The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-24

leTu down stars WIN the porter. by
and by q fashionable sdressmaker, who
| made dresses for the court ladies, sent
1 for me and gave me work. As what we
had to do was well sewed, and we were
always prompt, in less than three weeks
we were doing a good business. NY
! companion. save for the daily purchases
made In the Immediate neighborhood
for food, never went out. No one cali
ed on her; she never received letter
| A few days over the month had passed,
| when one morning as i was running up
| a seam in piece of cloth my needle
struck something. 1t was a piece of
paper
1T is for me, Sister Mary, I said Eliza
She took the bit of paper, held it to the
stove, appeared to read something, and
then opened The Stove door and burned
it, I did not question her. She work
ed on cl1eerfullyaall day, chatting on in
different subjects. "a - ~
/ That night when we were in bed, TAX
I ing me in her arms, she said: s'Poor
Mary, Your troubles. your anxieties, are
now over. Tomorrow early apply for
your passport 1t will cost You 10 90
from here to Liverpool, say, f40, and
/ Dilc DdSSdSc IAlfcl DOOl u tuO lCl1tSu
| States as much more; that makes ESQ,
and you will have something to spare.
| / wish it could have been more, but YOU
| will have altogether $500, which, after
.deductipg your travelling expenses, will
leave YOU some money to begin Your
| life with again For me who have
| learned to love a sinoularlN honest and
| supplemented woman you shall have
| this ring, and she slipped on my finger
| a ring, ''but don't wear it, The diamond
might betfay me. SO far, Mary, you
have run no risk, but hext week YOU
might be ruined forever. for you have
harbored- >
was speechless with terror.
"Only woman she continued,
whose own life-or the life of anyone
else who stood in a.her way-she would
care no more of taking than would. the
! cook who wrings a chickens neck. DO
not be Shocked, Mary, L shall sleep as
sweetls tonight if death did not
threatenme. NV story, as far as relates
to you, is soon told. 1t became neces-
sary for me month ago to disappear.
The simplest chance in the world threw
Won in my way. Had YOU been of any
other nationality thanan American i
would never have trusted you. You
might 90 out now, Mary, and sell me
Judas-like for IA sum of money which
would make YOU rich for life. :"
l chung conyulsively 10 her and babe
her be quiet
Through my veins, child. there runs
the best blood in Russia; but every drop
of it will shed for the cause. Thank
your God for Your lowly estate. You
must go away tomorrow, and now
good night. =
begged her to come to the United
States with me. She said: mo, my
place is here. should be useless
there. Then she complained of lass-
tCde, and presently went to sleep. I
looked at her face pillowed on her arm,
breathing as calmly as an infant, and
thought her the loyeliest woman had
ever seen.
Next morning out Of package of
some rough material she produced, as
If by magic, u roll of notes, which, with
out counting she handed to me. Later
in the day there ought to arrive some
furs for me, for poor Mary must not get
cold Now, away with YOU. Her old
manner had returned. "Get your pass
port 15o by Bremen to England or the
ice Will delay you. Do. not wait" Still
| was irresolute, | could not bear to
leave her / sObbed as if nv heart
would break Then She knelt to me
and implored me to- go. Al last con-
scented. My passport was given me at
police headquarters without q word.
| returned to our room AS | stood
at the landing the cheerful chatter of the
machine was heard Eliza was bending
over her work. singing some plaintiye
air. lis it all right?'' she asked, very
quietly See, Your frtrs have come
Il
ii have permission to leave"
Thank God! See my work. think
| could do now without. YOU.
" on do not love me, Eliza l cried
Not love you-my sister! | loved my
mlsbana--he was shot | loved my only
child; in the agony of my gTief-be-
cause his father was killed--from my
breast she sucked poison and died
After them | love you best. Then for
The first time she burst into paroxysm
OF tears 1T is because i love you
that might be your DEATH As she
wrung my hand She felt the ring on my
finger. '.Off with it! You wore your
mittens at the police office! eIf-they had
seen it! Quick, let me hide it.. She
took off my shoe and hid the ring in my
stocking. SHOULD You ever marry, sen
the ring, or the stone in it, and YOU will
have made a bundle for you. The rest
of Your things you will give me. Here
is photograph of yours-you will let
me Keep ite | have been happier here
with ven than for wears. She took me
by the hand. gave me one long kiss,
closed the door on me, and | never saw
her more
MY "Trip home was without single
incident My dear mother comforted
me- Still, there was some. vague feel
ing of dread. My mind wandered, all
could do, toward mysroom companion. 1
Picking up newspaper whenat home.
some twoweeks after my arrival, read
in the Geographic dispatches,
ST. .PETERsBURt:. March 2S.-An ar
rest Of great Importance has been made.
One of the chief actors Yin the nihilistic
plots, a Russian princess, was taken,
but only after she had killed one of the
police Disguised rs a sewing machine
woman, she had hitherto haffied the po-
lice.