Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-29

the shutter; 81 shall send thee my son,
he will conduct thee"
Vladimir waited, aud at length lad
came out, armed with club, and took
the lead, now pointing to the road, now
searching for it, where the SNOW had drift
ed.
The cocks we're Growing and the day
was dawning when they reached JadrinO.
The church was closed. Vladimir re-
warded his guide and drove into the priests
stable.yard. No troaka was to be seen,
and what we're the news which here awit-
ed him?
But let us return to the good people OF
Nenaradovo, and see what is going on
there.
The old people rose and proceeded to
the drawng-room-Gavrilo Gavrilovitch
in his nightcar and warm jacket, Pras.
covia Petrovna 10 a wadded dressing
gown. The samoan (tea-arn) was brought
in, and Gavrilo Gavrilovltch despatched
the maid to inquire after Maria Gavril-
ova's health, how she felt, and how she
had slept. The girl returned, declaring
that the young lady had not had good
night, but she now felt better. and would
herself be down directly. The door open
ened, and Maria Gavrilovna walked iu,
aud bade her papa and mama good morn.
ing.
"How is the head, Masha 2" asked
Gav-ilo Gavriovitch.
Better, papa answered Masha,
"Perhaps the fumes from the stove had
given thee a headache" said Prascovia
Petrovna.
"Perhaps, mamma," answered Masha.
The day passed happily, but that night
Masha was taken ILL., A messenger was
despatched into the town for the doctor.
He arrived toward the following evening
and found her deirious. A violent fever
set in, and the poor patient lay a fortnight
between life and death.
No suspicion was entertained of the
planned flight. The letter written on the
eve had been burned. The maid had dis.
closed nothing, fearing the dispeasure OF
her master and mistress. The priest, re-
tired cornet, the lana.surveyor, and the
charming young Uhlan were equally re-
served, aud not without reason.
But Maria Gavrilovna herself was
ready to disclose all in her rawlings. New
ertheless. her utterances we're so dlscon-
nected that even her mother, who never
quilted her bedside, could only gather
from theuu that their daughter was des.
perateIy in love with Vladimir Nikolas-
witch, and to this attachment was due the
cause Of her illness. She consulted her
husband and some of her neighbors, and
they all unanimously arrived at the con-
cluslon that one could not flee ones desti-
ny that poverty was no sin; that one
did not marry riches, but husband, and
so on.
The young lady was in the meanwhile
recovering, Vladimir had long since dis
continued his visits. The reception he
usually met with scared him. 1t is now
resolved that he should be sent for. and
made acquainted with the unexpected
happiness instore for him-consent to their
union. What must have been their sur
prise when the only answer this invitation
elected was received IN the shape Of a
disconnected and ravlng letter, in which
Vladimir informed them that he could
never again put his foot into their house,
and begged them at the same time to for
get the hapless being, whose only comfort
henceforth was to be looked for in tie
grave? They heard few days later that
he lad relcined the army. 1t was long
time before the convalescent Masla could
be told of it. She never mentioned Vlad-
imir now. Upon seeing his name on the
list of severely wounded at Borodino. a
few months after the proceeding events,
she tainted away, and fears were enter
tained of relapse. But fortunately the
swoon was followed by no serious conse-
quences.
Another trial awaited her. Gavrilo
Gavrilovitch died, leaving her sole heiress
to all she possessed. But this legacy did
not console her. Prascovla Petrovna's
grief was sincerely shared by her daugh-
ter, who protested that she would never
leave her they quilted Nenaradovo, so
replete with sad "reminiscences, and set
tied on one Of their other estates,
Admirers focked here also around the
amiable and wealthy heiress, ba. she en-
couraged none of them. Her Mother
sometimes urged her to make choice, but
on such occasions Maria Gavlilovna would
only shake her head and look pensive.
Vladimir had ceased to exist he died at