The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-10-23

him into the second apartment of the isba
in the centre of which was seated, upon :
rough stool, pale old man, with white
hair and beard, dressed also in the costume
of a Siberian peasant; a. long caftan TIED
about the waist with red sash, and greer
boots Z
"Yegor! .Yegor Semenoff z cried Nadege
conducting the visitor to the.old man..
eyes, father, it is T." said Yegor, embrace
ing Davidoff
''You! what brings you here?"
Yegor hesitated to reply
ssBanishment!' said he, finally.
"He also!" said the aged poet, as if talking
to himself "Ah poor child !" - ~ =
Yegor was foeced to tell him in detail O.
his arrest, how he had been sent to the cop.
per and rerdigris mines Of Nertchinsk, anc
how, by chance, M. Nadeietf, the grantee o.
the mines, having need of secretary, hac
taken him into his service.
Father, why do you not look at mc?" sale
Yegor at last, seeing that the old man kept
his eyes persistently closed.
'Loolz at you? I am blind, my son' sale
the latter ''But L see you all the same
herer And he laid his hand upon his
heart.
They spoke for long while of their ma
tive land and of the sufferings endured upor
the soil of exile. Davidoff described tt
Yegor his journey with his daughter, in 2
sledge, through the snow, during which
all their nights were sleepless. It was il
consequence of the fatigue then endured thai
his eyes had become weak and lie had lost
his sight.
Yegor visited the house of his friends Cd
the morrow, and every day thereafter
He found Nadege seated at her spinning
wheel, like a genuine peasant girl or en-
gagged in preparing the meal. A young
child Of thirteen years, Ladislas, the son of
Pole who had died in exile aided Nadege
in her domestic tolls. Thanks to his ingenu
Gus and charming character, the little or
phan succeeded in softening he sad lot O.
those who had adopted him.
M Nadeieff had returned to Irkoutsk, and
Yegor had worked for several weeks CndeI
his direction. The grantee Of the Merit
chinsk mines was greatly pleased with his
secretary and allowed him the utmost liber.
ty. Not day passed that Yegor did moi
visit his venerable friend and his family
Unhappily, Davidofs strength failed visibly
they saw him dying, as dies the flame Of q
lamp that has no more oil.
One evening, Yegor found Nadege and
Ladislas in tears; the old man, stretched
upon his bed, could scarcely breathe. They
made him swallow few drops of brandy;
a salutary effort seemed to be produced, but
it was only mOmentary. His pulse dinin
ished, black circles surrounded his eyes and
his lips grew white
''Well, father?" said Yegor, taking a seat
beside him.
Davidoff slowly turned his pale thin
face. strove to open his eyelids, as if he
could still see, and uttered few incompre-
hehsible words.
Aided by Nadege, Yegor endeavored to
lift up the old man, whose body was already
stiff,
His lips moved anew; he had recognized
Yegor's voice talking to Nadege and direct
ing little Ladislas TO run for a physician
This is BETTER thank you, muttered he.
1--WE have arrived at Kieff have we not?
Oh! how long the journey has been!"
He was deli1ious.
He delivered an address to his former pu-
pills, speaking to them of Russias future and
the triumph of pity.
and wept.
At last, the physician arrived. He was
also an exile-a resident doctor in a military
hospital of ST. Petersburg, banished for
| having circulated prohibited pamphlets
The dying man had sunk into a lethargy
of bad omen. His respiration, growing short
er and more painful, produced a sound SINH
lar to a stifed Kissing
o,oI,r1 fo1+ IL 7o1
to the beating of his heart; then he departed.
whispering in Yegor's ear:
He will not last through the night"
About eleven O'clock Davidoff recovered
from the lethargy into which he had again
fallen. Yegor raised him and gave him q
little brandy, saying:
Drink this, father, it will do you good"
The old man drank it as obediently as q
child
Then, his hands came out from under the
coverings and began to search for something
| in space. They encountered Yegors hand
| The old man seized it eagerly. and held it
Then he said, in low voice:
"Nadege, your hand" And having taken
it, he placed it in that of the young man and
added: "Yegor, I confide Nadege to you.
Be a father and protector to her. Swear
to me that you will never abandon herm
II swear il" said Yegor, in a voice chol1ed
with tears.
Twill you marry her?' asked the dying
man.
II will !" answered Yegor.
"Ah! my daughter! your father can now
die tranquilly"
He fell back heavily upon his pillow, as il
! this last effort had killed him.
Nadege uttered a heart-rending cry and
threw herself upon her father. She kissed
him, amid a flow of endearing language. and
smiled at him through her tears, as if he
could see her.
Davidoff was dead. But the expression
of his face was so calm and peaceful that he
appeared to have fallen asleep, solaced.
The exile's sufferings were over!
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