East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-05-06

; dragged him to the other side of the 70
est; and by the time he arrived there, Il
storm had ceased, and the moon shor
out. No appearance, however, of j,
, drino before him lay extended lare
plain, towards the centre of which th
poor traveller deserted cluster of for
or five houses. He FASTENED towards til
nearest, and, descending from the sledg,
knocked at the window. A small doc
in the shutter opened, and the whit
beard of an old man appeared.
"What do you want?"
ais it far to Jadrino?"
"Jadrinol about ten versts."
At this reply, Vladimir felt like Grim
inal condemned to execution.
"Can you," said he, furnish me wit
horses to go there ?"
"We have no horses"
"Well, then, guide: l will give hin
whatever he asks"
swat, them" said the old man; "I'l
send you my son."
The window was carefully closed, ant
considerable time elapsed. Vladimir
whose impatience became quite uncon
trollable, knocked again loudly at tn,
shutter.
The old man re.appeafed.
"What do you want?"
"Your son."
"He's coming; he is dressing himself
Are you cold? Come in and warm your
SELF"
"No, no; send out your son."
At length young lad, with stou
stick in his hand, made his appearance
and led the way across the snow covere
plain.
"What o'clock is it?" asked Vladimir
"Day will soon break"
The suns rays, indeed, had begun tc
gild the east, and the village cocks were
growing when they arrived at Jadrino.-
The church door was closed Vladimir
having paid and dismissed his guide, has
tened towards the priests DWELLING
What was he about to hear?
Let US first inquire what was going on
in the mansion of the master of Nenara
dof, just nothing at all In the morn.
ing, the husband and wife got up as usual
and went into the eating-room-Gabriel
Gabrilovitch in his woellen vest and his
night cap, and Petrowna in her dressing.
gown.
Tea was served, and Gabriel sent a
maid to inquire for Mari. The girl re
turned with message that her young
mistress had passed restless night, bu
that she now felt better, and was coming
down. In few minutes Mari entered
and embraced her parents.
"How do you feel, my poor little one?'
asked her father.
"Better," was the answer.
The day passed on as usual; but to.
wards evening Mari became very i'll and
feverish. The family physician was sum.
moned from the nearest town, and when
he arrived he found his patient in high
fever. During fourteen days she contin-
ued on the brink of the grave.
Nothing was known of her nocturnal
flight, as the waiting-maid, for her own
sake, was prudently silent on the subject;
nor did any of the other accomplices
even after having drunk wine, breathe a
word On the subject, SO much did all par
ties dread the wrath of Gabriel. Mari
however, during her delirium, raved SC
necessarily about Vladimir, that hel
mother could not doubt that her illness
was caused by love. She and her hus
band consulted some Of their friends on
the subject; and, as the result of the
conference, it was unanimously decided
that Mari was destined to marry the en-
sign-that one cannot avoid ones fate
that riches do not insure happiness--and
other fine maxims Of the same kind.
The invalid recovered. Vladimir, dur.
ing her illness, had never appeared at the
house; and il was determined that his
unexpected good-fortune should be an.
nounced to him-that he should be told
that he was now free to marry his be
loved. What was the astonishment ot
the proud owners of Nenaradof, when
they received in reply letter from the
young ensign, in which he declared tina,
ho would never enter their dwelling
again, and prayed them to forget an un.
happy being, for whom death was the
only refuge
A few days afterwards, they learned
that Vladimir bad rejoined the army. Ii
was in 1872. No one ever mentioned
his name to Mari, nor did she herself al.
lude to him in any way. Two or three
months elapsed, and one day she saw his
name mentioned amongst the officers
who had distinguished themselves at the
battle of Borodino, and who were NOR
tally wounded. She tainted, and had a
relapse Of fever, from which she slowly
recovered.
Not long afterwards, her father died,
leaving her the reversion Of his whole
property. Wealth, however, brought
her no consolation; she wept with her
mother, and vowed never to leave her.