olt to ascribe to the anola senorita t r But hl ha hal more than tha mere lr l Rue had a braIn ant and barring 1 50 that n I a she I mt made mn merry with the careless r gal galut a I ut 1 or of the Moscow rC lp dreamed H lay day when she bt dwell with Ith and ad set et bl her h heel 1 on the neck in mister tt ad anti pota tN 1 a ald ascended ti the fleet It step of 01 the thet lj t r hy the hlf help o of on one I WI was a hour hourI rd I titAn of fair m mean and fn few ehu h did a good 0 t trade In on one of I In Moscow H Ht He t 1 tm om fell In love wih with hr her Mid aid Parried Mr her I Pot a while they I lived Id t dO does not happily If or th the position of nf mt trl or of a hl household bd bed little In Kat Matilda i scheme of If life T Tb leisure and t teem t the wee o te the m straggle fo toe which wot were IW new b bars sd I La In lug u that Ir ir u tord toward her goal Lve Love made Llan o I pliable material In her hands MOw Moscow she Ibe told him dId not afo afford fair cope for lor business such ue as ashi hi ap The capItal w was the field wherein she should fight bl his The worthy o of CUI course and to Vt It the manage wu warn forthwith de deporte porte ported The ot of the fair Jew Jewess In RUlla metropolis did nt not long r re remain main a secret The fame of hr her wit and beauty spread fa far and wide aa and pr poor lank sank to the inevitable position of the husband of Mme Mm Li U 1 Hr Her admirers were num numbered bred by the scores cor and Jb they included the greatest and most mott wealthy in ID te the theland laneS land Amon them the mOt most was Sergius WIt Witt the cr elate trusted minister of finance and th the greatest In the Russian empire The name of 01 D Do Wit Witt I is no now a hoa house household hold word As AI a matter of tart fact the matr noble prefix d dc do does not nol b by right be belonE lonE to him H He I Is 0 of lowly origin and haa ha risen to his hll present pent rank from the humble rn Olton of clerk clrk In a Ur of of 01 0 Odessa on 25 a month When Wite Witte limit mt met the far fair Me Ma Metilde tilde he had not Dot yet reached the I senith lt of bl his power we bt but nevertheless WU was re recognised I as o one of the vt great me men of oft t the be empi empire though lel less tha than 1 U years eara old H He was wa fascinated by the JIN and nothing would COl content tent him but that he be should bould mak make hr her hI own Buh Ouch 1 I I thin things are possible In Russia where publicity is Ia a an unknown and the press prel discreetly Ignores subject which bleh concern te the powers that b be 1 the might which wu Wa arrayed alu against him decided to tomake make te the bt best of a beS bad bargaIn A trifle of 0 cb charged hand hand no ob oh were placed In III th the way of a dl di dlvore divorce vore vorce and aad ater alter tie the lapse of a pro proper Interval Matilda ba became Mme Mm Witte She was wal now tb the wife of tue man who next to the czar wIelded the he latt greatest oer power In the empire ot of all the Ihl Rua But her ambition wu warn insatiable Not content wih with the great she h occupied she he almost aimed 11 If the control of RIla Russia ant and th mold molding ing jf If ti the of tb the And 10 so Well I d did she he use ale her li Ii that thai It a not long before fol hr her Influence 1 equaled that of th the la ln her If Ohe ta made It her aIm I I to l be l the dictator o or the tbt world of finance It Ohe found a ready d tol tool In Adolf Rte a Hotha wu was a nUo native of Berlin Ills HII business b be ba bad received In an I banking house From om h hs et to wf where he became a seekS l a 1 At te of M he 11 went to Resets t 10 enter tIn th ar employ bent of 01 ih InternatIonal If of Corn Com of It At Petersburg He rose until hI Ii II o tb the lell leading manar ani ii dl o of the bank Which under hi INI o of recent years been loen iden tite W rl al all Ih the important ot of Russia Later ht he 0 t the RI the factor In the h 0 o the tar Ir e east He I is a of Ike imperial council of the tM treasury fU f the H lie I is th the or original I r of 01 the Chinese t will u ox Ind peed II In t the State wi fur mateal materiel equipment etc 1 H He I closer tb than u any m maa to Wite Witte Ind and his hll In I In imperial circles uee crl is III only lees of 01 tn than fl daises Ut that ot a minister 1 1 To Two mighty t ambition an and two ht lute Ilc Caine together A Adolf Rt met Mh Mine Witte t tb they ol were 1 pwel powerful eo United they war invincible tj to u terms A t of 01 Us lb no ma call p GD epe with 1 Net Neither of 01 thel thee pk w were of ties caliber to ant 0 l p Pt HU m W yet seen rt f a I bU and some mat t a s ln tired held tt that Sec ease I nH 0 stein w was actuated by I a p per er than desire lr for nl I It word of finance that thlu tI ft t coito coalition made Ihm 11 Advised by the wily putt on an on OD single coup ou she Ibe won on i iother otar other aale mailer over a I it is II thui ten y years netted her an ee Amon Among lh the tl JIle juggled was th V f c tori tora of which lost o her ber O Of Oe the losers loera the han Mamontoff one ot of th the inn tots tor of 01 the rd road who 11 n I debt of 01 three and aDd a half hair 11 mitt however did nut I t 1 fortunes In a 8 I Christian straight to the czar hi h story lory layIng particular lIil tI M Mart part art played In It h by I trusted minister of of al all the than wi 1 I III II I mor more honest hont himself aul hater ot of dishonesty II in lt ut uta h ha a towering rage WItt I V action hi ld I V V master In tl I IU I U a bl best he could presence was refused hil hint Th Tha V was a In despair pir H He HI V goes OM contemplated ulli matters Were Werf finally Itt t how bow and WIt Witte W was I ITie Tie The beautiful Matilda t I i a aIn ine In ne l to tr If IDe I ue cC of th Ih 1 I V r ci upon which hr her I nJ I V V depended was wa tt that Ihl she ci h 1 V from te the realms oC itt t it lly stay remove removed Sh She Is II niI now i t tIn In Nic Nice In th the south of rI rII I is a wn well known haven rr fir I V Vlies Ie lies She Rhe dwells II In rel V fort lort In a handsome L h LID ID spending money moncy l she has haM I a I f t I V over from what she R III 1 her ber years eal of lively A Aa lo for M K h he ii Ii f ri to tn I have bave come out ni all rIght CI on l I L Lgee gee r man toay today than he l J I Ii I |
