East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-02-11

have not thought os vengeance; and now
my hour is come
Sivio took from his pocket the letter
which he had received in the morning,
and gave IL TO me TO read. Some one
il appeared to be all agent Of his-hsd
written from Moscow 10 inform him that
a certain person whom he knew was soon
about to marry young and beautiful
lady.
'You guess said Slvio, 'who that Ger.
tain person is who il about TO marry. /
am going TO Moscow; aud we shall see
whether he will regard death with such
indifference, on the eve Of his wedding
day, as he did on former occasion, when
fessting on those cherries
With these words, Silvio rose, flung
his cap on the floor, and began to pace
the room backwards and forwards like q
tiger in his cage. During the time he
had been speaking, sat quite motionless,
while strange aud conflicting emotions
violently agitsted me.
The servant entered, and announced
that the horses were ready. Silvio very
warmly pressed my hand, and we took
leave of one another very affectionately.
He jumped into the tslsga-s small wagon
without springs--in which were deposited
two boxes, one containing his whole col
lection Of pistols, and the other all his
movable property. We bade adieu once
more, and he was soon far aMay on his
long journey.
A few years had passed away, when
domestic circumstances compelled me to
settle in miserable country residence in
the district of Dolova. This kind Of life
was not at all suited to my tastes; and
while initiating myself in my new duties,
l cast many lingering thought on my
former boisterous aud careless life; but
the most difficult task of all was to &C.
custom myself to spend the long winter
evenings in complete solitude. | gener.
ally msnaged, in some way or other, TO
employ myself until my dinner hour. l
chstted with the old people who lived
near me; rode about, inspecting new
works which had been set on foot; but,
with the daylight, these resources failed
me; nothing remained for me but to sit
idle for the remainder of the evening"
A small number Of books, which found
in cupboard and in the storehouse, /
read so many times, that at last knew
them pretty well by heart. When these
sources of intellectual enjoyment were
exhausted had recourse to the services
of my housekeeper, who related to me all
the tales she could remember. Although
well stocked, she could not last forever;
when she did fail, my WEAKNESS and vex-
alton became so insup2ortsble, that / re-
solved to drown my cares in the less
innocent bottle. This only increased my
wretchedness, BY adding to it the weight
of bodily suffering. l confess, also, that
I was afraid of becoming q habitual
drunksrd, of which saw mrny deplora-
BILE specimens in our district.
About three miles from me was q fine
estate belonging to the Countess B.;
but the beautiful mansion on il WAS occu-
pied only by steward. The countess
had only visited it on one occasion, and
that was with her husband, directly after
her marriage, and then had only remained
a month However, in the second spring
after I had takeu up my residence in my
solitary abode, report became current
that the countess with her husband in.
tended to pass the summer there; and in
the beginning of June, the report wa'
verified by their appearance.
The arrival of rich neighbor is an
epoch of great Importance to people who
live in the country. 1t is the talk of the
neighborhood for some months before
hand, aud II furnishes the principal topic
of conversation for at least three years
after. l longed with the greatest impa.
thence to see them, and, on the first
Sunday after their arrival, I set out i'm
mediately after dinner, to pay my bes,
respects to their excellencies, as their
nearest neighbor aud most obedien'
servant.
The servant showed me to the Count,
cabinet, aud went to announce my ar
rival. The immense cabinet was fitted
up most sumptuously; around the walls
stood cupboards filed with books, and or
each cupboard was bronze bust; OH the
marble mantel. piece was splendid mir
ror; the floor was covered with green
cloth, and on the cloth were placed seve
raj rich carpets. Living as had for sc
long time in such an insignificant
dwelling, | was unpreparcd for such .
sudden change. ! began to feel very il
at ease, aud awaited the appearance o
the Count with just as much diffidence a.
a country solicitor would the arrival of /,
great man of state. The door openet
aud the Count, fine, handsome man o
about thirty-two years Of age, entered
He approached me with look full o
candor and aifability. began to taxi
courage, and was beginning to recon
mend myself, when the Count interrupted
me, aud prevented any further apologies
We sat down, aud found his conversa
tion 50 free and perfectly unconstrained
that in . short time I conquered my un
easincss, and had just recovered my ordi
nary self.possession, when the Counties
entered, and all my embarrassment re
turned with new force. reH 7' te
The Count perceived the state of IN
feelings, aud in order to give nle time Z
recover myself, began to speak to hi
wife, thus treating me as though h