Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-14

I care for them more than I should-if I
only could get thick, red, rough skin
on them.''
As she had said, the owner of the store
was only too glad to sell me q machine.
Eliza furnished the money. Work came
to us in mysterious WAVELET down
stairs With the porter. By and by q
fashionable dress-maker, who made
dresses for the Court ladies, sent for me
and gave me work. As what we had to
do was we'll sewed, and we were always
prompt, in less than three weeks we
we're doing good business. My COM
panion, save for the daily purchases
made in the immediate neighborhood for
food, never went out. No one called on
her; she never received q letter. A few
days over the month had passed, when
one morning as was runaing up seam
in a piece of cloth my needle struck
something. 1t was q piece of paper.
cit is for me, sister Mary" said
Eliza. She took the bit of paper, held
it to the stove, appeared to read some
thing, and then opened the stove door
and burned it. did not question her.
She worked on cheerfully all day, chat
ting on Indifferent subjects.
That night when we were in bed, tax
ing me in her arms, she said: ''Poor
Mary, your troubles, your anxieties, are
now over. Tomorrow early apply for
your passport. It will cost you to go
from here to Liverpool, say $40, and the
passage from Liverpool to the United
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
deducting your travelling expenses, will
leave you some money to begin your life
with again. From me-who have
learned to love a singularly honest ard
simple-minded woman-you shall have
this ring" and she slipped on my finger
ring, "but cont wear it, the diamond
might betray me. So far, Mary, you
have run no rick, but next 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 any one
else who stood in her way-she would
care no more of taking than would the
cook who wrings the chickens neck.
Do not be shocked, Mary. I shall sleep
as sweetly tonight Us if death did not
threaten me. My story, as far as relates
to you, is soon told. It became neces~
sary for me month ago to disappear.
The simplest chance in the world threw
you in my way. Had you been of any
other nationality than an American, I
never would have trusted you. You
might 60 out now, Mary, and sell me,
Juda like, for sum OF money which
would make you rich for life. "
chung convulsively to her and babe
her be quiet.
"Through my veins, child, there runs
the best blood in Russia; but every
drop of it I will shed for the cause.
Thank your God for your lowly estate.
You must go away tomorrow, and now
goodnight"
l begged her to come to the United
States with me. She said: "No, my
place is here. should be useless
there" Then she complained of lassi-
tude, and presently went to sleep. L
locked at her, her face pillowed on her
arm, breathing as calmly as an infant,
AID thought her the loveliest woman T
had even seen.
Next morning out Of package of
some rough material she produced, as if
by magic, roll of notes, which, without
counting, she handed to me. 'sLater in
the day there ought to arrive some fuls
for me, for poor Mary must not get cold.
Now, away with you.'' Her old manner
had returned. Get your passport. Go
by Bremen to England or the ice
will delay you. Do not wait" Still I
was lrresolute. could not bear to leave
her. l sobbed as if my heart would
break. Then she knelt to me and i'm
plored me to go. At last consented.
My passport was given to me at the po-
lice headquarters without word
/ returned to our room. AS stood
at the landing the cheerful clatter of the
machine was heard. Eliza was bending
over her work, singing some plaintive
air. els it all right?" she asked, very
quietly. "See, your furs have come.
They are very beautiful, and so warm.
81 have permission to leave"
"Thank God See my work. 1
think I could do now without you."
You do not love me, Eliza" cried.
=" Not love you-my sister! I loved
my busband-he was shot. I loved my
only child; in the agony of my grief
because his father was killed-from my
breast she sucked poison and died. Al
ter them love you best" Then for the
first time she burst into a paroxysm of
tears. st is because 1 love you-that
I might be your DEATH" As she wrung
my hand she felt the ring on my finger.
'Of with it. You wore your mittens at
the police Office! II they had seen it.!
Quick, let me hide it." She took off my
shoe ard hid the ring in my stocking.
"Sbou]d you ever marry, sell the ring,
or the stone init, and you will not be
portionless. Now, off with you. Ihave
made bundle for you. The rest Of
your things you will give me. Here is
a photograph Of yours-you will let me
keep it? l have been happier here with
you than for years." She took me by
the hand, gave me one long kiss, closed
the door on me, and I never saw her
more.
My trip home was without single in
cident. My dear mother comforted me.
Still, there was some vague feeling of
dread. Ny mind wandered, all I could
do, toward my room companion. Pick
ing up newspaper when at home, some
two weeks after my arrival, I read in the
Geographic dispatches:
sr. PETERSBURG, December 23-An arrest
of great Importance has been made. One of
the chief actors in the nihilistic plots, Rus
sian princess, was taken, but only after she had
killed one of the police. Disguised as sew
ing machine woman, she had hitherto baffled
the police.
England's New field.Guq.
From the London Tim 81
A new and powerful feld-gun, de-
signed to supersede the sixteen FOUNDER
as the weapon of the field artillery, has
been proved at the butts in the govern
ment marshes adjoining the Royal Arse
ma, Woolwich, this week, and passed a
satisfactory trial. The new gun weighs
the same as the sixteen pounder-name-
y: twelve hundredweight, but is "a
breech-loader, and, like all the modern
guns, has an elongated chase or barrel.
The construction is in all respects iden-
tical with the most recent designs of the
royal gun factories, The metal is steel