The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-12

+ New York and remain away TOT 2 couple
Of months at the shortest; and fcr rec
sons witch the reader win divine I was
i 10th to leave New York even for a seven
night.
However, like q trus American the
issue lying between business on the one
hand and sentiment on the other cast
the choice IN favor of business, and two
/ days later found me aboard the after
noon express train bound for Boston
The extersninator and had had an AFT
fectionate parting, and had exacted
from him a promise that he would write
to me and let me know how things
went on did not mention Miss Ec-
2ardy's name to him, but felt sure that
when he wrote to me his letter would
contain news of her.
OF my sojourn in Boston, which lasted
! on till after New Years, will only say
| two words--it taught me the truth of
the adage about absence making tho
heart grow fonder. thought SO much
Of Miss Eczarly; her beautiful pale facs
was SO often visible before my imagi-
nation: / SO passionately regretted
the wasted opportunity I had had to
make her acquaintance; | SO eagerly
looked forward to my return to New
York, when might have another oppor-
tunity, ] hoped and believed. that by
and by began to realize what seemed
very strange, that | was not simply in
terested in her, but that | was in love
with her. Yes, that I was in love, head
over ears in love with q young woman
between whom and myself never a word
had been exchanged and who, doubtless,
was scarcely more than half conscious of
my existence.
Meanwhile, | waited anxiously for the
letter Muselle'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 I 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. l covered three pages
and seven-eighths of a fourth page with
perfunctory tidings about myself and
inquiries about him: then gave the re-
manning eighth of the fourth page to the
genuine point and purpose Of my epistle.
ssDo write to me at once and tell me ev-
erything that has happened in st. Marks
place since my departure, And, by the
by, how are the Eczardys? What news
from Bermuda of the doctors health
And mademoiselle? Is she always the
sane?n
looked for an immediate answer from
the exterminator; but ten days passed
before his answer came. When in the
end it did come-blt viii copy it be-
low:
DEAR Mr.. EL1or-Your favor Of ed ultino to
hand and contents noted. Glad to hear you get
along all right Yes, thank you, I am pretty
well and had very busy season. witch com
mefce now 10 slack up little. The reason didn't
write to you before hadn't nothing to say, as
nothing had happened. But since your letter wns
received a great deal has happened Dr.. Eczardy
is died down there in Bermuda. always said he
never could get well, and his body come home on
the ship and been buried, and Miss Eczardy she
pack up and leave New York to go TO Russia. All
since receive your letter. The steamer from
bermuda was due to arrive here on Saturday
morning last wick and she expect letter by it
died down there, and his cadaver Is on board the
ship In box. She went crazy, and had to man
age the hole business. We buried him in the GEM
etsry over on Long Island, vile it showed
and then she tole she made up her
mind to leave New York and go to Russia
She pack up in hurry and sail on the boat for
Hayre "Wednesday morning She tole me, now
my father IS dead got nothing more to live for,
30 20 to Russia and offer myself 10 serve tho
revolution l strike one blow in the same time
to avenge my father and to help the struggle Of
Russian liberty, and then die Goodby.
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. MusrIA-E-
/ remember what followed as one re-
| members the deliriun of sick bed l
remember reaching Muscles house and
hearing, viva voce, from his lips con-
| hrrnation of what he had written. Miss
| Eczardy had gone to Russia, to st.
Petersburg. She had gone, she said, to
strike a blow for Russian liberty, to
4 avenge her father and to die. Then / re-
member many days of great misery and
mental struggle and hesitation; then
remember that at last took resolution
which brought me something almost like
relief | remember long sea voyage
across stormy wintry ocean; long
railway journey across France and Ger
many and through the forests and over
the SHOWS of Russia. remember a
great strange city, where the people
spoke an incomprehensible language and
where twas night nearly ell the twenty
four hours. / remember big, busting
hotel, where the people spoke French
and where the gas was kept perpetually
burning remember walking the streets
/ of that great dark city day after day for
lit may have been a fortnight, it may
have been month. remember that
as I walked those streets peered anx-
iously into the face Of every woman
whom / passed, hoping, hoping, hoping
that somewhere among them / might
meet her. But remember that all my
hope was embittered by the thought that
no hope could have been more unreason-
able. none more forlorn. Yet kept on
walking the streets, and chung to my
hope, in defiance of reason, as drown
ing man clings to straw.
At last remember that one day as !
stood in the pOrtico of the hotel saw a