Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-24

BY and by O fashionable dressmaker,
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
wo were always prompt, In less than
three weeks we were doing q good
business. My companion, save for
the daily purchases made In the imme-
diate neighborhood for food, never
went out. No one called on her; she
never received q letter. A few days
after the month passed, when one
morning as l was running up a seam
in a piece of cloth my needle struck
something. 1t was q piece of paper.
sit Is for me, Sister Mary" said
Eliza. She took the bit of paper, held
1t to the stove, appeared to read some
thing, and then opened the stove door
and burned It. 1 did not question
her. She worked on cheerfully all
day, chatting on different subjects.
That night when we were in bed,
taking me In her arms, she said:
"Poor Mary, your troubles, your
anxieties, are now over. Tomorrow
cary apply for your passport. 1t will
cost You to go from here to Liverpool
say $40, and the passage from Liver.
pool to the United States as much
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 singnlarly honest and simple mind.
cd woman-you shall have this ring"
and she slipped on my finger a ring,
"but don't wear 1t, the diamond might
betray me. SO far, Mary, you have
run no risk, but next week oou might
be ruined forever, for you have har.
boz
l was speechless with terror.
"Only a 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 a chickens
meek. Do not be shocked, Mary. ]
shall sleep as sweetly to night-as If
death did not threaten mo My story,
so far as relates to you, is soon told.
1t became necessary for me
a 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
would have trusted you. You
might 60 out now, Mary, and sell me,
Judas like, for a sum of money which
would make you rloh for life."
clung convulsively to her and babe
her be quiet.
Through my veins, child, there
runs the best blood Of Russia; but
every drop Of It I will shed for the
cause. Thank your God for your low.
ly estate. You must go away to.mor-
row, and now good. night"
I begged her to come to the United
States with me-. She said: mo, my
place Is here. l should be useless
there" Then s Q complained of las
situde, and presently went to sleep
l looked at her, her face pillowed or
her arm, breathing as calmly as an In
FAINT, and thought her the lovelies
! woman l had ever seen.
Next morning, out of q package o
some rough material she produced, a
If by magic, a roll of notes, which
without counting, she handed to me
|, "Later In the day thore ought to or
rive some furs for me, for poor Mar,
must not get cold. Now, away wit
=. you" Her old manner had returned
"Get your passport. Go by Brame
Q to England or the ice will delay yor
t "Do not wait" Still 1 was irresolut,
I could not hear to leave her. l sol
bed as If my heart would break. The
she knelt to me and implored me I
go. At last l consented. My passpol
h was given me at police headquarters
without a word.
:, l returned to our room. As l stoo
at the landing the cheerful olatter
the machine was heard. Eliza WI
n bending yer her work singing som
pl aintive air "Is 1t alright" st
asked, very quietly. "See, your fu,
have come. They are very beautlfl
and so warm"
~ have permission to leave2"
h "Thank God! See my work.
II think I could do now without you"
II "You do not love me, Eliz,,"
d cried.
is "Not love you-my sister! l love
n my husband-he was shot. I love
my only child; In the agony of m
grief because his father was killed
from my breast he sucked poison an
died. After them I love you best,
Then for the first time she burst I'M
q paroxysm of tears. 1T Is because
It love you-that l might be your death,
% As she wrung my hand she felt ii
% ring on my finger. "Of with 1t. Yc
wore your mittens at the police office
II they had seen 1t! Qlick, let II
hide iii" She took off my shoe an
hid the ring In my stocking. "Shoul
you even marry, sell the ring, oil IL
% stone In 1t, and You will not be pc
a tionless. Now, off with you. I ha,
If made a bundle for you. The rest
l, your things you will give me. He
a Is a photograph of yours-you will I
fe me keep III l have been happier he
with you than for years" She toe
me by the hand, and gave me one lor
W kiss, closed the door Gu me, and
u never saw her more.
n My trip home was without a sing
3, incident. My dear mother comfort,
ut me Still, there was some vague fee
ing of dread. My mind wandered, ,
TO 1 co1ld do, toward my room col
panion. Picking up q newspap
when at home some two weeks aft
ut my arrival, l read In the telegraph
d dispatches: