Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06

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over ears in love with young woman
between whom ana myself never a word
had been exchanged and who, doubtless,
was scarcely more than half conscior {
my existence.
Meanwhile, waited anxiously for the
letter MUSCLE had promised to write me.
But days grew into weeks, and weeks
were lengthening into months, and no let
ter came. This made me very FESTIVE and
unhappy. tried to comfort myself by
repeating the old commonplace that no
news is good news; but | discovered that
that sort of comfort is very cold comfort
indeed. Finally a few days before
Christmas took the pen in my own
hand and precipitated active operations
by writing to him. covered three pages
and seven-eighths of fourth page with
perfunctory tidings about myself and
inquiries about him; then gave the re-
naming eighth of the fourth page to the
genuine point and purpose of my epistle.
''Do write to me at once and tell me ev-
erything that has happened in st. Mark 5
place since my departure. And, by the
by, how are the Eczardys? What news
from Bermuda Of the doctors health?
And madenoiselle? Is she always the
same?
looked for an immediate answer from
the exterminator; but ten days passed
before his answer came. When in the
end it did come-but | will copy it be-
low:
Dr.p Mp IT, ror Yo,,r fo,-o- Of ood ,,Itip,o 70
hand and contents noted Glad TO hear you get
along all right. Yes, thank you, l am pretty
well and had a very busy season, wich com
ulence now TO slack up little. The reason didn't
write to you before hadn't nothing TO say as
nothing had happened But since your letter was
received great deal has happened Dr. Eczardy
is died down there in Bermuda. l always said he
never could get well, and his body come home on
the snip and been buried, and Miss Eczardy she
pack up and leave New York to 90 to Russia All
since l receive your letter. The steamer from
Bermuda was due to arrive here on Saturday
morning last wick, and she expect D letter By it
from her father. when instead she got word he is
died down there, and his cadayer is on board The
ship in box. She went crazy, and had to man
age the hole business. We buried him in the GEM
eEery over on Long Island vile it showed
and then she tole me she made up her
mind TO leave New York and 20 to Russia
She pack up in hurry and sail on the boat for
my father is dead got nothing more to live for
SD go to Russia and offer myself to serve the
revolution. | strike one blow in tle same time
to avenge my father and to help the struggle OF
Russian liberty, and then die. Good-by
If you let me know twenty-four hours before
you come back have the rooms cleaned up nice
and fires to warm them. Otherwise everything
is the same as always. Take good care of your
self, and believe me, with the highest esteem
your devoted A MUsEILz
l remember what followed as one re-
members the delirium of a sick bed. |
remember reaching Muscles house and
bearing, viva v0ce, from his lips d con
Hrmation Of what he had written. Miss
Rjczardy had gone to Russia, to St
Petersburg. She had gone, she said. to
strike a blow for Russian liberty, to
rFenge her father and to die Then re-
member many days of great misery and
mental struggle and hesitation; then
remember thatat last I took a resolution
which brought me something almost Ike
relief. | remember a long sea voyage
across a stormy wintry ocean; long
railway journey across France and Ger
many and through the forests and over
the SHOWS Of Russia. | remember a
great strai}ga city where the manila
Spoke an incompTehensible language and
where it was night nearly all the twenty
four hours. remember q big, busting
hotel, where the people spoke French
and where the gas was kept perpetaally
burning. remember walking the streets
Of that great dark city day after day for
it may have been fortnight, it may
have been month | remember that
as | walked those streets ! peered anx-
iously into the face Of every woman
whom l passed, hoping, hoping, hoping
that somewhere among them | might
meet her. But J remember that ali nv
hope was embittered by the thought that
no hope could have been more unreason-
able, none more forlorn. Yet I kept On
walking the streets, and | chung to nv
hope, in defiance of reason, as a drown
ing man clings to a straw.
At last / remember that one day as /
stood in the portico of the hotel saw g
man go prancing by on horseback. Ee
was dressed in a very magnificent uni
form and behind him rode two othermen,
also in uniform, but less magnificent,
manifestly his aides or attendants
remember that an Englishman who was
standing at my side turned to me and
asked, ''Do you know who that ISL"
mo" said l. "Who is hep
"That is Gen. Ogaref."
Gen. Ogaref? The name sounds IA
miliar, but | can't recall the connec-
ton in which l have heard it."
"Why, he is celebrated for having
sent greater number Of Politicals to the
gallows or to Siberia than any other Of
the cars servitors."
"Ah, yes said; sit is in that connec-
ton that have heard his name"
Then it came back to me, causing my
heart to leap and burn, that it was Gen.
Qgaref who had condemned DR.. Eczardy
to his Siberian exile.
That same day, perhaps an hour later,
was walking upon one of the islands Of
the Neva.
Presently l came upon great surging,
excited crowd.
'FWhat is the trouble? Why the
crowd?" l asked in French of a gentle
man at my elbow.
'They say that Gen. Ogaref has been
shot, He was riding out accompanied
by couple of aides, when, just above
there, where the crowd is densest, a
young woman sprang toward him from
the footpath and fired bullet straight
through his heart. Nihilist, of course. y
All! The young woman-who was
she?"
u have not heard her name. do not
know if the police have learned it,"
But she has been arrested. Isuppose?'