The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-04

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mw the face she half feared hnu lougnl
n see. After time stern f%rilitlcf iouk
her away from Theses dram. Her ain
bitiou. father had % sutton for her %
contemporary NJ his own against
whom hnt whole soul rryulted, t'uunt
Srmlon found IN his supnsc that his
daughter hrd inherited one thing ifnin
him namely. his iron viii She dared
10 rchol against parental authority 10
WV that ,ho would mover say the fate.
ful words uf assent. even II she were
dragged e The altar
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Count, In bis hardest voice; but n
SURE ~ there j. u Tod In Heaven | will
east you on-you shall be ~ a stranger
i will forget that YOU liyc-unlcSs YOU
obey me in this thing
"So be H." answered Vera, with n
ghile laea, aud eyes full rs cold ss his
own.
Ne did not dream Of the self-con-
tanned power M the gin lie hAd seen
her among hcr flowers and birls. sing.
ing a. carrlcssly as II bird herself. and
so he had not fathomcd the depths ot
being. the possibilities Of passion and
palm Of fofitude and high resolve, that
were In her.
Only the naxi day. when they came
and told him she wa gone, no one
knew whcra, Ii was y terrible shock TO
him. lilo had been quite capable % dis
owning her, but that she should be The
first to cast OF her allegiance was an
lnoNplicahle thing. and q terrible blow.
All day the lonely old man at silently a.
one who has been sorc smitten. lie won
,lerri that his heart had such capacities
Of pain ia il. And be was surprised al
his utter deSolation without Vera
Nov that she WAS gone, be paliad
f0rthc lr-t ume hos mnch he loved
her. and thAt lie vas m lAimless thing
without her. lie hAli-wondcred a, him
self hat be bad hesn % ready 10 give
away the only treasure OF his life.
How hard be hal been 10 her-hoN
seldom had he been softened into
carczses or shown her his heart. II he
had made her love him she could not
/, have left him thus. So. after long
weeks Of loneliness. his lie seemed to
center into M object Ito lind her
again. All his Inquiries 50 far had
been in vain; bu, be would 20 ou him
self; and what could clude a fathers
|, vigilance? He had waited with = vague
, hope that she would come back 10 him.
, A girl Of eighteen only, how could she
, battle with life? But the slow DAYS
eame and went, and she made NJ sign,
and at last the Count SemilON went
forth with hope in his heart--a hope
A.. tina, failed day by day. For the days
grew into months and the months to
years yes. four years he had not
heard from her. not n worL
/. SO rs a balm for an sching heart. the
4 Count threw himself into hard work.
His old prcjudiccs grew strong again.
. and with the yigor Of a young man he
took up = service for the Gar; q secret
service that needed fidelity, courage
; and even ~recklcxness ot life. And who
. was 30 indifferent 10 life As the Count
Scmilon. the last Of hts line ave for the
q unnatural daughter who had iorsaken
|. him In his old agr7 What did the few
remaining years hold for him, that he
) should be careful 10 preserve them.
Nay, he was ready to ding them AWAY.
q II by so doing he could render q sery.
ice TO bis master. Therefore. he gave
himself up 10 ferreting out tho crea.
lures who were plotting against that
masters lie, and the we'll being Of all
Russia. according to his convictions.
9 II was with peculiar sensations Of tri.
nmph. therefore, he read one day an
o anonymous note that some orc had left
q for him;
Whereas the Count Semiiofrs vgil.
Q ancc for the Car Is well known, an 'op.
Il portunity Is now offered for the defeat
y 81 a Nihilist plot Of tho first magnitude,
l. and the arrest, among others. Of n Ger,
" tain Sophie Posenski, who IA n powerful
member az tho party. This woman has
a for two years been a leader and an in
nuencc In the band-thc most subtle
d the most dangerous to- all LAYERS o
peace and urdcr. Sha has an infniua
10 ton, an Insanity. Il might be called. q,
d redre~ wrongs; she j. eloquent, nm,
m. sways mems minds at viii: she n bean
tiful. aud she rules mems hearts; abr Il
4. the most malignant enemy tho Car cn
find, and YOU can deliver her into hi
a hand. be al the Borsor Warehouses TO
~ morrow night nj ten o'clock. The watch