The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
THE W0LF'S FANGS.

! The WOLFS FANGS.
Paul and l were twin brothers
! gentlemen by birth, since our father
was Polish count who had been de-
prived of his estates in connection
with the events OF 1868, an English
man by breeding. After the death
Of our father when we, were quite
| children, we two had been brought
up out Of charity by a countryman,
who taught dancing and lived in a
shabby London street.
| AS time went on earned my four
guineas week as q violinist; butmy
brother, Paul Bolskoi, became the
darling OF society first, perhaps,
because be had the most beautiful
voice in all the world; next, because
he was the very handsonest man l
ever saw
'.I've seen her at last, Louis, said
my brother one night to me: 'sthe
woman I've been longing for and
dreaming Of all my life; and I'm
about to become teacher of sing
ing" he added, with a laugh. You
wouldn't wonder, Louis, if you saw
my pupil and he took from his
pocketbook a photograph. It was
the portrait of a woman, a fair .wom-
an, with q hard mouth and cruel
! eyes. She thanked me for singing.
for her, and then she said: Monsieur,
1 want you to do ME a favor. Iwant
you to give me o few lessons in sing
ing. / stared at her in astonish-
ment. 'Ah, she said, Monsieur
Bolskoi, the singing lessons are only
a pretext | know your story; I
know that YOU are Of noble blood; [
know that your fathers property
and estates were contiscated long
ago, and would help you to regain
them. Perhaps I'm not altogether
disinterested,' she said, and she gave
me one look from those soft, languid
eyes OF hers-a look, Louis. which
sent the blood coursing through nv
veins. For | love her, Louis!' he
cried. 5
The love of the princess for my
brother Paul had become a matter
of common Jalk among our friends
by the time that Prince Vlastoff had
obtained leave to visit his estate in
southern Russia. NV brother Paul
was to travel in his suite, and it was
arranged that in the winter, when
he proceeded to the capital. the
prince should present him to the car
and use his influence in his favor.
They had been gone a month before
| heard from my brother Paul. At
length he wrote as follows:
Il have returned to the barbaric
life, and / enjoy it. The prince keeps
almost regal state in his great cas-
tie Of Samarof. / enjoy the free,
wild life, the riding, driving and the
hunting here, and | am happy, for I
am with the woman [ love. The
prince is all ready moving in our
matter, and has no doubt, so he tells
me, Of his ultimate success. =
Here the letter was continued in a
i shaky, hurried writing, totally un-
4 like the commencement, which was
written in my brothers beautifully
clear hand:
Louis, a terrible misfortune has
happened. The princess and / were
wandering in the park a week ago,
the very day I commenced this let ter
to you, when we heard loud shouts
and cries. Suddenly from tangled
thlcket close to us, appeared wolf.
There is nothing very terrible here
in q solitary wolf in the summer
time: but this was no ordinary wolf.
i The brute was mad; it had been
hunted and badly wounded by the
huntsmen and torn by dogs;
it's tongue hung from its mouth;
land as it came toward us
/ it uttered little yelping bnrks.
i Save me- cried the princess; save
me, PAUL. she shrieked as she clutch
| ed mYarm. Her voice attracted the
attention of the inturiated beast,
and it made for us at once. Nadia
5|tell ,fninting to the ground. As the
4 brute made it's spring I clutched it
by the throat, and we fell to the
ground together / gotlny knee up
onits chest, and tried to choke the
i life out of it. / feltits hot breath
on my fnce and started with ter
ror ut it's red eyes, and wondered
whether my strength would bold