The anti-monopolist., 1875-12-16

lard by. With some dlmcul'y the "iasvi " a. ,
he sledge-a tall, manly young 1elio"' 81
whose fair hair and rnddy cheeks contrast al
ID fo,cibly with the swarthy sallowness and
slack elflocks of the Russian mouJik VINO G.
lad thus suddenly accosted h1m-proush' .
he fiery horses to o check
why, Isaac, my good friend, ne salc, u
smiling, .'what news have you 1or me 'hat
brooks no delay in the telling? Has some t.
bear killed a man, and does nobody dare 10
traverse the forest road until,I settle scores Il
With Bruip. with the aid of u brace of lead v
on nils from the big rifee Or have Jou Y
been so unfortunate ast be again at ms a
understanding with the gendarmes II
.Excellencv,' interrupted tie man, with 6
vehement earnestness which made Itself
felt, IL am here to- day to pay the debt. we
Russians have a memory tenacious OF klhu-
ness. and the poor vagabond, Isaac fanlovf
ten. has not forg often that but for your IN
tercession he would have tasted, before TINS
Of the black bread and the knoted thong Ia
Ii,onir gaol. I've run to-day nineteen
versts through the snow to warn you thas
the foreigner and the gentleman who tray
els the Vaslkof road this night carries MS
| life in his hand. | knew you to be on
visit at the baron's yonder, He's IN no
hurry. but woe to every castle from ,ne
Dneiper ferry to Boguslaw and Skudra, tor
thew will be. one and all, in light name
before moonrise!' e-a,,
..There is rising, them. among the sefls!
asked the young Englishman eagerly.
! .yrherc is." answered the man call isaac
with a nod. "The people of twenty villages
have aworn the great oath on the 1ospeis
70 root out all these Sobieskis and Jageilons.
and the rest of the unbaptized Polish counts
and nrinces that wiring the withers OF the
posr." c. Nicholas Galitziu. of
lCuernporod?" asked the young man, grow
7.That do l." replied the moujik. "a
beovv account he'll have to settle, the
r proud onc,,aed
Rut before the sentence was conciuueo
4 The Young Englishman had siackehed .hS
reins of his impatient steeds, wnich s'ar'e'
n off nj once like arrows from the oo"' a""'
Ito the ineffable surprise OF Inc gurtuiou'
J Isaac. the whole equipage rapidly disappear
ed along the road leading to the very us
a trict to which his warning had relerence'
Ia the course of q three years residehce
rs in Southern Russia, Edgar Mars'on' VIM
was manager ofthc Land Dank oi '"ai'ho'
IA most o! trust to which he nad oeeh "p
. nointed through the influence OF reia"fe' y,
n his. wealthy members OF the BRUSH o'''N
of merchants at St. Petcrburg-hao sa"ieo
he a thorough insight into the conui'ioh u .h' wv
nrov;nce IN which he lived, and knew th'
e bitter hate which the Kuthenian peasan''
ontor,aiped toward the land owners, mos
ir &c ,uho,n were Polish mobiles who had VOL
.h.;r estates when Poland was a wide spread
To
lGaI;tzin was personally obnoxious TO III
late vassals for q hundred arbitrary, ac'
MS md nrttv exactions, and he trembled les
he should not reach the lonely manor nous
a. in time to give warning otis inmates OF IA
u "f lad Anniette is there." said the youn
nd man to himself half unconsciously, as ne Ell
outraged the melted horses to 10 the'
hest Yes. that was the secret OF Edge
Nars.oa's eagerness to give timely notice
:, the coming storm to those beneath the ro.
eo If Gali,zin castle. He had fallen deeply
$50 1--we with the counts young anu Pre''
dauohter-the Countess Annette, as 81
m was called, in compliance with that court
Russian rule which bestows titles on all q
ley ,,omhcrs of an aristocratic family-and
ynew that his love was reciproca'ed.
my haa indeed. been formerly on terms OF II
,an t;macv with Count Galitzin's household,
thmch. on propc sing himself as a suitor !
lie, l,,;ette's hand he had been met by q q
cidea refusal. m
we Count Gal;tzin whose large bat ili-cui
y,.s estate lay on the bank OF tue bo'
no ,ho,as hut n few miles from BasiKof, a
oils who owed money to the financial corporal
NJ which Marstou was the Representatives
mp other views for his daughter than to oes
her on young foreigner who was nei'a
um- rich nor titled, aud the visits OF Ed5er' !
merlv welcome guest at Czerngooa'
for some time wholly ceased. lie was, h'
ever. aware that Annette. with ner Farei
had for several weeks been residing AT
chateau. aui his first impulse was to nu
thither and preserve her whom he loved II
'"s" the blind vengeance of the hall oafoaf
lind serfs now on the eve OF revolving
dim The short winters day was nearsy sp'
and when Edrer reached the outsR'f"
'ze Of the village Of Czerngorod. the sun haa .
beneath the black screen OF sulleh pine u
'-oi that marked the boundary OF tue io'
;, ,f while through those trees glared an on
ons rudy light, shouts, shots, ana
ch as as of an excited crowd came cohsusea''
the ear.
But ..Heaveu help them! the castle must o.
ready uFct eXctaitieu tuc so"-S
once he saw = tail column of smoke, streaNeu
>>on,. fiery showers Of sparks and burning N
~ rise high in the air. What, b. tins ma
Ks = the fate of those within.
His apprehensions were, however, dc
step ed 10 be promptly relieved, SINCE
drove past the low boundary fence OF
iisheo counts gardens, he heard his name ca
and saw Annette Gali;zin herself come
os The ming toward him from amidst the dari
clumps of shrubs Her dark hair was
+ song ing loosely over her shoulders. and hei
tie feet, in their dainty Paris shoes, 81.
every step in the dsai snow, making
dent that in her alarm she had darssu
snfes from the burning manor-house,
merely the time to snatch up the snol., :,
ed CLOAK. lined and trimmed with cos''
lists. which she wore. -
air. Marsson-Edgars sne eA.'
with terrific earnestness, .'on, PI.s,
me, Take me with you before .nes