Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-11
OLGA DAVI OFFS aUSBGRl

sToholSk though Siberian metropolis is
Buy o very pleasant place 10 pass 3 win
ID. Ike tie western American cities,
ere eyen 6ody has made has money easily
"a spsrds il easily Is positively bubbles
er WITH bad champagne, cheap culture,
syShesd thoagat. French romsnees, aud
he other most reeeat products Of hu-
q industry and ingenuity. Everybody
Je pteade foie gras, quotes Hartman
Cd Herbert Spencer. uses elelectric bells,
TFes Ia wOman's rights. possesses
n land views about the future Of Asia,
bad a grandfather who was q savage
f5ye6c or an ignorant BariaE Society
. nsmely cultivated, and If You scratch
eurR so Rlde yoa see the Tartar Never
a SIS Il considers itself the only really po-
Yeand enlightened ommanisy on the
&c lace Of this revolving terrestrial planet.
Ehe D4sidofs. however, who belonged to
most advanced section Of mercantile so
lev 10 al Teboisk. we're not originally ST
Fiana or even Russians, By birth or ns-
bas Old Mr. Davidof, the grand
D founded the fortunes of the tam
L. Petersburg, vas q Welsh
Ar and he had altered
name by the timely add ioa
.ns SlaYonic snf6x in order TO conei6ate
hV national snscepdoihties Of orthodox
ssia. His son DimiSri, who for the same
son he had christene1 In honor Of a Rus
sla saint removed the Russian branch of
10 house 10 TobOlsk they we're in the 81
Nan fur trade and there marrying q Ger
n hdy Of the name Of Freytag had one
etghfer ard heiress, Olga DAyidOf the
-nowledged belle OF fObolskan society,
sas generally understood in Tobolsk that
On Dasidofs we're descended from Welsh
Ices fas may very likely have been the
Though one would really ike to know
- rHrot eli the descendants Of
leo 4. spbf2etsB If indeed they were not
nfemotely connected with the Prince
Walks himself in person.
P1e winter Of 1878 las everybody Will
.ember) was 8 very cold 4 throughout
"sria The rivers fr0ze unusually early,
nj troikas had entirely superseded torOsses
Quail the roads as early as the very begin
Iog Of October. Still, Tobosk was exceed
" CAV for al that; IN the warm houses
he great merchants with their tropical
ats kept at summer heat By stoves and
Oes al the year round, nobody noticed the
despdonal rigor OF that severe season
aus and dances followed a another in
~ succession, and Olga Dayidof, lust
1ty, enjoyed herself as she had never be-
pc done in al her lifetime. II vas such a
see 10 come 10 the concentrated gayetes
delights Of Tobolsk after SIX years OF
dc Miss Waterlows Establishment for
bling Ladies, At the Lsurelss Clapham.
hat winter. for the 6rst time, Baron
- the Bnriat, came TO TobOlsk.
IxouisiteIy polished in manners and
an hqndsome in face and bearing there
nothing oftbe Tartar anywhere visible
II Baroa MAJ He had been brought
fo,p Paris, az a fashionable Lycee, and ne
o,.e French with perfect auency as we'll
III some native sparkle and genuine
~eaerness. HIS taste Ia music a unim-
fnhabls: even Madame Davidof, nee
wi;tse. candidly admitted that his per
uri5nces upon the violin were siagu-
ely brilliant, profound and
relative. Moreover, though q
a. chief. he was . most I'M
ffStsd no6Ieman;ss 1t the G%overnors par
cohe tenk rank By patent Of the Emperor
msoias AZ = real RussiAn baron Of the
weser. To be sure ne vas nominally
riar; bat what Of that His mother
his grandncihsrs be declsred had both
VIII Russian ladi@ aud roa had only TO
spoot him 10 see that there was scarcely q
Of Tartar blood still remaining any
In him. II the halfeaste negro Is q
IN mulatfo. the qnartereaste aigbt
Cocoon, and thenext remoE a practical
Go;te cctcrocn. surely Baron MAJ, IN
a 3 uf kss remote Bariat great grand.
cloEs. might veil pass Ter an ordinary
.f-day civilized Rassian-
ID Davidof was fairly fascinated BY
lssceOmpEshed young baron She met
Onhverywhere, and he pad her always the
;ur matSed and datteri1g attention. de
fBuriat. 10 be sure bat at To5elsk you
We'll. one musnit be too parteu-
Bout tEsSs h,,ie questions OF origin IN
Offsiatic cily
resuas Al fse c~oferrors dsncs. just be
ba,hriMnaS. haE the Baron got his FIRST
- eh4nfe d iaiking with her tor ten
$1,000 among the Eau palms and
osts Sd the hi9 conservatory. There vas
mao ftffks 81 corner beside the towering
sredzr where the Baron led her after the
- eaRz. and ieant over her respectful
Sc played pifh her Chinese tan, halt
aril.te At he declaration she knew ID
Ton he point of naking to her.
anta1omoiselle Daxidof, the Baron be-
ca Fkepch NitA lingering cadence as
9noltictd Der name and q faint Gsuor
}oice that thrilled respoasiysly
IL ler fnmoss beng, "Madamoiselle
TioE 4 have been waiting long for this
w.fnniit Of speaking 70 you alone, be-
kaxe something Of ono impor-
$50 me. at least, madsmoissis-
ciB wick B wish 10 corfer With yoa.
on t1o,felis eiil ron do me the honor to
40 70 % paiientIy . minute or tSo2
Lsater aboai which / wish to speak 10
cn one dat may toneern Yourself too,
elecIoselxt kan yoa 81 6rst imagine.
earaf 4 ianDv RRF % begin Proposing to
;.lzm DS,fdo6 5 heart beat violently Is
- .s4sied az nnconcerusdly IS possible:
lnagshs xlsd Baron I'm cure to
tlot 10 any conn raicaton that you may
$50 make Re me-
blaadsmoiss,i6 lhe young man went on
49, tsn;afr-ho~ hakdseme hs lookea
~" iced thers 5endioe c1er her in hls
sire arbsafeT sff4r uniiorn msdsner
Aoae n Nh&re Ire 10 our oEp
4 ddI eoaalrf s. 4 fpae'f eae e'1o1R la
soentssns f1t 80 tot RaoF tha
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