The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-29
THE STORM.

peopriesor. His unbounded hospitality
and frankncss won him many friends
among the neighborinR propriesors:
While many would visit him to partake 81
his hospitality or play n game Of cards with
his wife. Paraskova Pictrova. an aimable
and proposing lady of 20, the thoughts
and aspirations OF the majority were
chiefly conferred upon his 1~s-year-oid
daughter Masha, who. i'm addition To ner
Anc pretty face and statuc-like
figure, was u wealthy heiress, and many ~
~sleepless night did that little circumstance
cause the young men of the town. BUT
like many other girls of her age and
station i'm the Russian provinces, Masha
had been brought mp on the French novel,
and IL goes without saying that she was
p~nssionntely i'm love. The object OF her
A6ection,w who was also her ideal OF u hero,
was q poor army officer, who lived u few
versts away from her fathers estate. Of
course her 'ideal' refrigerated her love.
But, alas, true love seldom runs smooth.
Masha's parents positively objected to the
match and the young mans welcome be-
came cooler every day. This, however,
did not hinder the lovers from corresIoild-
ineo or from meeting quite frequently i'm
the forest. Amid romantic surroundings,
with no human being tn detect or to over
hear them they would pledge to each other
eternal love, would bewail their fate and
devise all sorts of schemes. E1opement
was of course proposed in due season by
the young man, and as Masha was an ard
ent ndmirer of all sorts Of adventures per.
tanning % heroism, IL more than pleased
her romantic imagination.
The cold winter put an end To their Sc
cret interviews; the NOR, voIuni,nons'
Vladimir would entreat his beloved I'm
every letter Tn cntrist her destiny to him;
clement Sss1s should he s. overs %e ;'s then to appear sp
before her parents, who would undoubt.
eddy he resiened to the inevitable, 70 kneel
meas and blessina. And this, according
20 his calculations, would surely end IN;
Come, children. 70 our embrace and be
abe con.ented 10 follow the course sue-
Sested by her lover. And the course was
On the day of her departure she was to
decline taking her meals with her PARENTS
at the table, pretending To suffer with a
severe headache. Thus she would he en-
abled To make the necessary preparations
for her Journey in her room; Her .rrs srryam,;
three horses, sent ny Vladimir, would he
fast as the horses could carry them 10 the
church i'm the village of Dshadrimo, where
Vladimir would be sure 10 meet them.
Now IL any one spent n most miserable
and ~sleepless night i'm Gavrilo GavrilO-
vitch's house IL wa. his daughter Masha.
After packing her things and clothes y, : ss. she .
timate friend. n young girl OF her 0wn age,
and The other to her parents. She took
ne8Ne Oh tL1tuIl III tAht- hAb = ottA
pathetic words, ascribinR her rash action
TO N providential will, exprcssing her
nope that her step towards perfect hap,
concluding that the happiest i'm
her life will be that when their p%aternal
daughter and her most noble husband.
After sealing her letters with ~ seal, upon
which two impassioned hearts with am
eraved, b threw herself upon her
bed and fell i'm a sort Of q dream. Awful
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and was ready to drive to Dshadrino her
and throws her into a b%ostosniess cave.
Down she goes with IA broken and horror
stricken heart. Then she secs her viadi:
b bier iyans Hen He im spS sr'S hsr IN ra a hc %ra
rending voice tn marry. him ere he parts
with life. Many other hSrr,d Visions Oh +
succession. At last she awoke. Palcr than
usual, and this time with a real headache.
trouble weighed upon her mind, and their
tender care and incessant questions as To
her health and welfare made her heart
tn soothc their anxiety, tn assume q happy
and cheerful face, but failed. Evening
came. The Thought that i was her last
peace. She could scarcely control her
Feelings. She mentally took leave of all
roundinsa. supper was served. Her
heart beat faster than ever, as she de-
clarssh that she would be compelled to re-
main i'm her rSom.
Il was nearly midnight when Masha and
her maid left the house. Terrshka. Nladi-
mfrs driver. was already awaiting them
at the garden gate. He helped them into
the sleigh, and after arranging thc bum
dies and packages and seeing that his
masters Jewell WAS comfortably seated.
took up the reins, and in five minutes
they were beyond the limits of Gavrilo
Gavriiovitche's estate.
While Tereshka il taking care, of Masha
we shall turn Our attention To our gallant
officer. Vladimir had his hands full all
day. In the morning he visited the Dsha-
tlrino minister. who, after considerable
deposit consented to marry him. Then
he set out i'm search of the necessary
three witnesses. The first one he met
a retired colonel, Dravin-consented
TO accommodate him. This advcn-
ture, he assured him, recalled to him his
past associations and his own adventures.
He insisted upon valdimir's staying for
dinner. assuring him that there would he
no difficulty i'm finding two more Witness
es. And sd il happened that no sooner
was dinner over than two local proprie-
tors ws.rs, announced. Both were in favor
of the marriage, as well as of the means
of effecting IL, and, of course, were ready
at a moments notice to offer their ser
vices and. should circumstances require
q, to sacrifice their lives for the noble
rasssn VluSltrnir wnS nvprinvas1 He asn-