St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

the Prince rushed furOusly upon them.
The bride raised her sweet blue eyes to
his face. The Prince looked at her,
then paused. In = moment bis counte-
nance changed. He looked surprised,
then smiled and held out his hand.
The son threw himself at his fathers |
feet, and the young wife would have |
done the same, but the Prince took her
in his arms and embraced her. He
COMMUNICATED her on her wonderful
beauty, forgave Boris on the spot, and
ordered a grand feast in honor of the
newly-arrived guests.
"For long time all was JOY and
neace at the castle There was an end
to hunting and wild midnight revelries.
There was very little tlogglng, and the
Prince seemed different man.
This change was the work Of the
gentle Princess Narvara. No father
She would say whenever she saw he was
going into one of his old fits of rage:
No, no; this is not right and he
generally would become calm and rea-
sonable.
In the course of year a grandson
was born to Prince Alexis, and his joy
knew no bounds. When the child was
old enough, he used often to be seen
carving it about the palace, and put
ting it to sleep, by singing snatches of
nursery-rhvmes. At its christening, he
cave a great feast and liberated two
| hundred slaves to please his daughter
in-law.
but the babe sickened and died.
The grandfather was overcome with sor
row. He refused to eat or drink, and
would not be comforted, and the be-
reaved mother put aside her own grief
to try to comfort him.
"V cry shortly after this, the young
Prince was called back to Moscow to
take up his military post. Narvara
would have accompanied him. but her
father -in-law was so moody and discon-
: solate. and entreated her so earnestly
not to desert him, that Boris, realizing
fully her great influence over her faith
er, persuaded her to remain for the time
being.
1.-The morning of Prince Boris de-
parture was gloomy one to his young
wife. She mourned the absence OF her
beloved husband, while she strove to
perform her duties towards her father
in-law.
but Satan must have grown weary
of the Princes good behavior, for at
once the old man fell back into his old
WAYS. In vain the Princess wept and
entreated him not to indulge in his for
mer habits. His old boon companions
came back one by one. Disorder and
confusion began to reign in the palace.
: At times Varvara hardly dared to leave
her room for fear of the wild and riot
Gus men who wandered in the halls. At
length, unable to endure this life OF
terror, she wrote to her husband, en-
treating him to return to her, or tC
send trusty escort to bring her to him.
"There was a man in the castle
named Ghrishka Chatoun, with whom
, the Prince was very intimate. He by
, some means got this letter, opened it,
, and then handed it to her father-in-law.
The Prince flew into one of his ole
frenzes.
1.-THE next morning the Princess wa:
f. told to prepare to join her husband
She was delighted. In the evening the
servants supposed that she entered
| carriage with her maid, and was driver
f away by Ghrishka Chatoun.
t THAT night the Prince visited, al
r alone, his underground prison, where
he remained long time. He had thu
t gates leading from the garden to thu
g cellars nailed up, and ordered that nj
y one should 90 near them. Then hi
j threw his prison keys into the Volga.,
"In about fortnight the man Cha
o toun returned. He told everywher
q that the Princess Varvara had died OF
the road to her husband, and that tn
e maid had refused to leave the spo
v where she was buried. He brought
h letter that he said was written by tn
d doctor who had attended her, and on
e from the priest who had buried he1
These the Prince locked up in his desk
IS Then he gave himself up again to riot
|. Gus drinking.
r "Meanwhile the old butler, fearin
If that something was wrong, secret
q sent word to Boris that his wife had lei
3 the castle, and that rioting and dlsorde
@ reigned there. A fortnight later a
officer arrived and some soldiers. ID
IS came, he said to make inquiries rf
d speeding the death Of the Princess Va
II vara.
e "When the Prince was informed thu
g an Imperial officer and body
soldiers were in the castle, he put o
,r his Generals uniform, and taking n
', long, ugly whip in his hand, went t
l. meet them.
st GLOW dare you come here?' 1
le roared. You shall be logged, and $
ir shall the Governor who sent you, II
dares to show his face here!'
ct Compose yourself, Prince said tt
t. officer; i have an escort of dragon
a and come not from the Governor bl
IF from the Tar himself, to make IL
quiries into the disappearance and r
III ported death of the Princess VarVara
lie s'On hearing this the old man bega
10 tn tremble visibly. In a moment mo