The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-16
THE FACE In THE MIRROR.

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to.urtilnt H., oh the girl. UNATTENDED 10y
arv one, cpse into the nom where the mir
rors have t.su arranged AMI looks into one.
Shcull T.. t=tincl To get married that
year, ,il. will - = there the face If h,r hus
han !
E.v-h>nia III xlniroyna was jut l. years
oil Stlr Vas Ii,he Of figure. with Snowy
white complexion and large, lu>traGs bla X
eyes, that changed with every thought which
passed. through her mind AMI every feeling
that toHsL ] Lag heart.
Ono New Vars Eve found her sitting
alone il her fathers study. Her par 'it' hal
gone Ia spend the DAY with a boyar, family
in a mi, h. or;n5 village several nlk-, dts
taYt, AM! they we're not expecteL-la K for
several hoSrS \ light SNOW hal bcCn falling
during the ,lsy, snsl thnugh the clphl, htl
SORROW hat lit.si, TIL. SKY Was >till overcast,
tn tn, n ,ht rg't-,;,.l from thn>aaN nllte
II light enough a. Distinguish ot,yet5 that
war.' not Ycry far distant,
\ big pile "f ln-~ was hurning ciofful'y IN
tie iirepllcc m the sturdy where the eitl sat.
For nearly half Al hoar She gard AZ tha
flW1S & thmgh irving 10 real the mate
lauauL-' ot TIM tiary finger. Then an liza
strI B her, for she went out amt sn,1i rotur~d
carving ars, backing .lsss With he
nlI,ei a, the t,l,a orn,,lte tho mirror tina,
W., et,.ppl AGAINST In, wall Ti,..n la sat
down anil llrl.ai long ami eagerly i,to tlr,
rI,.. that ,,,t.,tg1 Tho un.r,y l,b,,l ber
St.. L.nIy .I,s rr.w nal. lint rnt , rrl,..l,. If
her ft>. moved la Tho ptl,S'tlnn # the large
mirr,r ,L. ,lv Vim. fn,,e Of a man n. had
Narre ,rn.I ay,.. and wor, n Lrr.. Lp.by
r,4l hoard Her eyes and thos. ~ tho ,nnari.
ton mot and the neyt moment IN. aiiar,.
tion had vanished
For a second Ey.,b,ni, s,,nci t,h. rivrt.l
20 tho spot Aharc sb, ,,t She hal no, .y-
nnc,aJ IN $40. any im,,,a in tbn GLASS anil sha
knew that that face WIS moi an appori.
tion. I'm. n real I,y, m,n. evidently r,,LL.r
anil ,ba, bo hal ,,n.neI TN, tran dnor L,,,lt,,,
10 the cellar 81, neither tainted nor
screamed Al fine ,np, eprynuts v,r,, ont of
tho hons. I'm, >Ii.. va,abrny. l,irl n soIli.r,s
d,urb,nr far h.r father hal f,uyb, !, ,ba
Crime, ami b,r ,,r,nls,,hnr hal me,.,,r,l
svnrls with ,b. French ;,vodors 81,
sill ber fathers sword that hung ,p,ins,
bard Sword IN hand she opened the
trap door listened mtently, AMI then
softly stol" d"Nn the stairs. There was no
on IN the cellar, and she began tn think that
the face he hal seen was merely the creature
OF her own imagination, when she noticed
that the iron bars Of one Of tn" windows Ind
b"en removed She stationed herself near it.
Soon She conl'i hear tl" tread ut mon in the
Snow. The tralnIins sounds came close upto
the window, ami then she heard som" ono
whisper Here, tins way. Then a big, rd
hand seized the sill as though it, owner was
just going TO climb up. The very next
moment ENghcnia hacked away at II with the
sword with all her might She felt the keen
blade cuttin, into tn" bones, AMI thi, was
followed by howl of pain AMI muttcrca
curses, AMI then tn" footsteps hurried away.
FNgheni, remained IN guard behind the
wlniow, expecting another attempt 10y the
robbers, until the merry Jlngi" nf sleigh bells
told her that her parents were returning.
The robbers were traced 10y their foot
prints in the snow To the edge OF the forest,
where they had mounted their horses ami
escaped
With the approach of summer dashinc
cavalry officer. accompanied by two body
servants, arrived in tn" village and st1ia over
for several days To- rest. lie was tall, we'll
built, nai Sported an immense mus'ache that
looked fprnidabl" under a pair of stern YES
airy officer from the CAtltaSIs who hal FRI
quantly met the wild cirraSsian tribes, AMI
had had his right hand disabled by a sabre
cut in an enga,emont, He hal resigned
from the army, ami, after travelling for some
time, he was going to attend to his estates in
province Of Snolersk. He bore letters Of
introduction from several old army friends
Of Alexander Vasilovitch Sokolov, and was
at once invited To make the Sokolov man
sion his homo during his sojulirn The few
days which Maj. Noroy expected to spend at
Semenov wer, prolonged to wceks He had
a fair edu a'i1n anil, though hi, manners
were not always very polished, this was AZ.
counted for by his long camp life AMI wild
ASSOCIATIONS in the Cauraqu, emo day he
asked FOR the hanl of EAghcnia, amt after n
consultation between the parents and the
young lady it "t, given him The wedding
Va rrI Arairti With great ponp.
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