Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-30
THE PERSON IN QUESTION.

ldE IGoSON IN QUESTION.
Several years passed when family affairs
obliged me to exile myself in a wretched petty
tS OF the volosta OF PodjaritZkl. Busy
bain ssih was WIN my property, could not
i nelp sig signing whenever thought OF the noisy
period. In PodJaritzki one did not uye-did not
e e eYen one vegetated. The greatest trouble
in nau was 10 accustom myself to pass the even
;Hgs vi spring and winter In comDI etc Solitude
Onul dinner-hour succeeded In kjll,ng lime
S Store of less eftectual!y, by talking to the
slarosta. experimenting my Workmen ,nsnact
menf ne" Dq11dings and overlooking improve.
perfect loss to know What tn do viii, rnTaS ~
h eSuiu Almost repeat by rote the few booSs
lot lott upe 1aad In the drawers and in COCK
me- over and ny my housekeeper. Kirilovna, tell
oa!es she recolected. The SONGS of the naaEa
siit t hiaqe me melancholy. took to drinkIn9
own it: for saa aa m ns she headache Yes
Worst e "a Grunkard through pure spite the
afforSaS " ,a al oIunkards, as my own district
neighbors there gi ye 700 many proofs AS near
Sissed qsneo t0pers. whose conversation con7
Solitude was Isss Oh ~. yawns and hIccoughs.
ionship. Al last te1ser r eyil than their c0npan-
PED as early as possible. and to diaa u 10 gee to
pOSiloe 50 that solved the problem Of isoe as
and found th the nIsn and Inc pToongng the days
-Four Versts from my place was y vov,
DOMAIN, belonging to the Countess tSiJ me
CnoiC nao Lououy tnere save her steward M
countess mad resided in her Chateau hmt -, a me
the flrst year OF her welded life and they It..
would not remain there beyond a monih S Site
DAY. during the second spring of INV har,o Ure
existence, was told that the Countess raa ,. 5
10 pass the summer with her husband IN ~.
chateau. The report was correct, They +o oHe
up their quarters there In the BEGINNING M
June. us Vi
The arrival Of a rich neighbor is an evan. =,
rural life. The landed proprietors and tta III
people speak OF 1t for two months beforehand
ana three years afterward. AS for myseir 7
candldly avoW that the announcement Of tho
coming OF young and handsome lady neigh.
Dor threw me into considerable agitation T
was Dying OF 1mpatience to see her. ana the
1rst sunday after their arrival set out, after
gunner, for her chateau, to present my homage
10 Madame Ia ComtesSee In the character OF hfr
nearest neighbor and very humble servant.
A lackey ushered me into the Cou ats udv
ana went 10 acqua1nt his master with my visit.
THIS STUDY was spacious and furnished In very
ricn style. Along the walls were ranged mas
sivS presses luu OF books, and on the top OF
eacn DuSt In bronze. Over the marble CHM
aey piece Inere was an immense mirror. The
noor was nloden by green cloth, upon which
MeIe spread PERSIAN carpets had been di-
yvIce0 uom comfort so long In my den, that
was overcome at the spectacle OF all this su MP
Iuoushe SS-WaS positively seized with timidiUy.
ano waited Tor the Count very much In the
frame OF being OF petitioner from the prov
inceS VINO mas obtained audience Of some DOW
eriui minister, and sits In an antechamoer
1 1MS uooa opened. ana gave admission to q
young man about thirty, Of Charming counte-