Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-06


gage / left behind when / pushed
on"
"Well, then, wei order one from
the tsilor's, and il will be ready
this evening. St Petersburg Is
different from Odessa, you know"
and the worthy governor led his
pseudo nephew TO the dining-room,
where Kamoutsine had not TO be
hidden twice to attack the smoking
viands and tea
"Dear Lord :" said the general,
gazing fondly on the young man,
"how you have changed ! should
never have known you, and yet in
profile you are the very image Of
Your poor mother
$50 they have always said, uncle;
but of course ! cannot decide that
point
NO, no; of course not. The
last time saw you, you were q
young shaver, just the height Of
this table-fve year old, think"
-Four years and eight months ]
was. uncle"
so you were, so you were. /
recollect now. And your great
aunt Elizabeth =
pray excuse me, uncle, but /
am dead tired. Three nights
travelling, as l told you
"Why, Of course, and l was an
old ass not TO remember it. Your
room is ready; and you can take a
good, sound sleep"
"And what if / sleep all day, as
feel very much like doing at this
instant r
Never mind how long you sleep,
so long as you are ready for the
ball this evening. Give your
clothes to the servant; he will take
them to the tailor and have a dress
suit built for tonight
In his room and in bed, Kamout.
sine drew from bis pocket book be-
meath his pillow, letter be had re-
ceived two days before, and the
contents of which had inspired him
with the idea of the part be was
now playing.
1--WE have no end Of fun wrote
fellow guards-man from Moscow,
with a nephew of the governor
fresh from Odessa. Some Of our
fellows have plucked him at ecarte
and be has lost more money than
be had with him, be has placed
himself in pawn till his remittance
arrive from Odessa. He has
mortal terror Of his distinguished
relative at St. Petersburg, whom he
never seen since the days Of his
innocent childhood, and would soon
err die than let the old gentleman
know he had gotten into a scrape.
We visit him regularly and feed
his terror with ingenious romance.
At the way the mails 60 l fancy we
have ten days good fun with him
before Us ere be receives his re-
mittances."
"In ten days." said Kamoutsine
to himself, as he TRANQUILITY refold-
ed the paper, II shall he in Siberia,
probably. Meanwhile let me
sleep"
He slept souudly, and at dinner
time had bis meal sent to his room
under the pretext of fatigue, then
dressing himself leisurely in the
suit provided for him, and which
even he admitted was quite a passa-
BILE ft, be seated himself at the
window to watch the carriages
drive mp and pour upon the recep-
ton platform torrent Of velvet,
satin, silk, lace, jewels and uni
forms I; be heard the clashing of
plates and proclaim in the supper
room and reflected sadly that he
should not be among the banquet
ers then be heard the stroke Of
10 there was tap at the door, and
a servant entered TO say, with his
excellency's compliments, that it
was time to 60 down TO the ball
room.
Down the red cloth-covered
staircase went Kamoutsine with the
leisurely pace BETTING a member
of the family, and entered the sa-
Ion just as the strains Of the ma
tional anthem announced the ar
rival of the emperor. With one
rapid glance he singled out the
Countess bancroft, who, somewhat