The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-02-21

linen L lOunu my interpreter, anu
ordered horses to be at once procured
and the tarantass brought out | would
start without moments delay for En-
gland-and Pauline
In half an hour ali was ready. Ivan
and | stepped into the carriage; the
yemschik fourished his whip the
horses sprang forward; the bells jingled
merrily, and away we went in the
darkness, commencing the return jour
ney which counted by thousands of
miles. 1t was only now, when burning
to find myself home again, that real
lied the fearful distance which lay be.
tween me and my love.
A turn of the road soon hid the
gloomy ostrog from my sight, but it
was not until we were miles and miles
away that my spirits recovered anything
like their former tone, and it was days
before ceased to think, at nearly every
moment, of that terrible place in which
| had found Ceneri, and to which | saw
him again consigned after my business
with him was finished
AS this is not book of travel I will
not recapitulate. the journey. The
weather nearly all the time was favor
able, the roads were in good condition.
My Impotence forced me TO travel al
most day and night. l spared no ex-
pense; my extraordinary passport pro-
cured me horses when other travellers
were compelled to wait-my large
gratuities made those horses use their
best speed. In thirty-five days we
drove up to the Hotel Russia at Nijnei
Novgorod, with the tarantass in such a
dilapidated condition that in all proba-
bility another stage would have finished
its work in this world. l bestowed it, a
free gift, upon my guide, who, | believe,
sold it Immediately for three rubles.
From Nijnei by rail to Moscow; from
Moscow to St. Petersburg | only tar
ried in the capital long enough to pay
my respects to Lord -, and once
more thank him for his assistance;
then, having collected what luggage /
had left there, away for England!
On my road back from Irkutsk l
? found letters from Priscilla at Tomsk,
at Tobolsk and at Perm, also more re-
: Gently written ones at st. Petersburgh.
All up to the date of the last was going
on well. Priscilla had taken her charge
: to Devonshire. Having been reared in
that county the old woman had a great
belief in its virtues. They were at a
| quiet, but beautiful little watering
, place on the north coast, and Priscilla
averred that Pauline twas blooming as
a rose, and seemed as sensible as Master
5 Gilbert himself.
No wonder after hearing this good
news was eager to reach home-long'
) ing, not only to see my wife again, but
to see her as had never yet seen her
l with her mind restored. Would she re
D.. member me? How should we meet
g Would she at last learn to love me-
L Were my troubles at an end or only
Q begun? These were the questions which
Il could only be answered when Englan(
was reached.
t Home at last! How delightful t,
stand among ones own countrymen
II and hear nothing but good intelligibl,
e English around me. am bronzed will
exposure to the wind and sun, my bearC
n has grown to great length; one or tw,
dCuudlnbduCCS L
# London scarcely knew me. In m,
o present trim l could not hope that
a should awaken any recollection il
q Pauline's mind.
By the aid of a razor and fresh ap
" parel | was soon converted to fairl,
good semblance of my former SELF ant
!, then, without having apprised evel
e Priscilla of my return, | started for tn
- West, to see what fate had in store TO
Il me.
&c What is a run across England after
% man has made such a journey as r.
!, recent oneP Yet that pitiful hundre
Ii and fifty miles seemed to me as long a
10 thousand did a month ago. The la'
few miles | had to go by coach, and
lie although four splendid horses spun u
le along, each individual mile seemed a
IL long as a Siberian stage. But the jOul
ney was at last ended, and, leaving IN
g baggage in the coach office, 1 sallie
I; forth, with a beating heart to fin
~ Pauline.
- went to the address given in Pri'
cilla's letter. The house was quie
10 little building, nesting on woOde
bank, with sloping garden in from
ID full of late summer flowers. Honey
A. n suckle twined round the porch, gre'
IL sunfowers stared fiercely from the bed
" and carnations sweetened the air. A
OF l waited for the door to be opened ha
III time to approve Priscilla's choice of
y resting-place.
y Inquired for Mrs. Drew. She wa
en- not at home-had gone out with Il
re young lady some time ago, and woul
10 not be back until the evening.
IL turned away and went in search
them.
~ 1t was early in autumn, but the le
az showed no signs of fading. Everythir
10 10 was green, fresh and beautiful. III
81 sky was cloudless, and soft balmy a
* famed my cheek. Ipaused and locke
W. around me before l decided in whiC
W d;raotion m Oo For below nv feet Is