The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-31

10y, Impossible 70 express. On the
hext day they had the child baptized,
and noE they were happy, for no par
| ents had a sNeeter, loYelier child
The angels broughtit from hessen.
said the neighbOrs.
The little lyanyetta grew apaee. She
/ never disobeyed her parents. She was
| deyout and neal as well a beautiful
When she was q tall. young maiden
with long. golden braids down her
| back, she allowed old Yeda Nekrasof To
| do none of the household work. Often
| the old people SAT beside tie stove while
/ she sang 20 them and brought them hot
| tea, and remembered the days when
they wished for q daughter. They were
very happy. but happiness cannot keep
age away. They. grew old in twenty
years. for they were already long past
middle age when the child cams TO
them. And now the young men Of the
neighborhood begah 10 sue for the hand
| of lyanyella Nekrasof-the tall. young
son of the doctor, the schoolmaster's
nephew. the young tea merchant. who
was believed to DO so rich-buf 10 each
and all the people said
I'VE cannot give our child away.
We have made . vow before Heaven"
For n long while lvanyetta was glad
TO hear them say so. but n day q
stranger came, q youth from Denmark,
who sang divinely. who said things 10
her that nc one had ever said before.
She lost her heart TO him. and now 1t
seemed cruel TO her that her fate should
be like that Of no other maiden on
earth She wept In secret, but she was
too good to disobey those whom she
knew ~ mother and father; and so
they loved each other-ths young Dane
and herself, and waited.
I'VE are growing very old" said
Wanna Nekrasof; s.in due time God will
take US away from earth Then Ivan
yetta VIII be alone. We cannot give
her away. but after NJ 1t will DO a. God
wills"
May you live long. my good father
said Edwin the Dane MEANWHILE, i
will be . brother to Ivanyetta-" And
% the yssrs passed on. bringing no
change 70 the girl's beauty. She was
fair and young. and delicate as ever,
whils EdWin's soft moustachs changed
TO . long beard and his shoulders
broadsnsd and his frame grew taller.
She was thirty whom VIENNA Nekrasof
and his wife one day fell Ill Of = fever
that swept through the village. 1t was
. psstilsncs which spared none that
It touched; but Ivanystta kept her place
beside their bed and held their hands
TO the last.
When they died she wcpt bitterly,
but the fever did not touch her. The
old people lay at rost at last Their
forms were placed upon q bier in the
aisle Of the old church. The neighbors
l L-alt v-.a. ~ tk.xu .AAr. NIna.
beside the bier knelt Ivanyetta. her
head cowed upon her hands. Edwin,
/ her lover, watched her from afar. She
had forbidden him to approach her.
The solemn service began. The more
reverent yelled their eyes, but the
| young people who looked up saw .
| strange sight. The snow was drifting
through Q window in the roof, and fall
ing upon the head and shoulders Of
Ivanyetta. She did not stir. Tho
prayer went on, the music walled ovsr
the dead. The friends arose; all was
ready for the burial. But, behold! at
the foot of the altar the pile Of drifting
snow, that h~alf-covered the form Of tho
kneeling girl, arose toward the motion
less bodies Of the adopted parents.
Look. Edwin. lookr' whispered o
friend. .Lookr
The lover uncovered his eyes. He
had been praying and weeping; he
could hardly see.
."What Is itp" he cried. SIS 1t q
mantle Of white fur that has fallen on
Lvanyotts's shouldersP"
1T is snow from tho window above"
cried his friend.
III Edwin rushed forward. But mt that
Instant the doors were opened for tho
bsarers. who had lifted the bier to their
shoulders. A great drift Of powdery
snow swept In. Some people aiterward
said that they saw . woman In white
fur. with . child In her arms. following
N Tie funeral train; but from that mo
nsns human eyes never again saw tho
beautiful form Of lvAnystta Nekrasof.